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

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During the day another mob went
to the yards Of tho Panhandle at Rock
well and 10th streets and sst hrs to .
number Of cers. Tho yards were poorly
guarded by the police and when tho On.
sins company arrived ito work was ham
pered by the mob until the police were
reinforced.
MORE BLOOD sPlrLEp.
A serious fight occurred at 8 o'clock this
afternoon ut Hammond. Ind, between .
mob Of 5000 men and Company B, Fifth
United States infantry. In which two OF
the mob are known to have boon killed
and several others, including one woman,
arc said to have been fatally wounded.
The mob became 20 violent shortly after
noon that Battalion First, !. N. G., was
sent from Pullman. II drove the rioters
over tho state line which runs west OF
Hammond. but was not able to do moro,
as they could not move into tho state OF
Indiana.
Word was sent to Chicago for Q com.
pany of regulars. who could operate irre-
spective of the state lines. Captain Hart,
with Company B. Fifth infantry. was dis
patched to tho scene.
THEY SHOT TO KILL.
The regulars were patrolling the tracks
when they were attacked by o mob with
stones, some shots being fired. The troops
returned the fire through the car window,
killing Charles Fleischman, who was shot
through the bowels, and wounding w. H.
Campbell in the leg. Several other men
and one woman wore wounded. but their
names are not known. Three additional
companies were sent out from Chicago,
arriving at o'clock.
The mob has driven out ell the tele-
graph operators in town and has cut the
telephone wires, making it very difficult
to obtain information from the place, but
II 10 certain that up TO 9 o'clock there was
no further disturbance.
IT MEANS AWFUL LOSS.
The Pennsylvania system succ eeded to-
day In sending out an early accommoda-
tion and the Columbian special for tho
East. Some idea Of what tho strike has
meant to Chicago railroads can no OBJ
tanned when the organization Of the Penn.
sylvania line is noted.
claring Of the Pullman boycott, estab-
lished headquarters In this city under tho
charge of o strike manager and proceeded
with an organization warlike aud CON-
plete. A commisscrate of seven barracks
was established and for o week the de.
partment has been feeding and lodging
1.500 people. A force Of $50 deputy mar
shals was organized with officers, patrol
wagons and signal stations. and o corps
of engineers wero put TO work upon the
details Of the damage done by tho rioters
But despite this force of men backed BY
the city, county. state and government
troops. the company has suffered fearful
LOSE Of property. Up to Saturday night 367
Of its freight cars had been burned, be.
sides many signal towers. oil and tool
houses and other property. OF the burned
cars moro than 100 were loaded. about 90
coal and the remainder with merchan.
disc. No attempt at an accurate estimate
of the damage has been made but It will
reach an enormous figure.
RIoTING At HAMMOND.
Early this morning the Michigan Cen
tral inbound freight train was attacked
by rioters ut West Hammond, just within
the Illinois state line. Instructions worS
placed on the tracks and brought the
train to . standstill, and the mob assaulted
the engineer. The fireman escaped By
hiding In the bushes at tho side Of thu
track. while the mob proceeded to over
turn the cars, blocking the tracks.
An cast bound freight arrived at abon
this time and was also blocked and the
crews driven from the train. Companies
ID and N, Of the First regiment. !. N. g.,
were dispatched to the scene and tho riot
ers fed across the Indiana state line. I'm
der guard Of the militia both trains wers
backed to Kensington, where they art
standing.
THREE MEN KILLED. TWO INJURED.
The outbound Sunday passenger train
from Chicago on tho Monon railway wal
brought also to halt by the mob ut Ham
mond. Tho engineer aud fireman were
made to dismount and tho engine wal
quickly killed. The active leaders Of tn,
mob were not local strikers or known I,
tho Hammond people. Under their lead
ership, however, the town Was tcrrorizes
and the railway traffic was paralyzed.
Il
when in q skirmish with the railway en-
ployes three men werc laid low in
bunch. Two other railway men wer
badly injured In other encounters.
man whose wounds are supposed to b
mortal 10 U. b. Miles, an employe OF tn
Inter-locking Switch company.
| Ono Of the acts Of tho desperate mol
was the burning Of Pullman coach. /
was set on fire in several places simuI
taneously and completely consumed
| Fully Is freight cars were derailed.
| An unprecedented proceeding in strik
tactics was an attack on the TELEGRAPH
Office. The mob became possessed witt
the idea that kilograms were about to b
sent to Governor Matthews asking 70
troops, and the strike leaders determines
to forestall such action. Entrance to tn
telegraph Office was effected with scan
courtesy, and, in the expressive languag
Of an eye witness, tho place was cleane
out completely. Since then TELEGRAPH
communication between Hammond an
tho outside world has been cut OF COR
pistely.
JUST LIKE LUNATIcs.
Five hundred anarchists gathered at
picnic in grove near Western avcnu
and 59th street this afternoon and di,
cussed the strike situation in true anarct
istic style. The speakers were unanimou
in the demand for violence and blood
shed. which they repeatedly named as tn
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