The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-07-07

During the riot over an incomin
stock train at Kensington, deput
marshal shot and killed two striker
and during the afternoon, the deputie
! guarding an incoming Baltimore an,
Ohio passenger train replied to volle.
of shots and stones which the striker
showered upon them by turning thei
revolvers loose, killing four Of their as
sailants and wounding number. 4
new feature was added this Afternoon
when meeting of the representatives, o
all bodies Of organized labor in the cit.
had protracted discussion in which
general sympathetic strike was favored
and appointed a committee of three will
full power TO act.
OF the. situation in general 1t ma.
be said to have broadened and strength
ened its grip. The most significant fea
ture Of 1t is the carrying Of the strilx,
east to Cleveland. and tying up all tn,
connections Of the seaboard trunk linel
there with promise that by tomorrow
it will reach the trunk lines themselve.
and SO practically reach the Atlantic
seaboard by tying up the railroads al
Buffalo. Thus the strike would be ex
tended from San Francisco to New
York.
Three mail trains were sent through
the district where the blockade existed
yesterday The chief of police now has
$500 men on duty. They are now massed
on the Lake Front with six hundred
regulars.
Gen. Miles said today: "If the order
of Mayor Hopkins is carried 'out there
will be no further trouble. 1t is a plain
order to the police to suppress rioting,
and stop the destruction Of property.
We certainly are not doing police duty,
for the city of Chicago and until the
police fail we cannot disperse the mobs
except when we come in contact with
them in protecting moving thains. Our
action now depends on the railroads.
The troops are here to protect them
when they are ready to move trains.'
Chicago, July 6.--The driver of an
engine on the Fort Wayne road attached
to train entering the city was stoned
to death today at 4Oth street, and the
train left in the possession of the mob.
At the same time train on the Wa
bash road at 10th street was also left in
the hands of the mob. The mob broke
open three cars loaded with general
freight on the Wabash tracks at 45th
street. Eleven Of the rioters we're ar
rested The Rock Island officials today
closed all their Offices and locked them
up. At the stock yards today the rail-
ways made no attempt to bring in live
stock, The total receipts consisted Of
three wagon loads of lambs and two
cows from adjacent farms About mid
night the rioters cut the electric light
wires near 47th street and plugged the
fire alarm boxes While working over
a fire at 49th street the firemen were
stoned. Patrolman Burk was shot at.
A message was sent to General Miles
warning him the situation promised to
be more serious today than yesterday.
In the vicinity Of 43d street and Ashland
avenue this forenoon cars were over
turned, switch stands burned, and
switches tampered with. The police and
deputies put little restraint on the law
less throng. There are no regular troops
in the neighborhood Mayor Hopkins
wired Governor Altgeld to call out five
Of militia to aid him in re-
storing the peace. The mob stretches
along the Illinois Central for over a
mile. At Kensington the marshals killed
two men instead of one. The rioters
overturned a milk train. detached the
engine and took it half mile down
the tracks, then opened the throttle and
let it run full tilt back on the wrecked
train. smashing the engine and cars. A
number of empty freight cars were
burned on the Illinois Central tracks.
Chicago, July 6.-With flaming torch,
lawless hordes OF firebugs are at work at
a score of points in the south half Of
Chicago. Fires are raging in every di-
rection among the numerous railroad
yards, and hundreds Of cars and tens
of thousands Of dollars worth Of mer-
chandise have gone up in smoke or
been carried away by the now frenzied
mobs Of rioters. Incendiarism is ram
pant; alarm after alarm has followed
in quick succession all day. At midnight
the reports Of fresh fires followed each
other with rapidity. On the Panhandle
roads from 55th street to SD street,
tracks Of cars are on fire. Tracks con-
tanning thousand cars, half OF them
loaded. win be total loss. No water
being at hand, the fire must burn itself
out The Panhandle station at SD street
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