The evening world., 1894-07-07
341 FIRES IN SIX DAYS.
Chicago FIame-Fishters In Danger
Of Being Worn Out.

CHICAGO, July .-To-day's incendiar-
ism began In a brand-new quarter. the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy switch
ing yards at Crawford, just west OF the
Hawthorne race track. Fully a dozen
freight cars In the yards were burned
this morning at daylight. The destruc-
ton OF the cars was complete.
To-day at the stock-yards brought no
receipts OF live stock and no prospect of
shipments. - The paralysis of railways
and packing houses continued complete
Despite the presence OF United States
troops and the mobilization of Ave regi-
nents of state militia; despite threa:s
of martial law and bullet and bayonet
the great strike inauvurated by the
| American Railway Union holds three
fourths OF the roads running out OF Chi
! cogo in its strong letters. and last
night traffic was more fully paralyzed
than at any time since the inception Of
| the tie-up.
Dearborn street station Closed.
The Dearborn street station last night
/ was closed to traffic and practically de
! serted. the roads running out OF the sta
ton being completely at the mercy Of
! the strikers. The Michigan Central was
forced to abandon all trains. and It Is
houbtiui IL any VIII he run ior several
+ DAYS Inc iliihois 'ehtrai ~ III the same
. hS' Inc ROCK isiaho ana Lake ohore
ana Michigan southern INES are COM
pIet'iE tied up the'r tracks having peeh
/ blockaded by wrecked cars strewh along
] miles or the TWO lines by the mob which
I for two days had possession OF the terri
tory traVcrsed ny the tracks
Inc '"''aeo anu |''''A '""u run.
IN. line but Il Is blockaded at Kansas
/ rity and Intermediate points The Chi.
r,ro burlington and Quincy system
/ alone was doing a comnnratiyely u,in.
, torrunted business I'm in this morpinp
/ suburban traffic romans in n comn,etc
state OF osphyxiation. and there IL no
immediate prospect of resumption.
/ RI,
For the twenty-four hours ending thi,
morning there were sixty-two fre-alarn
calls from burning railroad property
nearly all being on the South Side
This is remarkable record, according
TO Chief Swenle. Several times rail
road shops were fired. The strain was
great on the Fire Department. and al
the headquarters In the city Hall q
double force OF operators were at work.
The number of alarms from July l tc
10 o'clock last evening was 81, the larg
est ever recorded In the history of tn,
Department in that time. Chief Sweni
said last night It was a question .'hethe,
the flremen on the South Side could hole
out il such wholesale incendarism con
tlnued
R.pu,nr, N,dIcped Inv Iu.ul,,.
IT.. ,,s,, NV
nstratc the fury TO which tho ,a,u,,,
troops have been worked IN by the in,
suits of the crowd. A cayalrymar "a,
the stockyards who had been howIeh a,
by a crowd for three hours made 6
protest 10 his Captain. Ono bulkin.
riotor in particular had planted hims.l
in front OF the trooper and hurled n
him every cpithet he could think ~
besides daring him to fght. The troop
or turned To his superior;
/, Captain, for heavens sake Lot m,
take my uniform of and lick that fcl
low. III do 1t without any help"
, me oih'+r refused. OF course. Will
tha' s''d'ers ""iSy assaIlant was aroun'
me former never took his eyes of hin,
hrn 'he oruer 10 hre been given 1t wa