Excerpt from Bergen Worth

The great railway strike of 1894 was going on at Chicago, the Pullman car riots were at their height. Apostles of discontent had aroused the masses. Loud-voiced agitators had unchained the tiger of irresponsibility and goaded to madness the wolf of want. The flag of anarchy was unfurled and 'down with everything that's up' became the watchword of the hour.

The effect was felt throughout the civilised world, and little wonder. The heart of the great West - the world's giant food distributer - was paralysed, its arteries of commerce ceased to throb, and the bountiful streams from ranch and cornfield ceased to flow. The great steel highways were deserted. No longer did they thunder with the harvests of a hemisphere or tremble with the tread of a continent.

Chicago was having a reign of terror. The rioters were carrying everything before them, burning cars, tearing up rails, destroying tracks, demolishing buildings, making merchandise food for flames, and - when resistance was offered - shedding human blood.

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