Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-07-09
A Mob's Lawless Acts Cause Peace
Guardians to Use Their Fire
arms ms-Presidential Proclamation
For Evil Doors to Ponder Over
The Situation Unchanged.

CHICAGO, July o-Compsrative quiet
prevailed a. "A rule within the city Sun
day. though there were a number Of
sporadic instances where little knots OF
boisterous men were finally scattered by
the police.
A numb ber Of small mobs formed, went
riotinu, firing and overturninR cars;
hea ds were racked, and small Try brawls,
mostly the result OF too much bad
whisky. were frequently reported at po-
lice headquarters
There was, however. no concerted effort
at incendiarism or violence, although at
a number of places individual cars were
fired, several Of which were destroyed. A
coal ira n on the Eastern Illinois was
ditehed at X OF street by switch being
displaced after the engine and four cars
had passed over.
The work Of clearing the tracks In the
Grand Trunk yards At Forty-ninth
and Ashland streets, where debris from
the hundreds of burned cars Uttered the
tracks was completed under police and
military protection. the monotony, how
ever, being enlivened by occasional poiic'
sallies, when the gathering of idlers
watching the work became too large and
threatening.
At4p. m, when the finishing touches
had been put on the work, nearly all the
onlookers had disappeared. and troops,
lahorers and police were withdrawn. No
sooner had they got we'll out OF sight.
however. than a gsng OF 800 men sud
denly appeared, and with crowbars, pi ks
and shovels tore up about an eighth OF
mile OF tracks before word could be got
to the police department. They aed be-
fore another charge of the police and the
work OF repair Is again being pushed for
ward.
Mob Routed by Troops
The rioting at Hammond, Ind. cul-
minated yesterday afternoon In a conflict
between the mob and company X. Fiji
teenth United States infantry, in which
Charles Fleischer, q laborer, was He'd;
Victor Vsceter fatally wounded and
william Campbell shot through both
legs. A number Of other people were
slightly injured, but were carried away
by their friends and secreted, and IL will
be impossible to learn the exact mum ber
wounded
The trouble began Saturday night. The
rioters kept their work mp all night,
burning cars and disabling engines.
Yesterday morning they burned Pull
man car. Most OF this work was done in-
side the Illinois state line, and "a soon AS
the Illinois militia arrived on the scene.
the mob retired into Indiana and jecred
at the troops.
About o o'clock a great crowd gathered
again about the Monon depot Several
frelgh: cars were overturned, and the
Michigan Central tracks blocksded. The
marsh lis and deputies were powerless
H.. al
hope Of the Indiana militia arriving be-
fore late In the evening, an appeal was
made to the federal authorities in Chr
cago.
Company of the Fifteenth infantry,
81 men, was sent ont nc once. The troops
were stationed ahout the Monon depot. as
that seemed to he the center OF the rioters
attack, and their presence quisted things
for while. and the blockade on the
tracks was finally raised at l o'clock in
the afternoon and several passenger trains
pulled through.
Passion Grew to Frenzy.
This seemed to anger the mob, and
with q increase OF mum hers it's passion
grew to fr my. The regulars were
greeted with oaths and shouts OF derision
aud volleys of sticks and stones were
their ground. however, and Kept them
for several hours from approaching the
buildings.
BY 3 o'clock fully 1000 rioters were
sem mhled. They had been aroused by
their leaders to frensy that made All
encounter with the soldiers certain
Several times they rushed upon the COM
pany Of troops, but were met by fixed
bayonets and driven back. At last, how
ever. the entir" body Of strikers made n
determined rush toward the spot.
'Make ready, frer was the command.
and IS Springfelds rang out In response
A second volley quickly followed. The
first volley staggered the rioters, and the
second stopped them a. effectually ~ II
they had run against stone wall Sew
eral men were seen TO fall, hut they were
taken away by their comrades and the
extent OF their injuries could not b.
le,rned. A man named Flsischer fell In
the front rank Of the rioters. He was
taken to the hospital where he died in a