The record-union., 1894-07-09

Grand Trunk yards at Forty ninth and
Ashland streets, where debris from thou
sands Of burned cars Uttered the tracks,
was completed to-day under police and
military protection, the monotony, how
ever, being enlivened by occasional police
rallies when the gatherings of idlers
watching the work became too large and
! threatening.
At 4 p. NJ, when the finishing touch es
had been put on the work, nearly all the
on-lookers had Disappeared, and the
| troops. laborers and hepolice were with
drawn. No sooner had they gotten well
out OF sight, however, than gang OF 500
men suddenly appeared, and with crow
bars and Shoyels tore up about an eighth
OF Il mile of the track. They fled before
another charge of police, and the work of
repair is again being pushed forward.
| At Hammond, adjoining the city on the
| southeast, was the theater of the days
greatest excitement. Here the rioting of
last night was resumed. and finally be-
came SO serious that company of United
States troops went out there. They pre-
served the peace for several hours, but the
mob increased in size and finally became
so deinonstrative that it necessitated
charging on them by the troops, with the
result that one man was killed, two badly
wounded and a number of others received
serious injuries. Every ything at Pullman
was quiet to-day.
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 Tor nearly two hours. All OF
| the reserve force of police officers on the
west side had been detailed to the yards
of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
and the Wisconsin Central roads to-day,
and nothing lay in the path of the trenzied
strikers and their friends.
Shortly after 3 o'clock, ]. NJ. Egan, al
the General Managers headquarters, sent
the following message TO Chief Brennan:
lis there no way that we can secure pro-
| lection from the inobS in our yards? They
are burning cars and destroying other
property in the yards at Halstead,
Meagher and Morgan streets, and not 8
policeman can be found"
Chief Brennan at once transmitted the
message to the Inspector, who detailed a
squad of thirty police officers to the scene
of the disturbance.
The Fire Department had been called
out on three different occasions, each
! time to extinguish flames in freight cars.
Thirteen cars were burned. Tine mos
gathered about the firemen when they ar
rived In response to an alarm, and great
ly interfered in the work of extinguisn-
| ing the fires. The arrival OF the police
| had but little effect. The blue coats were
! hooted at and pelted with stones. The
crowd numb bered nearly 200. and was
made up of the toughest element of the
city. Well known thieves and other
desperate men whom the police oil the
Maxwell street station have had con-
siderable trouble with, mingled in the
mob and took an active part in the dis
| turbance. The police finally made a de-
termined charge, and drove the mob to
| the adjoining station and from the freight
yards, clubbing the leaders freely. The
police remained on duty all the afternoon,
and the strikers were kept from doing
| further violence.
! The mobS commenced to collect early
this morning in the yards OF the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy and the Wiscon-
sin Central tracks at Western avenue and
Sixteenth streets. Threats against the
railroads and denunciation of the police
were heard on all sides, and only re-
quired the move of some leader to start
another conflict. The police, numbering
| loo, and three companies Of the Seventh
Regiment were on duty all last night and
| this morning when the crowd began
gathering action was at once taken to dis
perse it. The men were obstinate, and al
used their clubs with telling effect, and
in a short time the mob was dispersed.
The militia we're camped in the yards
at Western avenue, and early in the
morning the boys were distributed
through the yards and instructed to deal
severely with any one caught in the act
of burning or uncoupling cars, Shortly
before noon smoke was seen to come
| from freight car on the Wisconsin Cen
tral tracks. The firemen were under a
guard of police officers, and had difficulty
in extinguishing the flames. No sooner
was the fire out at that point than another
was discovered two blocks away. This
was soon extinguished. Alarms of this
sort continued throughout the day.
During the day another mob went tc
the yards of the Panhandle road at Rock
well and Sixteenth streets and set fire to
a number of cars. The yards were poorly
guarded by the police, and when the en-
CINE company arrived its work was
| hampered by the mob until the police
were reinforced.
| Five hundred anarchists gathered at a
picnic in grove near Western avenue
and Fifty-ninth street this afternoon
and discussed the strike situation in true
anarchistic style. The speakers were
unanimous in demand for bloodshed,
which they repeatedly named as the So
luton of the trouble. The speakers de-
clared that the strike can only be won by
| the use OF the torch and the gun, and
called upon all workingmen TO aid in the
| battle against capital.
Early this morning Michigan Central
| inbound train was attacked by rioters at
| West Hammond, just within the Illinois
State line. distractions placed on the
tracks brought the train TO a standstill,
and the mob assaulted the engineer. The
| fireman escaped by hiding in the bushes
| by the side of the track, while the mob
proceeded TO overturn the cars, blocking
! the tracks. An eastbound freight train
arrived about this time and was also
blocked and the crews driven from the
/ train. Companies ID and M of the First
Regiment, |. n. g., the battalion in
charge of Captain Barrett, was dispatched
| to the scene. and the rioters fed across
the Indiana State line. Under guard ol
the militia both trains were backed TO
Kensington where they are now stand
| ing.
The Pennsylvania system succeeded to-
day in sending out an early accommoda-
ton and the Columbian special for the
| east. Neither train met with serious in
reference and left the city limits about
on time.
Some idea of what the strike has meant
| to Chicago railroads can be obtained when
the organization of the Pennsylvania is
noted. The company, after the declara-
ton of the Pullman boycott, established
headquarters in the city under the Chi
cago strike manager, and proceeded with
an organization warlike and complete. A
commissariat of seven barracks was es-
tablished for week, and the department
has been feeding and lodging l 500 people.
A force of l50 Deputy Marshals was or
ganized with officers, patrol wagons and
signal stations, and a corps of engineers
were put to work upon the details OF the
damage done by the strikers. But despite
this force of men, backed by the city,
county, State and Government troops,
the company has suffered fearful loss OF
/ property. Up TO Saturday night Coz ofits
| freight cars had been burned, besides
many signal towers. oil and tool houses