New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-07
WILD WORK At KENSINGTON.
TWO STRIKERS SHOT AND MORE THAN
200 CARS BURNED.
PROPERTY-TIE isT ILLINOIS AND CAT
TIING GIN nRnERI,r OI.T- pI.IIMAN
UNDER MILITARY GUARl

people mas heid almost complete sway IN the terri-
tory including the towns Of Kenslng;on Burnside.
Fordham and Grand Crossing OF the outskirts OF
the city along the Illinois Central tracks. since
O'clock this morning. Two shot by q
railroad detective who with difficulty pro-
tected from the 'nfurlatel mob; upward Of two
hundred cars. some Of them Pullman s.eepers were
burned. These depreiailons continued untE late
into the night. the force OF deputies ard the one
company Of regulars. under cOmmall OF Captain
De lamar. being totally inadequate afford pro-
lection to the immense amount Of railroad property
70 which the ncendaries Rad free access At
o'clock tonight Captain De lamar. who had been
sent to Kens!ngton at noon with Company F. 18th
Infantry. and a small, body Of Deputy United
states Marshas. telegraphed to the headquarters
OF the Department Of the Missouri, IN the Pullman
Building this city. informing the officers in charge
there tha, he cou1 not maintain order after night
fal. with the force at his command.
REINFORCED BY STATE TROOPS.
Meanwhile the Ist Regiment l. y. G.. in COM
mand Of Colonel Turner. which. together with the
I'd and eth Regiments of this city. had been placed
al the disposal Of Mayor Hopkins this afternoon
by the Governor at the formers request had
por; ed for duty at its armory in Monroe-st nearly
10 strong. The troops received orders report
once TO Captain Hunt, at the Hyde Park Police
Station. In whose jurisdiction the rotous points
are situated. The march OF six miles was covered
by 81. m. and detachments were sent 10 Kensing-
ton burnside. Fordham and Grand Crossing. The
lst Battalion. with Gatling gun detachment,
reached Burnside at 80 o'clock They encountered
no howling mob OF strikers: no bands OF incendi-
aries bent upon the destruction Of property. The
fellows had been fOrwarned and in direct line with
the tactics displayed these marauders In their
depreda;ons upon the unprotected railroad prop
srty In this neighborhood for the last three days.
had changed their base OF operations. ready TO re-
appear at some point where they are expected.
and where they are not in danger from bayonets
or the Ga tling gun The 81 Battalion took up
IT'S position at Fifty-third-st. along the Illinois
Central tracks No trouble has occurred there
either to-day or thus far this evening. but the
officers know from experience that this is no assur-
ance that the point will be free from attack at any
moment X left unprotected.
PROTECTION FOR THE TOWN OF PULLMAN.
4 battalion. under the command Of Major Tall
man. numbering about 200 men, arrived at Pull
man a little before o'clock. Great anxiety has
been felt the safety Of the village all the hotels
stores, houses. light power and manufacturing
plnnts all OF which are owned b. the Pullman COM
pany That the crowds OF Anarchistic strike-sym-
pathlzers who have applied the torch right and left
for the last few days should cophne their opera
tions TO the switch towers and box cars OF rail-
roads has puzzled the peace officers Of the city and
the United States and Il probably is wise pre-
caution thus to protect the town OF Pullman before
any actual attack has occurred. especially in view
OF the growing excitement among the law breakers
who have thus far bafied the regulars. the city
police and the State militia. That this move was
taken none too was demonstrated early this
evening by the appearance in the northern end OF
the city OF a crowd OF people composed Iarsely ..
those who have caused the trouble IN the nelghoor-
ing yards and suburban towns a
ii he town was on the alert, especially the once
force and the foundrymen, who have oeen ABOUT
Work a. that place A. the frst sign OF trouble the
loundEymeR qut Work ana hed nodn Seir eseans
In a hurry. The marsnders had been warned OF
the approach Of the militia, however, and they
con
gripmen were driven from their places. and She
complete tie-up Of the system was effected: Ihe
strikers from pullman proper took no part IN me
by its employees who generally sleep in the build
we're received there this afternoon in expectation
OF an attack. but owing TO the presence OF the
likely TO occur tonight The battalion will go into
camp the open square in front of the Hotel
The exciting scenes OF the day near Kenslnston
began this morning. when northbound mix train
the illinois Cenir2 was stopped by crowd OK
several hundred pe0p.e. An effort was made 10
Psss Fans In ihs the % crowd began to shower
stones cllls and other missiles az the defence.ess
Sroksn S1,';i' The fireman was chased BY the crowd
out over the prairie. but VAS .et 20 upon 1misng
.astei The engine Of the milk train was cut loose
by Of the crowd. who started 1t. and tnen
creased is speed demo.ishing the and every
thing in It's way. and was only stopped by being
wild engine by the freight car They backed into
the city ID keep out OF trouble.
MOB FURY AROUSED
At 1890 the mob had greatly increased and be-
gan tumb,ng box-cars across the tracks along the
lines between Kensington and Pullman. While
about twenty men were engaged in this work four
shots were fired into the gang by Detective stark.
employed by Of the railroads. The first shot
hit William Inse IN the temple. He is not thought
to be seriously injured. Another bullet struck
Dnly Vanzellne OF No. ll39 Curiis-ave., In the
head and still another in the back. He is now
under tho care OF four physicians. who pronounce
his condition critical The report from starks re-
volver was the signal for general rush by the
infirated mob which quickly gathered from all
directions. They Wild with excitement ana
pursued Stark to the Kenslngton depot. where fifty
Kenslngton police who had been called 10 the scens
seized him. formed line In front Of him. and. af-
ter running fight OF a hundred yards or more.
covered with a coat and part OF the mob thinking
the man in the wagon might be one OF the injured
men OF their party, abandoned the chase. In the
fight Frank Ends was shot in the side but was
Tne erect OF the incident upon the mob was i'm
medate:y apparent lessenlng OF the & CROWD va, at
e. nv ~af nEE or ana TeS nsh short
Of the mob. At that place 25S cars. s9me OF them
the sidings. These were set on fire and al de-
sPpSarance f' at Rveriac where thirty or forty cars
were standing the icehouses OF the Washing
ton Ice Company These were gnited In NUM-
Der OF places The fire spread TO the sheds ana 20
the icehouses The cars and sheds were DESTROYED.
but the icehouses saved from the wreck with
considerable loss.
CENTRAL. TRAINS STALLED.
Two trains on the Illinois Central, one on the
Big Four and one the Michigan Central are
stalled at Grand Crossing. the track being Dock
AIDED by the derailed Wild engine and the over.
turned freight cars Northumberland fourteenth
St The Illinois Central wrecking train could DO
no thing as the track was bockaded. and X st0oo
dly by while the cars being burnel. Inc
Fire Department was powerless as the cars were
set on fire in n number of places at the same time,
were almost inaccessible and water was hard 10
get , -.