The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-09

Thcm-The Situation as Grave rs
Evor.
CHICAGO, July Sat 0 o'clock this
morning the mass.mcotinG Of trades
unions began ballOting on the question
Of going on general strike. The feel-
ingds very strong In favor Of striko
unless the Pullman company will agree
TO arbItsate.
At 4 am. the meeting is still In
session, with slight prospect Of adjourn
mont before morning.
CHICAGO, July s.-Compurativo quiet
prevailed as q rule within the city TO-
day, though there were, as might havc
boon expected, number Of sporadic
instances where lIttle knots Of malcon.
tents gathered, became bOisterOus and
wero finally scattered by q charge from
the police, a number Of small mobs
formed, went rioting, firing aud over.
turning cars; heads wero cracked and
small brawla, mostly tho result Of too
much bad whisky, were frequently re-
ported at.police headquarters. There
was, however, no concerted effort at in-
.cendiarism or violence. although at o
number Of places individual cars were
fred, soyernl of which were destroyed.
A coal train on the Eastern Illinois was
ditched at Root street by switch being
misplaced after tho engine and four
cars had passed over.
TheIwork OF clearing tho tracks In the
Grand Trunk yards at Forty'ninth
and Ashland, where debris from tho
hundreds OF burned cars Uttered tho
tracks was completed to-day under
police and military protection, tho
monotony, however, being enlivened BY
occasional police sallies when tho
gatherings OF idlers watching tho work
became too largo and threatening. At
4p. m. when tho finishing touches had
been put on the work, nearly oil tho
ou.lookers had disappeared aud the
troops, iaborers and police were With.
drawn. No sooner had they got well
out OF eight, however, than gang OF
800 men suddenly appeared and with
crowbars, picks and shovels, tore up
about an eighth of a milo OF track be.
fore word could be got to the police
department. They fed before another
charge Of tho police and tho work OF
repair is again being pushed forward.
THE PioET AT HAMMOND
At Hammond, Ind, adjoining tho
city on tho southeast, was the theatre
OF the Days greatest excitement. Hore
tho riotinv OF last night was resumed
md finally became 80 serious that O
company Of United States troops went
oft thorc. They preserved peace for
goverul hours, but the mob increased in
size and finally became demonstrative,
40 that il. nece essitated firing upon them
by the troops with the result that ono
man was killed, two badly wounded,
one fatally, number OF other received
sorious injuries. Everything at Pull
man was quict to-day.
Riotous mobs consisting OF mon,
wonon and children, took possession OF
the freight yards at Halsted, Morgan
and Mcagher streets, this afternoon.
They burned cars and had everything
their own way for nearly.two hours.
All of the reserve forco Of police officers
on the west sido had been detailed to
tho Yards Of the Chicago, Burlington d
Quincy. and the Wisconsin Central
roads earlier In tho day and nothing lay
in tho path Of the fronzied strikers aud
their friends.
ASK PROTECTION.
Shortly after 8 o'clock John NJ. Egan,
asthc General Managers headquarters,
sont tho following message to Chief
Brennan: "ls there no way that NC
can secure protection from tho mob In
our Yards? They arc burning cars and
DESTROYING other property in the YaFds
at Halsted, Meaghcr and Morgan streets,
md not a policeman can be found.
Chief Brennan at onco transmitted
tho message to Inspector Lowis, who
detailed a SQUAD OF thirty police ouicors
10 tho scene OF tho disturbance. Tho
fro department had been called out
on three different occasions. each timo
10 extinguish flames in freight cars.
Thirtoen cars wore burned. Tho mob
pathered about tho flrOmen when thoy
arrived iu response To- an alarm
md Rroatly intorterod in tho
work OF Gxtinguishing the Nros;
The arrival Of the police had
but llttlC OUeCt. Luz bluo
coats woro hooted at and pclted with
stones. Tho crowd numbered nONrly
two thousand, aud was mado up OF tho
>toughebt olGmout Of tho city. Woll
known thieves and other desperate men
with whom tho police OF tho Maxwell
street station have had considerable
trouble mingled in tho mob aud took
an nctIvo part in the disturbance. Tho
police finally mado determined charge
and drove tho mob to tho adjoining
streets and from tho freight yards, club
bing the leaders freoly. Tho police re.
mained on duty ali tho afternoon. and
tho strikers wore kept from lolnR
further violence.
AT THE c. Il. 10. YARDS.
The mobs commenced to cOleC, carly
this morning in tho yardu Mt Chicago,
Burlington q Quincy and tho "iscon-
bin Central tracks at Western avenuo
8 and Sixteenth street. Threats agains!
Tho railroads and denunciation OF tho
police wero hoard on all aides and 1t
only required tho movo OF some leader
10 start another conflict The police
Numbering 100 and thro0 companies oil