The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-07-14

Beginning on the 25th. and
still in great turmoil. the city of
Chicago as the centre OF the
great strike has suffered an i'm
mense amount of damage. The
following dispatch graphically
describes The events of July
9TH as telegrphed over the coun-
try on that day:
CHICAGO. July last night was a
night of terror in Chicago. Tho mob.
made furious by its repeated tastes of riot
and destruction during the day. rugged
rampant throughout the night. The
arrival of darkness saw nirenewaI of depre-
dation end destruction which WAS appnll-
ing. Fires hlazcd freely throughout the
city, and the lur1d light Of the flames fell
upon mob after mob Of different points.
the flames shone in brilliant relief against
the sky. The distance covered by the fire
bugs in their repeated acts of ~ln"endiarism
was TO great to be guarded. and at tho first
dawn of light this morning. piles of
sfanulde..A g ashes marked the place.
ah.r" last night were thousands upon
.!4ousnnds of dollars worth Of cars, build
ing and merchandise,
At midnight. with flaming torches
less hords Of tirebngS where at work i'll
twenty different points in the south half
of Chicago. Fires were raging in every
direction. and among the confines of a
number of different railroad yards. Hun
drrdS Of red glnres, as the forked tongues
of flames shot forth from blazing cars and
buildings, betokened ruin and obstruction.
At one O'Clock hundreds of cars and tens
ot thousand of dollars worth of mcrchan-
disc had gone up i'll smoke or been carried
off by the now frcnZied mobs. Incendiar-
ism was rampant. Alarm after alarm fol-
lowed III quick succession.
From early morning until midnight
reports Of fresh fires followed each other
rapidly. The flames were confined princl-
pally to rolling stock and buildings
against which the fury of the mot was
directed.
The Pan Handle yards from Flfty-tifth
to Sixty third streets. eight blocks, were a
mass of seething flames. The yards are
just a block from the hotel Mecca. which
was the hostijery of the National Editorial
association. at the Worlds Fair. just Il year
ago. 1t is estimated that ths yards contain
from 1000 to 5000 cars, half of them
loaded with merchandise of various des-
criptions. and these will be a total loss.
There was no water to be had. and the
flames had to burn themse yes out.
The Pan Pand,e station at Sixty-third
street also fell victim to the dastardly
pastime of the mob. Soon after the yards
were fired, the flames poured forth from
the depot. 1t blazed t~iercely, the flames
cracking in a weird chorus to the tiend-
ish glee of the rioters, and the depot was
destroyed totally.
Tho Grand Trunk yards at Elston were
also a sea of flames. Five hundred box
cars are supposed to have been burned
and all efforts to check the flames have
been fulfil.
Hyde park, near the Worlds Fair
grounds, the ashes of forty cars are
smouldering to-day.
At 3 O'Clock this morning, word had
just come that the mob, after numerous
efforts, had succeeded i'll firing the Hi,
nois Central railroad shops at Burnside.
CAICAao, July 1O.-Strong reinforce
ments of troops arrived to. day from,
Omaha. They proceeded at once to the
lake front.
CHICAGO. July 11.-Everything is quiet
to-day. The result of a number of con.
%ferences of labor unions to-1ight, as to
whether or not to strike is awaited with
interest. There is q good force of regu.
lars in the city, and all places where il
is thought damage may occur, are guard.
ed. There has been no particular excit.
ment to-day.
CHICAGO, July 1.-THE presence OF
regulars, and the evident determination
OF the authorities has prevented any
trouble in Chicago to-day. Trains are
moving in the ~stockyards, and no trouble
has been experienced from mObss Only
Two or three small fires were reported
from that district last night.