New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-08
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and PHI alarm has been sent In. Alarms are
also coming in from different parts Of the yards
desperate attempt was made early this morn
ing by a mob Of Bohemians. Poles and Italians
to burn the big packing houses OF the stock
wards About o'clock the mob massed on the
Pan Handle tracks in the OF the packing
houses and fires began 70 appear In all direc-
tons The incendiaries captured several bales
81 cotton and dipped II In oil. which they threw
into the cars The Fire Department responded
promptly and were greeted with voIey OF
stones from the mob. They cut the hose as fast
as Il was laid and surrounded the nremen. Fire
Marshal Fitzgerald sent call for police which
was answered by Captain O'Ne and ffty men
The police charged the crowd with clubs. and
scattered them in all directions
Fires breaking out all over the yards by
this time and when the police started to Quell
disturbance in Halstead-st.. the mob swooped
down upon Marshal Fitzgerald and threw him
into a pond OF water. The police returned and a
desperate hand-to-ha hand battle took place lasting
nearly half an hour. In the south yard Of Fifty
hfth-st the mob seized handcar and applied the
torch among the side-tracked cars between Fifty
fifth and Sixty-frst SITS. Several deputy marshals
were sent to the place but proved to be OF no use
whatever. Several OF them stood idly by and
watched a crowd OF boys set fire TO a car with
out making any attempt to arrest them
Just before daybreak a mob Of nearly 1000
men entered the yards OF the Monon road at
Flfty-third and Wallace ats. and set fire TO some
freight cars standing on the tracks at That
point A squad Of police was hurried 10 the
yards and succeeded in clearing the tracks and
quenching the flames. The mob remained at
shor, distance while the police worked on the
fire and when the blaze was extinguished the
crowd Of rioters closed in on the officers and a
hand-to-hand fight ragged for several minutes.
The mob armed themselves with stones. clubs
and coupling pins and rapidly driving the
police from the yards when Sergeant Moran
ordered his men 70 fire The policemen sent half
a dozen volleys Of bullets into the mob and sew
erai OF its members were wounded. As the men
fell they were quickly dragged back. The police
succeeded In arresting four Of the mob who were
charged with rotng.
A mob started TO tear up the rails Of the Pan
Handle road at Fiftieth-st. at o'clock this
morning They had half a dozen rails of the
ties when the police arrived Several persons In
the crowd drew revovcrs and fired at the Of
icers The police returned the fire and wounded
two Of he mob.
A telephone message ives sent to Captain
O'Nell at the Stock Yards for help. and Colonel
Moulton. Of the militia. ordered Company B,
under command Of Captain Logan, to proceed at
once 10 the Pan Handle tracks. Pie troops ar
rived at the OF the trouble too late to be or
any assistance and went TO patrolling the tracks
at that place. A wreCknR train was sent out
by the Pan Handle Company to clear the tracks
OF the burned cars which were destroyed by the
mob last night.
Shortly after 7 o'clock a mob began TO gather
in the yards west Of IIalstead-st.. where a train
OF beef was standing the tracks call was
quickly sent to Dexter Park and Captain Hartz.
OF the regulars with three companies OF infantry.
responded The troops drove the crowd from the
yards and established dead line 200 feet from
the cars The mob then scattered along the
Lake Shore tracks toward the Fort Wayne cross
ing.
Fire inspectors were busy this morning repair
ing broken locks and wires OF the fire signal
boxes which had been plugged and broken by me
mob last night. In several instances the police
were compelled to 30 half a dozen blocks out OF
the way in order to send in an alarm OF fire.
Troop and Battery D. OF the "a Regiment
State militia arrived here and went into camp
at Dexter Park shortly after midnight
During the last three or four days the big
packing houses have been sending ont hams
bacon, beef tea and other provisions in large
boxes by the American. Adams and United
States Express companies This morning as six
wagons Of the American Express Company
loaded with provisions consigned TO points In
yards OF Swift & Co.. they were attacked by a
crowd of strikers and the driver compelled to
| return and unload the wagons The managers
OF the packing houses have decided not TO at
tempt to send out any more beef or move their
cars until Monday. when a determined effort will
be made to send out several trains OF dressed
beef
Two companies Of regulars are still guarding