The evening world., 1894-07-07

alone was doing n comparatively unin-
terrupted business Up. to this morning
suburban traffic remains In a complete
state OF asphyxiatlon, and there Is no
immediate prospect OF resumption.
34I Fires In six Days.
For the twenty-four hours ending this
morning there were siSty-two fire-alarrn
calls from burning railroad property,
nearly all being on the South Side.
This is a remarkable record. according
to Chief Swenle. Several times rail.
road shops were fred. Tho strain was
great on the Fire Department. and at
the headquarters in the CITY Hall a
double force Of operators were a. work.
The number OF alarms from July l 10
10 O'Clock last evening was 3i. the larg-
est ever recorded in she history OF the
Department In that time. chief Swenia
said last night 1t was a question neither
the firemen on the South Side could hold
out II such Wholesale incendiarism con-
;inued.
Regulars Maddened by Insults.
Stories are beginning to float into
military headquarters which will H.
lustrate the fury to which the regular
troops have been worked up by the In
suits OF the crowd. A cavalryman al
the stockyards who had been howled a,
by n crowd for three hours. made a
protest TO his Captain. one hulkine
rioter in particular had planted himself
il front of the trooper and hurled al
| him every epithet he could think Of
besides daring him to fight. The troop.
CT turned to his superior:
Captain. for heavens sake let m,
take my uniform of and lick that fel
low. I'll do IT without any help
The officer refused. OF course. Will,
that soldiers noisy assailant was arounc
the former never took his eyes off him
Had the order TO fire been given It wa.
quite certain that rioter would not hav,
been among those who escaped.
An officer said last night: The troop
are worked up to a frenzy. which ha
been held back by excellent discipline
IL they get an order to fire n gooc
many of them will fail to hear the com
mand Cease firing II 1t Is given. atte
the first volley, and will get in an extr;
shot or two"
Accidental killing.
ichard Zeff B. and o. employee
also n deputy United States Marshal
vas killed at the Grand Central Depo
i'"t evening by the accidental explos d
Of gun. William NJ 1tln was seriousl,
We unted at the same Time. The &C Il
deaf created great excitement at the gen
er Offices OF the road, which are ia
C"ri to the rooms where the AFFAIR tool
place. it being thought that some o
the rtrikers had gained al entrance iitt
the room and were responsible fer ne
sEcpting-
Trninm-n Well Out of II.
Grand Master Wilkinson. OF the
brotherhood OF Trainmen, in an inter
view last night said: "This is a bat
state of affairs, and l am glad that oui
organization has no part in It. We have
no grievance with the railroads and are
under contract for "a certain length oi
time. While we sympathiZe with the
men ut Pullman. We could not find 6
justlfable cause to go out
~ don't expect to see the A. r. L. mel
| win. II they can dictate which kind o.
| passenger cars are to be used, what
| TO prevent them refusing to work 70
roads hauling freight cars made by som
car-building coEpany that might be Il
! trouble with Its employees? 1t Is
! fruitless and hopeless struggle. MI
! Debs and his people have promised tn
! Pullman strikers certain things whicl
| they cannot carry out.
The brotherhood Position.
This Is the stand he trainmen take
| Every man Of ours who has gone on
will lie expelled from the order or tn
charter taken away from any local lodg
that refuses to expel the men. l am sur
prised a; the position taken by som
! OF the engineers in refusing to worl
when their iiremen have gone out. ]
the fremen violate their contract wit
Il road, 1t should no; follow that III
engineer is justified in violating his. Tn
has been the inviolability of contracts
BY taking part Ia this strike we forfei
all We have gained and secure nothing
Nobs Gather Again.
Before 10 o'clock 4. NJ. the officials q
the Grand Trunk telcphoned the polio
that large mobs OF men were movin
| down their tracks In the direction q
their shops a the crossing OF the Fan
handle tracks at Forty ninth street. The
expressed the belief mat the mob In
tended burning the shops. chief OF Pc
lice Brennan ordered Inspector Hunt {
Z the scene with force OF men.
Half AN hour later a message cam
from the Northern Pacific and Bait
more and Ohio roads that mobs wer
gathering at Forty-scventh and Fifty
ninth streets, where these companie
have wrecking trains. Fears We're ex
pressed that the strikers intended burn
ing these wyerking trains In order {
prevent the clearing OF the tracks. In
SpeCtor Hunt was also notified to atten
to this trouble.
Pre- sident Gompers Expected.
President Gompers. OF the America
Federation Of Labor will be here prof.
ably sunday, The new ComplIcat ton no,
70 he feared is the calling out Of n
iahor organizations. That would max
such q large body OF unemployey me
a. 10 vastly increase the crowds and I
greatly embarrass the handling or tn
I dlSurdcrly element.