The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-07-07

CHICAGO, July z. A. N.-Two hundred
stock cars Of the Grand Trunk are now
burning ct the stock yards. N. NJ. Ritchis,
. Waterman on tho Fort Wayne, has been
stoned 10 death by the mob.
With flaming torches lnwless hordss Of
nrs bugs are st work ct 0 score Of points
In tho south half Of Chicago. Fires sre
raging in every direction among the
numerous railroad yards, hundreds Of
cars and tens Of thousands Of dollars
worth Of merchandise has gone up In
smoke OF been carried on by the now
frsnsied mobs Of rioters.
Incsndiarism 10 rampant. From early
morning until midnight the reports Of
fresh firvs followed Sach othsrwfsh start
ling rapidly, bsing confined, however.
principally to railroad rolling stock and
buildings.
With the falling shade Of night came
the climax Of the hsry festival. The Pam
handle yards from bSth to card street,
eight stocks are ON ars. The tracks. CON.
tanning from 1000 to 1000 cars, half Of
them loaded, will b . total loss.
The Panhandle station ct 6ard street
was also fred and destroyed.
The Grand Trunk yards at Elston 10 .
SEQ Of fame. Five hundred box cars are
supposed to have bssn burned and the
efforts to check the flames have been
futile. While directing the movements
OF the 1lth battalion ct Slst street, Fire
Marshal Fitzpatrick was siessd by Q
thoroughly frsusied mob and thrown Into
pond, from which hs wss rescued by the
police.
DAT Hyde Park the ashes Of 20 cars are
now smouldering, and word has just come
in that the mob has succeeded In firing
the Illinois Central shops at Burnsides.
At the stock yards last night about 30
toughs, some Of whom were railroad men,
are skulkinR from point to point, and set
large number Of fires. Their method
was thoroughly unique.
Loading several hand cars with buckets
Of waste and oil, they would glide around
among the cars In the darkness, lighting
wads Of stun. which would be thrown into
the open doors OF the cars 20 they passed
BY. Troops are hurrying to the turbulent
dist rict from the center OF tho city. Miles
Of tracks have bssn ruined BY the fierce
heat. Hundreds Of switch and signal tow.
ers with their expensive mechanism are
utterly ruined.
Thousands Of cars and untold quaint.
ties of merchandise Of every imaginable
description have fed the flames valuable
locomotives have been wrecked and miles
Of tangled wires and PROSTATE poles litter
the ground. Telephone, telegraph, slsc.
trio light and hre alarm wirss are now
the especial object Of attack. ths plugging
Of the fire alarm boxes constituting .
new and doubly dangerous element
In the tremendous wave Of in.
cendiarism sweeping over the south.
west portion Of the city, preventing,
% II does, notice being received Of
the starting Of hrss until, with the poor
water supply in thsss outlying districts,
the fire has attained such headwAy that Il
cannot bs stopped except through the lack
OF further material on which to feed. Tho
maddened mobs arc now worked up to
the highest pitch Of fury and arc parallel.
ing the scenes Of the commune, and at
this hour II appears as though nothing
short Of miracle can prevent On armed
demonstration against them and the sac.
riflce OF many lives.