Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1894 — RIOTERS SHOT DOWN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

RIOTERS SHOT DOWN

Blood Is Shed in the Great Railroad Strike. MOBS IN A WILD FURY State Troops Called to Stop Acts of Violence. Thou<an<l« of Soldiers and Police Will Opl>o*e the Uwßroakerg-Deadly Co ttesM llttve Already Taken Place Striker* Madly Oeaperate Authorities Determined— President Cleveland Resolved to Crush Out the Rebellion—Militia from Other States Will lie Ordered to Chicago if Such a Move lie Necessary. The long-expeetod armed conflict begun in Chicago Friday morning. Human lives have been sacrificed. Blood stains the ground at the suburb Kensington, and the mob, in a frenzy of rage, rioted throughout the Illinois Central yards, committing unheardof depredations on the property of

tho company. A great force of police was dispatched to tho assistance of tho deputy marshals and deputy sheriffs, who, though using their revolvers with deadly effect, wore unable to break tho spirit of the mob. Four of tho strikers are reported killed and many others wounded. Engineer Googan, of an incoming Ft Fayno train, was held up at 31st street and stoned almost to desth. The rioting broke out early in the morning. With the opening of day returned tho fury of the strikers which manifested itself so viciously at the stockyards Thursday night. But the scene of the principal tumult changed from Lake to Kensington. In the town which lies over against the Town of Pullman and is inhabited principally by laboring-men and their families the mob began to gather in force. Before the morning wai half over it had grown to suoh size mo 4 to overshadow the large force of deputies on the ground. Then the outragos began. The officer < stood in a frightful hail of st :nes and coupling-pins. Bodies of tho rioters < harged repeatedly on tho marshals and tho Sheriffs men. Freight train* were derailed and

thrown across the tracks. Thousands or strikers came over from Pullman and engaged in the work of destruction. At 11 o'clock there was rioting and lighting from the Pullman buildings to the Chicago and Eastern Illinois crossing—a territory a milo and a half in extent. The mob seized the milk train of the Illinois Central and upset the cars after detaching the engine. Then a dare-devil switchman leaped into the engine-cab, pulled the throttle wide open and sent the locomotive flying with frightful force into the wreck. After this all trains were blocked. At this point the position of the officers became unbearable. They were struck with heavy missiles. They drew their revolvers and fired into the

snob. The firing became general, many of. the rioters retaliating with shots from pistols. In a melee on the Cincinnati express fcjmr strikers were fatally shot by special officers of the Michigan Central. Mayor Hopkins was appealed to early, and he sent Inspector Hunt to the battle-ground. He also united with Sheriff Gilbert in wiring Gov. Altgeld, apprising him of the alarming situation. The Governor promptly responded by calling out the entire First Brigade, L N. G. ' Two other

regiments were also ordered to Chicago in case re-enforcements were necesi-arv. Local authorities also made a vigorous appeal to Gen. Miles, in command of the Federal troops, to send an aieauate force to Kensington. \VI1:I Mob In Control. The mob was in comple e control along the lines of the railways and in tho Stjck Yards district. In Fuckingtown 10,(XX) men congregated and swore that not a tra a ot any Kind should pa-s them. And they kept their caths. At Fortieth street an enginoor who attempted t > drive his locomotive through the crazy multitude was dragged from the cab of the machine and teuton nearly to death. Along the Rock Island and Lake Shore track thousands of men congregated, overturn!: g cars, wiecking switches and doing everything in their power to prevent the passage of trains. Tho few s ildiers on duty at tho»e points were jeered and hooted at and tho mi b dared them to shoot. With most admiral) e patience the soldiers endured all this in silence and the crowd became merry at their expense. So much had tho troops endured that some of the more turbulent of the rioters thought the soldiers would never turn their guns on their tormentors. At (1 o’clock F'riday evening some 10,000 armed men were in the field against the strikers, with orders to “shoot to kill." Washington dispatches say that tho administration regards the situation in Chicago as serious in tho extreme. The President is in constant communication with General Miles. The law must be obeyed, and President Cleve-

land will soo that it Is obeyed if it takes every soldier in tho regular urmy to compel oliedlcnce. I I.AMES MAKE HAVOC. Unpantlleled Scene* of Riot, Terror, and All the previous efforts at lawlessness wore eclipsed F'ridav night, by a single fire. Not less than 800 box and other cars wore burned up, together with tons upon tons of coal and numerous switch-houses and towers. An nroa laid with tracks two miles long by half a mile wide, ocoupled bv tho Panhandlo yards at Fifty-fifth boulevard und Western avenue were fired and destroyed. Tho loss, at tho lowest

estimate, amounts to $1,000,000. It was about 7 o’clock when a mob of H.OOO visited the ya ds, howling like demons. Fiom this moving mass of shouting rioters squids of a dozen or two depa tod, runnng towa ds tho vat ds with fi: e-brands in their hands. They looked in the gbaming like specto s. their lighted torches bobbing about like will-o'-the-wisps. Soon from all par sos tho yard flamer shot up and billows ol fire rolled over tho cars, covering them with Iho red glow of destruc ion. The speclaile was a gr and one. Thousands beddes the strikers and the incendiaries were attracted by the great bonfire Before tho cars were fired those filled with any cargoes wore looted. The strikors, helped bv their women, broke into every locked car and took from thorn evoryhlng portable. The men and women stripped the cabootes of cushi ns, desks, and other furniture, and were soon hastening through tho night with thoir ill-gotten plunnor. Seme of the cars wore loaded with h( useho'd furniture, and women were seen walking avay with bedding on their heads. Children carried chairs away, and man helped to steal benches and car salts. There were IfiO cats of cal in tho yards. Women plundered ti m, carrying the black diamonds away in their aprens, taking off the skirts of their dresses and shawls and filling them with coal. It was pandemonium let loose, the flro leaping along for miles and tho men

and women dancing with frenzy. It was a mad seen?, where riot became wanton and men and women became drunk oa their own excesses. The mob had its own way, played its game of deviltry without interruption, unmolested by any semblance of authority. STRIKE SWKKfInuTsASTWARD. A. R. U. Denldei to Tie Up Every Lino Entering Cleveland. : Slowly but surely the great railrea 1 strike is sweeping eastwa'd. After an

all-night session of the members of tne A. R. U. at Cleveland, Ohio, in which every road running into the city was represented, it was decided to tie up every line centering in Cleveland. At 10 o clock every real leading into the city, with the single exception of the Nickel Plate, had felt the effeot of the strike aqd freight traffic on all lines was more or less congested and the suspension of passenger trafficin many i ases seemed imminent. The Nickel Plate hud generally abandoned pas-

sen go r trains for tho West in consequence of tne tie-up on the western end of the road. PRESIDENT OEMS’ STATEMENT. Ho Iftmiefl a Manifesto on the Strike and It* <uu*e*. President Debs, of the American Railway Union, has is9ueil an address to the pub ic on the strike situation und the causes that led to the present trouble. It recites the course of Mr. Pullman with his employes, the repeated refusal of Mr. Pullmau to arbitrate, asserts that the union usks for nothing boyond the o nsont of Mr. Pullman to refer the dlsputee question to an impartial committee. It asserts that tho railway companies organized to uphold 1 ullman, and that the strike has extended from line to line because tho railways have so supported Mr. Pullman. It says that the union has boon und is now willing to arbitrate. As to his own part in the strike, Mr. Dohi .said that it was not ordered by hiinsolt n r by any other individual. 110 had rover ordered nor called anybody out. Under tho rules of the A. R. U., members could only strike when a majority of their number so decidod. One vote of tho delegates in this instance was unanimous. Wherever mon have struck they havo done so of their own will, lfo had simply served the notice after tho mon had determined to quit STRIKERS IN CONTROL. Hull way Companion lit Nurnunciito, Cal., Absolutely Melple**. A Fan F’rancl-oo dispatch says that tho strikers at, tho Oakland yards and along the Mole und on tho narrow gauge lines olTeotually maintain the blockades on ull linos running down tho Mole. Wherever tho strikers find a live engine they promptly take possession of it, rase tho llros, blow off the steam and leave it dead on tho tracks. 'After tho failure of the State troops to dislodge the strikers in tho depot yards at Sacramento it is reported that, the United States Marshal expressed an intention to declare martial law and dispatch United States regulars to the scene. The striking railroad men placed Oakland undor siege. They are absolute masters of tho ferry system. They l ave stopjed the trains on both lines and connection by rail with all the olties across tho bay has

been cut off. They have seized the railroad yards at West Oakland; they are in possession at tho Oakland Mole. Not a wheel is moving. GOV. WAITE'S COMPLAINT. He Snyi the Federal Constitution Is Being Violated* Gov. Waite, of Colorado, has addressed a letter to President Cleveland, complaining that the United States deputy marshals have been ordered to make arrests without warrants or other process of law. Waite c airns iheso acts are in violation of the Constitution. A similar letter has been addressed to Judge Moses Hallett, of tho United States District Court. Gov. Stone, of Missouri, is also in bad humor over what he terms the impertinent interference of the United States authorities in local affairs in regard to the striae of railway employes. He says Missouri can protect property and preserve peace without assistance from Washington. Notfs of tho Strike. There is a fruit famine in Philadelphia. Big Four employes at Anderson, Ii d., went out. Union men in Buffalo wear the white ribbon. It is claimed that the railway telegraphers will be called out. Men in the Panhandle yards at Logansp.rt, Ind., have gone’ out. Michis-an division Big FouP shop and train men struck at Wabash, Ind. Tho Erie Railroad shops at Kent, Ohio, were closed and about 300 men discharged. On the Chicago and Eastern Illinois mail was carried from Brazil, Ind., to lccal stations on handcars. The St, Paul and Duluth switchmen quit, and clerks and other employes are making up the trains. Brotherhood men at Nashville, have offlc ally notified the railroads they would stand by the companies. The grievance committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers on the Lake Shore has been called to Chicago. Traffic is suspended on the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham, the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis and tho Iron Mountain Roads. In obedience tb an order from General Master Workman Sovereign, the Tongshoreme i s branoh of the Knights of Labor struck at Portland, Ore. The coal operators and miners of the Springfield ill!.) sub-district are unwilling to maie any concessions in many cases, in twelve out of twentytwo shafts in the district, however, the- operators- have acceded td the minors' demands.

STONING OF THE PENNYSLVANIA TRAIN AT THIRTY-NINTH STREET.

ARREST OF A STRIKER.

BLOCKING A CATTLE TRAIN—TROOPS DISPERSE THE MOB

BEATING AN ALLEGED “SCAR."

STRIKERS BURNING CARS AT BURNSIDE.