The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-07-09

CHICAGO, July e.-Comparativs quiet
prevailed - . rule within the city to-day,
though there werc number Of sparodic
instances where little knots Of malcon.
tents gathered and became boisterous and
we're finally scattered by . charge from
tho police. A number Of small mobs
formed, went to rioting. fighting and over
turning cars, heads wero cracked and
small fry brawls. mostly the result Of
whiskey, were frequently reported to police
headquarters.
A coal train on the Eastern Illinois was
ditched ut Root street by switch being
misplaced after the engine and four cars
had passed over. The work of clearing
the tracks In the Grand Trunk yards,
where the debris from thousands Of
burned cars Uttered the tracks, was com.
ple.ed to-day under police and military
protection, tho monotony, however, being
enlivened by occasional police rallies when
the gatherings Of idlers watching the
work became too large and threatening.
AT O'Clock, when the finishing touches
had baen put ON the work, nearly all the
on-lookers had disappeared and the
troops. laborers and police were with.
drawn.
No sooner had they Got out Of sight,
however, than gang Of 600 men suddenly
appeared and, with crowbars and shovels,
tore up about nm eighth OF . mile OF the
track. They fed before another charge
by tho police and the work Of repair ID
again being pushed forward.
Riotous mobs consisting Of men, women
and children, took possession Of the
freight yards at Halstead, Morgan and
Meaghsr streets this afternoon. They
burnt cars and had everything their own
way for nearly two hours. All the reserve
force OF police officers on the West side
had been detailed to the yards Of the c.,
B. Il Q. and the Wisconsin Central roads
early In tho day and nothing lay in the
path Of the frsnsied strikers and their
friends.
Chief Brennan detaileda . squad Of 30 po.
lice to the scene Of the disturbance. Tho
fire department has been called out on
three different occasions, each time to ex.
tinguish flames in freight cars. Thirteen
cars were burned. The mob gathered
about the flremen when they arrived in
response to the alarm and greatly inter
fered with the work Of extinguishing the
fire. The arrival Of the police had bu,
little effect. The bluecoats were hooted
and pelted with stones.
The crowd numbered nearly 1000 and
was made up Of tho toughest element In
the city. Well known thieves and othe,
desperate men whom the police have had
considerable trouble with mingled in the
mob and took IN active part In the dis
turbance. The police finally made de.
termined charge and drove the mob to the
adjoining streets and from the frsiah,
yards, clubbing the leaders freely. The
police remained on duty oil afternoon and
tho mob was kept from doing further VIC
lence.
Mobs commenced to collect early thil
morning in the yards Of the Chicago, Bur
lngton & Quincy and on the Wisconsir
Central tracks at Western avenue ant
18th street. Threats against the railroadl
and denunciation Of the police were heart
on all sides, and 1t only required NOV,
Of some leader to start another conflict
The police, numbering 1j0, and thre,
companies Of the Seventh regiment wers
on duty all last night and this mornin,
when the crowd began gathering, actio,
was at once taken to dispsrse 1t. The mel
we're obstinate and at first refused {,
move. The police officers used thei
clubs with telling effect, and in shor
time the mobs were dispersed.
The militia were camped in tho yards q
Western avenue and early yesterda,
morning the boys were distributed througl
the yards and instructed to deal severei,
with anyone caught in the act of burnin,
or uncoupling cars.
| Shorty before noon smoke was seen I,
come from freight car on the Wisconsin
Central track. The ilremen were unde
the guard of the police officers and ha,
difficulty in cNtinguishns the flames. y,
sooner was 1t out at that place than an
| other was discovered Two blocks away