The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-07
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| 10 the situation this afternoon when
a meeting of representatives of all the
bodies of organized labor in this city,
after protraeted discussion, in which
a general sympathy strike was favored,
appointed committee of three with
| full power to act, and at the same time
called a meeting of organized labor for
next Sunday to ratify their action.
Late this afternoon, the Second regi-
ment state militia was ordered to the
/ stock yards.
Of the situation in general it may
| be said to have broadened and strength
ened in its grip.
The most significant feature of it is
the carrying of the strike east to
Cleveland, tying up all the connections
of the seaboard trunk lines there, with
the promise that by tomorrow it will
reach the trunk lines themselves and
so practically reach the Atlantic sea-
board by tying up the railroads at
Buffalo
Thus the strike would be extended
from San Francisco to New York.
There is notable relief at the points
heretofore placed under embargo, and
the situation at Kansas City was COM
| plicated by the tying up of the Fort
Scott road, hereby involving another
southwestern line.
The Pacific coast remains in paraly-
sis from which there are no indications
of relief, and a significant note came
from Seattle, Wash, where the steve
dores were called out by the knights
of Labor, to prevent the unloading Of
a steamer from San Francisco, iudi-
eating that Grand Master Workman
Sovereign's promise to Debs to aid him
in every possibly way was not merely
for effect
The day closed with no rift in the
pail which overhangs the nation.
Two Strikers Killed.
Two strikers were killed outright and
others are thought to have been seri-
ously hurt in the riot in the Illinois
Central yards today. AT 10 o'clock 500
men were rushing up and down the
yards, overturning the freight cars and
destroying the tracks. About $50
United States deputy marshals and
Cook county deputy sheriffs charged
the mob in various places. The strlk-
ers' forces were rapidly recruited; by
1890 thousand men were bowling and
throwing stones over a stretch of track
over one mile in length. AT that time
the Illinois milk train came steaming
slowly up from the south. The mob
charged on it and in a trice the engine
was detached and the cars overturned.
The train crew fled. The strikers,
mounting the engine carried it back a
quarter of a. mile, when, opening the
throttle. they jumped from the cab.
The locomotive, rushing forward with
full speed, dashed into the wreck and
tore through the derailed cars until it
was thrown on one side. The crowd
mounted the wreck with an eXultant
cheer and held high carnival until a
force of deputies prepared to charge.
AS they came on a run they were met
by a shower of stones and coupling
pins, and hating opened fire. For a
moment the mob wavered as the bull
let's cut through their ranks and then
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force of deputies which retreated to a
safe distance to await reinforcements.
Police details were hurried to the scene
and the rioters continued dsrailing the
cars while waiting for the expected at
tack, carefully concealing the dead and
injured men.
Now They Are Thieves.
Dressed meats, potatoes and flour
lay scattered over the prairie in the vi
cinity of Forty-fifth street and the
Wabash track. Late last night a mob
of 10000 marauders marched down the
tracks to where a. train of eighteen
cars of provisions and dressed meat
lay side tracked. The cars were torn
open and much of the contents car
ried away; 1t was dumped out of the
cars and thrown about the tracks be-
fore Lieutenant Keller with a detach-
ment of twenty men could reach the
scene of devastation and dispense the
crowd. The stock was gathered up
as well as possible and a guard sta
toned at the tracks for the night.
When the officers arrived they found
the crowd carrying off sacks of pota-
toes, boxes of canned goods and fruit
carried in cars. Women had their
aprons full of stolen goods and chill
dren staggered under heavy loads of
booty; barrels of -four were being
rolled in the streets leading from the
yards, wagons were on hand and be-
ing loaded and a rich harvest was be-
ing reaped. On the arrival of the po-
lice the mob started on run for the
yards. Each officer singled out one of
the men and soon had him under ar
rest. Eighteen were marched I'D to
the station house and locked up. A
mob attacked the officers and tried to
rescue the prisoners. The mob hooted
and shouted that they were starving
and had to have food even if they had
to steal it. Another detail was sent
out but the men had disappeared.
Many other cars were found broken
and looted