The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-18
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SPECIAL 70 the S.r 1orl. World
There Is 10 s;ga ofra5,, or riot Or strike,
even. al.sui tie nlaia psn II tas si-y-
ines es.s on - u-uai. The streets
and shops arc thronzess with women ssi-
IL dr. ssei, laughing and chatsing- The
roar q arriving and departing trains
along the lake front = ess.ztaHt and dis
trsszius ~ u-naL There = no indication
anywhere % dread or fear. No thrcng>
gather t. talk "a stsest corners. and the
strike = searceiy mentioned in thc casual
conversation ONE hears aia-t hotels and
osher public places Small loys yen
constantly. .'Exfral Fall account o de
bloody riasi'' bat nobody excep; e-,un-
trylaan and New Workers Just come to
town buy the paper. Il is day before
yesterdays not and Yesterdays news
warmed over.
The mas Of the people evidently 10
not boiher about the strike. \ dozen
stand ia front Of the bulletin beard that
give-s latest news from the troubled dis
tricts; a score stop before a store window
"a admire huge picture Of the Worlds
Fair e,,urt of honor. Of mob rule and
riot. in the sense in which il i generally
undeTstood-;ha Of rockies and wanton
destruction Of life ond property regard
l,.ss of ownership-ihers has been none
The violence has Ieen directed solely
against roilru-.d property There has
been 4 depiorssbic ID ~ il. hut the tales
Of il extent have been greatly exaggera-
ted.
Back and forth across vide section Of
the city. through which run many rail-
roads. a great mob Of hoodlums surged
for two OF three days. Somebody invent
ed the trick of overturning freight car.
II was easy aud new. and the hoOdluDIs
PLAYED il for all il was worth The ears
arr set upon pivoss in the eenters of the
/ trucks. - that they can teeier hack and
/ f,rgh sideways. Thirty or forty young
Z tougIis line up with their shoulders
against the lower edge of a ear. \ few
| gentle pushes start il % syaying and then
with an Altogether. Yo-hesve-ot'' over
I she goe-. hloekasline the opposite trlck,
and requiring a derrick to restore the
/ box 10 It's position on the trucks. Il took
but a moment "a upset ear in this way.
/ and in the CREST yards the gang could
! blockade three or four trsscjSs and vanish
/ before a policeman OF soldier could get
near them.
Friday night some other genius invent
/ eli a torch made u oily waste stuck on q
stick. Hoodlums thus armed ran IN and
out among the miles u side tracked
freight ears. touching one OF wherever
they got a chance. According 10 the rail-
road men GA ears were Destroyed. 81
which "a were loaded. Ten thousand
such c-irs stand expo,ed in open yards
all around Chicago and would have been
! burned If there had been any organized
plan Of devastation Two things are said
10 De dangerous iu times 81 riot, IRE and
blood. Chicsgo's mob has been tempted
with fire and quit when II had done Ssa
! % or $4,000 worth II damage out % a
( possible sl0.09o.O1 Il has been tempted
with blood, and scattered ike sheep Al
the lir-t sight Of il.
Chicagp's mob i a mass Of evil. angry.
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reckless class in the community. hui
without courage, leaders or purpose. and
with no direct grievance except an in
sane passion against railroads.
There has been n0 heroisn on either
side. unless {; he that - the regulars.
who had enough not T. shoot when they
jus;iiiably could have done ~ The militia
runaway ike q iot II l,sys after their inst
/ yoliey, and the nloh chasing the soldiers,
va, siammed up again-i a harbed-Wire
fence and clnbhe,l into helpless humility
by lew polioomen
Ca the par, Of the railroads thecowarI-
ice has been as ahjeet. Trains with fuli
crews of abie-b0iied men have been
held up for whole day and passengers
subjected 20 all SORTS OF Inconvenience
and annoyance BY molss. s,-csillei. that
c0aid have been disposed Of 10y a Few
well-direslel kicks.