River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-12
STONED BIT THE MOB.
Rioters WantonIy Attack Number of
Passenger Trains.

Rioters Nantonly Attack Number of
Passenger Trains.
CHICAGO, July 9.-The most bastard
ly act of violence committed by the
strikers near the yards Friday oc-
CURED on the Fort Wayne tracks be-
tween Thirty-seventh and Thirty
eighth streets at 1880, when mob
stoned a suburban train filed with
men. women and children. The police
In command of Capt. O'Neill and Lieut..
Fitzpatrick charged the crowd and
fired ali the shots in their revolvers
over the heads of the mob. This was
the first shot fired by the police in the
strike. One unknown striker was
shot in the back. Two men were ar
rested by the police. 1t was a
most astounding piece OF work on the
part of the mob. The train did not
stop, but kept on its way toward the
city. Every window in the ears was
shattered and number of people must
have been hurt by the fusillade Of
rocks that filed the air.
Shot by the Troops.
CHICAGO, July 10.--The first real bat
tie of the strikers occurred Saturday
afternoon. A detail of thirty EIGHT
members of the Illinois national guard
was sent to clear the debris from the
tracks of the Grand Trunk road. At
Forty-ninth and Loomis streets the
mob became abusive and demonstra-
tive. q bayonet charge was ordered.
This was followed by two volleys. In
the last volley the soldiers shot to kill;
as a result three strikers are dead,
many more are wounded, and five sol
diers suffered from Commissions received
by stones thrown by the rioters.
Another Fatal Conflict.
During the early part Of the evening
a conflict ensued between members of
company d., Fifteenth United States
infantry, and a body of strikers who
were engaged in overturning and
burning ears in the Panhandle yards.
The soldiers fred on the mob and one
man was killed.
Attempted Arson.
Early Saturday evening a malicious
attempt was made to burn the great
packing houses in the stock yards, but
the fire was extinguished after hard
fight before serious property loss had
been entailed. The rest of the fires
kindled by rioters during the day were
confined to guerrilla attacks on freight
ears in the outlying yards of the rail-
roads.
Fatal Fight at Hammond, Ind.
Mob rule at Hammond was broken
Sunday only after a bloody battle.
Thousands of rioters were on the
scene. The track from yard to yard
and crossing to crossing was strewn
with overturned freight ears, battered
and burned coaches, twisted rails and
broken switches. Non-union trainmen
were assaulted and beaten. Telegraph
instruments were destroyed. Electric
light wires were cut. Police, deputies
and marshais were powerless. Rioters
numbered a hundred to their one,
Company ID. Fifteenth regiment of the
United States infantry, arrived at II
a. m. An armed peace was then sus
tanned until o'clock. Then the mob
grew desperate again. The regulars
opened fire and one man was killed
and four wounded. The rioters wav-
cred but soon rallied and would proba-
bly, have annihilated the little band had
not reinforcements arrived from Chi
cago. The appearance of fresh troops
caused the mob to retire to a safe spot.
Sixteen companies of Indiana militia,
numbering 500 men, were started from
points in northern Indiana for Ham
mond. The two governors of Indiana
and Illinois decided to use the militia
of the two states in conjunction for
putting down the insurrection at Ham
mond.
Protest to the President.
President Debs. on behalf of the A.
X. T., and Grand Master Workman
Sovereign, of the Knights of Labor,
have joined in telegram to President
Cleveland in which. after making an
explicit and concise statement of
the causes of the strike and the
situation as it is. ask to have the fed
eral troops withdrawn from Chicago.
They say their presence is an insult to
honest labor and has merely augment
ed the feeling of unrest. They pro-
claim their fidelity to the American
flag, and pledge the support of the
organizations which they represent in
preserving the peace.