The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-07-17


United States to refuse to handle
trains to which Pullman sleeping cars
were attached. The railroad COM
panies, without exception, demanded
that the Pullmans should 90 out on
all trains which usually had such RS
in their makeup; the employees per-
sistently declared that they would
follow President Deb's order, and
strike followed, which extends all
over the country, and which has as
sumed proportions viii b distin-
cuisines it as being the greatest strike
which ever occurred.
1t would be difficult TO even approx
innate the number of men immediate
" invOl ID III the tie up, but on the
Southern Z cific in the neighborhOOd
OF l., 900 men quit work, while many
of the Other rmplOye not participant
ing in the strike, such a. clerks, me-
chanics and others, whose duties de-
pend upon the operation of the road,
have been laid Off until traffic is re-
sumed.
Business in san Francisco and else
where has been affected to such an
extent that many places of business
did cot open last Monday, proprietors
giving their employees vacation un-
IL such time as goods could be re-
ceived and orders from interior points
fill d, in consequence of which many
thousands of other empt yees are
;Isied to the ranks OF those who will
suffer from the strike. In San Fran
cisco the prices of the necessities of
life have already shown an upward
Tendency, am, unless q settlement Of
the difficulty is soon effected great
hardship will result to the people gen.
orally, without reference TO their
sympathies Que way or the other, On
the conuar the situation becomes
more alarming and II will be mira
Gle # bloodshed is avoided. At last
reports there were no Indications of
an amicable settlement of the troubles
between the railroads and their en-
ployees.
CHICAGO, July 6-Events today
have transformed the strike into an
resurrection. BlOodshed, violence and
the torch, the ma sing of troops both
Federal aud State, and an unbridled
spirit On the part of the strikers, have
been the browning acts of the day.
Six men killed, two strikers wounded
with bullets, 800 to 400 freight cars
burn q aud lot Of heads broken was
the record made.
The trouble down in Kensiugton
was started early by the burning of
forty empty box and loaded coal
cars standing on the Illinois Central
side tracks, just south of Burnside.
Shortly after sunrise riOt0us and
bowling mob of strikers CONNIE ced
to gather about the depot at Kensing-
ton. BY O'clock the crowd mum
bered anywhere from 5000 To 300 peO
pie Women formed a good portion of
1t, and they were more demOustrative
than the men.
Day dawued at the stock yards on a
scene which showed what a mob of
outlaws had accomplished under COW
er of GA kuess The work of destruc-
ton commencei early ia the previous
evening One hundred and sixty box
cars had been overturned OIL the
tracks within a radiUs OF one mile
from the main entrance 10 the stock
yards. The charred remains of doZ-
en- switch towers marked the path of
the incendiary mob, which marched
west along the Grand Trunk tracks,
after midnight, from Ha'stead street
t. Ashland avenue, where they fired
the railroad station. Many of the
overturned cars were also fir d.
Firemen had been assaulted when
ever they attempted to put out the
fire., police were overpOwered their
prieone : taken away from them, and
the officers hal been forced TO run
for their lives The mObs were then
in full possession of the south yards.
They cut electric light wires and con
tinued their work of destruction until
day break, then they skunk away to
sleep through the day and wait for
nightfall.
The mOh's last act of incendiarism,
Just at daybreak, was the burning of
a huge hay barn at Fourth and Loo
mis- streets. Tue leaders of the tiie-
bugs secured handcar, loaded it with
cotton was saturated with signal oil.
They pushed the infiammable stuff
along the tracks and fired everything
in the shape of railroad properly as
far west as ElsdOn avenue, and at last
reached the barn. First they plugged
the keyhOles in the fire alarm boxes
anu then fired the barn ia a dozen
places. The waIchman made an at
tempt to save the property, but was
greeted WIFI shower Oh outlets,
stones and clubs. He was badly beat
ell. The barn, con aiming go tons #
hay, was entirely consumed.
Instead uf declaring Chicago under
N rtiai law, as was expected in some
quarters, the United States army
authorities held off for the time beng
and told MAY or Hopkins to go ahead
and -e- what he could do toward pre-
=. rviug ord,r. On request of Mayor
HoI kius, G vernon Altgeld oruered
Out live regiments of militia.
The militia W ordered by Altgtld
to ieI Orr To Hopkins TO aid the Mayor
in suppIe>sing riots and keeping the
peace This means they are to 10
police duty whereas the It gulars were
ordered here to prot, CT Uncle Sans
proper ty and particularly nothing
tlee VI til further oId-rs are issued.
The militia being in fleet police, the
Mayor turned il over 10 the p IL e
officia aud within few hou all the
ChIrago regiments wtTr III tbeiT as
sigued posts, ana the Third and ; iXth |
were either in Chicago or on the way.