Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-05-04
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CHICAGO, May 3.-Rioting in tn,
teamsters' strike started in yesterday
afternoon and in a disultory way
continued all night, being vigorously
resumed this morning. The fighting
In the streets that started yesterday
afternoon was fierce and savage. es
pecially so this morning. The strik
ers and sympathizers attacked non
union men at every opportunity and
In many instances the frenzied moi
attacked inoffensive citizens. mistak
ing them for strike breakers. Men
were shot down and nearly dubbed
10 death in the heart of the city. the
police being powerless to act Hood
lums, who seldom work but always
take advantage of an opportunity like
this. were in evidence and were in
many instances among the leaders in
rioting. Yesterday evening Rev. w.
X. Wheeler, pastor of the Nintn Pres
byterian church, while on mis- way to
the Pennsylvania station, was at,
tackled by the mob and mercilessly
beaten and would undoubtedly have
been killed but for the timely arrival
of the police who succeeded in ar
resting one of the attacking party.
This morning Rev. Father Reilly. a
Catholic r'riest, was struck by a mis-
sile tHrc" ~ by one of the strikers and
seriously. n not fatally, injured. Ed
ward Roswell, a negro medical stu
dent, was mistaken for one of the
strike breakers, was pounced upon
dinon. Late yesterday afternoon
four men were wounded by shots fir
ed by driver of one of the U. S. eX-
press wagons who attempted to de-
liver goods without police protection
He was attacked by mob and pelt-
ed WITH stones and flying missiles,
and. pulling u revolver fired in the
air, which had no effect, when he aim
ed at the crowd with above results.
which had the effect of tne men seek
ing shelter. None of the men died.
but 1t is believed two were fatally
injured
This morning gang Of negro
breakers from the South were assail-
ed. Frank Curry, the noted strike
breaker, is believed to be critically
injured from the attack of yesterday
Employers, for lack of police pro
lection, decided to send out only GOO
wagons this morning instead of l.
500, as planned last evening. Seven
teen hundred police are on duty to-
day and $500 militia men are here
under orders to be prepared to as-
semble on short notice.
Seven hundred special policemen
were sworn in today.
The first arrest for violation of the
strike injunction occurred this morn
ing when Michael Hogan, union
teamster, was seized by federal
deputy marshal on the charge of run
ming his wagon into another one car
rying 3l,000,000 to the subtreasury
from the depot.
CHICAGO, May sc p. m)-Up
to this inour the strike situation is
much worse in extent as well as in
violence of the riots. The outlook is
not at all promising By tomorrow
the largest building in the city will!
be deprived of coal and there seems
to be no signs of settlement, botn
sides being extremely bitter. Mayor
Dunno said:
II am exhaustlng every effort to
find way in which a ray of sunlight
may be thrown upon the blackness
of the strike. | have been trying to
induce a settlement since the strike
began. but witn the existing feeling
| cannot see any way out of our trou-
bles."
This morning two colored men
were brutally beaten on street car,
the impression being that they were
strike breakers. The incident set all
the passengers in a panic. and some
rioting followed.
Up TO noon today six persons nave
been killed and thirty-one seriousl,
injured in this weeks rioting.
The board Of trade, the corn eN
change, the Rookery, the Rialto, Mar
shall Field and the big brewing com
panies are likely to be without fue
TO run the elevators by tonight.
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