The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-21
Policemen Necessary to Protect Laundry
Girls, Who We're Followed by MObs
of Jeering Women and Children.
ATTACK on HOLLAND "SCABS"
Bail Of Debs and Others Increased
by New Indictments.
Eugene Nominated for President-The
California Strike-Many Wabash
Engineers Out of Jobs.

CHICAGO. July 20.-The unusual sight of
military called to preserve order at the
POLLS was witnessed at Pullman to-day. At
the sixth primary district polling place of
Che Thirty-fOurth ward, located at the
Pullman engine house. hot fight was
waged between the factions supporting
George W. Miller and Frank G.. Robey for
nomination at the third senatorial conven-
ton 10 be held tomorrow. Millers inter-
ests at the Pullman polls were in charge
OF Alderman Chadwick. while the American
Railway Union candidate. Robey, was sup
ported by a large crowd Of the strikers
The latter claimed that their man was not
having fair play, and that Miller had two
OF the three judges and all the clerks. They
placed William Birkhoff at the polls as
challenger. Alderman Chadwick demurred.
claiming that BirShoff was not a resident
of the district. This caused lively row,
and il looked for time If the crowd,
which had rapidly increased in size, would
clean out the polling places The police
were notified and sent patrol wagon, with
Lieutenant Bassett and eight officers to
the scene. At the same time some one
called for the troops, and two attachments
OF Company F, First Regiment. were sent
on the double quick to the polls. The show
of force prevented any trouble and the
police drove the crowd back from the poll
ing place.
No more trouble occurred until o'clock.
when the laundry girls quit work. When
they left the works they were surrounded
by demonstrative mob of from eight hun
dred to one thousand women and children.
A portion of the crowd followed Minnie
Kaufman through the streets of Pullman
20 her home Near Market Hall they
stopped her progress and began calling her
names, and one woman, il is said, struck
her in the face Several policemen stepped
In at this juncture and gave her protec-
ton No arrests were made In the mean
time an escort Of ten policemen was nav
Ing an interesting time protecting seven
teen of the laundry girls who live in Rose
land. A mob OF nearly five hundred women
and children and a few men followed them
from the works down Florence avenue. and
Eleventh street across the LIMOS Ten
trail tracks The police were not accus-
toned TO dealing with crowd of the fem
infne gender. and did little more than keep
the most turbulent women from seiZing
hold of the frightened girls. The entire
march was enlivened with cries Of scabs'
and other epithets. At Roseand, when the
girls separated each was followed home
by small group Of the women. whose OBJ
ject seemed to be to see where the girls
lived. Forty Of the girls went 10 work to-
day. most of them old employees.
At o'clock fifty HollanderS who have
been employed about the works as lumber
showers track graders and repairers. left
tine southeastern gate OF the WORKS lOI
their homes in Roseland. They had a guard
OF sixteen policemen. commanded by Lieut..
Bassett Scarcely had they come from the
works when one hundred of the strikers,
shouting ''scabs' and other names. sur
rounded them. They took the same course
toward Roseland had been taken by
the laundry girls. Before Roseland was
reached the crowd following them had in
creased largely and il had become neces-
sary for the police TO charge IL several
times with a liberal use OF the club be-
fore IL was dispersed. Each OF The men
was followed to his home by several strik-
ers. but were not moleSted.
In the election to-day the \. r. T. dele
gates TO the State senatorial convention
We're elected by PA to l0i.