Evening journal., 1902-06-03
.NTRIKERN RIOT
and SHE'D BLOOD
Attack Packing House EBI-
pIOyeS aud Police
Many Seriously Injured in The Fray
and Many Arrests Made in Team
StCrS' Strike, Chicago

AfnitdkOt June o--iAlOA anu BAboNoANN
marked the progress of the teWnsters'
strike yesterday There were numer-
GUS fights between the police and the
strikers and their sympathizers. Street
car traffic was stopped while the fight
ing went on. the police and employees
of the packing companies were stoned,
and at one place. when surrounded by
dense crowd of men and women, the
police, so strong, under the command
of Lieutnant Collins, maddened by the
numerous stones with which they had
been pelted, drew thefr revolvers and
charged full into the crowd. which
showed no disposition toretreat. Stones
and clubs were brought into requisl-
ton by the strikers and the police
used their batons and the butt ends
of revolvers freely. When this fight
was over there were a number of strik-.
ers needing surgical attendance. None
was dangerously injured, as far as
known, however, and the wounded
strikers were carried off by their
friends. The fighting began on the
West Side shortly after noon, and in
different parts of the city continued
practically all of the afternoon.
The most serious trouble of the day
occurred at Crosby street, in a dis
trict which is known in police courts.
as Little He'll" A detachmen of po~
! licemen, under she command of lie.h-
tenant Collins, was escorring a num-
Der of wagons loaded with meat to the
distributing stations down town. A
large crowd followed the wagons,
shouting and ieering, and now and then
sending a stone over the heads of the
officers in the direction of the men on
the meat wagons The line of wagons
escorted by the police was frequently
stopped by other teamsters. who would
manage TO pull across the street just
in the proper place to prevent the meat
wagons from making any progress. The
police would order the man away. and
in a few minutes the performance
would be repeated. much to the delight
of the immense crowd that was follow
ing. Finally one teamster refused to
pull his team out of the way of the
meat wagons, and the police placed
/ him under arrest. Then the fight COM
menced. In an instant a shower of
stones, mud and sticks fell around the
officers, bruising some of them badly.
Lieutenant Collins ordered the march
of the meat wagons to be stopped and
u at once charged the crowd. The sight
of a policeman on the aggressive is
nothing new to the inhabitants of Lit
tie He'll" and the crowd refused to
bulge when the police came on. A
large number of women came up to
the aid of the strikers and were the
fercest fighters of the lot One officer
was knocked down with a brick, and
his compaions then drew their clubs
and made war with such energy that
in a few minutes the street was filled
with men with bleeding heads.
The crowd increased so rapidly thai
, Lieutenant Collins soon saw that hi!
men would be overpowered unless h
took vigorous action at once. Iie or
dered the men to fall back slowly to
ward the wagons. and the crowd, sec
ing in this action a token of victory
pressed on with shouts and the vol
leys OF stones came more thickly. Tn,
. police fel back until they had forme,
7 a compact mass close to the wagons
and then. at Collins order. they drew
n their revolvers and charged the crow,
once more. This time the fight wa
I more desperate than before, and it wa
/. over in much less time The polio
y struck down numbers of men and use
d their clubs an drevolver butts wit
= energy and in three minutes the crow
II was broken and in full fight.
D Last night another serious fight too
s place at Twelfth and State streets
Meat was being removed from tn
packing house plants by two reta
firms, Froehling & Hoppe and Re
finger & Hofherr There were ST
wagons of the first firm and two {
the second. Three policemen were d,
tainel TO follow the men and prever
trouble. The three officers tried
frighten the large crowd surroundin
the teams by a display of weapons, bI
while the policemen were attemptin
to guard two wagons each the striker
and their sympathizers removed tf
nuts on the axles and cut the trace
Mt The crowd was finally subdued an
the meat rescued from the mud an
taken to its destination.