There were 2,000-4,000 in the march according to press accounts. The "hundreds" they were talking about were not in the march, but after the march ended, when a small group refused to leave and engaged in confrontation with the police.
I'm not sure what your point is. "Thousands" is not very big for a march in Chicago, especially one that involves national attention and international guests. The immigration rights march in 06 (which I marched in) had nearly half a million people by the same press accounts -- more than a hundred times the number from yesterday. The Vietnam Veteran's March last year had 200,000 marchers (and 300,000 spectators). The Fourth of July Fireworks on the lakefront gets more than a million people. Just going to a Jazz Festival concert in Grant Park usually draws 25,000. Have you ever been to Venetian Night? (Don't; you won't get home for hours.)
The point is: this was a respectable but still relatively small march. Not the 50,000 that were called for. And the media was not misleading you. When they talked about thousands they meant several thousand. When they talked about hundreds, they meant that, too.
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