The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27
CHICAGO INVADED
BY HOSTILE ARMY.
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passed through the lapel of Detective

let passed through the lapel of Detective
HATS coat.
While the onlookers fell back and the
excitement of the morning gave way 10
a panic, another horse and buggy APP
preached the line, but Judge" Niles still
maintained his ground. The occupants OF
the vehicle, a man OF the name OF Mur-
ply and his l0-year-old daughter, did not
seem to realize the gravity on the sltua-
ton, and the man pressed his morse ior-
ward. Niles dubbed his rife, attacking
Murphy with the weapon, and FORCED the
horse back from the territory.
Enrolling the Army of Defense.
Meanwhile a conference had been held
In the office of Acting Mayor Walker.
and 1t had been determined that the squat
ters should be driven out at any cost.
Chief Ripley was instructed at once TO
mobilize his forces and use such measures
as might be necessary. The plan was
to nave the Lincoln park police order the
Streeter force TO disband, and IL they did
not to rave President Wickersham. OF the
Lincoln park board. call upon the chief.
The sheriff was to repeat the demand
and call upon the police to disperse them
IL there was further resistance. In this
way there would be no question as to the
jurisdiction.
Chief Ripley secured the cooperation of
Fire Marshal Sweeney and the tug I'LL
nois was detailed to carry forty men with
rifles down the river to approach the dis
trict from the lake. All reserve forces
Under Inspector Hartnett, at Harrison
street; Inspector CALAIS and Inspector Shea,
at Desplaines street. and Inspector
Heidelmeyer, at the East Chicago ave-
nue. station were ordered to rendezvous
at the latter station. Then orders were
issued to bring up the police battery, con-
sisting of one Calling gun and two
smooth bores.
Police Forces Are MobiIixed.
All these preparations required time, and
II was agreed that $3.50 would be the hour
at which the forces would be in readiness.
Chief Ripley. when notified that 500 men
awaited his orders at the East Chicago
avenue station, selected as his aides In
s~pectors Hartnett, Heidelmeyer and Shea.
Sheriff Magerstat found that. by enlisting
bailiffs, and almost his entire force he
would muster about 100 assistants. Then
the chief heard from Capt. Fowler, of the
police battery. who had already begun
active preparations in getting the guns
ready.
BY 8 p. m, street cars and the coming
and going OF sixteen patrol wagons had
collected 800 policemen at the East Chi
caso avenue police station At the same
hour Chief Ripley had a telephope mes
sage that 200 officers were on their way
from Hyde park by way of the Illinois
Central Railway to the north side.
1t was found that the fireboat was so
busy with a big fire on South Water
street that it could not be used and a city
tug was pressed into service. Police Capt.
Revere was put in charge of the men on
this boat.
The trouble was over, however, before
the naval attack could be made. and to-
night Bucklebers's sailboat returned
quietly to South Chicago.
The white FLAG Goes Up.
The impending conflict ended In a fiasco,
about 3:15 O'Clock. When Judge" Niles
and his four men, ali that was left of his
army, heard that they were to be ousted.
they sent word to Capt. Baer. requesting
a parley. Upon his appearance the five
men surrendered and were escorted to the
East Chicago avenue police station. On
disarm the members of tho army and
the efforts Of the squatters to retain their
rifles created some commotion.
Afr his rife had been taken from Niles, |
and while he was on his way to the sta |
ton, he was struck several times by men
in the crowd that pressed around him.
once he endeavored to snatch his rife
TO shoot q man who had just hit him, |
but he wal quickly subdued by the police.
A Grandil0Guent Proclamation,
Streeter caused to DO circulated by the
men who took possession of the land a
gran%diloQuent proclamation. written az
ter the style Of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, in which he stated at great
length that the land did not belong TO the
state OF Illinois nor anybody else, and was
the property of whosoever settled upon
it. He is now threatening legal proceed
ings against everybody.
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