The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-04
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STONES USED
Chicago Rioters Fight
With Police.
POLICE GUARD WAGONS
Drivers for Department Stores
Ordered Out.
Broken Heads, Shattered Windows
and Arrests are Some Of H.
suits Of Day-Two Of In
jured Nay Die. \.


Chicago. June -Chicago's police had =
strenuous time today with the striking
packing house teamsters. From daylfght!
this morning until long after dark to-
night the blue cloats were kept busy dis
persing trouble-rnakers. who congregated
along the streets and in every conceiva~
BILE manner placed obstacles in the WAY
of the meat dealers who endeavored -
move their supply wagons with non-unionl
drivers. 52
In spite of the striking teamsters and
their friends, thirty-three wagon loads Of
meat were delivered from the stock yards
to downtown stations. Before the task
was accomplished, however. score %
policemen and rioters had been injured,
and fully fifty perscnss lad beer placed
Under arrest.
Several of the injured were IN such =
serious condition that they were taken
to hospitals Two Of the injured may
die
When tho procession OF wagons left the
packing house district. they were guard
ed by heavy detail of police. As soon
as the wagons emerged at the entrances
of the yards. fully 500 enraged strike SYM
pathizers made a rush to overturn thend~
Police Use Clubs.
The policemen drew CLUBS and after q
lard struggle, succeeded In scattering the
mob. A fresh start was made. but before
the Wa CONS reached the downtown dis
trict, the mob, augmented by hundreds Of
sympathizers, made another attack In
the fight that followed. reviewers were
drawn. No person was shot. the police
instead. using their clubs indiscriminate-
~, and a dozen or more persons were hurt
before the march could be resumed When
the central portion of the city was reach
ed, clashes between the police and tho
crowd became numerous. Street car traf-
fic was an impossibility. and II was nee
assary for several SQUADS or police &0
charge the crowds with batons before the
w1Rons had reached the various down~
town houses.
To add to the burdens Of the police de-
partment, 1900 drivers and their helpers.
employed by the State Street general re-
tail merchandise department stores, went
on strike today. An attempt was made
to deliver department store goods In the
downtown districts with non-union driv-
ers under police protection, but so much
disorder developed that the attempt prov-
ed futile. Before the project was aban-
doned, several rioters were hurt and
many arrests had been made.
First Riot of Day.
The first rioting took place In South
Clark Street in front of two stores using
meats from the big packing houses.
The wagons were being loaded when q
crowd of spectators and strike sympathiz-
ers began hooting and interfering with
the non-union drivers.
The disturbance drew a mob Of nearly
z, 900 people. The police tried to preserve
order but were not successful
The two Irwin brothers, of the firm OK
Irwin Brothers, seized ak handles ans,
in company with the police. beat the
crowd back.
Isaac Bean was thrown down a stair
way and had his back broken.
A passing street car overturned patrol
wagon on the way to the riots and dump
ed the police in the streets.
In other sections of the city attempts
were made to move meat, but because Of
the large gatherings of people wagons
were put back to warehouses and unload
ed. The ten big State Street department.
stores were seriously handicapped by the
strike OF 1900 drivers and conductors OF
delivery wagons, members Of the National
Transfers Union, the same union that -
conducting the meat drivers strike.
Following are the stores anected:
Marshal Field & Co.
Carson, Prize. Scott & Co.
c. A. Stephens and brothers.
Mandell Bros.
Schlesinger & Mayer.
Hillman's Boston store.
The Fair.
A. NJ. Rothschilds.
A. C. & H. Engel & Co.
The reason for the strike is difficulty
over the wage scale of the stores and an
attempt today to relieve The Fair, whose
air DIV a 81
ing two wagons from each of the other
stores to carry goods. All the managers
Of the department stores held confer
ence and sent out a joint ultimatum
against the union and its methods.
. Attack on Fair Wagons.
An attempt by The Fair store manage
ment to deliver goods this afternoon after
their drivers and teamsters had struck re-
suited in a riot, several injured heads and
bodies a number of arrests and finally
the failure of the project. Escorted by
policemen wagons were dispatched from
The store to deliver some parcels on the
west side The procession had gene
barely a block when trouble began
Crossing Clarke Street a heavy express
wa on drove full tilt into the leading
wagon of The Fair. The Faor wagon
was badly damaged in the collision and
he guard thrown into confusion.
,rowd with drawn clubs and struck
Freely at the persons who were nearest
hem. After short, but firm struggle,
he crowd was pressed back and the pro-
,ession resumed. Before another block
1ad been traversed the crowd made
another rush for the wagons. and sharp
,attle followed. Bricks and stones. were
he weapons used. and the missiles were
brown with such effect that after the
light was over, dozens Of big show win
lows in adjoining buildings were shat
cred.
In the attack which the police made
mon the crowd a dozen men were severely
INJURED Several of the strike partisans
we're arrested. The fierceness Of the
ight discouraged further progress west
ward. and the wagons were headed back
q The Fair When the wagons reached
he alley leading across the rear OF The
Fair, the police with desperate charge
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