The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27

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OF which we're in course Of drawing. and which
, would have been contracted for quickly. Inc
N. 600 members Of the Building Trades 3nncn
were all employed, and ron ~" ~ bs,ong
10 the council. but whose employment. u.lnn ~
upon the continuance Of work upon tna nn~
6 Gu , Z a., w ,hs.a n s,,,RSinH Trades Trad. Council men
quit work The jO.U0 others had to gun work,
and from that day 10 the present 'iine MA
has been practically nothing done IN 'h' o"''"-
ing line in the city of Chicago,
RECORD oP LAw~LESsNEss.
The record OF lavlessness and violence. Of
murders and murderons assaults since lnem
Ia an appalling one. u VIII nor D" nr'e r
10 print that entire record 10 give 'o me r'aurl
an adequate picture of conditions a. 'hty na,e
existed and Rs they oxist TODAY, thouRn mn
SrN has that entire record NJ the ,flcngo palm,N
have set i forth plecemeal and ln'il"',uanh
The record Of Just the last month, the muhlil
Of April, will suffice TO illustrate Inc extern u.
the reign Of blood and terror. First a iew ol
the more fragrant ontrages occurring p''"'e
that time may b. hastily sketched q,
Al n meeting Of the Building Trades 'olnol
one Finnegan. a leader in one 81 the utlnhS.
dared 10 protest against the lawl'ss acts .na.
were being performed and dared 10 anNIS" 'lhi
those acts were lawless. and that they wo,iln
not rebound IN the credit OF the unions MI
Finnegan was taken aside by a fellow. d'leRat".
who Knocked him down and kicked his lace
in. then threw him downstairs and danced on
his head and face until he was dead Aehlh
one O'Connor. n leader of the union. who NAG
been particularly %GI,ye W II 'hS pr" n"ninnio %,
workman. So active had OCunnor been tha'
the supreme Court had %enioined him. He had on
his brass k%1ickles when he met MenzrI ana
going M to him, he beat him cruelty untll Men
2cl pulled his pistol and shot HIM dead, When
N. body was found, in one hand was the IN.
Junction Of the Court. directing OConnor n,ot
10 resort 10 violence and in the other were The
brass knuckles.
A. another time a non-union workinRman
named Gustav" Smith was found dead IN FROM
r "a W. IL tra,t an Ia InF rack
His case went on the records a. having been
killed by a trolley car. A few days, after me
record was made, witnesses were discovered
who had seen Smith on his way home that after
noon This wa, March ~. He was passing
along Madison street. Two men. sprang ont
Of u hallway at him knocked him down. kicked
Then they carried his body out and put II on the
car tracks. The next car that came. along
struck him. and the police. Of course, said that
he wa~ killed by a trolley car
Besides these cases OF deliberate mlird"r
there had been a reign of terror IN the neichbor-
hood of IN. Thir,y-ntnth street sewer There
almost 10 death and there had been one shooting
William Lehman n peaceful citizen whose
only offence was that he worked was met on
hi, way home by thugs and slugged into in-en-
moulder. had been driven into a saloon Al West
Madison street and leaped upon by nine union
pirkele aud beaten and finally .taheen y
fifteen or twenty non-nnlon men from me
Butler building AZ West Randolph aud Lahal
street, and waiting nntu they, got directly III
of Mavor Garter harri-on'~ Office. they jumped
upon the n"u-Inion men ana hogan Ninh~hlhs
and beating them me non-,lnloh men Mrr"
literally surrounded by policemen. Al least
half Of the non-Dllion men were beaten aud m
iurcd and only two arrests were made, Ohe
81 the victims. Of course. was u nOn-lnlon man,
The other was 4 union nau whom he had sue
ceaded In ovrrpoworing These two were taken
TO the police station. uhrr" the contractor who
emrloyrd the uuu-uuion man asked that his
man I've discharged, The police discharged both
Of then.
That very day. by the way. a committee
of the Real Estate Exchanges ~ Chicago
shocird hv the brutality ard the lawles,ne~-
that had marked the strik" called on the Mayor
n his ofii," and the Mayor said 10 them, -ar-
castiCallv + like I" see You come here. 10
tax about the rules that the union labor
organizations have made without dropping
"A hunt or making any opposition =" me inl"N
made hy the manufacturers md contractors.
You pick out the rules %! the labor union, he
cause they do not seem 10 please vo,I, do
not propose that the city OF Chicago -iall be
used rs a tool for any one to mn oh"stnlliS
ont Of the fire The city j. under no obIlga.
tions 10 the manufacturers and ,ontractor-
The Mavor wound ny with . bornba-llc de"la-
ration that as chief cN'CuflN" 81 W." cay n"
wa going 10 ~ee that the Law was enforced.
APRIL's CEIMEs.
These ca sea will suffice To show the sitla-
zion in the city from the time of tho beginning
~ the strike. NJ TO the month Of April and
April's record will speak for itself. Rioters
had been organized into bodies known As Fly
ing Suuadrons. "Nrecking Crews, and Com
mittecs on Compulsory Education " The bust
ness Of the committees on COMPULSORY rdu-
cation was 10 40 around End beat contractors
and working men until They were convinced
that the only way 10 live IN safety was 10 be-
"A union man The business ~ the wreCking
crews was TO 60 around 20 any new building
or 10 the houses and stores If EMPLOYERS Of
labor whose employees were on a strike and
wreck everything that they could Law their
hands on. Ifn new building had had the plumb
ing put In before the work was stopped the
wrecking crew would 20 inside and do thou
sands Of dollar-' worth Of damag" II they
could get into an employers -tor" they would
wreck and DESTROY "v"rv cent wrrih Of ma
terial they could find there. Th" hying squad
ron We're bodies Of thugs mounted. on blcv-
clos who travelled from one part Of III" city
10 another and Whenever they cane across
n nou-IniOn workingnan. they would get
OF their bicvcles and beat him into inSensi-
hlIity. Landscapes and disorder wer" de-
liheratelv prrarrnngnd Reporters on news
papers would 40 to the headquarters on Labor
Row and receive tips that a, o'clock or :
n riot NJ this corner or that corner and they
would he advised TO b. on hand 20 SEQ the fun
4 corps of paid thugs wa, maintained \
thug got g. for every man lie put IN the hos
pital. \ reporter -at in labor headquarters
one afternoon when n member of the Brick
over 10 one of the walking delegates. or bust
ness agents a. they are called and demanded
Where's that I'VE SPOT? want H."
what the he'll do YOU want a five spot for"
demanded the business agent.
For that fellow | pnt IN the hospital AT the
corner of Clark street. Snarled the thug
"Aw, get to he'll outer here, snld the business
agent. That fellows out Of the hospital.
Why. you didn't do him mp nt all; He didn't
even stay there over night. You don't get any
five spot for that"
The April record Of the city " Chicago orens
with fifteen assaults. The first was committed
on John Weber, II happened NJ noon in one
Of the ]urinciual streets and outsid" Of one Of
the biggest building. There were hundreds
Of people in sight. Weber was walking along
Washington street with his fellow wOrkmeu.
Alfred IlornherE and Ernest johnson. As they
passed labor headquarters with their kits of
tools under their arms they were icered by a
crowd Of idle union wOrkmen who filed tho
sidewalk. Between Fifth avenue and La Sale
street. one Of these thugs sneaked M behind
Weber and ierked a hammer out of his kit.
Hauling or with il he smashed him over the tenn
ple as hard as he could hit. Weber dropped like
n dead man. As he fell. five or six other men
rushed M and kicked him. Hornherg and
Johnson tried 10 save him and were Jumped
hundreds Of people in sight M the time not
more than four or five had the courage 10 run
TO the assistance Of the pen. BY the time they
got there the assailants had ESCAPED.
Directly across the street from the place
where the assault occurred was the Central
! Detail police station. In spite Of the crowd
that had been attracted, in spite Of the noise
! that had been made. II was necessary to send
across TO the station 10 get n policeman, and IL
was five minutes before a policeman appeared
even then. while Weber was very seriously
Injured and the other two were badly beaten,
Fortunately they did not die. No arrests were
made. Weber was an aged man with "A wife
and six children.
NON-rNION MEN ATTACKED
The same afternoon AZ the corner Of Eliza
beth street and Jackson boulevard a nOn-union