Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-07-13
THE GREAT CRUSADE.
INAUGURATION OLA GRAND CON-
SPIRACY

INAUGURATION OF A GRAND CON-
SPIRACY
Boycott u she Pullman Company
Their Course led to Overt Acts
Of Hostility. and the President
Issues PrOcIn nations of Warn.
ing and Finally Directs the Ise
Of Troops 10 Protect Life and
Property Strike Fails and Is
Declared OFF by Debs This Morn.
ing at $3.50.
The 9th instant Was Black Friday
in Chicago. 1t was expected that the
appearance OF Federal soldiers would
have a restraining effect upon the
mob. Instead of fleeing in fear before
the faces OF the veterans, as was ex-
pected they would do, the turbulent
/ thousands surged about the little band
OF soldiers, jeered and hooted at them,
cast vile epithets at them and literally
played hide and seek with them, stop
ping trains at will and generally rem
dering the embargo in the military
district more effective, if possible, than
before. The throngs of strikers did
not resist Uncle Sans police. Again
and again when there were thousands
OF them about train which it was
sought to move, and on the track in
front OF it, they gave way like water
before the leveled bayonets of single
company OF infantry or the trampling
of q single squad of cavalry. Like
water, too, they closed in again ut a
point just beyond. They turned
switches, derailed freight cars in front
of the slowly moving train and played
all sorts OF railrosders' tricks with
which the soldiers were unac-
quainted. Thus it was that the troops
at the stockyards, in perseverance and
patience, spent the entire day in a
vain endevor to get one train load of
dressed beef out OF sight OF the start
ing point.
Another and pleasanter thing this
experience showed, and that was the
admirable GOODNESS, self-poise and dis.
cipline of the troops throughout an
exasperating II hours. Not a shot
was fired; not man was pricked 10y h
bayonet, which argues that with force
enough the soldiers would have done
the work which was expected Of them
The quality was there; merely the
quantity was lacking.
Then began the wholesale destruc-
ton of property, the overturning Of
cars and the burning and wrecking Of
railroad property. The loss speedily
ran up into the hundreds of thou.
sands of dollars, and the torch of the
incendiary in various parts Of the city
added an additional terror to the hor.
rOrs of the situation.
At Hammond, Ind, ON he Sth, cul-
minated conflict between the mob
and Company b, Fifteenth infantry,
in which Charles Fleischman was
killed, one man fatally wounded and
another shot through both legs. A
number of people were slightly injured
but were carried away by friends and
secreted, so that it will be impossible to
learn the exact number wounded.
The rioters had kept their work up
all the previous night, burning cars
and disabling engines. Most of this
work was done inside the Illinois state
line, and as soon as the Illinois militia
arrived on the scene, the men jeered
at the troops. At 8 O'Clock on the Sth
q crowd gathered At the union depot.
Several freight cars were overturned
and sIe Michigan Central tracks
blocked. The sheriff and his deputies
were powerless to restrain the mob,
and as there was no hope of the Indi-
ana militia arriving until late, an APP
peal was made to the federal authOri-
ties in Chicago. Company b. Of the
Fifth infantry, was cont out at once.
Its presence quoted things for awhile,
and the blockade on the tracks WAS
finally raised.
This seemed to anger the mob, and
with an increase in numbers its pas
sions grew to q frenzy. The regulars
were greeted with oaths and shouts Of
derision, and volleys of sticks and
stones were showered upon them.
The men stood their ground, however.
and kept the mob for several hours
from approaching the buildings. By
3 O'Clock fully 5000 rioters were as
sembled. They had been aroused by
their leaders to q frenzy that made an
encounter with the soldiers certain.
Several times they rushed upon the
company of troops, but were met with
fixed bayonets and driven back. At
last, however, the entire body OF
strikers made determined rush
toward the depot.
make ready, fire." was the COM
mand, and the 80 Springfelds rang out
in response.
A second volley quickly followed
the surging crowd. The first volley
staggered them, and the second
stopped them as effectuslly as if they
had run against stone wall. Several
men we're seen to fall, but were taken
away by their comrades, and the ex.
tent of their injuries could not be
learned. Freshman fell in the front
rank of the strikers. He was taken to
the hospital, where he died in little
while. In the rush that followed.
scores OF women and children were
trampled under foot and a half
dozen women tainted on the tracks.
The soldiers then took up position
on the tracks at the Russell-street
crossing.
The news of the killing spread with
remarkable rapidity, and 10 minutes
afterward the street in the vicinity
was filled with . threatening mob.
Major Hartz left his company for
few minutes to assist the fremen and
doctors in placing man in the patrol
wagon, and was surrounded by
crowd.i "Kill him." "Shoot him
down." were the cries of several ex-
cited men, as the mob surged around
the major. Hartz, however, did not
pay any attention to them, and was not
mOlested.
The excitement by this time was
intense. Men ran from house to
house borrowing shotguns, rifles and
other firearms. "To arms" was the
cry heard on every side, and fully
5000 people responded. Matter looked
80 threatening that call was sent to
Chicago for reinforcements, and two
more companies were sent out on a
special train. These additional troops
were stationed at the scene of the
trouble. and effectually cowed the