New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-11
DRESSED BEEF SHIPMENTS.
STRATEGY USED IN GETTING THE FIRST
TRAIN OUT

FIFTY CARS LEAVE; THE STOCK YARDS FOR NEW
WORK. AND THIRTY THREE FOR LIVERPOOL
THE WORK OF CLEARING THE TRACKS
Chicago. July 1o-A train OF fifty cars loaded
with dressed beef left the Stock farls TINS morning
about 3 O'Clock. bound for New oTK' II WIS mo
first trainload of meat which has left the yards
since the blockade was established. The train was
made up about equally from Nelson Motifs ~ W.
Armour q Co and Swift & Co. Many OF the c"is
were loaded several days ago ana nave peeii c''c"
for with much difficulty. II was necessary 10 re-
ice the whole train every tnIrty-six hours me
hacking firms had been schemng for several DAYS
IN defeat the work OF traln-wreckers and get the
,roin outside the yards. Yesterday 1t was decided
10 make n bold move. The train was secretly maue
I'D during the night. and delivered 10 'he IA"
Handle road. II taken out OF the horlh"eS''i"
end OF the yards. The whole train was ihaue uP
by hand. men pushing the cars abont ar que.V
as possible and all made ready about m'dhish''
II was Impossible for any one OF Suspicious char
actor 70 got inside the yards at the crossings. ana
all entrances were guarded by cavalry ana infantry
The men had orders to shoot to XII at any one VINO
ATTEMPTED 10 interfere with the train. engine or
Under the protection OF the Chicago hus'nrs'
and three companies OF State troops. together
With companv OF Federal troops and
SQUAD OF mounted police. Swift d. Co sent
out train Of thirtythree cars OF dresser
beef shortly before noon The beef VIII be hurr'eu
through 10 Liverpool A crowd OF hanKerS-oh
gathered at Fortieth ana Ialsted SIS. as IN. ''s
passenger engine OF the Michigan Central was
coupled to the train. but no demonstration was At
tempted on the part Of the crowd on top OF each
car a mltlaman stood with loaded TiHe. Inc M
cago Hussars cleared the tracks OF small crowns
that oiterel about and then escorted the tram dow"
Fortieh-s;. to the Michigan Central main me IhS
afternoon Armour & CO. started train Of beef over
Lrg.1n he IA,
succeeded In getting nearly 100 carloads oil Deer
and provisions In wagons Men have been At WORK
day and night hauling the beef 10 the do"h''"h
storchouses whence 1t is shipped by boats to points
the lakes. Several carloads Of DIVISIONS nave
also been 10 Eastern cities by express. ..,..,
Last night the yards and railroads were pa'ro"ft
by a double force Of troops. IN anticipate" ~ W
I.ni,ei Statrs tr"ops recev,,i information yesi"r
day that an attempt would be mace .aS' ''em -
burn the yards AZ Thrty-hrsi-st ana ~ ru'S =,
quence he detailed two companies u cavalry -
Al Forty-nnth and Wood SITS lbs; night IRE
bugs" succeeded in starting baz" N a "rT Th
Trunk frcght-car staining on me s.a' WAX IN m
car completely destroyed PafS"ns.1 ua,',s on
the Grand Trunk road are runniHk WIN i"''''""
attached and guarict by 'rSogs ~. ,,v on
the Rock Island ROAD. when that c'iniahy pc,
negroes in the towera on me GrpsS'n XXI svmpa
;hizers gathered shout the to~erhou'e9 ana threat
ened 70 burn lhe buildings L ihe ns. ro's and
aulcEiy ifspersel the mob
employing negroes and OF others placing negroes as
deputy marsha.s . protect trains. f3Icr i.'", a.,
O'Ne,N who Is now IN command u the troops IN
the stock Yards district sri 1T u an outrage Z.
pu, thes~ negroes TO work and g. looks - me- as u
Inc railroad company q trying 20 provoke troub''
am using every efort to Keep the people Iuic
but when a railroad company plis mgr l"s - wotk
in The towers ami strGs ont a train with th!r'F
negroes sworn IN deputies - protect y. as iney
di SUNDAY then there Is bound e. he trouh"
When the stock Yards railroad company hrough;
wrcck!ng train up the tracks r. Frilcih-R, YES
to-day 10 clear the overturned RnI burned cars
usicS have ohstrIc;cl the tracks sine" he rioi
~ ~. Fourth ~ Iuy. a crowd ~ ntary one thou
.,ni mon women and boys coigregatsi along the
tracks and watched In si.enc" The work ~ ne Big
dcr-ick az 4, lftel the wrecked cars and placed
,her, alongside ;hc tracks Is company OF United
sia,,s artillery and infantry guarded The 'ra.n and
crevs with Calling guns and >pr'ng1c J r.ne- \
gun was placed In position On each side % n"
tracks N 6o,h directions. AMI commanded a space