The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-07-14

Railroad. bent upon arse,
md destruction. The yards of tn,
for three hours WIRE in p,s
session of wild mobs of strikers, who
,eemed to find special delight in setting
ire to railroad property. Two hundred
and fifty cars, a majority of which were
loaded with merchandise. were set on
fire, and thousands of men, women and
children ran along the tracks with burn
ing brands in their hands, setting fire
to anything that would ignite. The fire
department was called and attempted
to extinguish the flames, but the rioters /
tore the hose from Fire Marshal Ream,
and threatened him with death if he
persisted in attempting to extiuguish |
the flames.
Lieutenant Healy ordered a flank |
movement on the crowd and by fierce |
clubbing started the mob on q run. The
Yards were cleared, but little could be
done to save the burning property
which was scattered far apart IN the
yards Hundreds of thousands of dol
lars went up in smoke and the tired and
worn firemen could do but little to save
any of the mass of burning cars.
CHARGED BY TROOPS.
Three charges were made by the reg
ular troops upon a gang of rioters at
Fifty-frst street and the Rock Island
tracks. Lieutenant Jameson of the Fiji
teenth Infantry led and directed the
charges. Almost before it was light the
hordes were at work in the yards over
turning freight cars and setting fire to
them. Twice they were driven out at
the point of the bayonet, and they then
started in with the torch. Twenty cars
were soon burning and the flames
spreading fast. In the excitement the
crowd lodged past the lines of soldiers
and under the freight cars, and began
to hinder the work of the department.
Finally they began stone-throwing, and
Marshal Campion appealed to Lieuten-
aut Jameson. The officer turned to his
men, gave short, sharp command, and
the next instant the mob was flying be-
fore the bayonets of the troops. Many
a trooper had blood on his bayonet after
the charge.
Twice more the crowd returned to
| stone the firemen, and twice again they
were driven back by the bayonets of the
| troops. Then there came Il succession
] g Ill iprht
car after another was set fire to, and for
more than three hours the department
was kept on the jump.
DEPUTY MARSHAL SHOT.
During this scrimmage Deputy Mar
shall Richie fired a shot in the air and
ran, pursued by part of the mob. He
was found by Lieutenant Jameson Of
the Fifteenth in ditch, blood stream
ing from his jaw, his skull fractured
and his face badly cut a woman was
bathing his face and regretted she had
not pistol ito kill the cowardly
brutes." He is an old man and is likely
to die.
The troops were run all over the
south side and into the stock yards ter
ritory, the evident intention of the
strikers being to wear them out In
this they partially succeeded. The
Fifteenth Infantry is not easily tired,
but the amount of running around
it had to do did not impro, its temper.
The officers of the command declared il
any shooting was done il would not be
over the heads of the crowd.
LEFT TO THE rNCENDIARIEs.
From two to thee hundred cars of the
Panhandle road were burned during the
day, and when night came it could be
seen that there was no eXaggeration in
the story; the whole horizon seemed
| afire. The strange feature of it all was
nobody saw just how this work was
done. People were afraid at first to ven-
ture out to the fire. They left the Pan.
handle yards to the incendiaries.
The night was one of terror, fire and pill
lage in the stockyards. The frenzeC
mob applied the torch indiscriminately
, from Halsted street to Elsdon. and ther
, to Blue Island on the Grand Trunk road
They spiked switches and upset shantie
and freight trains, which they fired
, Before doing so it was seen that the,
q had taken precautions TO prevent prop
erty from being saved. Electric ligh
/, wires were severed and the town plum
o ged into darkness.
o MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
f Instead of declaring Chicago unde
s martial law, as was expected in som,
4 quarters, the United States arm,
authorities held off for the time bein,
t and told Mayor Hopkins to go aheac
S and see what he could do towards pre-
e serving order. On request OF Mayo
n Hopkins, Governor Altgeld ordered gu
=. five regiments of militia.
e CHICAGO Is GARRISoNED.
The militia was ordered by Altgeld t.
report to Hopkins to aid the Mayor il
suppressing riots and keeping the peace
This means that they are to do polio,
. uuly "nciSdo tiIt reg uldtS were OIutTet
here to protect Uncle Sans propert,
and particularly nothing else unit
further orders are issued. The militi;
being in effect police, the Mayor turned
: it over to the police officials and within
few hours all the Chicago regiment,
were at their assigned posts, and the
Third and Sixth were either in Chicago
> or on the way.
REGULARS COMING IN.
Three hundred extra policemen were
sworn in, increasing the police force t.
$500. There are in the neighborhooc
Of 1000 deputy United States marshall