Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-06-05
ExsnEed Masses Convert Business Streets
Into Veritable Battlefield.
MANY PEOPLE ARE WoRTALLY INJURED
Caravan Of Thirty-s Meat Wagons Faces
Torrents Of Missiles.
DRIVERS COVERED WITH BLOOD AND DUST
Police Make Desperate hut Vain struE-
gle 20 Suppress WiId Disorder
Department store Drivers
Return 10 work.

CHICAGO. June 4-Driven by men COW
cred with dust and blood, many Of them
barely able from exhaustion to hold the
Feins In their hands, thirty-siX meat wag-
ons entered the main gate Of the Union
stock yards tonight, amid a shower Of
stones. bricks, bottles and sticks. The
wagons guarded by fve police wagons
filled with bluecoats and two omnibuses
crowded TO the fullest capacity with po-
licemen, were on the return from a de-
livery OF supplies 10 downtown provision
houses, after one Of the iercest days in
the strike OF the beef packers teamsters.
Many OF the drivers and officials at the
packing houses were cut and bruised from
head to foot. The police were in even
worse condition. The wagon drivers had
been working from o'clock in the morn
1ng and their progress from the stock
yards into the city's business district and
back again had been contested bitterly by
snobs OF strike sympathizers.
AT the very entrance to the stock yards
tonight. after all seeming danger had
passed, George June. employe OF the
Anglo-American Packing company. was
struck by a base ball bat and knocked
from his wagon seat. He was picked up
in an unconscious condition and 1t is be-
heved may die.
EOhCe By
Many others were struck at the same
time by a shower Of stones, but the police
were too worn out TO offer resistance. More
than a dozen battles were fought during
the day between rioters and the police
and the hospitals tonight are overcrowded
with the injured.
The fercest battle Of the day took place
this afternoon at Sixteenth street and
Michigan avenue. The rioters stood on the
viaduct and hurled rocks at the meat
wagons passing underneath. The mob was
the most formidable in numbers and iu
daring OF any OF the crowds during the
day. Before this mob was dispersed the
police were compelled to use revolvers,
More than fifty shots were fired, bullets
passing over the heads of the crowd. which
finally became frightened and scattefed. but
mot until many Of the rioters suffered Sc
fious injuries.
conference was held tonight between
representatives OF the packers and the
teamsters looking to settlement Of the
strike. President Frederick W. Job, chair
man OF the State Board OF Arbitration,
brought about the meeting.
A settlement OF the strike Of the deliv-
cry wagon drivers OF the retail State
street department stores earlier In the day
formed the basis on which the opposing ele-
ments hoped to effect a compromise.
BY the settlement Of the department store
drivers troubles 1900 men are back at
their work.
Partial List of Injured.
Following is a partial list OF those in
sured in the riots
Edward shimRn Swift company. driver.
hit on head with rock. serious.
Miss Carrie schownaid. knocked down by
John J. Mcclure, policeman. hit on the
head with a horseshoe. badly hurt.
John Linencugal. policeman, injured at
Congress street.
Gus Billings. clubbed by police at Harri-
BON street. serious.
Nicholas Caulley. driver for a brewing
company, struck Policeman Curry and
> knocked him down and was subsequently
beaten and arrested by that ofacer.
Policeman Curry. badly bruised in melee
with mob.
Chris Eekels. driver for John Miller, in
cured at Harrison street.
Albert Wagner. driver, beaten on head
with club and sent to hospital. condition
.serious.
Cornelius Ryan. policeman. hit on head
with a brick.
John MonAhan. said TO be a union team
4
and State streets.
George schribner. policeman. hit on head
.Eith brick.
Edward Rohrer. policeman. struck on
neck with brick.
John Johnson. driver. hit with bricks.
sserious.
! Charles Wright. Is years old, skull
crushed by brick, probably fatal.
w. W. Parrish, Armour Co. driver.
struck by chunk Of coal
George siegross. knocked from wagon OF
Armour and Company. and badly injured,
Rt Randolph and Clark streets.
E. Lewis. sehwarEschild sulEberger
driver hit with horseshoe at ''Newsboy''
alley and Fifth avenue, may die.
Phillip Ryan, struck on head by lump of
coal
: L. Bowel Swift and Company driver.
hit on head with bottle thrown from win
Idow near Madison street and Fifth avenue.
N. II. sheppard. wholesale man from
Swift and Company. hit on head by brick
while standing in front OF 1855 Fifth ave-
nus. seriously injured
Captain George N. shippy OF South Chi
,cago station. hit on head by brick at Fifth
avenue and Adams street.
Sergeant Supple Of Harrison street sta
Ntion. struck on head by brick al Fifth ave
.pue and Adams street.
William Granger, policeman. hit in face
goy soda bottle thrown by girl from win
Gov al Fifth avenue and Jackson Boule-
ward.
J. B, TODD. $500 Ellis avenue. hit on head
BY flying cudgel.
c. B. Boyston. IS Justin street. hit on
head At Fifth avenue and Adams street.
T. Donelan. barn boss for Armour and
Company, injured in melee at Fifth avenue
and Adams street.
}. o'sullivan. policeman FIRST precinct
hit by piece OF brick while At Fifth avenue
- and Adams street.
II is estimated that the total number Of
injured is between 100 ana $50.
Poliee Beaten with Their CIabs-
In several instances during the night Al
Congress. State and Harrison streets. which
was one Of the vsry nercest the strikers Ane