The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-08
THE STATE BADLY TIED UP
Harry Ryan, of This City, Escaped
with His Life at Ft. Wayne. \
Matters Growing Worse at Terre Haute
Big Four, the l.. K. d W., Wabash
aud Clover-Leaf Struggle.
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Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
HAMMOND, Ind, July This city wiD
probably be under martial law before to-
morrow night. The sheriff tonight wired
Governor Matthews tha. il was impossible
to any longer control the strikers. and sew
erai companies of militia are expected here
carly tomorrow morning The situation
took a serious turn this evening. and what
may happen before morning Is hard &c
surmise. The telegraph operators OF all
roads in the city have been warned to keep
inside their offices and give no information
on pain of having their heads broken. The
manager of the Postal Telegraph Company
has been chased out of town. At O'Clock
the mob went 10 the Western Union Office
and chased out four operatofs- The Michi-
gan Central operators and the Monon night
operator had TO fee for their lives. Ii IL
expected that all communication with the
city will soon be entirely cut on. - n:z0
D. m. it was reported that the Michigan
Central operator had been caught by the
mob and beaten and kicked nearly TO death.
At an early hour this evening the Michi-
gan Central attempted 20 freight
train into Chicago. in charge Of engineer
Mclean and fireman Cooper. The train
was stopped Just west Of the State line
and the strikers charged on the engine.
The c.ew after attempting TO resist the
strikers, was compelled TO surrender.
Brakeman Hudson was badly injured In
the fight. II. Il. Miles, superintendent OF
interlocking switches Of the Michig2m&
Central. who happened 20 be at the d1f'ot
at the time, was seriously injured by the
mob and may die.
At II o'clock tonight everything was
quiet. but the most conservative admit that
uer1 h.
action taken by the strikers nd their SYM
pathizers when the Monon attempted &c
run trains with Pullmans attached to-
night is a fair sample of what may be ex-
pected. President Shields, OF the Local
American Railway Union. says If troop:
are brought il will be a case OF starving
them out Any person who gives or sells
them anything to eat will be spotted and
dealt with accordingly. At a late hour TO-
night all the employees OF the George IL
Hammond company struck. This means
that the main support Of the town viii be
shut down, and it looks now like some
one else would starve besides the troops.
None of the roads has any trains
through here to-day except the Michigan
Central. Monon and Erie. When the first
section of train No. 3. on the Monon. ar
rived tonight at $50, one hour ahead Of
and the citizens were congratulating eaeh
other over the fact that there was no pros
pect of any trouble tonight. The train bad
scarcely come TO a stop before strikers b.
gan to flock toward the depot in droves.
No effort was made 10 molest this train
while ii was standing at the depot. but il
had only gone a short distance after leav-
ing the station before 1t was stopped and
an attempt made TO detach the sieepers-
The strikers were not successful, however,
and the train continued on its way.
The second section came in as soon as
the first had left. and Is still here. This
train was the indianapolis and Cincinnati
fast train. and carried three Pullmans. IS
soon as it had stopped some one cut out
the air on the front sleeper and the train
was unable to proceed. BY this time the
crowd had swollen to at least TWO thousand
and Deputy United States Marshal Schu-
Ter and his twenty deputies were unable
to do anything toward moving the train
The train was in charge OF conductor
Stevens, with engine No. 40. An attempt
made by the strikers 10 get the
engineer and fireman TO desert their en-
gine, but without avail
After the strikers had detached the
sleepers the train pulled down the track
short distance, and the strikers pushed
the sleepers. on the siding just south =
some one in the crowd cried out 20 burs
them, but cooler heads prevailed, and for
a time they we've saved. but IL is ex-
pected by many that the torch will be
applied before morning. There is one car
on the train with mail. some of which is
three days old now.
The Erie began running trains out OF
Chicago at noon to-day. The first 70 arrive
at this point fn. four davs was the Wells
Fargo fast exDress which came In at
o'clock this afternoon Several more passed
through during the afternoon. one OF which
was No. :. with two Pullnans. None OF
these was molested by the strikers, who
seemed 20 be waiting for night TO come
before doing anything No trains on the
Erie have arrived since 6 O'clock. No. u,
east bound. due here at 9:O5 O'clock Il
now over three hours late
At midnight the mob was rushing down
the Lake Erie tracks, throwing switches
and tampering with switch lights so as 10
indicate that the tracks were clear.