The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-04
ARMY OF POLICE.
Chicago City Hall Resembles a
Military Camp.
Strike Disturbance Broke Out
Afresh This Morning.
DRIVER is ATTACKED.
Mob Overturns His Wagon and
Steals His Meat.
He Was Trying to Deliver to a
Railroad Station.

tendant upon the packing house team
sters' strike broke out afresh early to-
day when a wagon belonging to ex-
Alderman Duddleston, driven by nom
union man, tried to land a load Of hams
and bacon at the station of the Chicago
& Northwestern railroad at Kinsey
street. A crowd of toughs and strike
sympathizers set upon the driver, over
turned his wagon and stole his meat
The driver, after belaboring some OF
his assailants with a club ran from the
scene and when a patrol wagon full OF
policemen with a number of officers on
foot arrived, the crowd scattered.
A tense feeling prevails over all the
city. Down town street crossings are
almost devoid of officers, but the city
hall resembles an army barracks with
hundreds of blue-coated men drawn up
in squads waiting for repeutions OF
yesterdays disorders.
At the stock yards attempts are being
made to relieve the semi-meat famine
that is expressing the hotels and eat
ing houses. Early in the morning
caravan of six wagons, two from Ar
mOurs, two from SWifts, and one each
from Nelson Morris and SchWartzchild
& Sulzburger's plant, started under
the escort of patrol and 10 policemen
toward the down town districts to sup
ply stores with meat. 1t is thought that
this train is simply a feeler for a bigger
caravan which may start later. Every
preCaut1On IS DelnS taken 10 prevent
disorder. 1t is feared by city officials
that a repetition of yesterdays shooting
affrayS may result in death.
A pitched battle occurred between a
crowd of negroes, imported from ST.
Louis to take the places of the striking
yard teamsters, and toughs and strikers
at Forty-fifth street and Center avenue,
early today in which six negroes We're
The substitutes were driving wagons
when they were assaulted. Many of
their aSsailantS were armed with Ice
pick poles they had seized from ice
wagons and in the fight the negroes
were badly lacerated by those weapons
One man had his thigh broken and an
other was injured internally The I4n-
ported negroes numbered about so.
At o'clock an imposing caravan of
So loads of beef, lnterspersed with I'VE
busses containing policemen, came out
of the StoclyardS amid boots and cries
! of derision from the crowd. It looked
not unlike a well-guarded wagon train
of some small army sixteen OF the
wagons belonged to Swift & Co. three
| to Schwarzchild & Sulzberger, nine to
! Armour & Co, five to Nelson Morris &
/ Co. four to Libby, Mcneil q Libby, and
! one to the AnglO-Amer1can company.
The large meat caravan reached the
| Illinois Central depot at Twelfth street
at 10 o'clock, accompanied by con-
stantly increasing crowd. During the
unloading of the meat at the depot the
mob showed its ugly temper by throw
! ing coal and bricks, but the well armed
/ police guard served to check more Seri-
Gus demonstrations.
Disturbances increased in ferocity and
! frequency as the day wore on Police
men in number of instances had to
/ draw their revolvers to protect them
! selves: several Of them had their clubs
not only taken away from them. but
used upon them. The hospitals began to
1 feel the effect of the battling by the in
! creased number Of patients and the po-
/ st a fOr
/ the rioters arrested.
One of the most serious riots broke
! out at Congress and State and Harri-
son and State streets. BY some man
/ eouvre the strikers succeeded in divid-
/ ing the 80 wagon caravan, the second
one to leave the yards today, 50 that
! the front of it lay at Congress street
/ on State and the rear at Harrison. While
! the vanguard battled with crowd
which hurled broken bottles, stale eggs
1 and other missiles, including spOols OF
! thread thrown by women sympathizers
| in the crowd, the rear guard was called
upon to defend itself against a more
serious attack.
At this place the mob made des-
/ perate assault on the drivers. but was
/ compelled to turn its attention to the
/ police. who came up on the run. Twice
the bluecoats hurled themselves against
the infuriated men and twice they We're
rebuffed and crowded back.
1t was the most desperate clash the
| police have had with citizens in years.
| In several instances the strikers and
| their sympathizers took the clubs from
| policemen and used them against their
| owners Meanwhile several men had
1 gained a position of advantage on the
elevated loop, from which they hurled
/ missiles a the officers. In this Wav Of
ficer John MCGUIRE was hit on the head
I with horseshoe and so seriously in
jured that be had to be taken to a
hospital. Officer John Linencourjal was
less seriously hurt. Gus Billings, one OF
+ the crowd. was clubbed into inSppSf-
bility by the police, and he too, was
taken to a hospital in a serious eondi-
ton. After the tRfo Intellectual rushes
| at the crowd II rtlOned, the police man
aged to organic themselves in better
shape and for the third time rushed
the mob, This time they We're success
full A number of heads were hit but
their owners in most cases escaped.
Several arrests were made
It was impossible to obtain anything
like complete lists of the injured The
caravan, after 20 n minuteS' delay began
to move but not in peace. for the crowd
followed closely me police, however,
walked by the wagons and confined
their efforts to pulling from the wagons
men who tried to climb into the seats,
presumably to pull down the drivers.
The decision of the police to confine
their attention strictly to keeping in
vaders from climbing onto the wagons
did not long endure. From windows
along the route missiles were flung at
them. At every street corner teamsters
| in sympathy with the strikers SO man.
aged their wagons as to bring about a
blockade. With the continued opposi-
ton the bombardnent, the blocking
and the jeers all stirring them, the po-
lice lost their tenperS and dubbed with
| apparent indiscrimina ton. It was said
| that several women and boys and one
/ helpless cripple received blows from the
batons of police. The streets through
which the cavalcade passed by noon had
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