The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-19
FIERCE, |: {, RIOT I
AIIH||:.E|:;'..YI': | ARDS.
Hungry Dwellers Of Packing
House District Seek to Butch
er Steers That Escape.
THOUSANDS A \ \; IN i! THE MELEE e
Clubs Used Freely and Many.
Men BeatctlWonlat B Strips
Officer Of Star and Club.

CHICAGO. Aug 1s.-The fiercest riot
OF the stock yards strike occurred this
evening. when hungry dwellers OF the
packing -house district sought to capture
and kill eight steers. which had escaped
from the yards. 81 e Az
Si5 The mob numbered 1000 persons and
the streets were cleared only after 100
policemen, In five squads had charged the 3
rioters on four sides. Shots were fired
and scores Of rioters were dubbed. a
bullet grazcd the cheek OF Police !Lieutcn-S
ant George Prim, and q police sergeant
was stripped OF his star and club BY a.
woman rioter. One man was SO severely
battered that he was sent to- the Engle-s
wood Union Hospital.
L D Few arrest Is were made, as the police
themselves with dispensing the
mob. The 81 temper Of z the police was
shown, however when a call for rein-s
lforcementsG was answered by a number OF !
patrol agons, followed by n ambulance.
In no previous riot were hubs used So
freely. s ss
Students in Hands Of Mob. @
Because they wanted to study
the strike situation. two Harvard
students, William Pastor and Blaine
Evans, ran into serious trouble:
to-day at Twenty ghth Street and Ash.
laid Avenue and were nearly killed.
They. were. carrying small packa ges that;
looked like luncheon boxes, and there
fore were mistaken for strike breakers.
"a mob gathered and the students tried
to, board a passing car. 8s vi 3sS
s' Hurry on, there; cried members Of the
crowd, and at full speed the car went
forward. in front Of 1T was garbage
wagon, the driver Of which, David Nole,
supposed the car would stop, and made
no fort to get off the track. His wa gon
was struck and upset, and he was thrown
to- the street with such n violence that his
right arm was broken The st udents In
the $excit ement escape !. But were over
taken and beaten by strike pickets.
a Herbert - awson,s of N ashville. Tennis q
strike breaker In the Hammond packing
house. retired Ia st even Ing: apparently q
man Of normal lffmenta Al quail ties, but
awakened RI this II morning wing idly.
He was sleeping In one y OF the strike
break ers' makcshft 7 n dormitories wi tn a
crowd Is Of otller5s non -unionists when he
Suddenly began shrieking. The excited
sstrike-b breakers were una BILE to quiet HIM
and summoned the police. Before the
police reached the plac Dawson bolted
from he building and vas aterS found
kied gu peu nii ~ .itI i,
stock yards. When policemen attempted
to restrain him he fought them and was
cut by the wire. The police overpowered
him and took him to the detention hos
5pital
Press dent Donnelly has had h conference
With the executive board of the 5H League
of .Businessmen.,.'ssa (which was formed to
raise funds for the strikers The league
has raised the race issue, taking the
ground y that 5af the packers win the:
strike all the white residents will be
driven from the stock yards regi on and
that the place will become a. egro set
Element with popula tion fofs at least
x, 900 men, women and children.