The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-06-05
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CHICAGO, June 3.-Riot
shed marked the progress Of M oo'd
sters' strike Monday. There ~e "a
merous conflicts between Tho ere ~
and the strikers and their srs police
ers. Fighting began on the w.l pa.als
shortly after noon and in d;ss sads
parts OF the city continued nrsa asleat
all the afternoon. The mos, y
trouble OF the day occurred in c
street in the district known !. s0y
circles as Little He'll" A ds,a.I poace
OF policemen under the comman neat
Lieutenant Collins was esco-," y
number OF wagons loaded WITH
to the distributing stations dow t
A large crowd followed the wv. sh
shouting and jeering and now and ~
sending stone over the heads =, ~
omcers in the direction of the s
on the meat wagons. The limo :, ea
CONS escorted by the police wa.
quently stopped by other teams..
who would manage to pull acros. =.
street just in the proper place II ~ -
vent the meat wagons from m..;s.
any progress. The police would go
the men away and in a few momaa..
this action would be repeated much :
the delight of the crowd. Fina,,v -
OF the teamsters refused to puu ~
wagon out of the way of the meat :.
CONS, and the police placed him und..
arrest. e0'
Then the fight commenced. Ipst,,.
~ shower of mud. stones and sticl.
Tell around and on the officers hru,.
Ing some of them badly. Lieu,an.,,
Collins ordered the march of the ma.
wagons stopped and at once char,s,,
the crowd. The crowd refused =
bulge. when the police came on 4
large number of women came tn 4ha
aid of the strikers and were the naro.
est fighters of the lot. One policem,,
was knocked down with a brick "A
his companions then drew their club.
and made war with such energy th.f
within a few minutes the street v.s
filled with men with bleeding head.
The mob were led by a large man Who
came from the gashouse near CROSBY
street. and who called to his follow.
ers continually to Kill the copper.
and hang the scabs afterwards"
Finally a big policeman got hold Of
the big leader and when he was car.
ried OF by friends his head and fsce
were covered with blood. The police
made no attempt to arrest him, for
they had their hands full with the hun
dreds Of men and women who crowded
around them and fought viciously with
they could lay their hands
upon. The crowd increased so rapid.
ly that Lieutenant Collins soon saw
that their men would be overpowered
unless he took vigorous action. He
ordered the men to fall back slowly
the wagons. and the crowd,
seeing in this action a token Of vic
tory, pressed in with shouts and vol
leys of stones came more thickly. The
police fell back until they had formed
a compact mass close to the wagons
and then. at Collins order, drew their
and charged the crowd once
more. This time the fight was more
desperate and it 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
ntes the crowd was broken and in full
Hight. Forming his men around the
wagons once more, Collins started on
his march. AS soon as the police start
ed away the mob formed again, and,
although at a respectful distance, they
kept after the wagons until they reach
I'd the barns at Halstead and Division
streets. In this fight about dozen
If the policemen were badly bruised
Ind nearly all of them had torn cloth
ng.
Many more OF the mob were badly
Used up. but as they were all taken
III by their friends, it is impossible to
yuess at the numbers. BY the time
he barns were reached the anger Of
he crowd had grown to fever heat
In attempt was made to cross Hal
ted street. but in less than minute
! blockade had been formed, which It
ook two hours to clear.