Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-07-12

day. He said that he had come tn
render what assistance he could To
the American Railway union and he
should do whatever the officers of that
s'--anizatlon might determine would
s'SaI serve the interests of the strike
ne thought that the climax of rho
movement was about reached and thar
II was imperative that every labor
organization should put III lis best
blows 70 win the strike. He added
tnat this MlA pracuoaIy be battle
tor Self protection and for the future
life OF every Workingman's organiza-
tlon IN the country. No one can over
estimate the Importance OF winning
the conflict Defeat will mean no ten.-
porary set back alone, bur a perma-
nent Disadvantage 10 organized nonor
and honesty among the working peO-
pie of the land. The Knights OF La
boz is with the American Railway
union body and soul, and l know that
whatever L do now to aid the strikers
will be fully and heartily endorsed
by the 10000 members Of the organi-
cation represent.
Two hundred stock cars on the
Grand Trunk railway are now burning
at the stock yards. s. e. Ritchie,
Waterman on the Fort Wayne, was
stoned to death by mob.
During the afternoon President Debs
sent out large number of kilograms
to various labor organizations and A
X. u. assemblies urging them to stand
firm at least tWentyfour hours longer.
ii by that time the strike situation is
not improved, Debs has announced
that organized labor all over the coun-
try will be called out without any res
erYatiOn whatever.
Much apprehension is felt concern
ing the Pullman shops and yards. Dur
ing yesterday afternoon a committee
OF strikers made a tour of the works
and ordered the watchmen to leave
the place or suffer the consequences
Some did so, but later, being reassured
by the company and the reported ar
rival Of the state militia they re-
turned. to their posts.
DAY SCENES.
Chicago, July Yesterday opened
threateningly and ominouS Signs We're
visible everywhere in Chicago. At an
early hour the mObs began to assemble
about the junction points of the rail
ways, and before o'clock it was evil
dent that a great battle for supremacy
was on.
Mayor Hopkins telegrapbed hastily
to. the governor asking for live resi-
ments Of militia to aid him In preserv-
ing the peace.
Thousands Of people gathered at
henSlnSton, u suburb adjoining the
town, OF Pullman, and the junction
point Of the Michigan Central and i'll
inois Central lines. There were no
troops there, but the track was guarded
by small company Of United States
marShalS.
Very soon d milk train arrived on its
way to Chicago, and this was the sig
nal for hOStllitieS to begin. The moo
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great yigor by the marshals, who be-
gan firing almost instantly. Two of
the rioters were killed outright and
number wounded. A mad frenzy
seized the people and they rushed in.
seized the milk train and began tip
ping the cars over.
They then detached the engine and
ran it off a half mile on the track.
stopped it, reversed it and opened the
throttle wide and drove it back into
the mass of overturned freight cars,
scattering the debris far and wide and
rendering the track impossible in any
direction. A frantic appeal was sent
at once to Chicago for assistance and
troops were dispatched to the scene.
When the locomotive, rushing for
ward at full speed dashed into the
wreck, and tore through the derailed
cars, the crowd mounted the wreck
with eXultant cheers and held high
carnival until the force of deputies
prepared to charge. AS they came on
the run they were net with a shower
of stones and coupling pins and, halt
ing, opened fire.
For a moment the mob wavered as
the bullets cut through the ranks, and
then with howl they chorged the lit
tie force Of deputies, which retreated
to safe distance to await reinforce
mentS. Police details were hurried to
the scene. and the rioters continued
the derailing of cars while awaiting
for the expected attack, carefully con-
cealing the dead and injured.
The Rock Island officials closed all
their offices and locked them up. All
their clerks and Office men were sworn
in as United States deputies.
Very few of the south-bound roads
attempted to dispatch trains and were
waiting for developments, while the
majority of the United States troops
were calmly resting in camp on the
lake front, waiting for the arrival of
additional troops from Fort Brady and
Fort Lafayette. These came in about
IL o'clock.
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