Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-07-11
SHOT AT THE MOB.
United States Marshals Fire on a
Mob in the Chicago Rail-
way Yards

Chicago, H., July 6.-The day opened
threateningly and ominous signs were
visible everywhere in Chicago At an
early hour the mobs began to assemble
about the junction points of the railroads,
and before o'clock it was evident that
great battle for supremacy was on.
Mayor Hopkins telegraphed hastily to the
governor asking for five regiments OF
militia to aid him in preserving the peace.
Thousands of people gathered at Ken
sington, suburb adjoining the town of
Pullman, and the junction point of the
Michigan Central and Illinois Central
lines. There were no troops there, but
the track was guarded by a small COM
pany of United States marshals- Very
soon a milk train arrived on it's way to
Chicago and this was the signal for hos
tilities to begin. The mob began an as
Sault and were met with great vigor by
the marshals, who began firing almost in
stantIy. Two were killed outright and a
number wounded. A mad frenzy seized
the people and they rushed in, seized the
milk train, and began tipping the cars
over. They then detached the engine
and ran it half mile up the track,
stopped it, reversed it and opened the
throttle wide, and drove it back into the
mass of overturned freight cars, scatter
ing the debris far and wide and render
ing the track impossible in any direction.
A frantic appeal was sent at once to
Chicago for assistance and troops were
dispatched to the scene. AT Burnside, a
station three miles nearer Chicago than
Kensington, fifty empty freight cars were
standing upon the tracks. The mob set
fire to these and they were all practically
destroyed.
Very few of the south-bound roads at
tempted to dispatch trains and were wait
ing seriously for developments, while the
majority of the United States troops were
calmly resting in camp on the lake front,
waiting for the arrival of additional
troops from Fort Brady and Fort La
fayette. These came in about II o'clock
and marched to the lake front and went
into camp.
The interference with the fire and police
alarm telegraph system was Il new and
dangerous feature of the riot today and
the officers were ordered to arrest anyone
caught IN that kind of work. AS yet the
damage to the wires is not serious.
Gen. Miles said today that the mobiliza-
ton OF federal troops on the lake front
,nce near the business center of the city
was necessary. The idea was to forestalf
a concerted movement on the part of
strikers against prominent downtown
buildings
General Manager Alien said today that
the Rock Island road would not attempt
to move any trains today. This applied
he said, to both freight and passenger
traffic.
Inc Rock Island officials today closed
all their offices and locked them up. All
the clerks and office men were sworn in
as United States deputies.
mob broke open three cars loaded
with general freight on the Wabash
tracks at Forty-ffth street early today.
and We're raiqed by the police. Eleven
rioters were arrested.
Freight cars were upset in all points
in the stockyards during the night Be
fore II a. m. today, Notwithstanding the
comparative quiet, a message was sent to
Gen. Miles warning him that the situation
promised to grow more serious today
than it was yesterday.
Fifty empty freight trains were burned
on the Illinois Central tracks at Burnside
tbs morning.