St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-07-12
THE GREAT STRIKE.
Some Later Incidents in the Rebellion
of Railroad Men.

dulged in violence. At Chicago
trainmen were viciously attacked by
: the rioters, engines derailed, cars
ditched and towers burned. Gen.
Miles was present with a force of
regular troops, and the mob was
driven back at the point of the
bayouet.
At Sioux City, Ia, the presence of
the state militia improved the situa-
ton greatly and there was little or
no trouble with trains.
The Southern Pacific equipped its
employees with Winchester rifles for
the protection of its property.
On Friday, at Chicago, mob
endeavored to hold up a train and
made q savage attack on the police.
The latter used their pistols with
fatal effect, killing three of the
strikers. Several of the rioters were
shot down at Kensington by United
States marshals. Mayor Hopkins
called on Gov. Altgeld for troops and
the latter finally responded.
Warrants were issued for the
arrest Of President Debs, Vice Presi-
dent Howard, Secretary Keliher,
Director L. w. Rogers and others
last night. The warrants were
issued under the state law, and
charged those named in them with
conspiracy.
When daylight dawned on Friday
there was evidence of violence all
along the stock yards company's
tracks. Switches had been torn up,
cars turned over, railroad buildings
destroyed and, in several places,
freight cars broken into and their
contents scattered along the tracks.
| On the Fortieth street tracks of the
Lake Shore Company half dozen
| box cars had been overturned during
the early hours of the morning and
the road completely blockaded. All
night long scattering mobs continued
| their riotous work of destroying
railroad property. The state of at
fairs in Chicago is not far removed
from open rebellion. Mobs have
succeeded in blocking certain classes
of railroad traffic in spite of the
presence of United States troops. A
few shots were fired at the Union
Stock Yards Thursday night, and Ed.
O'Neil, a striker, was fatally injured.
President Debs of the American Rail-
way Union has issued a statement in
which he seeks to justify his course.
He deplores the serious condition of
things, but says his order is not to
blame.
On Saturday afternoon wrecking
train, guarded by troops, was
standing on the Grand Trunk tracks
at LOOMS street clearing the OBJ
structions from the rails that had
been placed there by the mob Friday |
night, when mob of nearly 1000 |
men and boys surrounded the cars |
and commenced to throw stones at
the troops. The captain in COM
mand, after telling the crowd if they |
did not disperse he would fire upon
them, ordered a volley to be fired,
and several persons fell wounded. |
The volley was answered by several |
pistol shots from the mob, and the
troops sent another shower of lead
into the crowd, which scattered |
them in all directions. A dozen per-
sons were seriously, if not fatally,
injured.
All day Saturday the rioting was
continued. Railroad officials report
the burning of fully 1000 cars, some
reaches well up to 81, 100000.
Gen. Scho6eld has ordered the
United States troops to take charge
of the Northern and Pacific lines and
keep them open. The Indiana
troops have been ordered out.
During Sunday Chicago was fairly
quiet. The railroad yards were eff
fectively protected Saturday night,
the military force being strengthe ned,
and this fact, with the salutary
effect of Saturdays shooting,
restored quiet in a measure. The
town of Pullman was guarded by
troops and the residents had the
first peaceful sleep for several days.
At Hammond, Ind, a mob Of
1000 surrounded a train on the
Monon road out from Chicago, cut
off the engine and Pullman cars and
ran them on to a siding. The sheriff
and posse were hedgedi in by the mob
so they were unable to see who did
the work. An engineer and fireman
attempting to run a freight from
Hammond were knocked from their
engine by the strikers. In q conflict
between the mob and the troops one
man was killed and eight wounded.
The general public has as vet only
a faint conception of the location
and number of men involved in the
strike. An old railroad manager
has made this estimate OF the num-
Der of men out on the different roads:
Northern Pacific, 10000; Santa Fe,
1900; Chicago and Alton, 5000;
Fort Wayne, 1900; Chicago, Mil