Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-09
CHICAGO'S SUNDAY
Comparative Quiet Prevails
There as a Rule.
CARS STILL BEING BURNED
Railroad Tracks Cleared and
Again obstructed,
lne Department could only Ex,in-
Euisb Fires by Police aud Viii
tnry Protrction--one Train
pitched by open switch.
CARS STILL BEING BURNED


BY Associated p, m.
Chicago. July s. ~ 'e quiet
prevailed as rule " y to-
day. though there were. ~ lave
been expected, number sporadic
instances where little knots OF mall
contents gathered. became boisterous,
and were finally scattered by charge
from the police. a number Of small
I mobs formed. went rioung, fiiing and
overturning cars. heads were cracked
and small fry brawls. mostly the result
of too much bad whisky. were frequent
ly reported at police Headquarters
There was. however, no concerted
effort at incendiarism or violence, al
though at a number Of places individ-
/ ual cars were fired several OF which
were destroyed. a small train OH the
Eastern Illinois was ditched at Root
| street by switch being misplaced
after the engine and four cars passed
/ over.
Clearing the Trnci..
4 The work Of clearing the tracks in
/ the Grand Trunk yards at Forty-ninth
! ShNtl anu -ASiAiuhH "'N"N,
debris from the hundreds OF burned
cars Uttered the tracks. was completed
today under police and military protec-
/ ton the monotony, however being en-
bs tnnlev iGiicR wirn me
gatherings became too large and
/ threatening. At p. m, when the I'M
ishing touches had been put on the
/ work, nearly all the onlookefs had dis
/ a,,nan,ad ara The troons laborers and
,,ipiit,s ,,,,ra ,,,,harayn No sonner had
! ~, ~, Iii All az s,yht man a rnne
- SSoh - ,,,1.t,,,i,, ,,,an,.aa win
al CIV men su'ue IA ha,,a,s ma tore
croWpHrs, plvhs anu s"'NSiS' "'iN -
| un about an tltnt OF ulliv ~ unsN
before word could pc got 70 the pvilee
| department. They ned peiore ahuthet
charge OF the police. ana the work OF
repair is again being pushed for
| ward.
III. unt,ic Ground.
! ,,, A., ia. -,
Az iamhohu, "uJulnns Wv ~
the southeast, was we tne"'y, ~ ~, nv
! days greatest eNoi'eIle"t' iieis W.
tiot'ns u. ,aa, " vs. s....,ons teat com
I,maiis I.,,,,,a st,tes troons went out
/ pany ui nii'eu o''..sa ..',, ~. 600.
mere IheF pIeasi s - ,,,s,,.aas,o.I H.,
erhl hours, put '"e 'ilup -, - ~,
size, and became ueInonstrn''se, ~
| that IL necessitnted nflhB upon tHe"i ny
/ the troops, with the result that one
| man was killed. two BABY wounded
( and a number OF others received ser
I Ions injuries. Everything at Pullman
/ vns oniet today.
I Riot,us ,nobs. consisting Of men,
/ Uomen and children, took possession OF
/ tho stock wards al Halstead. Morgan
/ ona Nfenpher streets this afternoon.
] Thev burned cars and had everything
/ IN sir own way for nearly two hours.
| Ali ~ me reserve of the police officers
! on the west side Ind been detailed to
! tbe Yards of the burlington and the
! VVisconsin Central roads early In the
| dav and nothing lay in the path Of the
frenzied strikers and their friends.
I shortiv after z o'clock John NJ Egan,
I M the general managers Headquarters.
! sent the Following message to Chief
4 brennan:
''Is there no way that we can Sc
/ cure nroteotion from the mobs In our
! vardsP They nre burning cars and de-
I STRIVING other property in the Yards Mt
[ Ualstead. Meagher and Morgan streets,
a,d M a noIicem,n cnn he found"
mn, rcn,ri, pI.n.r,
Chief Brennan az once transmitted
| the message 70 inspector Lewis, VINO
detailed squad OF thirty ponce oihesrs
to the scene OF the disturbance. The
| tre department hHu pren chiieu OUT On
eNtinsulsh nAnhss N irei sr, carS' mi
teen ears were purneu. M MP sa "a.
rived i'm .resnonse 10 an alarm ana
grnatIv intarfsred in the work of extin-
s1,ishinp the flnfnes The arrival of the
5oiica md huf iitt,e effect The blue
! coats ,,s,.e hooted AT ANA melted with
stonss ,rhe crowd numhered 1000 and
was made mn Of The toughest element
~ The civ weIl known thieves and
other deliberate men with whom Inc
poIIce on the Maxwell street station
ha.,a had on,,.,,ia,,, IL tre,,i,ta ,,insied
IN ,ha Yooh ana ,noi, an active nnrt in
fine disturbance, The pollee finally
made n determined charge and drove
the n,ol, 10 the ndioIninp streets and
from the freight yards. clubbing the
ieaders freely The noIice Remained on