The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-07
MAIL TRAINS MOVED.
Strikers Now Interfering With the Po-
lice and Fire Alarm Systems.

lice and Fire Alarm Systems
Chicago, July 6.-This morning three
mail trains on the Fort Wayne road were
sent through the district between
torfty-ffth and F'ifty-ffth streets,
where blockade existed yes
terday During the night freight
cars that had been dumped on the tracks
were removed and the trains were sent
out without trouble
Part of the mob charged a gang Of
wOrkmen engaged in icing meat cars at
Forty-ffth street under super vision of
Alderman Garry. He showed the men, a
permit from President Deb's allowing
such work to be done and the rioters
left.
Shortly after II O'clock this morning a
mob of 1900 men and boys held up n milk
train on the Pttsburg and Fort Wayne
tracks at Fort Scott street, and stoned
the engineer and fireman Lieut.. O'Neill,
with a squad of thirty policemen, charged
the crowd with drawn revolyers, but the
mob only jeered and hooted, and finally
commenced TO throw large stones at the
officers. The police then fired into the
mob, and several persons are reported
fatally injured.
The work of destruction at the stock
yards was resumed this morning AT least
strOyed at Twenty street and Ash
land avenue. Cars and switch shanties
were set on fire and the flames spread to
a hay barn at EOrty-ninth and Loomis
streets and 400 tons of baled hay were de-
stroyed. The work of the firemen was
interfered with by the mob. IL was prac-
tically impossible TO extinguish all the
fires that were started by the mob Cars
belonging to Swift a. Armour standing
on the tracks at Forty-ninth and Aber-
deem streets loaded with meat were fired
this morning
MAssING OF THE REGULARS.
Under cover of darkness, Gen. Miles
last night began massing United States
troops in Chicago and its vicinity On the
lake front this morning when the city
awoke ii found two companies of infantry
which had been on guard at Grand Cross
ing, one company of cavalry, one battery
of artillery, which had been figh ting to
uphold the law in the stock yards four
companies of infantry, which came from
Fort Leavenworth on a special train a
tie rate of fifty miles an hour arriving
at a. m. three companies Of infantry
from Fort Brady Mich, which came in
on a special a little later.
This was believed by men conversant
with the situation TO Indicate that Chi
cago within twenty-four hours may be
under another government-thatO of the
army of the United States
Early this morning commanding officers
were porinR over n lage mapi of Chicago
and discussing among themselves matters
of grave moment. one of them, who de-
sired that his name be not given, said
If the threat of Debs TO call out all
the trades and laborinR men Of Chicago is
carried into effect it is feared there will
be rioting and destruction of prop
erty in the city We are here TO pre-
vent it, if possible, but to stop it in any
event"
At 10 o'clock this morning mob of 500
men attacked the Illinois Central road at
Kensington. In few minutes the box
cars were run on the main line, switches
were turned, and the line completely
blockaded The officials of the company
at once called on the police department
and Gen Miles for assistance. Tho
United States marshals at kensington
fired on the mob ana one man was killed.