Show rioters show fight at hammond met by two volleys of bullets urgent calls for more troops comparative para tive yesterday at chicago chicago july 8 comparative quiet prevailed aa a role within the city today though there were as might have been expected number of sporadic instances where little knots of malcontents gathered became boisterous and were finally scattered by a charge from the police A number of email mobs formed went rioting fighting and overturning cars heads were cracked and email fry brawls mostly the result of too much bad whisky were frequently reported at police headquarters there was however no concerted effort at or violence although at A number of places individual cars were fired several of which were destroyed A coal train on the eastern illinois was ditched at root street by a switch being misplaced after the engine and bur cars had passed over i tho work of clearing the traces in the grand trunk yards at forty ninth and asbrand streets where debris from hundreds of burns cars littered the tracks was completed today under police and m protection the monotony howeller ho welver being enlivened by occasional police rallies when the gatherings of idlers watching the work became too large and threatening at 4 p m when the finishing touches had been put on the work nearly all the onlookers had disappeared and the troops laborers and the police were withdrawn no sooner had they got well ou of sight however than a gang of BOO men suddenly appeared and with crowbars and shovels tore no about one eighth of a mile of the track they fled before another charge of the police and the work of repair is again being pushed forward II ammond ind ad joining the city on the southeast was the theater of the days greatest excitement here the rioting of last night was resumed and finally became so serious that a company of united states troops went oat there they preserved peace for several hours but the mob increased and finally became demonstrative so that it necessitated charging on them by the troops with the result that one man was killed two badly wounded and a number of others received serious injuries everything at was quiet today riotous mobs consisting of men women and children took possession of the freight yards at halstead Hale tead morgan and meagher this afternoon they burned cirs and had everything their own way for nearly two hours all of the reserve force of boice on the west side had been detailed to the yards of the chicago burlington quincy and the wisconsin central roads early in the day and nothing lay in the path of the frenzied strikers and their friends shortly after 3 john M egan at the general matacera Man acera headquarters bead quarters sent the following message to chief li rennan Is there no way that we can secure protection from the mobs in our yards they are burning and destroying other property in the yards nt halstead meagher and morgan streets and not a policeman can be found chief brennan at once transmitted the message to the inspector who detailed a of thirty police officers to the scene of the disturbance the fire department had been called out on three different occasions each time to extinguish flames in freight cars thir acen cars acro turned the mob gathered about the firemen when arrived in re apons to an alarm and greatly interfered in the work of extinguishing gui shing tho fire the arrival of the pouce had but little effect the bluecoats were hooted at and pelted with stones the crowd numbered nearly 2000 and was made up 0 the toughest tou element ol 01 the city well known thi ves and other desperate men whom the police of the maxwell street station have had considerable trouble with mingled in the mob and took an active part in tho disturbance the police finally made a determined charge and drove the mob to the adjoining adjoin ine streets and from the yarda clubbing ahn leaders freely the police remained on duty all the afternoon and the strikers were kept from doing further violence the mobs commenced to collect early this morning in the yards of the chicago burlington quincy and the wisconsin central tracks at western avenue and sixteenth street threats against the railroads and denunciation of the police were beard on all si desand to start another conflict the police numbering men and three companies of the seventh regiment were on duty all last night and this morning when the crowd began gathering and action was at once taken to diaper ae it the men were obstinate and refused to move the officers used their clubs with telling effect and in a short time the mobs were dispersed disper eed the militia were camped in tho yards at western avenue and early yesterday boys were distributed through the yards and instructed to deal severely with any one caught in the act of burning or uncoupling cars shortly before noon emako was eean to come from a freight car on the wisconsin central the firemen were under a guard of police officers and had difficulty in extinguishing the flames no sooner wa the alra out at that point than another was discovered two blocks away this was soon ex Eed alarms of this sort continued throughout the day during the day another mob went to the ot the panhandle road at rockwell and os daae KOM 1 PAGE sixteenth streets and set fire to a number of care the were poorly guarded by the police and when the engine company arrived if work was hampered by the mob until the police were reinforced the rioting at hammond ind culminated abie afternoon in a conflict between the mob and company B fifteenth united states infantry in which charles fleighman waa gilted kilted victor vector fatally wounded william campbell shot in knee victor bitte ahot in leg and an unknown man shot through the griat A number of other people injured but were carried away by their friends and secreted and it will bo impossible to learn the exact number wounded the trouble began last night as told in these dispatches the rioters kept their work up all night burning cars and disabling engines this morning they burned a pullman car moat of this work waa done inside he illinois state line and as soon as the illinois militia arrived on the scene the mob retired into indiana and jeered at tho about 9 this morning a great crowd gathered about the monon depot several freight cars were overturned and alie michigan central trains blocked the sheriff and deputies were powerless to restrain the mob and as there was no hope of the indiana militia arriving before late this evening an appeal was made to tho federal authorities in chicago company of the fifteenth infantry was sent out at once their presence quieted thine while and the blockade on the tracks was raised at 1 in the afternoon and several trains pulled through this seemed to anger the mob and with increased numbers its passions grew to a frenzy the regulars were greeted with oaths and shouts of derision and volleys of sticks and were showered upon them the men sto d their ground however and kept the mob for several hours from approaching the building bvm fully rioters were they bad been aroused by leaders to a frenza that made an encounter with the soldiers certain several times aliey rushed upon the company of troops but were met by fixed bayonets and driven back at last however the entire body of strikers made a determined rush toward the scoot firel was the command and ue thirty five rang out in response A second volley quickly followed the surging crowd the first vollee staggered them and the second stopped them as effectually as if they had run against a stone wall several men were seen to tall but they were taken away by their comrades and the extent of their injuries could not be learned fleishman fell in the front rank of the strikers lie was taken to a hospital where he died in a short time the news of the killing spread with remarkable rapidity and teu minutes afterward the street in the vicinity was filled with a threatening mob majori hartz lett hie company for a few moments to assist the firemen and the doctors in placing in the patrol bazon and was immediately surrounded by a crowd kill him shoot him dowal were alie crips of several excited meu as the mob surged around the major however did not pay any attention tu them and was not molested the excitement by this time was intense men ran from house to lionso borrowing shotguns rifles and other firearms to arms was the cry heard on every side and fully people responded spon ded matters looked eo ing that a call was sent to chicano for reinforcements and two more companies were sent out on a special train these additional troops stationed at the scene of the trouble and effects affy cowed the rioters for the time boing major hartz arrested four of the leaders of the mob and took them to chicago with a small detail of while the train was pulling out of alie city a crowd gathered and stoned it but quickly disper ed on the approach of a company of infantry GOV MATTHEW CALLS FOB TROOPS indianapolis ind july 8 As a result of the not at ll ammond ind governor matthews called on president Pre eident cleveland for troops ane president through secretary replied that the request bad been referred refe ired to general miles in command of the department of who has full authority general ailee has ordered two companies of regulars from newport ky to proceed to ammond Hm mond governor Go matthews also telegraphed governor altgeld of illinois pointing out the difficulties the elate troops have in pree orving tho peace owing to the elate line and asked that troops from either state be per to cross tho line whenever necessary to preserve peace and order the governor sent a telegram to the of Hamnio nJ asking him to issue proclamation calling on the citizens of hammond to abstain from collecting in crowds okdan TUB hammond ind july 8 at a la e hour tonight all ie quiet although seven groups of rioters have made threatening demonstrations about the city during the evening the officers commanding the united states forces made public the following telegram received by general miles this afternoon commanding officer of united states troops general schofield wires that governor matthews of indiana hag asked alie president pre eident that three companies of united states troops be sent to hammond to the mob of aters this makes your duty and that of the troops plain you are to fire upon any mob of men obstructing the line of road and hold tho place until further orders by command of ma jor general miles THE chicago july 8 the pennsylvania system today succeeded in out an early accommodation and the columbian special tor the east nelter train met serious interference and left the city limits about on time some idea of what the strike has meant to chicago railroads can bo obtained when the organization organisation of the pennsylvania line is the company immediately after the declaring 01 the pullman boycott es headquarters in the city under the charge of a ehrike manager and proceeded with an organization warlike and complete A commissariat of seven barracks was established for a week the department has been feeding and lodging 1600 people A force of deputy marshals was organized with patrol wagons and signal stations and a engineers weri put to work upon the details of the damage done by rioters but despite this force of mea by city county state and the company ha suffered tearful loes of property up to saturday night W of its care had bee burned besides ignal tower oil and tool bloused aal other property of the buried more than one hundred were loaded bout fifty with coal end the remainder with merchandise no attempt at an accurate estimate of the damage has yet been made but it will reach an enormous figure despite the dangers incident upon travel during tho ehrike large numbered of people have daily gone over the pennsylvania and the number of passengers was materially increased today TIE CP STILL couplets COU chicago july 8 at the headquarters of tho general managers association tonight it i admitted that not a railroad in chicago is moving ita trains except under a heavy military or police guard most of the roads are getting through a limited number of pas sene er trains but the tie up of freight business here is complete BELIEVES TUB chicago july 8 1 I believe the crisis has been passed and that there will be no more serious trouble said mayor hopkind tonight the ing into the mob by state troops saturday afternoon has shown the lawless element what it may expect it it persists in ita outbreaks against law and order thugs and criminals who anve been masquerading in the ehrike as workmen evidently believed the soldiers would not fire upon them but they know now and if I 1 am not greatly mistaken will be more careful in the fluture late tonight governor altgeld granted permission to indiana trompa to come into illinois and wired the illinois state troops to operate cooperate co with indiana soldiers to suppress sup disorder WILL GO OUT OX TUESDAY chicago july 9 a in after an all night secret session the meeting of the union leaders of chicago decided on a general strike unless the pullman strike is settled they will allow until noon tuesday for pullman to arbitrate or come to borne formal agreement with hie etri kine employed emp loyes bailine in which all trades in chicago go out at 4 p m tut aday this means not only all building oradea workers will stop but also that butchers bakers and street car arid elevated railroad employee will go out i completely paralyzing all industries besides ee bously affecting the food sup ply of thousands of people HELD chicago july 8 the conference an bounced for noon today between a corn cittee of the employed emp loyes of the pullman company and vice president 1 dyckes of the company did not occur as no appeared mr remained at hie office until 2 waiting tor the expected visitors we are always ready to receive our employee he said and hear what I 1 they have to say the position of thi I 1 company in this matter ie unchanged however and wo have not liing more to say to the men than hag aheady been said the talk of a betwee ni mr debs and myself is all a canard we will not receive mr debs mayor hopkins or uny one else as lives of our ex employed if the latter wish to talk to us they must corn themselves and without outside representation sen tation TACK A HAND chicago july 8 biye hundred anari chiefs ea at a picnic in a grove near western avenue and fifty ninth street this afternoon and discussed the strike situation in true anarchistic style the speakers were unanimous in ii demand for violence and bloodshed which they repeatedly named as abo on of the trouble abo speakers declared that the ehrike can only hewon by the use of torch and gun and called apoi all workingmen to aid in the battle against capital complication chu chua a baly 8 the herald tomor row will publish ahn following the of railway em aloyes in chicago ana throughout the entire country is not likely tb bo confined to of the ehrike et the of the pullman palace car company it is the intention of the american railway union to force a ahn wage question on all loads on which they are employed emu loyed before agreeing to a final of tho president deha dictated telegrams about as follows to every chairman of alio local ehrike committee in the country shall we cueli alie fight for higher wages along with the pullman twy cott get a vote of your union on this question and angher immediately DEBS these telegrams were cent out on wednesday thursday and fri ay of the first week of the ehrike answers came in rapidly a few of them opposed but in a majority the answers were strongly tn the affirmative president debs said last night that the report of complication of grievances now existing waa in part true ocal buffalo july 8 about 7 telegram came to president malacad of the local branch of the american railway union directing him to call out his men 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