The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-03
STRIKERS AND POLICE
ENGAGE IN BLOODY CONFLICT
TeamSterS Strike Assumes a Serious Phase
More Trouble Expected
Negro Attacks Officer With Razor and Is Severely Handled Six
Arrests Are Made.

CHICAGO. June 2.-Riot and blood
shed marked the progress Of the
.teamsters' strike today. There
were numerous fights between the po-
lice and the strikers, and their SYM
pathizers. The hghting began on the
west side shortly after noon, and in
different parts of the city continued
practically all the afternoon. The most
serious trouble of the day occurred in
Crosby street. in the district known in
police circles as Little He'll" A de-
tachment Of policemen, under the com
mand Of Lieutenant Collins, was es-
e6rting a number OF wagons loaded
with meat to the distributing stations
down town.
A large crowd followed the wagons,
shouting and jeering. 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 wa
CONS. escorted by the police, was fire.
quently stopped by other teamsters.
who would manage to pull across the
street just in the proper place to pre-
vent the meat wagons from making
any progress. The police would order
the men away, and in a few minutes
the performance would be repeated.
much to the delight of the immense
crowd that was following on.
Finally one teamster refused to pull
his team out of the way of the meat
wagons. and the police placed him I'M
der arrest.
The Fight Commenced.
There the light commenced. In an
Instant a shower Of stones, mud and
ell
fcers, bruising some of them badly.
Lieutenant Collins ordered the march
ef the meat wagons stopped. and at
once charged the crowd. The crowd
refused 20 bulge when the police came
on. a large number of women, who
came to the aid Of the strikers. were
the fiercest fighters Of the lot. One
policeman was Knocked down with a
brick and his companions then drew
their clubs and made war with such
energy that within a few minutes the
street was filed with men with bleed
ing heads. The mob. led by a large
man. who came from the gas house
near Crosby street, and who called 20
his followers continually to 'kill the
coppers and hang the scabs after
wards Finally a big policeman got
10 the man from the gas house, and
when It was over the leader was car
ried of by his friends. his head and
face covered with blood. The police
made no attempt to arrest him, for
they had their hands fun with the
hundreds of men and women who
crowded around them and fought
viciously with anything they could lay
their hands upon. The crowd increased
so rapidly that Lieutenant Collins soon
saw that his men would be overpow-
cred unless he took vigorous action at
once He ordered the men to fall back
slowly toward the wagons. and the
crowd, seeing in this action token of
victory. pressed i'm with shouts and
the volleys Of stones came more
thickiy.
Police Use Their Revolvers.
The police fell back until they had
formed a compact mass close 20 the
wagons. and then, at Collins order.
drew their revolvers and charged the
crowd once more. This time the fight
was more desperate than before, and
1t was over in much less time.
The police struck down numbers OF
men and used their clubs and revolver
butts with energy and in three min
utes the crowd was broken and in lull
flight. Forming his men around the
wagons once more. Collins started on
his march. AS soon as the police
started away the mob formed again,
and although at a respectful distance
they kept after the wagons until they
reached the barns at Ralsted and Dr.
vision street. In this fight about a
dozen Of the policemen were hadiy
bruised and nearly all of them had torn
clothing. Many more of the mob were
badly used up. but as they were II
taken off by their friends. il is impos-
siblc 20 guess at the number.
BY the time the barns were reached
the anger Of the crowd had grown TO
fever heat An attempt was made 10
cross Halsted street. but in less than
minute a blockade had been formed
which il took two hours to release.
The trouble at this point began when
a Halsted street car stopped directly
ON the crossing. The car was filled by
passengers on their way from work. IL
was "A peculiar coincidence that just as
The packing house wagons approached
the crossing the current went of. il
was said that the trolley wire had been
cut Hundreds Of factory hands were
being dismissed from the neighboring
shops. Scores of heavily loaded wag-
ons drove up. and in five minutes Hal
sted street was packed and jammed
with teams and wagons for four blocks.
The crowd shouted and jeered at the
police while they attempted to induce
The teamsters 60 move on The police
attempted a display OF force, only 70
arouse the crowd again Stones
were thrown at the police and the riot
ers were dubbed and dragged into pa
troll wagons.
Finally after pushing and fighting
Tor a long time the police managed 10
set the meat wagQns 20 the barns ano
the doors were closed
Tonight a serious fight took place al
Twelfth and State streets. Meat was
being removed from the packing house
plants BIZ two retail firms, Probing &
Hoppe and Rettinger x Hofher. There
were six wagons belonging TO the mrs.
firm and two for the second hrn In ms
afternoon the wagons had been loaded
and a police escort was secured TO ac'
company the loads. The owners Of tbs
butcher shops were with the loads tC
encourage their men and offer such as
sistance as they could in the event OF
trouble.
A crowd awaited the wagons at tn
packing plants and the drivers were
booted aud ieered. but there was M
violence until the wagons reached Tn
Twelfth street viaduct There m
crowds became so large and SO threat
eninr that IL was deemed advisable Z
return the wagons TO the packing hous'
plants.
Throw Meat in the Street.
From a few hundred the crowd ha'
grown TO thousands and after the wag
ons had been turned back they couh
not be driven through the masses. Tn
three policemen accompanying tneh
tried to frighten the crowd by dis
play of weapons, but while the police
men were attempting 60 do this IN
strikers ana their sympathizers re