The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-07-11

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molished the tower at that point but
were prevented by the police and fire
department.
At o'clock tonight mob humber
| ing 1000 men started North on the
Lake Shore tracks, marching toward
the heart of the city. At twenty eighth
street, they overturned two freight
cars on the track; at Twentieth street
three, and at Twenty-Gftn street two.
They were met at TWeDty-secold
street by a small detachment Of police
and before the officers could make any
arrests the mob had dispersed. The
trainmen repaired the damage within
two hours.
At $50 special Detective Gregory of
the Western Indian Rail way shot two
men in the leg who had made an at
tempt on his life. The shooting was
done in selfdefelce. Two cars loaded
with meat were burned near the Fort
Wayne crossing before the fire depart
ment were able to extingulsh the
flames. The Union Stock Yards
Switching Company has been blocked
by four freight cars which the strikers
have placed across the tracks. From
there they proceeded to the round
house with the intention Of piling
some box cars on the switch leading to
the round house so that no engines
could get in or out of the round house.
Inspector Hunt with fifty policemen
met the mob, however, and drove
them away.
The mob is very rabid and seem bent
on doing everything to destroy proper
ty. They pay no attention to attempts
to dissaude them, having become reck-
lessly daring. There are large crowds
blocking every street and alley in the
stock yards district.
EXCITING TIMES.
CHICAGO, July 5.-The sun went
down on by far the most turbulent and
critical day thus far in the unpar-
alleled railroad strike and boycott.
When it opened there was a general
feeling that its passage would 60 far
toward clearing the atmosphere, if in
deed it did lot practically lift the en-
barge on commerce which has held this
city in its grip for the past week. That
expectation was chiefly based on the
presence of Federal troops in the most
dangerous district. Looking at the situa-
tion at the close of the day it must be
confessed that the hope indulged at the
opening in this regard has not been
justified. The troops were few in num-
berS at best, when they were divided
into squads and distributed at points
separated by very considerable dis
tances, it soon became evident that their
prestige as overaWing bodies had been
dissipated at the same time.
Instead of fleeing in fear before the
faces Of the veterans, as was expected
they would do, the turbulent thousands
surged about the little baad of soldiers,
jeered and hooted them, and cast vile
threats at them and literally played
hide.and-seek with them, stopping
trains at will and generally rendering
the embargo in the military district
more effective, if possible, than before.
The throng of strikers did not resist
Uncle Sans police, again and again
when there were thousands of them
about train while it sought to move
they gave way like water before the
leveled bayonets of single company
of infantry or the trampling of single
squad of cavalry. Like water too they
closed in again at point just beyond.
They turned switches, deralled freight
cars in front of the slow moving train
and played all sorts of railroaders tricks
with which the soldiers were unac-
quainted. Thus is was that the troops
at the Stock Yards in perseverance and
patience spent the entire day in a vain
endeavor to get one train load Of
dressed beef out Of sight Of the starting
point.
Another and pleasanter thing this ex-
perience showed and that was the ad-
mirable GOODNESS, self poise and discip.
line of the troops throughout sn exas-
perating twelve hours. Not shot was
fired; not man was picked by bay
onet, which argues that with force
enough the soldiers would have done
the work which was expected Of them.
The quality was there, merely the quan-
tlty was lacking.
Aside from the immediate neighbOr.
hood where the troops were operating,
there was plenty of excitement and dis
order. Great nobs gathered on Lake
Shore, Rock Island, and the Western
Indiana tracks and proceeded to OBJ
struct them by oVerturning box cars,
breaking switches and the like. Al one
point they set fire to asWl.ch tower
and interlocking the switch box,
though the flames were extingu'shed
before serious damage was done. In
two instances there was blcodshed. ca
the Western Indinan track, a hard
pressed special policeman fired at his
pursuers wounding striker in the leg.
On the Lake Shore Road an official OF
that company. in charge OF a train
which be was endeaVocing to force
through, emptied his revolver point
blank into the massed strikers about
him wounding two or three it is be-.
lieYed. He was saved from the fury OF
the mob by his engineer, who put on
steam and ran back to the point OF
starting. Shortly after noon, q mob
numbering 1000 started North on the
Lake Shore tracks at Thirtyseventh
street, overturning cars and obstruck-
ing the line in every possible way.
They were not checked until they
reached Twenty second street, where a
heavy force Of police was mas5ed, and
succeeded In turning them back.
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