The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-18
SOME LIVELY WORK.
Militia at Hammond Has Several Calls
Wreck at East Chicago.

Militia at Hammond Has Several Calls
Wreck at East Chicago.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HAMMOND. Ind. July 17.-General Rob-
bins and his soldiers have been doing some
pretty lively work for the past twenty
four hours. At l o'clock this morning
message was received from the Michigan
Central officials that mob OF five hundred
men were tearing up the tracks OF that
company at TOlleston, about eight miles
east Of here. and two companies were i'm
mediately sent that point. In just ten
minutes after the General had received the
message the two companies were ready TO
When the militia arrived at the
point where the trouble was reported TO be
no one could be found except four tramps.
who were asleep in box car. The dis
gusted soldiers returned TO this city early
this morning.
At East Chicago late last night some one
unobserved cut four cars from the rear of
an oil train on the G. & c. T. railway pull
ing In a siding, leaving the four cars
standing on the main track Before the
loss discovered a Wabash freight
crashed into the cars and a bad wreck re-
suited. The engineer and fireman avoided
Injury by jumping from their engine. Capt.
Heinsohn and his company from Muncie
surrounded the wreck and discovered three
suspicious men. They were commanded to
halt, and failing 10 do so the soldiers fired
two rounds at them, but il is not known
whether or not they were hit, as they made
their escape.
At about O'Clock tonight a fight &C.
CURED at the MOnon depot at this place
between a striker and a brakeman on a
freight train, and quite a crowd was at
tracted TO the scene. The guard being I'M
able TO dispense the mob, a company of
militia waiting to take the train to the
Monon bridge was called into action and
drove the crowd back at the points of their
bayonets The following companies were
sent home to-day: +, OF Elwood: III, of
Knox; A, Of Bremen; ID. OF Plymouth; l.,
Of LaPorte; A. of Marion; d. of Wabash;
r. of Button, and the Indianapolis Light
Artillery.
The companies that arrived tonight to
take their places are from Angola, Auburn,
Waterloo. Decatur, Covington, Crawfords-
vile and two from Fort Wayne. Several
of the companies were asked if they want
ed to be the first to return home, and the
answer was, Invariably, mo. we want to
be last" The reason given for this change
is that many of the soldiers have been
Frustrated from ovvrwork at guard duty.
The boys have seen some hard work since
coming here. and have stood it, a petition
was sent TO Governor Matthews today
signed by nearly all Of the commissioned
officers In camp asking that no encaI1p-
ment be held this year. Captain Sanborn.
or Angola, assistant surgeon, arrived last
evening TO relieve Assistant Surgeon Kyle,
OF Marion.
Many Of the boys made a great many
friends while here. This is especially true
OF Captain Knosman, of Knox, and Captain
Beshore. of Marion. Colonel Gunder, and
staff returned home and Col. j. K. Gore,
OF the Third Regiment. will take command
OF the camp. Lieutenant Garrard, of IN
dianapolis. has been appointed provost
regimental adjutant. General Robbins
said, to-day. that more companies would
last of the week he thought all would he
gone except a few who would be left mere
for some time. He said 1t would not be
best TO take them all away for while. as
there are fears of an outbreak here should
that be done. While the feeling has quiet
ed TO a certain extent on the least occa-
sion the strikers may become excited
again and more trouble result.
In following up the line OF action he has
taken throughout the present strife Mayor
Kelley notified twenty-five of the repre-
sentative citizens to report to police head
quarters to-day and be sworn in as special
police. All those who were notified were at
the law and order meeting last Friday
night which passed resolutions denouncing
Mayor Kelley. None of them responded to
the order. however but with fifteen others
they were sworn in as special cOnstables
and will act independent of city or county
published an open letter to President Cleve-
land demanding that the officers and SOL
dierS Of Company d. Fifteenth Regiment,
L. 5. a, infantry be court-mar tialed. and
that the widow and orphans of Charles
Fleisher. who was shot in the skirmish July
g. be recompensed.
A mass meeting of Iaborers was held i'm
H0hmans opera house last night The
speakers were Father Plaster Rev F. w.
HerZberger, Mayor Kelley. j. NJ. Lantman
and others. Mayor Reilleys speech was
principally taken up I'm denouncing the res
olutions adopted at the law and order meet
Ing, and in closing mis- bitter remarks
against the citizens referred to in his
speech. he said: 1.-THE best thing to do with
such persons were identified with the
meeting of Friday night is to petition the
President to send them as ambassadors to
Africa some other isolated land so that
they can adopt such resolutions as they
are now trying to cram down our throats"