The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-07

By this time the fire department ha z
 been advised of the fires further norti
 on the tracks and had sent theii
 forces there. But on learning of the
 seriousness of the situation at Fifty
 eighth street they abandoned their
 fight further northward and came to
 the scene of the conaagration, which
 promised to be serious.
 Upon the approach of the Ire and po-
 lice departments the mob turned about
 and started for the oity.
 On It's way to Forty-seventh street 1t
 set fire to all the cars It had missed on
 its trip southward. No water could be obtained near the Garfield Boulevard
 yards, and the cars are slowly burning
 up. It was noticed that the leaders of the mob were mostly foreigners and as
 1t retraced It's steps few leaders. ao-
 companied by hundreds of followers.
 started off in the direction of the stock
 yards. There are $50 cars in the district
 now in possession. of the mob and It Is
 midnight.
 A number of hoodlums were in the
 gang, and they seemed especially pro-
 ficient in the use of the torch.
 l President Debs this afternoon said:
 "The> situation is more promising for l the railway union now than at any time
 since the Pullman strike began. Trade
 unions in Chicago and the country over
 have given assurances of help. In Cali fornia $100, ,000 has been raised for us by
 popular subscription. A mass meeting
 will be held here Sunday night to pro-
 test against the calling of government | troops here. It is an outrage to bring
 them here and the people will resent 1t. | General Miles Is quoted as saying that
 he has defeated the strike. If he said
 that he is a disgrace to the position he
 occupies. The police and state militia
 could and would put down the rioting if
 let alone. I regret the disturbances, | but we cannot govern the lawless." l General Master Workman Sovereign of the Knights of Labor arrived here to- day from Omaha and had a conference with President Debs, Vice President l Howard and their associate directors. | The situation was thoroughly canvass ed and Sovereign agreed to issue gen. l eral strike call to the Knights whenever request to that end was presented. At the conclusion of the conference he | said:
 T am here to render all the assistance l in my power to the American Railway union, and shall do whatever the off, cers of that body determine will be best | to serve the interests of the strike. "The crest of this great movement Is l almost reached, and in my opinion 1t is | imperative that every labor organiza- tion put in its hardest to help win this strike. If the result in this battle goes against the men 1t is difficult to tell when labor will recover from the effect of the disaster. This is the most criti- cal period in the history of unionism in America.
 "This will practically be battle for sef-protection and for the future life of every workingman in the country. De- feat will mean not temporary setback alone, but permanent and everlasting disadvantage to organized labor and honesty among the working people of the land.
 "A walk-out of all members of all unions in the city might bring about good. Certainly 1t would force upon the people stronger realization of the ne- cessity for a settlement of these trou- bles.
 T know that whatever I do now to aid the strikers will be heartily endorsed by the 150,0O0 members of the organiza- tion I represent"
 The ministers of the city have called meeting of citizens in favor of settling the great strike by arbitration. It will be held Sunday afternoon at Battery D armory. Bishop Fallows and Dr. P. S. Henson have the matter in charge, and have invited Mayor Hopkins and other city officials to be present. Addresses will be delivered by Bishop Fallows, Dr. Hanson and others.
 Both gangs of the mob again met at Forty-ninth and Halstead streets and continued their march to the yards l The $50 cars in the yards were con- pletely destroyed and when the mob l reached the stock yards it divided up into small gangs and separated among the big packing houses. It is feared | that the worst is to come and that the mob will destroy the big packing houses | during the night.
 On their return march the rioters set | fire to four cars standing on the Grand | Trunk tracks west of Ashland avenue. The cars were loaded with baled twine. I An alarm of fire was sent in, but it was | several minutes before the firemen reached the scene. The overworked l horses were so exhausted that it was with difficulty that they could be forced off walk. The f1remen in this district | had responded to nearly sixty calls during the past twenty .four hours, and as they reached the tracks they were received with jeers and curses by mob of Bohemians, Poles and Italians.
 The firenAn did not succeed in | quenching the flames before the cars were destroyed, and had already reach- ed the engine house again. when they | were called out from the same box. | The mob had set fire to other cars This l time the worn-out firemen made but | feeble efforts to extinguish the blaze. At 9 o'clock the oars had been reduced | to ashes. 5,.st...
 At 6 o'clock the Lake Shore company sent out train load of men to repair the tracks between Thirty -ninth and Fifty-flrst streets. At Forty-seventh street two men dropped from the train to repair switches, but 500 strikers and sympathizers rushed down upon them and beat them unmercifully with clubs and coupling pins. Both men were F severely out about the face and head before they were rescued by the police,
 The Third battalion, commanded by Ma3or TafBfaT1 numherfur about 0n0