Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1910 — RAIL RIOT IS FATAL [ARTICLE]

RAIL RIOT IS FATAL

Troops May Be Sent to South Bend, Ind., to Keep Order. As a result of a day of rioting by strikers and their sympathizers in the yards of the Grand Trunk railway at South Bend, Ind.. in which a freight train of about fifty cars was cut into ten sections, Pinkerton detectives stoned, and five passenger trains stalled for hours, an attempt was made to derail eastbound passenger No. 8, known as the Detroit and New York express, due in South Bend at 1:51. The engineer by chance saw the thrown switch in time to bring his train to a stop and prevent a terrible catastrophe. When he left the engine to investigate he was stoned by the mob, in which were many for- , eigners, but police prevented injury. Shortly after the attempt to derail the train was made, Jay Freel, a car repairer in the employ of the railroad, was shot and mortally wounded by John Peck, a Pinkerton detective, who with two companions. Eldridge Graham aro William Mtßeynolds. all of Battle Creek. Mich.,' were arrested. "Freel died later in a hospital. Durinr Sunday afternoon a mob which congregated.- within the limits of South Bend burned several caboose's. but efforts to fire freight cars were made fruitless by the arrival of detectives and the fire department. Rioting began when a train of fifty cars Entered the city under full speed, evident*.' with the intention of rushing through South Bend without a stop. Shortly after passing the station, it was discovered that the caboose had been lost and a stop was made to pick up the missing car. Almost immediately a gang of men ran between the cars, released the air plugs and cut the air hose, thus making it impossible to move the train. At the same time the Pinkerton detectives, who showed themselves, were •toned. Realizing that the situation was desperate, Local Agent C. A McNntt sent a hurry call for the police lad telegraphed Gov Marshall for troop* '

n&mite bomb which was thrown from the street to a point under'a hammock in which the mayor was sleeping. He died an hour after the explosion. No clew to ,the identity of the mus derer or the motive for the crime has been discovered. - V