Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-12
SIX STRIKERS KILLED
HLOODSHED IN CHICAGO AS A RE.
SUIT OF THE STRIKE.
Cor aict between officers aud Strik-
ers and Their Sympathfxers, In
which Six Men Are Killed aud
Many Others Woanded.

/ Chicago, July six dead bodies and
an indefinite number of injured Is the
record of the casualties in the strike
conflicts in Chicago today. Yesterday
one man was shot in the leg. Ii the
blood-letting tomorrow shall show a like
increase the coroner will have a sum
mer's work before him. h day in
Chicago has been one of constant alarms
and calling for police, deputy marshals
and soldiers here, there N everywhere
throughout q wide stretch of territory in
the southern part of the city. Riot has
been running rampant throughout the
day; cars have been overturned, switches
broken and tracks INSTRUCTED in numer-
Gus ways; the torch has been applied in
numerous instances to cars, switch tow
ers and the like, not to mention an at
tempt to fire a part of the great Armour
packing plant; in fact, at one time the
i~ncendiary blazes followed each other in
such quick succession that the fire de-
partment was put to straits to care for
all of them. In general the order of
things, compared with that of yesterday
was reversed. Then the railroads We're
trying to break the blockade by sending
trains out. To-day they recognized the
futility of that method of procedure and
practically gave up any attempt at out
ward movement. But there were some
incoming passenger trains on several of
the roads, together with a few of the
regular milk trains. Between these two
classes of traffic the strikers managed TO
make trouble for nearly every road run
ming in a southerly direction. The Fort
Wayne, the Lake Shore, the Michigan
Central. the Baltimore & Ohio, the Ili-
nois Central, the Alton, the Pan Handle,
the Western Indiana, the Rock Island,
the Monon, all experienced difficulty in
greater or less degree at some time or all
of the time during the day. The trick OF
soaring the crew from a train, cutting the
engine loose, running it up the track,
opening the throttle and letting it run
full tilt back upon the standing train, was
a new one and of a character likely to
be initiated.
The stoning of incoming trains was a
common pastime with the mobs, and sew
eral persons were more or less injured
by flying missiles. One engineer on q
Rock Island train was so badly injured
that it was at first supposed that he was
dead. The assaults of the mob, how
ever. were not met with passive re-
~sistance which characterized the course
pursued yesterday. On two occasions at
least. their attacks were met with ac-
c~urately aimed lead. During a riot in the
morning over an incoming milk train at
| Kensington a deputy United States
marshal shot and killed two strikers, and
during the afternoon the deputies guard
ing an incoming Baltimore & Ohio pas
.senger train replied to a volley of shots
and stones which the strikers showered
upon them by turning their revolvers
loose, killing four of their assailants and
wounding a number of others.
Of the situation in general it may be
( sad to have broadened and strengthened
its grip. The most significant feature of
Il is the carrying of the strike East to
Cleveland, tying up all the connections
of the seaboard trunk lines there, with
the promise that by tomorrow it will
reach the trurk lines themselves and so
practically reach the Atlantic seaboard
by tying up all roads at Buffalo. Thus
the strike would extend from ocean to
ocean. There is no notable relief at the
points heretofore placed under embargo,
and the situation at Kansas City was
complicated by the tying up of the Fort
Scott road, thereby involving another
Southwestern line.
The Pacific coast remains in paralysis
from which there are 40 indications of
.elief.
The conference of labor leaders called
BY President Debs to-day was attended
" representatives from every union in
he city. The tone of the talk was strong
Y in favor of supporting the strike. The
conference adjourned at / O'Clock. A
Committee of three from each union was
rpointed with full power to act in the
batter of calling out labor organizations.
lettings of all the labor organizations in
ne city will be held Sunday night to
atify the action of the conference.
Master Workmen Sovereign, of the
nights of Labor, arrived to-day and
ays that he is ready TO call out all
nights of Labor if. President Debs
hinks it necessary in order to win the
Erike.