The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-07-27

the sections Of the strikers IN Chi
cago and in Hammond, Indiana,
shows to what lengths the men
have gone
CHICAGO, July S.-CompSrative quiet
prevailed as q rule within the city to-
6av, though there were, as might have
besn expected. a number Of sporadic in
stances where little knots OF indictments
gathered, became bOisterOUs and were
hnally scattered by i charge from the
police
number Of small mobs formed,
vent rioting. firing and overturniug ears.
Heads were cracked, and small-fry
brazls. mostly the result OF too much
bad whisky. were frequently reported az
police headquarters There WAS. how
ever. no concerted effort AZ incenuiarism
OF violence, although a i number Of
uIscss individual CARS were fired, several
OF which were destroyed. A coal train
on the Eastern Illinois was ditched at
Root street by J switch being misplaced
after the engine and four cars had passed
over.
Tne WORK q clearing the tracks in the
Grand Trunk Yards 81 Eorty-uInth snd
Ashland streets, where debris from thou
sands Of burned cars Uttered the tracks,
was completed today under police and
military protection, the uonOtOny, how
ever. being euliyened oy occasional po-
Ice rallies when the gatherings OF Itlers
watching the w0rk became too large and
threatening.
At4P. n. when the finishing touches
Est been put on the work, nearly all the
on-ooksrs had disappeared, and the
troops. la1Ersrs and police were with
drawn. No sooner had they got well
OUT Of sight. however, than 4 gang OF 500
men suddsnls aups2 81. and with crow
bars and shoyels tore UP about an eighth
Of 3 mile d the tracz. They fed before
another charge OF the police, and the
work Of repair Is again being pushed for-
ward.
Hammond, Ind, adjoining the city on
the southeast, wzs the theatre OF the
DAVIS greatest excitement Here the
rloting q Isst night was resumed, and
finally became 50 serious that 3 COM
uauy Of United States troops went out
there. They preserved peace for several
hours, but the mob increased N size,
and finally became cemonstrative, 50 that
i uecessitated charging On them by the
troops, with the result that one man was
killed. two badly wounded, and num-
bsr Of others received serious injuries.
Everything az Pullman vas quiet today.
RiotOus mobs consisting OF men, wu-
men and children took possession Of the
freight wards az Halste4d, Morgan and
Mezzher streets this afternoon. They
burned cars and had everything their own
way for nearly two hours AL OF the r.
serve force OF police officers on the west
side had been detailed TO the yards Of
the c. 3. * q. and the Wisconsin Central
roads early today and nothing lay in the
uarh Of the freuzied strikers and their
friends.
shortly after 3 O'Clock John ". Egan
II the general managers headquarters
sent the following message to Chief Breu-
nan:
50 L there no way that We can secure
protection from the mObs IN our yards
They are burning cars and destroying
other property in the yards at Hzlste4d,
Mssgher and Morgan streets, and not
policeman can be found"
Chief Brennan az once transmitted the
-Ez-a1-E " nc ALsEELllL viz 4EAGlAEA .
squad OF thirty police Uffcers 70 the scene
CT the disturbance. The IRE department
had been called out on three different &C
c9sious, each tine 10 extinguish flames
II freight cars. Thirteen cars were
burned. The mob gathered about the
fremen when they arrived in response to
Al alarm and greatly intsrfered IN the
Eork Of exting gushing the fires The
arrival Of the police had but little effect.
The bluecoars were hOoted at and pelt-
81 With stones. The crowd numbered f.
nearly 200 and was made 10 Of the .
toughest element OF the city. Well I
Known thieves and ether desperate men I
whom the police Of MaLWelI-srreet sta I.
ion have considerable trouble with min I
-led II the mob and took active part IN 7.
the disturbances. The police finally made I
! determined charge and drove the mob I
10 the a. accent station and from the .
zl- varls, clubbing the leaders freely. i
The police remaiLeI on duty all the .
li-eruoo1 ard the strikers were kept .
rom doing further violence.
The mob commenced to collect early 4
his morning IN the yards Of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy, and zt the Wis
.cusla Central tracks az Western avenue
nd Sixteenth street. Threats against
be railroads and den1uciztiou Of the
,olice we're heard cu al sides, and i
lnly required the move OF some leader to
tzrt another conflict. The police, num-
iering 80, and three companies OF the
seventh Regiment, were on duty all last
IiZht, and this morning when the crowd
egz1 gathering. action vas at once
zksu 70 disperse It The men we're 90
tinzte. and at first refused 70 move
he police officers used their clubs with
cling effect. and IN = short time the
lohs we're dispersed
The militia Was czmped in the yards
{ Western avenue, and early yesterday
morning the boys were distributed
nrough the yards and Instructed 70 deal
everslT Eilh anyone caught n the act
{ burning CT uncoupling cars Shortly
ef1re noon smoke was seen 70 come
-ou a freiZht-czr On the Wisconsin (
'eutrAl track The iremen we're under
guard Of police officers, and had diff
1iry n eLIinzuizhInZ ths flames. No
1oner vas the fire on AZ that point ]
nan anotner was discovered two blocks I
EaT. THIS vas soon eIiiuguished.
.lArus q this sort continued through {
u the day DurInz the daV another :
loo <e1t u the yards Of tie Panhandle
IA AZ Rockwell and Sixteenth streets. I
nd zer IRE 10 a MN Or o. cars The :