The morning call., 1894-07-06

UolWetu GuS Cily dud ioOo lohOo
place.
The Calumet Terminal Railway en-
ployes have struck and as result the
steel mills in South Chicago will probably
close in the morning. Every policeman on
the South Side was called into service this
afternoon when word was received that
there was a blockade On the Rock Island
road at Twenty-flfth street. a dozen cars
had been thrown off the track and behind
the distractions were three passenger trains
trying to get into the city. Thousands OF
people surrounded the trains and the as
pect became threatening. so much so that
the railroad officials sent in call for p0-
licemen TO disperse the mob. When the
mob first attacked the train at Twenty
fifth street there were but few policemen
there and they could do nothing with the
strikers.
At Twenty-second street there was an
other gang which tried to throw freight
car off the track. While trying to dis
perse the mob and the strikers from car
rying out their purpose an officer was
struck on the head by stone thrown by
one of the crowd and seriously injured.
Re-enfOrcements arrived and the mob was
dispersed. Over 200 policemen then
patrolled the tracks and crossings and
protected the wrecking crew engaged in
replacing the derailed cars. This was not
accomp lished until nearly O'Clock P. NJ,
when the first train started from the city.
The most urgent call after the one from
Twenty fifth street and Rock Island
tracks was for men ct Thirty-ninth street
and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
tracks. This call was sent out by General
Manager Egan, who said mob was In
control at that place and the police were
unable to handle them.
At o'clock this afternoon Especial con-
sisting of an engine and one passenger-car
was sent out on the Lake Shore from the
station at Van Buren loaded with detail
of special officers Of the road. The police
have been dispatched to aid in moving the
trains in the vicinity of the stockyards.
At Forteth street the mob grew so demon
strative that the train was compelled to
halt. The engineer believed himself to be
the object of attack and drew his revolver.
Before he could shoot a policeman dis
armed him. The crowd saw the move
ments and became wild with frenzy.
They rushed upon the engine, swarming
all around 1t. pelting it with stones and
bricks, breaking windows and bowling
like mad men. The police then drew their
revOlvers and fired into their midst. One
or two men are said to have been hit but it
is not yet known how seriously they were
hurt. A dozen shots or so were fired.
In the meantime the engineer had re.
| versed his engine. and the train was soon
forced backward out of reach of the now
unbrided mob and returned to the city.
This is the first shooting in the present
strike. 1t occurred in locality where the
men were all ready, and was believed to
be signal for desperate encounter.
The order for a special Federal Grand
Jury to Investigate violations of United
States statutes by the strike leaders was
entered on the records to-day, in accord
ance with the decision of Judge Grosscup.
The conductors and brakemen on the
Northwestern decided this afternoon to
continue the strike. Sixty-fve freight
| handlers on the Illinois Central struck TO-
dav.
Fourteen strikers and their sympathzers
were arrested at Blue Island for obstruct-
ing the mails and contempt Of injunction.
They were arraigned tonight before Com
missioner Hoyne and held in $1,000 bail
each. Marshal Arnold said: There will
undoubtedly be serious trouble at the
stockyards, as the troops cannot submit to
much more stone-throwing and defiance
without shooting When they do. nothine g
can prevent the killing and wounding of
hundreds of men. It will fare toward
the strike abruptly"
tot Io
almost created riot at Thirty-thrd street
and the Panhandle tracks tonight, two
men being shot aud painfully wounded.
About u O'Clock the two deputies.
Eugene Keck and Michael McGann, went
into a saloon at 1882 Western avenue.
There was quite a crowd standing around
the place at the time and the deputies
were booted at When they came out
some one began throwing rocks at them
and their deputies pulled their revolveIs
and began firing. AT this time there was
large crowd around them. and
Henry Roehr aud August Boss re.
ceived bullets in their arms and
legs. The shooting attracted the
attention of the police and the two men
were arrested. By this time the crowd
was thoroughly enraged at the action OF
deputies and made threats of lynching
them. They were guarded, however, by
the police who finally took them to the
station.
SToCKYARDs. Chicago, July 5.-At 5 go
O'CLOCK Special Detective Gregory OF the
Western Indiana Railway shot two men
in the leg who had made an attempt on
his life. The shooting was done in self
defense. Two cars loaded with meat were
overturned near the Fort Wayne crossing.
The Union Stockyards Switching CON-
pany have been blocked by four freight
cars which the strikers have placed across
the tracks. From there they proceeded
to the roundho ouse. for the purpose of pill
ing some boxcars on the switches leading
to the roundhouse, so that no engines
could get in or out of the roundhouse.
Inspector Hunt, with fifty policemen. met
the mob, however, and drove them away.
The mob is very rabid and bent on doing
everything to destroy properly. They
pay no attention to attempts to dissuade
them. having become recklessly daring.
There are large crowds blocking every
street and alley in the stockyards district.
MAYOR HOPKINS ANGRY.
He Swears That Disorder Must Come