Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-05-09
NFIGHTINGH
The Strikers at the South Chi.
cago Steel Works. sM~
ANOTHER sKIRN1sH WITH TIE COPS

4 Couple Of Omcsrs Injured aaa . otE1kss
Severely Clubbed-All the 0nls Idls
Except Oss-seriksrs Dsmaaa Eight
Hours, Higher Wages aud Help from
Dsbs-Mine Sumnarily Closed In Idahs
-Csal Field situsaios.
CHICAGO, May 9-The strikers at South
Chicago continue to be ugly. The riot Of
Tuesday seems to have only whetted the
their appetite for trouble, and another
skirmish with the police has occurred, in
which Officer McCaffrey was hurt by Q
stone thrown by a man named Peters.
who was arrested and Officer Welsh was
also badly hurt by missile. Tho fight
began by the strikers, mostly Poles, be.
ginning . row among themselves and
threatening the officers. When an attempt
was made to disperse the crowd stone.
throwing was begun. The police charged
and drove the crowd pell-mell in every
direction. Several strikers were hurt,
and when the fight was over blood was
running down the coat Of Officer Mccall.
frey and Peters face also showed that
his had not come out Of the conflict un.
scathed. The man was locked up in q
cell without ceremony, and the officer
was given medical attendance.
Obnoxious Store Keeper Arrested.
Mike Manus. q store keeper at the
conner Of Eighty-fifth and Superior
streets, made himself generally obnoxious
to the officers He called out to the lieu
tenant: SIS the town under martial
law" and when the lieutenant answered
somewhat gruffly, replied, ''Oh, go to
-, you -" for which he was
placed under arrest. All through that
district from the main entrance to the
works to E'Rhty-tOurth street Is under
patrol. Inspector Hunt arrived early ON
the scene and ordered all the saloons
closed About fifty men arc detailed at
the Ninetieth street entrance Of the mills
under the command of Captain Jenkins
and the inspector himself.
Only Ono Mill ut Work.
The works are closed down except the
plate mill, where about 400 men are en-
ployed. A few men are employed here
and there about the yards loading and
unloading vessels. or the strikers who
were arrested Tuesday night the cases of
eight OF the leaders were continued until
May IL in $500 by Justice Robbins. Four
men were discharged and twelve fined
amounts ranging from 50 20 $50. From
conversations with the men had by re.
porters 1t is evident that the active strik-
ers have the sympathies of their fellow
employees, and that there is no Immediate
prospect of the mills starting up again.
The fight Is likely to be q determined one,
and long-drawn out.
-. A. X. U. Involved In the Trouble.
The American Railway Union has been
brought into the strike Of the employees of
the Illinois Steel company. Before the
struggle Is over the national organiza-
ton which brought out the standing
army in the Pullman strike may throw
its whole energy into the movement. 1t
all rests with President Debs' answer.
Last night 2S5 members of the local or.
ganization Of American Railway Union
No. 512, which is composed Of strikers,
took radical action. 1t announced that 1t
demanded an eight-hour day and 80 cents
increase in wages, and made the demand
on Debs to assist with all the power of
the A. r u