The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-06
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This is believed by men conversan
with the situation to indicate that Chi
csgo, within twenty-four hours. may b
under another government-that OF tn,
army of the United States.
Early this morning commanding ON
GERS were porting over a large map Of
Chicago and discussing among them
selves matters of grave moment. One OIL
them said: III the threat of Debs to cal
out the allied trades the laboring men OF
Chicago, Is carried into effect, 1t IL
feared there will be rioting and destruc-
ton of property in the city. We are
stop 1t In any event"
Provision Train Looted.
Dressed meat potatoes and flour lie
scattered over the prairie in the vicinity
OF Forty-fifth street and the Wabash
track. Last night a mob of 1000 marau.
ders marched down the racks to where
a train Of eighteen cars of provisions
and dressed meat lay slde-tracked. The
cars were torn open. and much of the
contents carried away. What was not
confscated was dumped out and thrown
about the tracks before Lieut.. Keller,
with a detachment Of twenty men. could
reach the scene Of devastation and dis
perse the crowd.
All Hands for Plumber.
When the officers arrived they found
the crowd carrying off the sacks Of po-
tatoes. boxes OF canned goods. -four and
other freight contained in the cars
Women had their aprons full Of stolen
goods and children staggered under
heavy loads Of booty. Barrels Of -four
we're being rolled down the streets lead
Ing from the yards. wagons were on
hand and being loaded and rich har-
vest was being gathered.
On the arrival of the police the mob
started on a run from the yards. Each
officer singled out one Of the men and
soon had him under arrest Eighteen
we're marched to the station and locked
up. On the way to the station the
women attacked the officers and tried to
rescue the prisoners. The mob hooted
and yelled that they were starving and
must have food, even If they had to
steal II. Another detail of police was
sent to the yards, but the mob had
disappeared. Many other cars were
found broken open and looted.
The stock was gathered up as well
As possible, and a guard stationed at
the tracks for the night.
Armour Driver Attacked.
A driver for Armour Co. was at
tackled by a sang of strikers at Forty
ninth street and Central avenue last
night. when returning from the stock
yards with his team. He was jerked
from his seat and fell into a crowd Of
young men. A club in the hand of one
of the men felled him to the ground.
When picked up bleeding and half dead
he tried to explain, saying: II was ready
10 go out, but l have never been asked"
Thereupon the crowd turned upon the
man who had struck the tcamster, and
he was in turn knocked down and
kicked and beaten almost to death by
his fellows, who cried amid a chorus
of curses: "You struck him too SOON"
The party was dispersed by the police
and the wounded man taken to the
hospital.
MARSHALL Too Ready Pistols.
Two deputy United States marshais
Almost created riot at Thirty-third
street and the Panhandle tracks last
night, two men being shot and painfully
wounded.
About IL o'clock the two deputies,
named Eugene Keck and Michael Keegan,
went into the saloon at Western avenue
10 get drink. There was quite a crowd
Standing around the place at the time,
and the deputies were hooted. When
they came out some one began throwing
rocks at them, and the deputies pulled
their revolvers and began firing. At this
time there was a large crowd around
them, and Henry Roehr and August
Ross received bullets in the arm and
leg respectively.
The shooting attracted the attention Of
the police, and the two men were ar
rested. BY this time the crowd was
thoroughly enraged at the action Of ths
deputies, and there were threats Of lynch
ing them. They were guarded, however
nv the police, who finally took them tc
the station-house.
other RiotinEs in the Night.
Between midnight and morning the
rioters at the stock-yards continued
their attempts at destruction OF railway
property. Several freight cars were firec
ny udNldSt NdS Npou
midnight the rioters cut the, electric
light wires near Forty-seventh street
plugged the fre-alarm box and dit
syerything possible to impede the worl
OF the Department.
While working over one fire at Forty
ninth street, the firemen were STONED
nut not injured, Patrolnan Burke wen
TO the police box to call the officers ant
was shot at.
a. mob broke. open, three cars loade,
With general freight on the Wabasl
tracks at Forty-f1fth street early to
"a! and were raided by the police
LieVen rioters were arrested,
freight cars were upset I'm all point
OF the stock yards during the night
Mepacer to Health.
One Of the most serious aspects OF tn
strike, from the city officials stand
POINT is that while horses are dying a
me rate of Is to 100 day there Is n
way of removing them from the city
tor days trainload OF these carcass
mas stood at Thirty eighth street, on tn
MlcNlSan Southern tracks, consigned I
NE Panhandle TOAD. which is to carr
mem 10 the establishment of the Unto
rendering Company.
me carcasses are fostering In the su
ah1 the health OF the community
ssrlously threatened. The same Us tru
~ other places where these carcasse
mo- left because the city cannot re
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