The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04

BLUE ISLAND, Ill. July 2.-The pres
ent outlook here is not the most prosper
Gus for law and order. There is a very
turbulent element among the strikers,
especially among their sympathizers, 1000
of whom are employed in the different
brick yards at Blue Island. These men
are off for the Fourth of July and it is
this element that is feared.
This morning a train having on board
a hundred deputy United States marshals,
commanded by United States Marshal
Arnold came into the yards and was
stopped by the strikers. A small riot fol-
lowing, in which guns and knives were
drawn and a great knockdown fight &C.
Cured
Deputy Marshal John y. Logan was
stabbed in the left side with a dirk,
Master Mechanic Fitzgibbons was hit on
the head with a stone and other deputy
marshals were stoned and kicked. The
Blue Island police were put under ar
rest for trying TO arrest deputy mar
shals. Nothing further of interest oc-
Cured until this evening, when a train
arrived bearing Assistant District At
torney AIather and forty deputies. Mr..
Mather handed Marshal Arnold the in
junction granted by Judges Woods and
Grosscup and the marshal read it aloud
to the strikers. He advised them to
disperse, to raise the strike and go
peaceably to their homes. This was
greeted with loud protestations Of dis
favor. Then he said:
I'm the name of the president of the
United States 1 command you to dis
perse."
rTl,f, ,.-,- rr,.oo+o1 -,,;tI, loo+s op5 iaars
and curses for the president and the
United States interference with their
business. The mob was next addressed
by United States Deputy Marshal Allen,
who, among other things, said:
Men, l again command you to dis
perse and let the mail trains go through.
If you won't we will be compelled to call
out the United States troops and put
your town under martial law and close
all your business houses"
This was likewise hooted at. Assistant
Attorney Mather then made a few caus-
tic remarks, which We're received by the
strikers with cries Of Hang him." and
curses for the railroads. Two freight
cars were thrown across the only open
line in the whole yards by the strikers,
again making a complete blockade. The
deputies are refused admittance at all
hotels and boarding-houses in the village
and have to take their meals and sleep
in the coaches and dining cars.
Tomorrow morning an attempt will be
made to run a train hauling Pullman cars
and if that be impossible the Fifteenth
regiment United States army from Ft.
Sheridan may be called out.
Marshal Arnold wired Attorney-Genera
Olney late tonight saying that he was
utterly unable TO cope with the mob His
deputies are not the best of men, many
being in sympathy with the strikers.
Two thousand brickmakers at Blue
Island struck this afternoon and armed
themselves with the intention OF aiding
the strikers at that point. Twenty of
the deputies at Blue Island refused to
resist the strikers. They said they Were
old railroad men and would not fight
the A. r. u. 1t is apparent that many Of
the railroad men are having themselves
sworn in IS deputies.
The regular troops at Ft. Sheridan have
been ordered to move in the morning
The destination is not known at present
but is supposed TO be Blue Island.