Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-25

mediable freight paralysis. The shops
at various points, closed week ago,
were reopened today. and practically
all the 10000 employees returned to
their places
South Bend. Ind, July 25.-Altho q
mob is gathering, officials of tho Grand
Trunk railroad are determined to re-
sumo train service today at any cost.
Yard service will be most likely to In
cite trouble, but the yards are so filed
with cars, many Of which contain per-
ishable freight. that switching Is abb
solutely necessary.
The Chicago-Detroit passenger train
came in late and carried a force Of
armed detectives. who sat at open win
dows with drawn revolvers as the train
passed thru the yards, The officers
stood guard as the passengers alighted.
but their presence was not necessary,
as no interference was offered Louis
Freel, a strike breaker shot by rail-
road detective yesterday, will die, ac-
cording to the physician's report this
morning.
Try to Burn Train.
Fire started by sympathizers of the
striking &rainmen OF the Grand Trunk
Of train composed Of thirty loaded
freight cars and caboose. Firemen
fought the blaze under a guard Of po-
lice and special deputies and endeav-
ored to prevent It's spread while a
crowd OF more than 5000 persons look
ed on and several times made threaten
ing demonstra tfons.
Several other blazes were started in
the railroad yards while the larger fire
was in progress, but they were QUICK
ly extinguished.
The fire came as climax to a day Of
rioting in which one man was shot and
probably fatally wounded, while a num-
Der Of others were injured by flying
stones thrown by sympathizers Of the
strikers.
Wounded BY ,Mistake?"
The wounded man is l.. A. Freel,
night car inspector Of the Grand Trunk.
He was shot while endeavoring to as
certain the amount of damage done q
train by friends Of the strikers. He
was shot by John Peck OF Grand Rap
ids, guard in the employ of the rail-
road. Officials Of the road say the
shooting was an accident Peck is
said to have fired to hold the threaten
ing crowd at bay, and was not shoot
ing at Freel.
Freel was hurried to Epworth fospi-
tai where he was attended by DR.. ]. H.
Gardner. The physician found the bull
let, fired from 38-caliber revolver
had severed his spinal cord, and he is
paralyzed from the waist down. There
is little hope for his recovery
The shooting OF F,rce1 was indirectly
due to the capture Of a freight train
by strike sympathizers Saturday night
The train was left standing in the
streets until this morning. when it was
moved to the yards. Ut was found that
during the night all the coupling pins
and knucl<les of the cars had been tax
en- out, the air brakes destroyed. and
the train literally cut to pieces. Freel
went out to investigate the damage,
and, in the trouble following, he was
shot.
Attempt TO DeraiI Fast Train.
Following night and day of riot
ing in the yards OF the Grand Trunk
railroad at South Bend, Ind. an at
tempt was made Sunday afternoon to
derail the Detroit and New York ex-
press The engineer Of the express saw
the thrown switch in time to bring the
train to q stop and prevent what might
have been a serious disaster.
Before the attempt to derail the
passenger train was made a freight
train was cut in ten sections by tho
rioters and five passenger trains were
stalled for hours. One man, Jay Free,
a car repairer, was shot by private
detective employed by the railroad and
10 now In q hospital in South Bend in
"a serious condition. The detective who
did the shooting was John Peck, Of
Battle Creek, Mich, and he with two
companions, Mdridge Graham and
William McReynolds. was arrested and
Is being held pending the outcome OF
FreeHs !n!ufies.
Engineer Stoned by Mob.
When the engineer OF the passenger
train left his cab to investigate the
open switch in the afternoon he was
stoned by the mob which had gathered
in the railroad yards. tho the timely
arrival OF the police prevented his be-
ing seriously injured.
During the afternoon a mob which
congregated at Oliveta. the first sta
ton Of the Grand Trunk within the
limits OF South Bend, burned several
cabooses, but efforts to fire freight
cars were thwarted by the arrival Of
detectives and the fire department
the rioting began Saturday night at
1O:3o o'clock when a freight train OF
flfty ca. entered the city under full
speed, with the intention OF rushing .Sss::.:::.:1s
thru South Bend without a stop.
Shortly after passing the station It
was discovered the caboose had been
lost, and O stop was made to pick up
- 0l1lnS car. Almost Immediately.
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