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fHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1877—TEN PAGES. nothing, they retired, and, seeing all the factoricn In the vicinity were clos de or came towards the city, AN INSTANCE OF THR MON-PEELING Mnatrative of the characterietics of the xcoundrels who composed the crowd and thronged the steects was ecen in the treatment meted ont to three fe- porters of a motning paper daring the after- gentlemen were street watching unfortunately, Tok a tritle cleaner and better dressed who entronaded them, upon thelr clubs, a halt wae made as if by ncrec- J the’ aleealy confused aitnation war donbly confounded, crowd ond ordered them ti disperse, were Inclined to resist, but, confronted py fifty fe many stalwart and de- jelded amd fed in diferent ice dit not find it necereary to thy, fora man who will, for the eaxe of making or $10, endanger the Hives and property of thon. santa, ond place the whole city I given tue priv WHILE NOTHING OF ANY MOME In the North Town daring tho ate the didurbance at the gna-works, Ca not know at what moment he might be ¢: turn ont his men to dlaporse mabe, jars and epeclal policemen at the Chicayo-Avenae Station in reacrve, and, a4 state to take them quickly to any zene ceneralty were alo on the anxtone seat, all expecting trouble after dark. nee to the call of Gen. Lich a company of 100 vetcrans was orgnnized, armed with rites, and Huliding. under the com- mand of Capt. Peter Hand, ‘They were in commun. nication with the police anthoritics, and priced themecives under Jneir order. the Sixteenth, Sei dred or roof selping enra of the lower haman He was heading for some polnt anknown, caute he represented, for he had undoubtedly received a whole volley of tot- gut in bie mouth, and, as it was evident, withont they gradually diepers- nnd was a credit tot ‘The police rushed npan the racam to be batons, and prerscd by termined men, they M Weat Treifth street another crow was path: at the moment was peaceable in its chat- wenty-recond strect reet was more or tesa Mnod by penne who das af they might bo slightly athirst for nse any harsh m made, and thin wa ordered a man to moye on, The dispersing of the mod, It was thought, wonlit end tne tronble, but such was not the case, for no soner bad the police acain farted than the mob was found gathering rapidiy at the samme point, armed as fully as ever, They were agaln rushed ‘The mont of the crowd wax driven acturn Division-atreet bridue to tho North Side bya detachment under a ftoundsman froin Weat Chicago'Avente Station, When the officers hind conntermarehed, Alltay way down to for resisting an officer who had {he moh, and, Inrge forco of re: A burly ruffain crossed th rtreet and demanded to know tf they were report: ors, eaying that [f euch wax the case they had bet— were engaged abont their lawful buainers they declined to do so, ant iu a few minutes the crowd them with threatening words and gésturce, these they proceeded to blows, anc one of potters war knocked through a winslow, recelying a revere cat over. the eye. stairway, while his companions managed to.cs- cA nfortunately, none of the agsaling party were arrested. ttt strived at the Inmber reeton proper, the reporter forndan unexpected condition of qnictness, Work Waa in progress. bat the propeetore of the sarions yarda were all in thetr offices. and did not at nll apprehensive of trouble. THE PRINCIMAL FIRMS expressed to Tak Triscxe reporter thelr confl- fence inthe good disporition o| nnit stited that all of that clase would glad esterday if they had noten- postion of the roaming muy who troubte with other shops, ayor Heath promised the Inmber firmus that he wonld send special policemen, this morning to pro- tut thes vards, and enable the men, who are only too willing. fa resume operations. wna regarded by the gentlemen In. the business 04 mn, atill, thoy Insieted that un- conid cuarantee them a rutit- wrotect their yarde at night-time the |W amount to nothing. A LINRLY AND INTELLIGENT OLD GERMAN, who works In Metormick’s reaper works, way to tell his fam- 4 the tergetant, As they upon and scattered. were moving along The Aldermen of enteenth, add Eighteenth Wards feaued handbitie, In compliance with the Mayor's roclamation, calling upon the people to organize for patrol duly, in onter to relieve the rezular force nnd enadte them to perform more active ponte showail that the citizens were awarvof the reeponsitility resting upon them About 500 men were organized and put In con to pmtect life and property. evening the North ide Ne sought refnge in a the Roundsman left ride of his face, close to. the cy Mcting neevere wound, from which the bi! flowed freely, A patrolman, exaxperated at this act, drew his revolver and ran ont of the ranks to- wards the crowd, which continued yelling, but tho alcht of the weapon caused thein to turn their backs and rin. Daring the stampede on Division atrect bridce, one young and vicloue rofian, evidently a thi drew a anal revolver, and 01 itinto the eidewalk, 7 LATE REPORTS. Speclal Officer Uenry Bartels, of the itinman atroct eqnad, was last evening tande & prisoner (n his own house, Mt) Seventeenth atreet, wher remained **monarch of all he surveyed, Sergt. McCabe, in the kindness of hla heart, caine to his reaene with a porse of six atalwnrt pollce- men, and made short wor of small boys and women, who made night hideous isthe police telumphant- in the tight direct Jess the authoritt by 8 o'clock {n_ the was ing position to take In addition to the men above mene toned, the Turner Society, whosa headquarters are at ihe North Clark Street Hall, aleo tendered thete rervicer to tho pottce, and held themselves in readiness fora call, : VERY YEW ARRESTS WERE MADE onthe North Side during the day. brought into the Chicago Avenue Station war Charlie Becker, ® loafer who refused to leave the corner of Objn and Franklin streets when the po- lice scattered the mob whick tried to close up the planing-mili and braes foundry, Four arrests wero inado al tho gas works. John .uuis Seibert, two of the participants, "Thomas Cook was captured for ‘On lihn was found a revolver, and he will ales be arraigned for carrying a con- One dennken man, named Chela Batterman, drew a crowd together on DI- vision street by making a specch in German, told the titty who gathered around him that they making everybody nit of pure eviltry 6 ‘The same bad citizen was accompanied by font ur five other young roughe, ‘They made their way into the crowd, and were lust day force won! In dispersing the erawd with thelr foote and ye! ly bore the happy Mart Atthe Hinmay Strec! wae reported at 10 o'clock Inst evening. incharge of the station, i¢ case they renew thelr riotous manifesta. Inthe lamber districts everything looked Spprehended from fire, jon. t Station no further eloting ‘Fhe police subsequently formed ani marched to the pas-works and took Jarse crowd of mobites, position when an excited sition, followed by a ‘The frat one I, fonrishing a attek at the head of a sinall equad of men, came & Pacific Maiiroad track, and lentenant of Poilce and DISARMED AND TURNED OVER TO TWO OFFICERS, who took him off to the Chicagu Avenue Station. The patroimen and their prisoner were followed by.the mov yelling willy, and svon after by the entize syiad on its way to the station for relief and When the latter reachod the Junetion of Larrabee street and Chicago ayenuc ald the remarkable well-in- repared far the **L bade you dhot dore Migor- micke dened tin nvay for no growd off poys,"? And further this ancient reaper man gave itan the opinion of all the decent artieans he knew that It diggence ta thom to submit to the parties of Hiv bitte dock-rata who have been the past two days actual: Inhy. able mechanies, too, for he said that he discovered his 1 A young man of 20 years, the purent sald, **T vent ‘nand vonnd bins by Franktin street, atiie vy you dldn't vad home: axchmack Of de head dot send for fnformation, fonaed Gernian, No danger war though ample precautions The West Side Water-Works had the appearance of ayonng atmory in dlegnise, down the Chicas was met by the 1 Sorgt. Chicker- charged with rlot, Chicago Veteran Aseoclation, Uelny dieorderly, he omen Ww theineelves as comfortable as the circumstances would permit. cealed deadly weapon. further orders, rufiane threw nn enipty beer ker wheels of a Hine Saland atenue car as it passed the corner of Peoria street and ine Irland ‘avenue, Ito the track, breaking one gf the th brakes, and aiiaching the rcate and ‘The pareenvers were a few stonca were thrown, but ne injury wos done, ‘The squad returned to the fzas works about 4 o'clock reinforced, and up to nightfall nothing forther had been heard of the mob in that vicinity. NORTH DIVISION. ‘THE CINST INTIMATION of the movements of strikers in the North Dirision routh of Chicago avenne yesterday morning was recolvod at the Chicago Avente Pallco Station about 8 o'clock, a man rushing In with word that-a suing had madc thelr appearance on the North Pler, and Were compelling the men tn the lumber yards and factortes to quit work. ed from ta anknown, hen he calles ting, and he led them toward the ga nearly ail having eticks in their nande, Mishoft capturca Batterman aa lo was leading the mob, in the teeth of hia followers, and ho anid Lient. Hathaway gut him Into the latter's bnguy and drove him oif, although the crowd tried to provent It, ax detailed e! ‘The men about the Weat-Slde Gas-Works were quietly at work and had experienced no dificnity from their striking acquaintances, the reporter left, 4o'eluck, the mits of the region, the Twenty-steond Street Station awaiting orders, and new and then a detail was made to visit rome possibly infested reeion In the nelehborl THE WEST OF DISCIPLINE awas apparent.und the thorough aryanization which the clef of the faree has was evident here, aa inevery other place where the Derby iat war ck through ‘Twenty-aecond atreet and nortan Halsted, much the saine conditions ob- d that were noted going south. were lined toward the troublesome localities with discontented. unemplayed workingmen. there, perhapa most ot flooring of the car. scared, but luckily no one was Injured. Seavey's force (Madison Strect Station) tin running In minetecn’ rinulenders of ‘hey were brought before held over for ten days under wey had then taken to the ely, cen Tiont, Verey'e squad and tne rioters yesterday morning at Twenty- street and fluc Island avente, Bohemian Inmber-snovers, whose names conkt nat be ascertained, were shot and badly wounded. NORTH SIDE. THE BRANCH, as @ O'CLOCK yerterday morning a body of discharged working- men, mostly froin the routhwest part of the city, had made Ita way to the North Hranch in the vieln- It did not take long for the crowd to ineronee tn mize, ao that before many minutes ft nambered some 500 inen, not disposed to vo tronblesome, besond desiring the closing of all manufacturing establishments in the nelghborhoud, peaceably If posible, forcibly The rolling mills proper had not been running forafew dirs, owing tan tack of coal, The only departments whieh were ronning were the machinists anit were noon cloned. there are cight brick kilue, all order when the employed there was obliged to leave his work, and every fro was It resembled a peaccable holiday in thle neighborhood. Thera wns Tittle algn of life, and ho smoke of stenm was visible. found It very convenient to close the factory of the Chicago Furntture-Mauufacturing Company and humerous cooper shops, some of which offered ‘The employes at these places knew what was coming, and so qait work inn wict manner and went Lome. ve tanneries which Mna the river on both eldes were made Lo jive np the ghost for the prevent, AT TUE PHQNIX DISTILLERY with considerable rerletance. distillery [4 situated at the vastend of Clybourn and employed some twenty-tve U,0U0 bushels of grain were int elite of fermentation when the crowd orrived. ‘hed its way Into the bulldiug. it iixten to vense and reason, and Inelsted Ing its own Way, oven at 4 loss tu the dine company and Guveramunt of some $15,000. ‘The proprietors wanted the work to proceed ot all hazards, but the mob threatened to burn the balid- and so succceded In clualug It. ee Revenue Agents Somervillo and soon after, out were too late to prevent the It fa sald that the din- Mllery twat present in the custody of the Govern- Within an hour ever; kiln, and tannery north of After thie workingmen's mob had suc- ceeded in effectually closing all these places, ite metnbers, ed to thelr homes, while the large majority of them wended their way routhward tu the business por- tion of the city. At about 11:40 o'clock, vicinity of the Rolling they would be molested no inore, A CROWD OF Kors {tinto their heads that it ‘There were «une he Jeaderstip of us bad o He wong tard: peace reigned within he police rat around he afternoon, asa street-car waa paasing the Pollce Station, one of the paxsen+ ers, Who Wae somewhat. under the Juduence uf Hquor, began abaxing the police standing on the sidewalk, calling them all sorts of hunt names. As he Wana dangerous man iv be at larze they ran Ile waa not bouked, so hin name could Ife was a workingman,and douvt- ave acted as he County dail immed Where this mob start- ‘They reemed not to have mate any demonstrations on Kinzie street, along which they marched from Welle, until they reached Kirk's suap factory, and they did not stop there, Unt told the clerka in the office and some laborers at work ontside of the building that they were going down to the pler first, and would pay then a visit when they returned and order them to quit. ‘The crowd did not namber over 150, and wan com: poned mostly of buys—loatar, with a sprinkling ‘There were not a dozen men aneng they passed Kirk's, not be learned. less & striker or he would not THE COURSE OF MN. O'NBIL in driving out the editor or reporter of the New World was severely condemned by tho strikers, and threats were mado acainst bis place. Recumutate very fnet, and aa he had no room to storo a large nimber, and an hiv customers wot not take any, he ordered his men to «lint down at About 6 o'clock In the afternova tho fore. man reported to Mr, O'Net that he had been told that the mill was to bo eet on fire after dark, O'Neil nt once employed ten men an watch oy around the butldinz, with ders to shoot the tiret_ man who attempted to «! He himself remuined In the vietwity nntit x them, were men who had n by the boys and rowdics from In addition to these there wax thelr rezutar w a eprinksing of the toni wan canly distinzaisted pect of idle worthlessnens, At the corner of Twenty-eccond and MMaleted sirertsa Inrge crowd, such ox above described, It emoked {te pipe and wax not aolsy, but it was nut agreeable to gaze tipon, x, buildozing laa, which hy Ita blear eye and gen- wae nesensbled. ity of the rotting mille. and stationed AN APPEARANCE OF WICKRD POSSIRILITT. hi the decent citizen Justa not to gaz Acain, at the carnerof Twelfth and Hal: wind, @ pune of fellows had ascembled to top the Itehontd be sald to thete credit that thes would have done this but for the presence of huif- u-doven blue costa, ry out thetr plous Intention the: 1, because there were only a and perhaps six or aight pulleeme: of atopplag the carat ‘Tuex relock amon of «mall boys armed with that Acreibte weapon known to man as the lath, netely etopped all the Hlae them mto thelr depot. The Lensive. that eomicth statiun to notify the officers, ont Kinale street tothe Meehtigo Lumber Coin- pany's sare, and thelr admonition war heeded hy went fo Rathbane, aud the workmen tere alo they called at Charles J. Meyer's nash und door factury, on the North Mer, ited him to shut down. tu burnthe pisces hy rome in the mob, of whom tere were half n cozet fined toda any violence. AM they Was the men to quit work, ‘The Peshtigo Compan wns not working thele Cull f netebip any lumber, the North Compaty having taken all their cars—enpty a4 well as) half-loaded—Tuceda: reveral vessels at tho docks fu work was done on them during the day. ‘The gang proceeded PIUCENTX. CLOSING A DISTILLERY. At Dickinnon, Abel & Co.'s distillery 5 largo mob, composed of the worst characters, presented Uheweelyea and demanded that it be whut down, Mr. Murronghs, who war in charge, ald not ike tho looka of the crowd, and proposed to comply Deputy-Collectur Phelps ns- cended a barrel and told the rioters thut they must not tnterfery with’ the iistilleries, as they ware thns Interfering with the Goverament of the United A voleo—Who in hell caren? Phelps tuld them m While they (the e irpenter ehupe, which tho cast and wee f+land care and drove with thelr request. tern Railway ‘Tho cropd then than a dozen buys aroun and they were tuo much occupied In trying to cut the siring of a kite, which the offspring of n bloated capitalist wos fying hethe next street, to tether Ticinselvex about the rllroad, NU FURTHER DEMONSTRATION appeared in izht as the car **ratted o'er the stony treet.” ‘The’ boys ot the Madison Statlon were looking Tresh enough to chaw np thelr weight In wild cats, and nothing but the idle crowd broke the monotony of the until down Desplaines the police | were ‘ging off svyeral human prizes which captured tn the line of business, h conduct world not do. ked the mob whut good it would do then if dtd phut duwn, and what they proposed to do An case work was continuct, d—We'll burn it down before mornin; saul one of tho reughest of rote tor shut dawn and bave ny trouble, jeputy Collector Phelps telegraphed to Cotlector Harvey, and also to Mayor Meut Eight policemen were sent over witn orders Fora short thine all wan in returned and setzed the istillery and put out the fires, and thus etopped Collector Somerville and were both on the scone shortly after, but they were comparatively powers the preimises. ‘worse trouble in store for tho riot upon shntting down distiilerica, as these aro in charge of the United States Goveranient, and tho officers will brook no inierference. Considerable curiosity waa felt among that por- thon of the community which has a su ‘THe PRNERAT AUTHORITY o what the United States ollicera wonld do in he matter of tho acizure of the distiiicries by tho nates makey these estab- tent parte of the Govern- ‘uson that it virtually ocen- ples them by Iteugents while they aro producing accomplished: t tho latter estabilstiment In the meantime, much reristance, to carry out their threats, LIEUT, HATHAWAY, with fifty policemen, had arrived on the ground, nnd, getling in the rear of them, he drove them west In xbort order, ecattering thom effectually. Some ran over Nush #trect bridge tu the suuth Sidu, and others into the north-and-south streets and All were armed with and not d few, Judying by pants-pockets, were provided with stones, of the latier were thrown, but none of the oflicers The pullcemen di ia they did not get near enough to the boys iteration,” the work. Then sometwenty- and Gen, Tore to protect the property, avenue | bridge, quiet, but the mob. agi pleces of ecautling. the awelling of their ty the boya' te any at where tacir eervices night be required, heee Ubvervations brought our reporter to the Kevenus Agent Gay hat ure their du so: Owing to this * alt Whey insist men ot Kirk's were not ny are perfectly satiated with thelr wazes, were all who wobultted to the mob, they continued bury all doy. ¥ a Hue o'clock a gang ot a hundred ur so com- je DAVID GOODWILLIR'3 WINB-SORERN FACTORY, to cluse up, going thence to 440 Hiinols strect, where work ‘was uly suspended vy thelr orders, rant's machine shop, and the Glube Foundry, core ner of Fronklin and Minot strects, leo quit by command of tho strikers, WEST SIDE NOTES. A WALK ADONG POLK STREET from Clark «trect west to Haleted, at 10 a.m. yes- nd everything quiet and ordert the ehups and factories were clored, with thi exception of a emall beller shop ou Po. Canal street, which shat down at noun, sreielt-honres whowed no slgnw of Ufe whatever, all the doors and windows being securely locked 1 Iu the yards about the depote were rinall groups of men, acattered ere and thore, discussing the situation, allapparcntly ciosed, but the stde-doors were in alinoet every cate conveniently open to the bibu- ‘That « rent many tock advantage » was evident from the fact that Jae unmber of drunken men on the streets was un. ‘Phey were for the most part hard ant euflauly-looking cares, and evidently tranpe whocame to the city to take advantage of thu pleeent troubles, At about Ha. a. a mob of about 400 half-growa inen and boys visited the stone-yard on Polk atrect, taf the river, and assaulted the workmen with rtones and clubs, and fora ttle while made things dather lively, but on tho men quitting work the dan st or three uf the work+ lin were Lit with the etones and clube inthe hands Dut ne one Wan seriously burt. ‘One noticeable feature on the street on every commer were uroups of laboring wien gad anies dixchesing thelrgelevances and disclaline* ny attiliution with the mov which compelled of the distillery. Giatitlery, brick- No. i hivivion, atgeet mite Wette Stutz & Woltz' Misbmentsto a certain ment territory for the ft took about on hour iGerent establishments and several n Works among others, and bes lock the mob headed for tho in atrocts, in which ¥ ity own way ao, that tt araumes the ownership to alt intents and purporcs, storekeeper and Guuger Government's vosvealons, and any interference merdling with the Federal Govern- an have seriots names applied to lt by the counsel tearned im the law, the inildest beln; rebelllan, treason, and revistance to constituted ‘These and other crimes wore commit- and the question of the mutter wou can- The news came to ic tween 10 and 1 corner uf Ohl and Fran after the residents in the Tho lquur-ntores were eT ig Peele In the The persons of thy deomed part of the russ foundry, and J The two latter, eupectal targe, employing between 700 d brass workn wero Jou sly (nelined, aged from 12 to 20, u would be nice to have ‘0. ly the last, are ver ind HUG inch. vinited,—or rather un attempt was made to the lattor by a delegation from the main body, but the doors were ch THE BDITOK OY THE NEW WORLD," 8 Scandsuaviun roctallet paper, went into t! and tuld the nen to quit, went down Into the engine-room and told the en- ylncer to do likewlvo until more wages were paid. Hu was followed by who tuld him that rough ac ever boarded at Joltet. looking eastumor, and wea principally uniformed witha very conspictons woulen slurt and a red Every member inthe crowd was sapplicd with o clu3, of huge dimenstons. superintendent of the -Clybourn avenue touk every precuntion to avuld trouble, und, after carefully closing the stables, had the of veelng the mob co by without molesting the wla- AMter making conelderable nolee In huut daing any injury, the ted by the crowd yeetenia: tho Government's share yaesed vigorously on wll sides. Collector Harvey asatelegram from tho distillery. Tt was latd before Jud: Court, and that ofictal handkerchict, mond, of the Clrewtt dan order to United States Marahal Hildrip directing him to proceed forthwith to the wcenv and deoand the name of the Governnient, the order and took nothing bj tb by the crowd that I the proprietor, Juln O° didn't know whut way men were getting; that the best way for the strikers to do way to appoint committees to visit hops and dnd out the rates, and then I which were paying falr Wages, and wen were getting tke teizhborhoud tnub revalred at 1 THE TAILOR SHOP atthe corner of Clybourn avenue and Willow Kubecke employa about ‘The moo surrounded ue attumpted to take TUB NUILDING AT ONCE WOULD BE FINED, whereus if bo lett atone no ill would come tv It. On his return Marshal Hildrup commant facts to Collector Murvey, who at uuce tele to Washington stating the cage and asking Instruc- None were recelyed, so far as known, up The Marshal and istrict Attorney ett uf the District Court and 0 Judge waa uf the opinion that tho distitlery could nut exactly be considered w portion uf the Uovernnicnt’s gouds, Insemuch as ithad not actually full posseseiun at the time the In this view of the case which were nut; and were perfectly satisted ell suid, ** lin. iurea dollurs ‘a day," Then Mr, O'Neil SEIZED THK COMMUNISTS WANDS: and held them up for the workmen to look at. They wero like & woman's,—suft and white; the i never done manual jabor in his Jt t mude Mr. O'Neil sugry, Here, YN pet ol Tut the fraud said O'Neil thea told bim that honest day's work in hia life—that he would rather aten) (ban work, acd drove blin out of the shop, One of the other men who went In—thero. were vnly thece or four of them—was a workingman; hls hands showed he was a toller, eached thecorner nismbured pe: in half an bour after tt arrived thore, n coming fromm all directlons being mado avainet the lice were noted, and Lieut, Hathaway, with fifty men, responded, ‘They went through the crowd Ifke s dose of ssits, not, how- over burting any onv, and BYFECTUALLY HISPERSED TUE. While the shops of Adamy, Westlake & Co, not disturbed, the firm expected a vinlt, sulted with their employer They wore very willing to remain at their posts, ‘There ore about 600 of them, and they are thor- oughly organized, su that come around they will meet with 4 warm reception, With the exceptions nuted, work suspended in thle district all day, Brauch tha coul were neurly all At one of two lumbe: but not sending out anything or uuloading, teins chair-factory stopped becauso they could not ahip away any goods, freight not Living recoived at the depots, A VAINT ATTEMPT was mado to stop sotne 'tshovers"' in Street & corner wf Robert street Uwenty-five sewing-girle, tho house while the ringleader entered the shop the gitls to stop work, which they After o ruloun-keeper from tho other side of the street, who tried to In- ‘uence the mob with arguments, came near gettin: ble head Drath how much do you eet?" weru very alow in doin; waa tho reply, MING STOVPED, called on Judge Ilog; & Quiney ewitch-grounds, corner o onked an opinion. . Oceun Work tle aiurnlag. Up. padsenger tral, bi 's raked out uud the Nalsted atrev went fo omakl aught hy Ge mua aud Sts <ngincer put off. Another attempted tu awiteh rome cars contaluing grate, Gough was ta une oO! a ¢ None of tho mob were workingmen,—probably would not work —while tho girls were all perfoctly After commute depredations the mob moved suuth on Maleted far 85 per day, and give you $3 patintled with U As now, he never did an ‘d tuok possession, the Judge ‘not think be ¢ was doubtful what to do in the premises, nally the matter, wag left over until to-day, ‘There arp auticlent troops in the city now to cn ederal authuritive, whut- , ahd proper actiun will be taken The authorities are severely mysterious sboat a part of their plan from which they expect ‘The damage to the Government and the owners by the nolgure of tho Phoeulx Diatitiery will be con- ‘At the thne the crowd came upon the scene the uwners had 8,000 b: stabs fermenting on the part of Ue waa of conree read; ‘The portion which will inuy oF may not he ready to draw Grain Inspector Me~ They forced him would baveinjarcd Limaft he had revisted. ie Was Mncoupled and taken back by the ‘The reet of the moraing treet, White this mob were at work in tho vicinity of North avenue aud the North Slde rolling mulls, Quother mob was furming at the corner of DIVISION AND WALSTED STREETS. ‘The leader was a drunken German, and all ho had tacrowd around him was uct In the commence making a nolse with bis vance wos that at the Excelsfor Stuo0 Company's dock, near by, certain tnob to the ruund-honse, atl was quiet in the neighbor Jaumeuse number of tie jen ai hot atteinpt tv do anything but etop switeblug. force tho decrees of the over they may The crawd, which, und, but they did During the forenoon of y infested the Haleted-street ud amused ttevlf iwolst orthweatern ond Chicago, Nailrosds, but ottempied no deviltry. ‘men gathered around the round= but they were quiet and the situation of aifairs, ¥ of the suivons were n, contrary l tbe orders of Mayur Heath, ‘oc, Mitle crowds of men were imbibing hell,: Which way Intended to develop thelr evil spirit There was no slolenco then, bat some awful threats were made, which, Mf carried inte execation, Chicago bn ashes, ¥ quite a crowd faduct at Sixteenth {iis particular xr! he +f Drona works, the sof cenit in the foe unloading a beat. fered the yang $1 more than he men for the same work, but it nm y quit work and cust thelr fortunes with the inebri- ready referred to, ina determina- should work on the docks unk they did, etc., and proceeded to organize am -which wos the work of but a few tninutes, orone of the mobs formed in that vicinity, eceing the new organization at a dis- funce, sturicd abont noon to joi it. ‘The Ji of the two vangs waa coneuinninted about L o'clock, and the greatest confusion remned. All of thestoren, shups, saloons, and offices in the ricknit; withoat belug asked, in the face of the mot whoin carried as vinible weapons either bar of iyon oF a chub improvised from vome of the luinber THE FIRST POINT OF ATTACK was the Excelsior Stoue Company's dock, and the mob went about Ita work with a will aud an carn Gntnees and brutality that struck terror to all, workmen were pounced upon with sticks and knocked aronod indiscriminately, tached to the wa; thumped with cud; in poine fnetance: ‘The Captain voluntarily of- Loures uf the two rouds, tery. merely discus ‘ave completed the period to-da: ‘Another quantity wil of to-morrow, and that alvo hue a troublous coursa no new mash will ‘Tho damagu to tho owners and revenue may be calevlated without trouble, fyured on the basis of fourteen gua’ ‘Wu the bushel of grain, W cents thie woul 18,900, and the owner considerable more, vas dous uot include the damage which must ful- Jow tu the cattle accustomed to the use of slup, ani hot able to use any other foud, to thelr disposition, a tlon that noo: B yang of strikers Tater In the cay, ‘The §, OU0 bushels aro would ay the City of | fullime-mill ame! Otherwise, on Ula wircet, ap to houn, there was no demonstration, DEATEN OF, ‘The 4:20 pasenyer train up the Chicago, Bur- oot Quincy Hallroad bad some diticulty in taterday afternoon, the train nrew diferent stopping st entra) Depot sod the fan-Hanale wit of young roughe, ded in drawing id the conductor, to again atart ta: we re (lo, wines the factoricn have brought the revenue ere Were LO calle fur yards the men were ‘Tho wagons which away slop were stopped by thu unluading of a vessel lunded wito, corn intended fur tho uaw of the distillery, SEVERAL O¥ THE DISTILLML, havo signified thalr intention tu shut déwn their distilleries within the uext three daye, unless the strikes on the railroads are dlearing the city the ‘brakes at one Chatfleid’s lumber-yurd, and Ubicago avenue, but the ien did not obey, Malf'a dozen atrikers halted them from tho brid: but went of without Ten there got $1.25, $1 accurdiugto thetr employment, the regnlateu according to thuse paid in ot! Outside of the two uiobs noted, tho territory south of Chicago avenue and afternoon. Usled inthe mean- ‘They say they cannot adfurd to add to their and, there being uo would of neces- er the circunmtauces, ON TIE PIER, SCENES IN THAT SECTION. About 10 o’cluck in the forenoon a mod of per- haps 150 boys and men crossed the Mush vtreot bridge and swarmed around James 8. Kirk & Co.'s on Kinzie street, just east of tho bridge. ‘The mwanazers wero onthe alert, and at once turned on an bringing dfty policemen, who came down at tho Avery alight application of bard- wood medicine proved suficient, and the crow! Mesars, Kirk & Co, havy always patd good wages, aud thelr men are perfectly with what they earn. poaching then. and $1.75 a day, mneparing puo ‘The tnules at- drawing awny the stone were cut boogw, and thelr drivers already large stuck oo haud, market here for thelr pouds, alty be compelled to do so und: ‘ olver on his vervun, rushed dut of te ear, presented tho weapon at und of the thu trigger, but, for sume unac- countable reason, the charge falted to explode, und the party threatened, thloking discretion the better bartof valor, together with hls coinpanions bea. a (ne determined young. plag-uyl who hung lo the trata to the iaet monient, recety Ht of conductor Cumuitge’ heavy probably Interferu icatory powers for sowe time ta Happening to have 8 very quiet all ‘Tho streets. however, were full of workingmen for two or three houra, who were going howe, having beew compulled to guilt by the -rlotere on the duuth and West sides. y were very inuch put outat t tion by the cheering of and kicked phuee at thy riek of the blows being dealt thew, Ailing children, crushing women, and cripptln; The coufusion continued for at tea! half an hour, and tho only reason that blood (othe meantie wus that there wus LO Opposition to the rale of tho ruillang, ‘After the wub bad spent ils fury at the stones yin @ consultation was beld among the leaders ua By ang to drive them away had families dependent fourteen-neh Loot, which will Y f ing they wore made up maluly of loafers lad the offect of THE VITTSBURG & FORT WAYNE JASSENGER- was ‘and Adams. \ double-quick, the officers on the gro woverul trucks were kept the mica thither, a speciale being available foc duty at auy polut BO PAR AB THE DOWN-TOWN FACTOWIES on the North Side ure concermed, none of then will quik work wither fur lack of bands or cual, battle uot Improbable that sun of them will shat down to-day for the simple reason that they caunot sbi anything aut of the city. fur howe evpaumption ie next tw nothing. proprictars, however, will doubtiew keep ther ay ae lung aa pourible, but absulute lows of running will caure them to closs up. throw outof ewploynieat thousands of inen willing aud suzivus tu work, Jone are already xelting acarce, and prices advaus rere amnong then ‘and thete familt The sirlkers Lave made # great wis take tn forcibly closing an the shops fudlacri:nt- nately, fur the meu thus forced to quit have larued pyuinet then, and are aldiug the autboritics iu shele! ae pera oe heck Notwithetandibg the Mayor's proclamatio: close all the salucus und kecp tudus shut up thu there was quite a vuimber ov the North bide, maiu- ly those where whirky fy auld, which kept duure aud wuld Mquor tu all who usked for of them refuacd Lo ouey the orders of ‘Their newes were which fett the depot at 11 am, was boarded at Din strect crossing and uncoupled from, Cun Sheilee, ¢ Who was in the rear car at the Litne ol d'to the trout, and, drawing his revels wlihe med to ‘stand back, aveuri he had been placed tm charge posed to run It ack up is engine, bo lduelt adjusted the coup- A"theb. eWing the signal to ** 4o afely cunducted Mie trata THE NEXT POINT OF ATTACK. Tho purpose was orizinally to attack the gas. Works a few olocks away, but this was abotidoned for the moment that the tannerice on force of regularsand It will be didicult for any gang of sbiftless loafers, and especially 20 for such Aniserablo set of whelpe ae visited the fuctory Yeaterday, to convincy the meu that enfurced idle- eas tw better (ur tbeu than a decent hing, dng the afternoon balla protuises gud ull weut on as sual. THE ora branch of it, for bride Ieading tot roa at bered by thi ed by its pob wi 0 und it was tnfuriat- eI re gl Rewcaing the Island, the t: Sate uatoeee uated tee IWed one by uno, aud they inevl to the demand wade ol thein two close, was followed ucross the Uridge by Revenue Agente bumeryitie aad Gavitt, who were mounte eae 1t Wos lo Worn them agaliwt Di diptiltery, which was fu the hands of ‘Tue only consideration they re- celved waa 8 few aly siones thruwn at thew, but which luckily missed thele uit. : While the mob woson Gouve Island, Mr, Wat- wf the gus works, learned (iat bte works would be visited, and, untictpating a disastrous re- sult, be called va bergeans Hutbaway, of the Chi- 20 AvenUs Station, for ussivtance, the number uf Gfty reached the occue Justin tue fo ineet thy wob ub ite retry frou the Istand, and i TUR YUN COMMENCE. were on tuvir way to Shufeidt % Husted with ou vudly aud passiguatecly, ULt, eee! Mupsivached nnudecrved LY a Hately Sewer A crowd atupped a horve-e V ¢ ye-teruuy afternoon, dtbhe hurees to rum w) slightly fulured, DUPER & BRAINBED. Karly in the murainy, u mob, vetuf ibe day, assembled aluny “weltth to Volk wtevet. ‘They teucued only some tov tu alrenzth, and made but little distur tng all the furuituge factories and inills ww the Coulug tu Super & Bralu~ street wear Polk, tbat which Isa solid gather. ing at one momeut Le scattered over balt a square inl (he next moiment, visited suve: torles located along the North Pier and tho Light- house sip. The sash aud door factury of C.J. Le Meyer was closcd, wlsu a varnish factory, and tha wen inthe lumber yurds of tho Peabtigy Lumber Company are enjoying a season of loaguz, with tho cheerful prospect uf & pour Saturday's pay. lacge walt-House of Lil & Bullen, ou tho corner of ‘The driver was fhape the earli- wal street from Cris will og Bewch Tho mab yaibered ouce Hl surmibed sume bien were at work ‘Transportation "y heatreet bridge, buts lively charge frow the police scot them dylux, eng they started for freals vida and past Albuluug bouth Water and Maver streets, and on Wabash aud Michicau avenues as far vouth'aw Kan- eolish etrecte, the eiecta of the teonbl Whe ibnvide Cues ws bs tethe The ce cadere of tbe mob, sticks to Laud, aud wae badly beaten nerces the’ fuce unit round buldly, however, and Rept the mob at bay tgtil the mob szived to seed a siya) commuter tuty the building (0 ecu What was Tu was allowed the, vad, Uudivy useuulied by the fut: Read. ib: stood bh ceive Viclorics, cheerinz | the puhcewan to slut up. ftakea dower aug reported to iby Cyptaius, aud the i bee great many will To. setalblian wibaocte her etinte Ute eemsce, notified many larze dealers to remove their goods from tho feeleht-honges, A flem doing. very ex- tenaive bisiness in canned goose and grocerien, whose warchonxe f+ on Kiver street, said that they did not know whore to put all the #tam. Within the Inet forty-ctuht hoare they had hanled In nearly $50,000 worth of goods, and, although thelr own teams had heen kent busliy employed. they lid nwt work fast enol for the tallroad companies, and "the Istter proceeded to load up their own teams and deliver the freight in order to clear their frelzht-lonsos, There nce wo hayers in town, orders received by mall aimpiy co nyon the file, for tt fe Imnowlble to slip so tanch ax n box of tomatoes or acrite of berries, and consequently everything is ina state of slaynation. THR CLRRRS AND EMPLOTES of tha larger bti«iness hones. have but little to do, and pase thelr time usually in danining the fdlocy of the unaccountable linatics who have interfered with the business of the city. It ia felt generally that tho railroad employes are not na niuich to blante for the creation of thie artifclal tate of things ns are the bumimers and thlevee, the lonfers agul thie, who for once In the couree of their tee. Tees and ant seary lives have found it to thelr interest to pass themrelves off for workingmen. SOUTH SIDE, THE LAKE-FRONT. TNE PATH OF A NLATHENSKITE, A mob of about 150 of the rouchest kind of Ionf- cre marched to the Lake-Front yesterday morning, and went through the Inmber-yard of Ludington, Wells & Co., compelling the men at work there to quitand Join them, Thas augmented, they went to the Ventral Elevator, compelling the men there tostop work, ‘They then visited the Michigan Central Elevator, but found no one at work there. Finally they renc..cd Goodrich'a dock, where they committed sundry execerer, kicking boxca open and forcing the mon to leave thelr work. After leaving this point, they went to Waldron, Niblock & Coceplace, where they found some men at work on boilers, and rome others who unloaded stoves, Thexe were driven of uncotemontously and the fires In the boiler shops extingmshed. Mnid yelte nnd hoote they marched hack to the Michlean Central] freight-house, “back of Aioodrich’s ofice, Hera the leader of the moo, a rouzh, ditty loafer, mounted 8 tlat car and com- menced to harangue the crowd. ‘The first words Ie nttered were that he mnnt have three glasses of beer, aunt by the eternal he was uli to have tent, thongh blood atould ve spilled In the at tempt. If they had nothing to do in the aummer, they world have nothing to eat in the winter. **Toukat me," he continied, carting around fero- cious wlancea? **do § Iook hke a loafer of a labor. err The craved yelled and cheered, and Senr him that he wae one of them. ** OF course Jam, he wold; “Lam honest a workingman as ever worked Ina shop. Look at my hands,” holding ont a pale of paws, the color of which’ cannot be descelved in words, the same being a inixture between block and yellow, **'These hands show what fam, Wo know what we are figiting for, amdiwhat we aro dolig, We are flehting thowe Gud d—d capltalixte, “That Ie what we nre dome, Ain't wert Tho crowd harried and yelled, and a pumber of them shonted, "fet uw KIT those d—~d artstocenta,”” He had becn'a rntrond uw blnvelf once, he sald, and knew what he was king about. ‘They had the tung started and they were going to keep It rulug untt! all thene big- boys had been put down. He wasa boat-hand now, and was: getting bt a mouth, and he Just ywanted enongh to keep him from starvation, That's what they wanted, and nothing elec. 'Ihey were going to make the arsatocrate wick, and (hey wero Hot geting to stop until the werk wan uccomplixhed, He wat ready to die for the worklngmen, and fo wero they all The crowd aguin honted and yelled, and aratirea the orator that they were in sympathy with hii, and that they would turn out and fx things tu the evening, After complet. ing thea harangue he deacended from the cur ond marched his niob around the freight houses, Of 2 sudden there was a great commotion, and some one shouted, *' The peelers are coming!" ‘The oravado of the mob, which but amomont before vowed to annihilate every aristocrat in town, suddenly gave way, and the crowd Lecame ‘pantc-atricken anil teled to escapes But the vailant peclera pounced upon. them ‘from ail sider, making great havoc among the heade of ‘about a dozen at them, whose feet woru not fleet cnongh to curry themaway intime, Among this number wan the leader and orator of the mob. One wnectal pollevinan took hold of him by the ears, Hfted him ip, shook Lint nasa dog #baken a tat, oud then rap- ped hin a few times over the head ‘with his club, whleb will prevent the rufilan from making any more speeches for a month ormore., A whole wayon-toad of wounded were conveyed to the ata~ tlunafter the affray. ‘The squad of police then marched through all the nefghboring streets, clear. ing them of suspicious characturs. ‘The treatment which the mob received was so oflicient, though radical, that no more mobs vielted or molested that port of the city further during tho day, OBSTRUCTING TRAVER, SCENES NEAR TWENTY-SECOND STREET. Near approach to ancrlous outorenk was cansed by u crowd of roughs and vagabonda who collected on State street in the vicinity of Twelfth, the South Division Sirect allway Company belng the objective polnt. Early in the tnorulng the streets in this locality beeame unnatally full of peuple, the more respectable portion of whom ** moved on," and by 10 o'clock the crowd had been so dererted by the more peaceable classes that nothing remained but a howling, sdlotle, and iN1- begotten conglomeration of rufans and thugs, bent an ‘regulating’ the relations between enpital and labor, It was certalnly @ sorry cul- lectioa of Nridgeport plug-uglies and Canal atreot shoulder-hitters, The most despicable malcontent in the Beldewell would pass muster aa an Adonis ugainstauy of the embryo **reformer."’ BACH VAUHANT Was AMBD with a shilialuh = or fence picket, pnt brandishing = them ower = thelr leads, ava utterance to demoniac yelly, and marched down Htate atreet, followed by lurgo numbers of barefooted boys and whart-rats. | Ar- riving at Sixteenth street a halt was mude, Whero thoy came from, noone seemed to know. Where they were going was a mystery. In o few mo- mont large numbers of stragulers onilated in tho holy causo, and, giving the war-whooy, the pic- tuseaque proccssidn took up the ling of march in the direction of Calro, At Eighteenth street the boodlums separated, one portion mouv- ing east to. Waolost ‘avenue — and eenth and Indiana avenue, anther portion conntermatching to Sixteonth, and still iird party, many boing boss about as tall aaa ire hydrant, marched south until they reached tho {enslve atubles and wbups of the South Side street Hatlway Company, on Stata street, corner of ‘Twenty-frut, where s halt was mado, AS BACH GAR CASCE UP the horvee were acized and the yohiclu boarded and Ordered run Into the atables, Each party cousleted of fully 1,200 or 1,500 persone. Thu bulldinge wero alvo entered and all the workmen ortured to leave Inatuatly on pain of Inmediate annihilation. Thus over 1,000 men employed by the Company were compelled to leave thelr work. ‘The mobs whieh had taken ap positions on the corners of Indianu avenue, Wabavyh avenue, and Elghteenth atrcets, after ordering 1u all the care Chat puwsed, joined an MOVED SOUTIL TO TWENTY-BECOND STREET at the converyence of Indiana and Cottage Grove avenues. Hy agreement, about 1,000 of the uwb muved down Cottage Gruve avenue to Thirty-ninth street, ot which buint are located very extensive stables belonging to the Etreet allway Company, At thie barn a oumber of the sweepers hid become — dfveutieicd at working at the rate of $1.15 per day, and ju the mormng abeulutely refused to reaume tabor without an (is creagy. When the mob arrived at the stables the malcontents joined them, and immediately drove froin thelr work all the men employed tn and about tho barny, As fust os the cars came up thoy were tun in, and in several instuncus the conductors were relieved of their surplus change. ‘The curs running on Thirty-ninth otrect, which connect at Stato with the regular Stock-Yarda care, were also houved, and travel West waa suspended fu conso- quence, A car wus olva selzed, and with this the huodiume made thelr way to the corner of Thirty> ninth and State streets, ‘The men employed in the, car-etables ot this ‘poluts were driven from thelr posts, ax were their co-laborers at the other stables, ond for some boure the borses remained unattended, A TEMPORARY WALT was made at this point until tho arrival of the Stock-Yard care, which wore shoved intu the barns and ordered left there until otherwise orderud, ‘The mob, after creating cunelderable dlaturb- euce sod sproading the direst consternation, then turned north, and coutinued uninterrupted until the Thirty-fuurth atrcets stable were reached, which were cntered, the mon employed therein being driven away, After cloalng these alablos, the march north was reaumed, aud the conductors and drivers, us tho care calue by ou the way to the barns, vere fercl- bly cauttuucd not to again appesr on the street, or thele ves would nut be worth ap hour’ chase. most dleordurly marcby hey t ‘Twonlloth street, and humedlacely Jolucy the gune there Gnsoged in running inthe care at thut point, Here they became quite uuroly,and probably sume viulence would huve ensued but for the appear- aucu of the police, lu the meantit a crowd of contemptible wretches tuk cutlre possession of Twenty-sccond wtreel frou State Wy Indisna avenue, and cack car approaching wae stopped snd, the oumber being taken, thrvats to destroy it and punta the con: ductor aud driver were iadulyed fuin case of ite te 2s feappearunce tn the wtrect. At Just the mob, many of Wool were Inere pose, became sv bold as wt they met with uuinterrup Galism that, not bai datlous already mado, 0 wud vee ln thole van+ 4 with the depre- wed the conductors, y RIFLED THEIR POCKETS of whatever valuables they contained, and dis- inieseid thew With oulbs of the must disgusting ladies jucluded, of thelr watches, . ‘This mob ually moved’ ou whea the curs bud all ceased runing, und julued that aesembled in front of the suibica ou State strect and ‘Twenuoth. ‘The scene at this place begzaps dcecription, ‘Thu wiqowalke and atrect for sdveral blucks were literally crowded, the nivters occtpying the car-tracks, As soon ‘as 8 car would pull up, Mttle brats, scarcely 7 or 8 years old, armed With clubs uluiuat es larga as the pefwous carryiud thea, would rush wy snd. catch ng the burgca by the bite, order the wien and pasa~ cugers vit of the car, ond, wbitcbiug thy tcum, drive it recklealy (uty the stables, ‘Che affriguied Leaste would, uswoun ua the reing were dropped, pailup furtowly thruusy tie atablee and dispuse Lecaageene 1) catiene bualliulia, bo Wei Lewd at work to attend them. As roon 5a the horsas wera unhitehed, another mob of Lilipntian wretches Several drivers, with manly epank, endl drive past the mob, when anconth roushe would atep up from the aidewalk, and pulling off the te- caicitrant Jehn, rush the cur, horses and all, bur Herly Inte the barn. About a quarter after 1 A SQUAD OP POLICE from Twenty-accond etree! Lent. Miller, waa ordere 0 fy tinier the command of th tothe scene, ‘Thirty from the Armory, under Livnt. dbpatched to the scene of trouble. comparatively clear eniiing until Sixteenth atrect, at State, waa arrived at, where was nescmbled a blatant, mov numbering, with the, spectators, po! clube were proaght number of the vilinitis we: Au dextrous manner. Into requisition, mattled Ina handsume ted in this inanner, the wot suon retreated, when some of them mae an onrlanght un the offccra with stones. Tdeut, Well ordered bis men to charge, which wae di must creditable style, and two of the plug-uglice One, ® young sain named Wil liam Flynn, who attempied to stone one of the of- d, and, stabbornly resisting, wae evero and mont mierited eran arrested was a reaident of ‘tnamed James Mattersun. being dispersed, the march to Twentieth mtreet were arrested. ficers, wus nelze: the recipient of short work was made witn and soon everything wan quiet, o'clock the cara wero run outof the sheda and reaumed thelr trips na usual, and without far- Under the protection of tho police, a equad of fifteen under Sorgt. Miller being daty, the stable help re- pumed work, and soon everything was working in ther interference. detailed for protmicted While the mob was assalling the car stables on State rtrect. three others took up position on Archer avenue, just of of Stato street, at the Clark atrect crossing. and near the Fort Wayne track, and ae ench Archer avenue car drew up the tlelvera were ordered to house their ca they did with alucrity. soon cleared the field, and In the afternoon the cats were running uninterr ROCK ISLAND AND SOUTII- A detachment of ROCK 13,,AND Sitors, ‘Tho works were not started up yesterday morn: ‘The men held a meoting at 8 o’ctock, and appointed anothor Committee to wait upon Presi dent Riddle, and request that the wages of tho ten be fixed at the old figure, or the aame na they wore before the Jast two reductions. by Mr. Riddlo was that the Company wonld re- rcind the order forthe Inst reduction, but farther than that they could not go. Adeleghtion of the engineers atso waited upon President Riddle to tay before him the engincera, Including the maln Hneand ‘hey explained to hlm that thix was not a steike of wincers brought about at this time to cocree the Company to thelr demands, but the matter had consideration Tho answer given Ithad taken some time to get together the pro- testa of tho engineers along the whole line of peared on thelr authorized te hoped the Company would comply with thetr request, Mr. (thddic received them kindly, and anid their demand had already been complied with, TURKE WAS ANOTHEL MEETING helt at the corner of State and Fifteenth streets fohear the repurt of the Committee, the order for the Inst reduction would be rercinded, they expreaved themeclves a8 satiefled and willltg to zo to work, will probably not require them to commence work tilt the road Is in running order syain, —in fact, the road ta {n such good elape that the eliopa might be allowed to shut down for two montha after the rauning without any f tha mobs from the city mate an appearance at the shops yesterday, but the Company have taken tho precaution to have 100 specin) policemen appointed and av watch and protect their worke, came fn Taeaday night on this tine, and was to the Stock. Yards tralia which were loaded ond ready ty go out on ‘Tuesday were sent ont laet evening. AN ATTEMPT WAB MADE p the Incoming durumy at Sixteenth jock, but Conductor BlcArthur, ace! owd In timo, did not atop at the croning jumped upon the and teled to uucouple the engine from the cara, All the other trains wero yy a aquad of policeinen as far an "wenty-second street, The freight-yn: Hock Island and Siich}gan Southern Roads have a look, cara having been haunted to some point outalde of the city. Rock I«land Managers have also taken the pracan- tion to send some of their beet passenyer-coacnes ty: fom are at tho shape, otuers at torn, formed that on); to be unlouded. out of the cil Bine Teland ant rit, The Michigan Southern Road bad to send out or- ye-cara on the 4:15 train Inst evening, Jnatend of the white fast-mall cure which are used on jhe run, thoy being all at the other end of the ‘THE MICHIGAN ROUTHERN ROAD hod made no effort until yesterday afternoon to excepting those waich parsonger train kc fn the niornin, nave Chteayo at lock inthe afternuon, ‘k in the morning and morning, the Iate cventn suburban trains wero abandoned, and tt was not until the afternoon wan for gone that any effort was made to run ins train Tom the environs, All frolyht traing on th wero abandoned, and the round- at Forty-thind atreot wae Siled with ongines, vothifreight and eun for several Many of the engineers ani parsenger, wore killing tune in varivun ways in tho alt being anxious for the tline when could uninterruptedly proceed with their They one snd all disapproved tn un equivocal language of the action avsurted that nomore ined the crowd thut visited that locality No one acemed to know when the road would resume business, but oll Agreed {t could not doso spy tuo won. TUE HOCK ISLAND HNGINES were alt housed with one exception, that engine be- ing used ¢ a means of commnuicstion with the ard-engines were all Sun in,and very: enginu-house, of the mob, and than two railroad the evening previour, Morb and thoro abunt. the ya amall knots of men seriously diacussing tion, and deprecating the ate; pos! a half-dozen of About 3 v'clock In the afternoon, several engines which had been steained up were tun out of the house, and in fretght-traine wore made up ant watched fromthe yards tu their destination west. hese Were the only attempte nade t freight, but thero is every reason to belleve more trains will bo run out Co-day if the fre! con be obtained. Just when the hundreds of mon ‘eiployed in and sbout the yards will be ablo to ro- sume work can only be cunjectured, but the Com- pony will uot be aunecessarily dilatory in this re- STOCK-YANDS. TUMULTUOUS PACKERS, At the Stock-Yarde yesterday morning none of were duing anything except Armuur's. In thls house the killing gang were at work, but there was a crowd of about balf a thou. Hutchinson's houses. Greater part of the force employed In the packing sutabllehments had yono home. 3 ‘Nhe Chiet of Police for the Town of Lake ycs- ued the following notice; Wiheuxas, There seems to ¢ 6 combination of ir up strife and confu- mind to deeds of law- the packing-houe wand outside and ni terday morning MW-diepowed peruons to D, gud inflame the publ! jews violunce, toauch an exte: lawfully constituted authority; roper thatall influences thal may poselbly tend. reyuuices of the people Virtue of the power and authority in mie vested as Chicf of Pulico of the hereby order that all saloons in cloaud, and that uo liquor be person in sald town, whether licensed saloon-keeper ur others, from and after 10 o'clock a m, of thie date until further notice. All policemen are hereby Instructed to see that thie order be atrictly enforced, AT THB STUCK-TABDS there was no offensive demonstration yesterday Uuthl noon, at which ime a large crowd wus galb- cred at tho corner of Halsted atrect and Ce: i) Ilere they stopped one or twu wi untitched the leains dnd turned them Luter a mob gathered about the ‘no serious disturbance was made, io ing Fowler Bros, began work, bul stopped fora ue, owing to o dificulty about getting wen enough te do the work, that thelr demand for bigher wa; 1 weat on quiutly.. rom the packlog-houses were out they domanded that A WRITTEN AGHEEMENT be made to pay the employes $2 per day for the whtven months, and got the agree: uses vieltud. At Fowler Bros’. house the men were opposed by Burke, the special watchman ved by the dru. instant furty clube were falling thic fust on bly unlucky head and thrown down from the platfora among the lary buses below, aud was then still more brulved, body was carried up-stairs, and Mreely used tu festore him tg conscluusucas. sterkure claim (hat thie Burke shot @ small boy aboutu year ago, and that his beatlug resulted froin (he feeling enyeadered by Unat act. ‘Tule ts the only Instance of Dudily iajury Juilicied on any ene wo far as could be sd ‘After Ivaylng Fowier's, thu inen went 40 Aller- ton’s packiny-bouse and hud s few words of talk, but no demonstrations of Ill-feullng. f the buusce ov bi ‘Wages appears to be very friend] vy then went to Murph: b from Higgins, fro from Cuddy, the houss-fureman, expressed perfuct willinguces tu pay wages as bizh os spy other packers would. acoted to sigh an syrecuient to pay $2 per day froin Loud cheers were glven by the crowd, which numbered souut 200, for fur Murphy, aud fur $2 per aay, no vielguce hud been offered. “Tho etrik se to hone, nol quetly, we Wisbudl Laioy thems vehi wnetbas sto Overawe the ud deeming it Town of Lake, I the ‘Town of Lake be they were ausurcd bo y, and readily con abont the packing-honres te composed of a far more formidable clement than that of Theelay. ns lt was made up largely of men whe had worked there and knew what wares were pant in the dit. ferent honses. ‘They were, those who felt (ut they had auffered from the burdens tmpoted npun the poor, and were determined to take the matter of redrensing their wrongs into thelr own hands, if need be, itave apprehensions were felt. Men Asked each other wher all this wan tocnd, ant the uncertainty. grew greater each hour. Of on thing there ean he ne dontt,—the strikers have t the rympathy which once oxtated for tien flay the merits of their esge nid the caus a i ied to the strike were generally dixcuracds yesters day nothing was heard but condemnation of the course taken and the fcte of lawiersncss with which the Inst few daye Lave been filled. ‘The mob was at THE TRANSIT MOUSR BTANLES at So'clock, and demandes that John It. Sherman be brought ‘out (a alen the ardreement which hal already been elgned by the packers, which t# given lows duly 95, 1877.—7o the underaigned: We, undersigned, will pay one Tahiorers for Inboring work $4 per day for lanoring work on and after this date, and butchers in proportion, ‘This was signed Ly the Allerton Packing Com- pany, Davter, Atkineon & Co,. Fowler rolhvrn, Chicago Packing and Provision Conipany, Nelnon Morels, Fennk Sateham, Armout d& Co.y E, 1, Chapin & Co., EH. M1, Myera &Co,. Davis ‘Dros, 4. a Heleker, Toya, Dutiham & Co,, and by Jobh ore! ‘Telegrams wero sent to Mr, Sherman. who was at hiv home in thre eity, but the strikers were too Impatient to wait- for him or foran answer, and after much foley laiking a carriage waa ordered for the purpore of sending a comm ttes to Mr, Sher- man's house to cot bis signature. ‘Thera mi rquabbling about the «election of the members of the Committee, but at. last the carriage potaway. Sr, Sherman waa at home, and signed the agreement for the Union Stuck. Yard Company. He then oddreseed a few terse aid fensidlo remarks to the mon who had walted upon him and asked thein to stand by thelr employer, which they promised to do. ‘The signature to the Chicago Packing and Pro- vision Company to the abore mentioned was OWTAINRD IN A SIMPLE MANNER. ir. 8. F. Marphy was about the yards in hts huuey. in company with A mun naned Perxing, when tho striker, tothe number of perhaps 200; anrrounded hint, took him out of hts bugey, and wut him down in front of the agreement, with the requeat to rign tov strong to bo withatocd. Mr, Murphy acems to think that the elgnatare was ob- tained by compulsion. ‘The namo of Armour's honse, which ts spoken of above with approbation, und was yesterday credit cd with paying large and entisfactory wages, should be snecially qualified by saying it was the house of Hhitip Armour, and not of another ,entieman of the same name, TNH STRENT-CARS. A TEMPORARY NLOUKADE. People down-town ehortly after 1 o'clock began to wonder what had become of the State atreet, Indlana ayenuc, and Cottage Grove avenue care, ‘They were nuwhere to be seen, and the most natn~ ral conclusion was that the drivers and conductors had struck work, Not o few people began to wonder how they would ever get hume except by walking, and to thia tie majority: were very much disinclined, Meanwhile, there wana far different state vf affulre on State street, Indiana, Wabash, and Cottage Grove avenues, between Sixteenth and Twenty-second streets, A. South-Side mob had collected In great numbers atthecar-stables on Slato street, near Twenty-(trat, stopped tha cars an they came from the north and from the south, blocked tho tracke for several equarce, and finally compelled the men to DRIVE THE CARS INTO THB BARN. ‘The crowd then separated, # part romaining at the barn and the several divlulons scattering them- relves over Indiana avenue, Wabash avonue, and ‘Twenty-second street, Tho cars were atupped for blocks on these thoroughfares, nnd as many as aulble were driven Inte the barns, Inthe mean- ime, Snperintendent Holmes had cnt for ade- tachment of pollee, Alter some delay, the bino- cunts turned up, arrested the ringleaders, and gradually diepernod the crowd. A wectlon Of the mob tad aleo gone out Archer avcune, whore tt was joined by tho lazy loafora on that thorourh- furo, and the work of stopping the curs went mer- rily forward. After the pollee bad attended to the State street mob, THE ARCHER AVENUE Crown received attention, and were speedily dispersed, ‘Tho delay to travel lasted for about on honr, ant many had occaston to rojolce that the trouble fait not occurred between @ and 7 in the ovening, when Uravel iano much heavier ond everybody ts anxious to get home tu supper: After tho mob had becn ontiwitted, and broken up into little knote, soveral of them were heard to mutter something about ** Oxlng ‘em for this thing to-night." ‘The obriv fntent of this remark waa that the Sonth Side Stre Car Company's stables might bo fired before morning. ‘The officera pald no special attention to thia threat, for the good reason that tholr barns havo been watched for the past two or threo night», and that watch will be kopt up until the city aya becomes quiet and orderly, A reporter conversed with several of tho DRIVERS AND CONDUCTORS on the South Side cara, and found them all con- tented with their wager, They make, on an nver- oye, auywhore from $1.50 td $2 per day, and are disposed to think that, for the hard times, they aro doing uite well.—nitch better, 10 fact, than inony uther clagees of day Jaborers, They have, in short, no desire to strike, snd would not have left thelr’ posts yesterday had it not been for ovcr- powering numbers and the instructions of tho Su- perintendent to submit gracefully for thu timo being. In this the Company was no doub' ‘s For, although their cars were etornped, it was fu1 preferable to have an hour's delay thun to give tho mob oevasion, by reriating them, for the inangura- ton of a bloody Ogbt and the destruction of the Company's valuable property. ILLINOIS CENTRAL, A TALK WITH att, TUCKEM, * ‘Mr, J. F. Tucker, Master of Transportation of the [lnoin Central Road, had 6 tatk witha reported of the Jost yesterday, and his saytngs wre thus ror ported Jn the paper which sent him out; shat do your people propose doing, Mr, ery" Well, Mr. Ackerman and I went about. the tracks Uils inorning, and took a genoral view of the eyard. We called upon the foreman of the use, Mr, Akin, and had along talk with bin, Ho told ua that the only thing the mon wanted waa protection. ‘They feared the mub, he anid, and not only at the tracks, but there was 5 feeling of dlatrost after they were at howe, Thesv mien nearly al] have tamilicw, and their feelings aro an deep aa ours.” “* Eas thero been any movement thie morning to create a disturhance along your ment” **At2 o'clock this morning a mob came down to our tracks, Paley the pine ont of the care, and one of the crowd got onto an engine and run It ino the round-house. The leader of the mob made the fomark to the engineer tat the railroad companies ware mistaken if they thongbt thom (thy mob) aalcep.” c “HAVE YOU ANY FREIGUT CAUS IN THE Ortyt”’ “Wo have about 500, loaded and empty. Last aight we undertouk to clear up the yard, and gut only 1:10 cure aut, Wo have concluded, however, that the beat move {e not to move at all until (hin treuble blows over, and we will get along without making up any regular frelght trains, nud aftor a whilo We may be uble to ct thein away in safely.” **Do you fear that the mob will do your property any injury?" “Wo fect that white there te no weakness or vyacillating upon our part, yet we are powerlces to act should trouble come, and therefore the best thing we can do is to keep sue yp **Has the Uinols Contral Company, fixed upon any se by which to adjust matters? "* **] do not know that thero iu any general policy. In tact do not know of any yencral policy anong any of (ho roads, Ido notthinka concerted pluu would be feasiole, It might be vaken for a cum- Dination by the strikers, or look to then In thut Nght, at teaat.™ “np YOUN ROAD CUT WITH THE REstI" “+ Yeu, twice; ance ty Septomber, 1870, and again the firat of this month," ** Putting aside the question of wagee, do you think your men would be willing to goto work wera they let ato ‘! That te where the trouble comes In. They wilt not go ta work because they (ear trouble, aid wo do nut think It fair to ask thew,” Mn “acker, what eleineat 1s $t that dietarbs joyen em 't Is altogether an outelde elemont. If itworo our own men, We could advise with them, DButva for as T can discover, I go ‘not belicto our wen bare aonyth tu do with it. * How long ta this thing going ta Iast?** Well, T-don't know. Alfof the roads ara tn boat, but I think were our mou given pro- the eau tection, they would go to work to-morrow. But us ace that strike oo tho Wabash Koad, 1 ites rom Chicago, hurts us sone. The Wal mien threaten, ,t0 stop all our trains os they cums aver 8 Hine." ** Your passenger tealns are running regular now, are they not?” ‘3 ** Yea, both mail and ppseeny er," eee you have no idea where this atrike will *' Nv. Ido not know where tt will end. Nut something must surely break and give way, The strikers cannot xo on this way long, But we must duck our heads and get through th am. Just then the pestchinet, ewitcbman turned the dour-koub and ente: s fraid to goto work. The myb has intimidated us. ‘+ How?” asked the Master of Transportation. ‘They have xeutus word that we must quit work ur suffer. Uut we want tu work, If we un only be beotected. it. Tucker seutthe awitchman back and told bi ho bad Letter go to work until the crowd cauie, but not to resistif pounced upon. PETTY CRIMES, B MILL OF MESSHS. CAMPUBLL BROS, & 00.» at tbucorner of Van Buren and Franklin atreets, which bad Leen ordered to atop work Tocsloy noon, waa the sceno of a goud deal of intercst yeeterday morning, The men employca wwe oo band early; and ready to gu to work If asked: they went Into the building, and lald around outside, expressing no dissatisfaction with the work, tho pay, or the **bosscs."" The Mossre. Campbell did not, howover, think {¢ good policy to go ahead wnti) they bad certatu luformation of tne Intention of tho hicendiaries who were ruamine sbuut the streets. | my they were watlafed by the pearancs of the crowd who bad undertakeo to uu atuueds ‘Tbls game Was made up of about J

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