Show STRIKERS ON THE SHOOT Serious Affray in Lamunt Ill Uctwecn Strikers and the Military Ten Thousand Barrels of Free Lager in the Streets of 1iltslmrj Eight Lives Lost in the New Yorl Tenement Horror A Serious Time With Strikers CHICAGO May 4Sheriff Houckett of this city has just received word from La mont that a collision occurred between the troops and the striking quarrymen at that town this morning and that two strikers were killed Two companies of troops went to Lament from Joliet to guard the quarries there and to enable the nonstriking men to resume work No details as yet have been received The action of the sheriff of Will county inreleasing seventy strikers captured by the troops near Joliet last Saturday and who came from Lament is assigned to be one of the causes for the present outbreak CHICAGO May 4AdjudantGeneral Vance has telegraphed Governor Ogleshy an account of the riot at Lament this forenoon He relates that Colonel Bennett Ben-nett with four companies of infantry and one gatling gun reached Lament at 9 this morning A mob of one thousand strikers congregated and were ordered to disperse They refused to do so and made a rush at the troops throwing stones and injuring a number of soldiers A shot from the house was also fired into the column Jin selfdefense the troops fired killing two of the strikers and wounding several others The troops then proceeded to their destination to guard the quarries A great many people are on the street but now it is quiet + |