New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-07

sist the strikers The police are on the alert.
FLAMES ~ TIE STOCK YARDS DISTRICT
NEARLY FIFTY ALARMS TrRNtD ~ Mors
CHARGED AND SCATTERED by rorIcE
Union Stock Yards Chicago. July 6-When
daylight dawned this morning there was evidence
Of VIOLENCE all along the Stock Yards Companvs
tracks. Switches had been torn up. cars turned
over. railroad buildings destroyed ana in several
places freight cars had been broken into and their
contents scattered along the, tracks On he
Fortleth-st. tracks Il the Lake Shore Company
half n dozen box cars had been overturned early
IN the morning. and the road was completely
hlockaded M night long scattering mohs cone
tnucd their riotous work y destroying rail- "a
property.
IL tn Course = The might thir'y-one alarms -
fir. were turned ~ FIR No Stock Yards Ola
trl-t but. owing . the prompt action u the 0rc-
men and police IN each case he nuuc. were
extinguishel before any serious damage resulted
a mob sct FIRE Just before noon to-day T. a loaded
coal car IA the rear 4 y y Armour 3 Co's fer
tlizcr works. but the hre department responded
quickly - the call ana the nro was eVtiugu.shei
before great damage IA been done Inc rnd'lrcs
st nre t. box car on The Michigan Central
tracks M Fortic,h-st a. p M. but the fre-
daylight and 2 O'Clock no lrs. than zen alarms
~ nre were sent iu. \ blk hay barn ~ Forty
seventh and LOOMS 81. was burned . me
ground AZ noon and just as the nrcru,n reached
home from the nrc . clll was turned Ia from
Thirty -ninth-si aul Eucfall-ave. Two more
fires were set late IN thc at rruupn. within thirty
minutes ~ each other and there seemed - be
a determined effort 10 destroy this place The
first was IN a restaurant iu -" ~, Union stock
Yards building. rcHi door 20 the sun Office The
nrcmen responded and while engaged AT that
place an alarm sent IN for hre Fix blocks
distant, Tho nrcmen dld not have an hour u
rest al day and are completely exhausted
All was que, In tho camp II the United States
troops at Dexter Park during the night. and the
soldiers were astr at an cary hour today
The Stock Yards were quiet this morning The
disturbances II yesterday and the work Of In
ccnl!arios last night apparently left the man
ayers temporarily without plan or purpose The
rnobs along the railway tracks passed unhindrr"d
and the united forces u Federal troops and
police were powerlcss = check their advance.
we ar. simply waiting for more trooic that's
all we can DO" said stock Yards official 80
far as getting trains IN or out Is concerned there
would be- no use Of doing It II We could. until
the blockade on the main Nnc IS lifted"
At & O'Clock this morning n Western Indiana
u.rocuy train started T. clear the tracks Of the
five ears which the mob had overturned at the
crossing ~ the Lake Shore road At Fortieth-st
Yesterday afternoon. The wrecking crew were
protected by a squad Of thirty policemen who
conpelled the strikers to keep OF the tracks
Tho ,o1re took summary measures to suppress |
an inclpient riot at the Forticth-s;. crossing Of
the Fort Wayne Railroad about II O'Clock this !
morning. ana at least one man was badly IN ,
iurcI A mail train on that road was entering
Cha CITY, and the mob attacked IT with stones. I
breaking windows Of the locomotive cab ana |
uniting \ few stones through the windows Of the
coaches The engineer dropped 70 The floor OF /
the cab for safety. but the train passed on. /
The mob closed In upon the tracks and squad
If tbi.iv police. under Captain O'Nelr. one man |
I'm the crowd fired a shot into the train. lie was /
INSTANTLY arrested ana taken - The police station.
Tho mob then began throwing stones, when /
struck the police. big stone MT one u inc
officers I'm the face. ana ne drew MS revolver /
and fired at his assallant Four shots were fired. /
and a foreigner with an unprOnounccabe name
fell to the ground badly wounded canaan /
O'Ncill ordered charge on the mob. ana the niue
hand Of police formed In line ana marchcd win |
drawn rev ,lvers against the mob which dis
pcrscd its members being driven from the right
Of way Of the railroad.
Tho mob at Thirty nnth-st began throwing
stones in the afternoon AT the policemen VINO
were on duty there. The police attempted 10 ar
rest the ringlcalcrs, when the latter made a
rush for the officers pounding and kicking them
until the police retreated Captain O'Nen, with
0ffy police soon aferward charged upon the
crowd with clubs Several persons In the mob
suffered scalp wounds The crowd grew rapidly
and numbered nearly 5000 boys and men.
Mayor Hopklns's note to Chief Of Police Brcn-
nan appears 10 have had salut1ry effect as
the police to-day did excellent service. though the
mobs were 30 large and so many that II was
simply impossible with the force on hand 20
quiet the disturbance.
.,,,ht toll
TO SO much violence Mt the hands Of the mob.
quit work this morning and declined 10 work
further until the trouble Is settled Several OF
them were badly pounded and beaten yester-
day The Stock Yards steam filters walked out
this noon This affects most directly the big
houses OF Armour, Nelson Morris and Swift.