The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-05
HOT TIME IN CHICAGO
STRIKERS MADE IT HARD FOR
THE POLICE.
REv0LVERS FREELY USED.
CITY's HOSPITALS FILLED WITH
THE INJURED.

The Caravan Plan Did Not Prove a
Success-Meat Was Delivered Down
Town After Hard Struggle and tn
Day Ended With IA Bloody Fight.
More Than Dozen Battles Fought.
Imported Negro Drivers Assaulted
with Ice Picks-StriIke of Depart
ment store Transfers Settled by
Concessions on Both Sides.
Chicago, June 4.-Driven by men
covered with dust and blood, many of
them barely able from exhaustion to
hold the reins in their hands, thirty
six meat wagons entered the main gate
of the Union Stocks Yards tonight
amid a shower of stones, bricks bot
ties and sticks. The wagons, guarded
nv five police wagons, filled with blue
coats and two omnibuses. crowded to
the fullest capacity with policemen,
were on the return from a delivery CT
supplies to downtown provision
houses, after one of the fiercest days
in the strike of the beef packers
transfers.
Many of the drivers, who are Off
Gals 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 morning and
their progress from the stock yards
into the city's district and back again
had been contested bitterly by mobs
of strike sympathizers. At the very
entrance of the stock yards tonight,
after all seeming danger had passed,
George June, an employee of the Anglo
American Packing Company, was
struck by a baseball bat and knocked
from his wagon seat. He was picked
up in an unconscious condition, and
it is believed he may die. Many others
were struck at the same time by a
shower of stones, but the police were
too worn out to offer resistance.
Hospitals Are OvcrcrOwded.
More than a dozen battles were
fought during the day between the
rioters and the police and the hospitals
tonight are over-crowded with the in
jured The fiercest battle of the day
took place this afternoon at Sixteenth
street and Michigan avenue. The riot
ers stood on the Viaduct and hurled
rocks at the meat wagons passing I'M
derneath. The throng was the most
formida BILE in numbers and in daring
of any of the crowds that gathered
during the day. Before this mob could
be dispersed the police were compelled
to use revolvers. More than fifty shots
were fired the bullets passing over the
heads of the crowd, which finally
became frightened and scattered,
but not until many of the rioters and
policemen had suffered serious injuries.
A conference was held tonight be-
tween representatives of the packers
and the teamsters looking to a settle
ment of the strike. President Fred
erick w. Job, chairman of the state
board of arbitration, brought about
the meeting. A settlement of the strike
of the drivers of delivery wagons of
retail State street department stores
earlier in the day, formed the basin on
which the opposing elements hoped to
effect a compromise.
Police Fired First Shot.
On Fifth avenue, between Adams and
Monroe streets, the first shot of the
day was fired, and it gave rise to
report that the police had fired upon
the mobs. An officer was hit with
pop bottle by a man standing on fire
escape ladder. The officer, unable to
reach his assailant in any other way,
drew his revolver and fired two shots.
The man escaped. The incident, how
ever created great excitement and
soon one of the worst riots of the day
was in progress.
dense crowd, attracted by the shots,
collected and again missiles flew thick
through the air. Several policemen
were hit. A driver, catching a man
IN the crowd throwing at him, upon
receiving a stone in the face, drew his
revolver and fired at the man. The lat
ters cheek was grazed and he ran with
the blood streaming from his face. The
police arrested the driver. At Quincy
street and Fifth avenue, while there
We're no shots fired, the police were
again called upon to contend with the
MOD They used their clubs with a
vlgor somewhat impaired by the IA
ugue of their long days fight, but after
making several arrests, succeeded in
moving the caravan again. A little
iurther down Fifth avenue Sergt. Mil
leI urea at a man who threw something
at the officer, but failed to hit him. AS
Sooh as the cavalcade reached the al
icy back of Van Buren, street the po-
iice adopted the policy of firing volleys
~ tne air to scare the crowd. About
Dirty shots were fired.
Not Good scheme.
II is doubtful if the packers will
asdln try to move their wagons in
uls body. 1t was thought that in this
t%ay the police could better protect
lem but the days developments have
9u1Wn the contrary to be true.
Cohcerning the reports of innocent
persons being dubbed, Mayor Harri-
soH SAID he doubted the reports, but
Unmarked that these are no picnics
Hnes' If fears of personal safety will
ilot Keep people off the streets where
neat wagons are moving no proclama-
HoH OF mine warning them would do
any good"
II is estimated that the total num-
oer Oh injured is between 1000 and $50.
Smashed an Automobile.
An incident of the fights was the
smashing of an automobile, in which
we're seated Charles Gates and a COM
ramon. The machine was caught in
ohe or the blockades and smashed to
splinters.
another machine in which were two
women, was caught in a similar pre-
4lcament. The occupants were so
tLlghtened by the riot about them that
1ney were at the point of fainting
men policemen rescued them.
IN Firth avenue, near NanBuren
,ueet, the crowd made a rush upon n
ioaded meat wagon belonging 10 Swift
~ 90. The horses were hastily I'M
"Illhed ana driven of. while the crowd
Nnued the fastenings OF the vehicle
enc uncovered the meat. Then they