The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-09
But the Mobs Now Run When the
Soldiers Uniforms Appear.
Though Troops Move Trains at some
Places, Deos Is Tying Up New Reads.
From Coast 60 Coast, From Calves
ton 60 Toledo, as DE fiant as Ever.

firing and overturuing cars. Heads were
cracked. aud snlall-fry brawls. mostly the
result OF too mach bad whisky, we're fire.
quently reported by the police. There
was. however, no concerted effort at IN
cendiarism or violence. although at
number Of places individual cars were
fred. several Of which were destroyed.
train on the Eastern Illinois was ditched
at Roby, Ind, by switch being mis-
placed after the engine and four cars had
passed over.
The work Of clearing the tracks in the
Grand Trunk yards, At Forty-ninth street
and Ashland avenue. where debris from
thousands of burned cars Uttered the
tracks. was completed today under police
and militia protection. At p. m. when
the finishing touches had been put on the
J work, nearly all the onlookers had dis
appeared and the troops, laborers and po-
lice were withdrawn. No sooner had they
got we'll out of sight. however. than
gang of 500 men suddenly appeared and
with crowb bars and shoyels tore M about
an eighth of mile of track. They fled
before another charge of police, and the
work Of repair is again being pushed for
ward.
AT Hammond. adjoining the city, was
the theater of the days greatest excite
ment. Here the rioting of last night was
resumed and finally became so serious
that a company of United States troops
was sent out there. They preserved the
peace for several hours, but the mob In
creased in size and finally became so DEM
onstratiye as to- necesSilate charging on
them by troops, with the result that one
man was killed, two badly wounded and
number of others seriously injured. Ev-
erything at Pullman was quiet today.
Riotous mobs. consisting of men, women
and children, took possession OF the
freight yards at Halstead. Morgan and
Meagher streets this afternoon. They
burned cars and had everything their own
way for nearly two hours. All OF the re-
serve force of police officers on the West
Side had been detailed 10 the yards In
other sections. shortly after 3 o'clock ].
NJ. Esan, at the general managers head
quarters sent the following message TO
Chief Brennan: lis there any way that
we can secure protection from the mobs in
our yards7 They are burning cars and
destroying other property in the yards at
Halstead, Meagher and Morgan streets.
and not a policeman can be found. ;"
Chief Brennan at once transmitted
the messag. to an inspector, who de-
tailed squad Of thirty police Of
ficers to the scene of the disturbance.
The fire department had been called out
on three different occasions, each time to
extinguish flames in box cars. About
thirty cars were burned. The arrival of
the police had but little effect. The blue
coats were hooted at and pelted with
stones. The crowd numbered nearly 1000
and was made up of the toughest element
of the city. Well-known thieves and other
desperate men whom the police have had
considerable trouble with mingled in the
mob and took an active part in the dis
turbance. The police finally made de-
termined charge and drove the mon to the
| adjoining station and from the freight
wards. clubbing the leaders freely. The
police remained on duty all the afternoon.
| and the strikers were kept from doing
| further violence.
Mobs commenced to collect early this
morning in the yards of the Chicago. Bur-
ungton & Quincy and Wisconsin Central
al Western avenue. Threats against the
| RAILROADS and denuneiation Of the police
| were heard on all sides, and it only re-
| ouired the move OF some leader 20 start
| another conflict. The police, numbering
| 80, and three companies of the Seventh
regiment we're on duty oil last night. and
| this morning when the crowd began gath
| ering action was at once taken TO disperse
| IL. The men were obstinate and AZ iirst
| refused 10 move The police officers used
| their clubs with telling effect, and in .
short time the mobs we're dispersed. The
| militia we're camped in the yards at West
| ern avenue. and the boys were distributed
! through the yards and instructed to deal
| severely with any one caught m the act
| Of burning or uncoupling cars. shortly
before noon smoke was seen TO come from
freight car on the Wisconsin Central
| tracks. The fremen, under n guard OF
| police officers, had difficulty in extin-
| gushing the flames. No sooner was the
| fire out at that point than another was
| discovered txo blocks away. This was
| soon extinguished Alarms Of this sort
continued throughout the day. Daring
| The day another mob went to the yards Of
/ the Panhandle road AZ Rockwell and Six
| teenth streets and set fire to a number OF
cars. The yards were poorly guarded by
/ police, and when u fire company arrived
| iss work was harupered by the mob. The
1 police we're reinforced.
4 ne hSktEAA - - -" - - =
IN. G., is preparing % take part in tho
present troubles. The corps numbers i0l
! veterans. and expects to be able TO report
| n Gen. Wheeler tomorrow. President
| Wicks. o. the Pallmsn works. agreed "a
| furnish blankets today for the men. who
| are gathering n the armory.
Five hundred anarchists gathered at .
| rlcnlc in a grove near Western ayenus
| and FTity-ninth street this afternoon ard
| discussed the strike situation in true
| ansrehistio style. The speakers were
unanimous in demand for violence and
b!oodshed. shich they repeatedly named
as the solution Of the trouble. The speak.
| e,s declared that the strike can only IA
won By the use of the torch. and called
upon al working men 10 All in the battle
against eapisal-
Tie Pennsylvania system succeeded %
day ia sending ous an early aecore modA
fson and the Columbian special Tor tbs
Esst. Neither train met vlth serious IN
reference and left the city limits about oH
/ tine. some idea If shat the stslks has
meant 10 Chicago railroads can be Oh
sainsd when tie oEganszssaon Of The Psaa