Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-02
TROOPS CALLBDOUT
Deputies Overcome by the Rail.
way Strikers.
ROUTED BY THE MOB At Blue ISLAND
Resumption of the Disorder of Yes
terday.
NATIONAL GUARD SUMMONED
Rioting Reported at the Springfield
Depot.
NATIONAL GUARD SUMMONED
PROGRESS OF THE BOYCOTT

CHICAGO. July 2.-The second regiment,
/. y. c.. the Hibern'an Rifles. has been Or
dered 10 Blue Island
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. July "a riot is re-
ported at the Wabash depot. Troops were
rushed to disperse the mob.
CHICAGO. July 1.-Two thousand strik-
ers at Blue Island today overcame 100 dep
uty sheriffs and r,arshals. The latter gave
up the unequal battle and called for state
and federal aid kilograms were sent to
United States District Attorney Milchrist
and Sheriff Gilbert. asking that the fif-
teenth regiment United States regulars
from Fort Sheridan and the militia be sent
10 clear the blockade and preserve order.
The kilograms were sent after the force
1T the yards had been beaten in an attempt
to clear the way for the mail trains. About
1000 strikers gathered around the cars and
enectually stopped any attempt to move the
trains.
Marshal Arnold ard Deputy Leibrandt,
in charge of the sheriffs. conferred. and de-
cided that they must have aid in order to
make any headway. Their conference re-
suited in the Transmission of these tele-
grams:
To United States District Attorney Mil
christ, Chicago: Wire Secretary of War
mob OF 1000 men here. We are unable to
handle them. Ask him to send the fifteenth
regiment from Fort Sheridan. Answer.
(SignedD MARSHAL ARNOLD.
To Sheriff Gilbert. Chicago; Mob of 2ooO
We are unable to cope with them. Better
ask governor to send aid at once.
(SigneO FRED LEIBRANDT.
Arnold and Leibrandt spent the morning
cars that blocked the Rock Island yards at
Blue Island They filed the dummy TRACKS
and made II impossible to send mail trains
About noon the train was made uo and
started out of the yards. stones were
thrown by the strikers, knives were drawn
ana the deputies on the train showed their
.raiu and yards that IT became impossible
% move the train but short distance
through the yards.
Village Police officer Michael Larson
added TO the confusion by jumping the
engine and trying to arrest the engineer
ler violating town ordinance forbidding
trains to block crossings for more than lfiye
minutes. ~
The deputy marshals threw the policeman
from the train BY this time the mob had
become SO boisterous that the attempt to
move the train was abandoned and the off,
GERS retired to call for help.
They reported no one injured.
CHICAGO. July 2.-Early this morning
the diamond special on the Illinois Central
and the Big Four mail trains were run
through Grand Crossing In safety engineers
and frernen having been found to take
them out.
The Baltimore and Ohio limited, due in
the city at o'clock last night did not
reach the Grand Central station until mid
night The engineer stopped at the crossing
at Burnside. but the crowd of strikers
seemed peaceable and the engineer. having
received the signals, proceeded to pull cut
again The train guards, however had
noticed that a striker lay in the ditch along
slde the train as it. stopped. and Gid not
see the man as he slipped a coupling pin
next 10 the cylinder head n he tr1Iid
OF the piston rod. When the engineer pull
ed the throttle the cross-nead caught On
tne pm and the cylinder head was cracked.
disabling the engine. By using one cylin-
Der the engineer was enabled 20 reach the
city three hours late
Counting the Cost of It,
How many dollars a day is this fight
costing the American Railway Union?
some Of the weakened of the strikers are
beginning to wonder
The officials declare that they do not
know. and probably they do not. The daily
expense already Is enormous even leaving
out the amount the strikers are losing every
week by lack of wages The Unions in
come Is between s14O.OOO and Si45OOO a
year-less than 800 day at .he outside
Anu more than that is being spent every
twentyfour hours on the single item Of
telegraph tolls. Add officers and directors
Salaries of $4,000 year. rents for two sets
OF offices in Chicago, hire of clerks and
stenOgrapherS railway fare for the travel
ing organizers, rental of halls and payment
OF the horde OF speakers which the Union
mas out-weI, St5.OOO year will hardly
cover IL all.
The expenses are mounting every day.
Special assessments will be necess sary soon
or the ~ K L. VIII be out of money
In the stock Yards.
Inestirnable loss of property for want Of
refriseratins ana transportation facilities
is anticipated in the stock yards The
scarcity
being felt and dealers are daily advancing
prices 70 cover the increased expen ses of
handling these perishable classes of mer-
chardise- The iceInen. too. have found
1t necessary to quadruple the regular
rates to their customers on the lin
tied supply on hand 10 cover IN part the
Losses they sustained from the train loads
that stand melting the sidetracks on
almost every line. The storage capacity of
the big beef houses at the stock yards is
crowded with enough dressed beef 10 sup
ply tne city for many days II it can be
Kept fresh If ice cannot be had the meat
vii spoil on the hooks.
The si2ughterers can get along without
zee, but they must have coal. and their
supply Is running low. A well-known pack
er IL speaking OF the situation said:
u Mess railroads get in shape to deliver
US the coal that lies Sidetracled on their
lines. IN" damage 70 the stocks of beef will
be lncStiinable by the end of the week.
Most or the houses have only two or three
days supply Of coal at hand to run their
refriserating machines, and when that Is
gone II VIII not take long to do the damage
near mat strike IS talked of among the
ptcSlnS house employees. but IT looks to
me rs though a strike would not be neces-
sary unless things get in better shape
soon
me switching department of the Union
stock Yards and Transit Company has
lluS fdr Deen able to handle all the cars
Io2ded with beef that the slaughterers have
oIeiei. out the roads have not been able TO
tdhe IL out More than one hundred cars
stood on the delivery tracks OF the different
roads last night, but not load had been
taken out since Friday night The cars
We're well iced when sent out but they
many days delay
IL was rumored about the yards last
night tnat Swift & Company declared their
iAtehtlon ~ moving OUT their cars today If
u required the whole backing force To 10
II Inc defcient coal supply was felt in
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