The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-09

ings were reached the train stopped, the
| troops tumbled down to the ground and
| with their bayonets forced the people to get
off the track. The mobS were surly but
| made no resistance.
Estimate of the Loss.
| An afternoon paper prints the following:
competent authority estimates the prop
| erty loss in this city at alone by fire and
waste during the last ten dayse at 81, 000, 600
! "a loss traceable directly to the strike.
| But that vast amount is insignificant in
comparison to the loss due to the sacrifice
OF wages and paralysis Of business. The
railroad tie-up has thrown not less than
| 100000 railroad employees out of work; and
now 1T is announced the result of
careful canvass that industrial establish
ments III Chicago and it's environs, en-
ployinG 100000 men. will shut down until
the strike is settled. Other manufacturing
| communities throughout the west are doing
the same thing and ii is not an cXaggera-
ton to state that the ranks OF oilers in the
west will be increased 1000 coo men by rea-
son of the strike. The western country
therefore, is losing $2o00,0O0 day in wages
estimating the pay of the at the low
average Of s. a day. In the basis of the
estimate OF the men out of work in
Chicago by reason OF the strike, the work
ing men are contributing $4,000 a day in
lost wages and $500 600 more in drafts upon
their resources for the cost Of living, or a
daily total OF 5000, 000'
A HownK Lady Killed.
Police officers guarding the Northwestern
freight y.rds at Sixteenth street and Ash
land avenue, adjoining the Burlington
tracks, engaged In a hand-to- hand conflict
with rioters ct o'clock this evening.
A few minutes before this the crowd set
fire to the freight cars standing in the
yard The police officers attempted 70 drive
them away by shooting over their heads
A young lady, named Miss Martha Bach,
who was standing the roof of house
nearby, watching the conflict, was shot and
instantly killed by bullet from the revoi-
Yer of 81 policeman. This fact becoming
known, the mob became frenzied and the
crowd made dash for the little band of
policemen.
not be learned, seriously hurt by u
IN the melee an officer whose name could
flying rock and was taken away in the
patrol wagon.
Firing the stock Yards.
Union Stock Yards ILL.,, July s. a. M
The flrebuss continued their destructive
work in this district until long after mid
night. Al 8 O'Clock they fired
empty box car on the Grand
Trunk tracks, at LOOMS street,
close to the spot where a car was destroyed
an hour previous Car. were lighted in "a
dozen different places and the fire1ncn are
completely exhausted from responding to
the alarms that have been sent in at the
rate Of five six every hour.
Not less than tWe0ty-three alarms have
been received in the stock yards district
since o'clock tonight.
Although the packing houses sur
rounded by pickets CT state troops, firebugs
got into the yards shortly before 10 o'clock
tonight and set Gre to the big hay and
feed barn OF Nelson Morris & Co. A gen
-ral alarm Of fire was sent out and the
fremen had d hard struggle to succeed in
quenChing the flames. There was no wind
blowing at the time, otherwise nothing
could have prevented the destruction of the
immense packing houses which stood close
to the fire. The loss will probably amount
to $1,000.
The Situation at Joliet.
Joliet, H.. July THE backbone Of the
strike in Joliet is broken. After staying
out nearly two days the employees of the
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern road went TO
work this morning. When Chicago
trains arrived they bore . committee from
the American Railway Union which urged
the to quit work, ana finally threat
encd, but We're not successful. Shortly
after noon United States Deputy Marshal
Hamilton and seventeen men reached Jo-
lct and Will guard the Elgin, Joliet and
Essterns property against the strikers.
A sFATEMES'H From DFBs,