Connecticut western news., 1894-07-12
Under Martial Law.

CHICAGO, July 9.-This city is today practically under martial law. The strik- CTS have been warned to cease rioting at noon today, troops are being hurried into the city by thousands, and thousands more are in readiness to follow. As the hour of noon approaches every one feels that the crisis of the great railroad strike is at hand.
 All night long the lawlessness here con- tinued. Early this morning it was re- ported that a big shooting affray was in progress at Forty-ninth street and the Grand Trunks tracks, south and west of the stockyards. There was great excite ment. The cause is not yet known
 The rioting at Hammond, Ind, oulmi- mated in conflict between the mob and Company B. Fifteenth United States in- fantry in which Charles Fleischer, a la- borer, was killed, Victor Vaceter fatally wounded and William Campbell shot through both legs. A number of other people were slightly injured, but were carried away by their friends and secret. ed, and it will be impossible to learn the exact number wounded.
 The trouble began Saturday night The rioters kept their work up all night, burn ing cars and disabling engines. Sunday morning they burned Pullman car Most of this work was done inside the Il. linois state line, and as soon as the Illi- nois militia arrived on the scene the mob retired into Indiana and jeered at the troops.
 About 9 o'clock Sunday morning great crowd gathered again about the Mo non depot Several freight cars were over- turned and the Michigan Central tracks blockaded The sheriff's and marshal's deputies were powerless to restrain the mob and as there was no hope of the In diana militia arriving before late in the evening an appeal was made to the fed eral authorities at Chicago. Company B | of the Fifteenth infantry, 35 men, was | sent out at once.
 The troops were stationed about the Mo non depot as that seemed to be the cen ter of the rioters attack, and their pres ence quieted things for awhile, and the blockade on the tracks was fairly raised at o'clock in the afternoon, and several passenger trains pulled through. "Make Ready, Fire"
 This seemed to anger the mob, and with an increase of numbers its passions grew into frenzy. The regulars were greeted with oaths and shouts of derision, and vol | leys 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 o'clock fully 3, 900 rioters were assem- i Sled. They had been aroused by their leaders to frenzy that made an encounter | with the soldiers certain. Several times they rushed upon the company of troops, but were met by fixed bayonets and driven back At last, however, the entire body < strikers made a determined rush us,- ward the spot
 Make ready, fire. '' was the command, and the B springtieldS rang out in re- sponse A second volley quickly followed The first volley staggered the rioters. and the second stopped them as effectually as if they had run against a stone wall.
 Several men were seen to fall, but they were taken away by their comrades, and the extent of their injuries could not be 1 learned. Fleischer fell in the front rank of the rioters. He was taken to the hos pital where he died in short time. In the rush thnt followed scores of women and children were trampled under foot. and half a doxsn tainted. The soldisfi