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The American Railway Onion's
Pnllman Boycott.
I STATE OF WILD TERROR.
Deadly Volleys Poured Into Rioters
by Militia and Regulars.
Ten Thousand Regulars, Militia and
Police Massed in Chicago?
Engines Derailed, Switches Destroyed
and Hundreds of Cars Set
on Fire?State Militia Ordered
Ont by Governor Altgeld?Strikers
Shot?Governor Altgeld Replies
to Cleveland's Message and
the President Rejoins.
The eighth day of the greatest railroad
strike in the history ot the United States
brought no signal viotory for either side.
Riot followed riot in Chicago, and the
United States troops, called upon to
force a way for trains, were pressed about
on all sides by angry crowds that
heaped abuse upon them. The soldiers
did not Are, but there were cavalry and bay*
? - *k?
oner onarsres in attempts 10 uujjjohjo mn
crowds. Oars were overturned to block r.vilroad
t racks from which obstr act ions had been
removed, and when the cavalry dashed forward
the human masses separated, only to
close again after the passage of the horsemen.
A mail train was stopped by strikers
and care were destroyed and burned. The
rioting continued far into the night after the
troops had gone into camp, the police being
unable to cope with the frenzied strikers.
Grand Master Workman Sovereign of the
Knights of Labor arrived in Ohicago. District
Assembly No. 82, whloh lnoludea
the Knights on the entire Union Paoiflo
system from Omaha west voted unanimously
to stop work. Governor Altgeld, of Illinois,
telegraphed President Cleveland demand
cg that all Federal troops be removed
from Illinois. The news was received with
cheers by the strikers, and it oreated a momentary
panic among the railroad manager?.
The President's reply, was as follows
:
"Washington. July 6,18W.
"Hon. John P. Altgeld, Gow-rnorof Illinois,
Springfield, 111:
' Federal troops were sent to Chloago
In strict accordance with the Constitution
and laws of the United States, upon the demand
of the Postoffloe Department that
obstruction of the malls should bo removed,
and upon the representations of the
judicial odours of the United States that
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process 01 uuioawm uuuiuwuiu uvi w
executed through the ordinary means, and
upon abundant proof that conspiracies existed
against commerce between the States.
To meet the conditions, which are clearly
within the province of Federal authority,
, tbe presence of Federal troops In the city of
Chicago was deemed not only proper, but
necessary, and there has been no Intention
of thereby interfering with the plain duty of
the looal authorities to preserve the peace
of the oity. Gboveb Cleveland. "
Governor Altgeld then sent another message
to President Cleveland protesting
Against the presence of Federal troops in
the State. President Cleveland replied insisting
that the Administration was aotlng
within the law and Constitution, and suggesting
to tbe Governor that in this emergency
discussion was not of the first importance.
Governor Altgeld's second telegram
to the President reaohed the White
House near the hour of midnight. It came
over the private wire and its contents were
carefully read. Then the President dictated
the'following replv <
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'"Washington, D. C., July 6,1894. j
"Hon. John P. Altgeld, (Governor of Illinois:
"While I am still persuaded that I have
^neither transcended my authority or duty in
the emergency that confronts us, it seems to
me that in this hour of danger and publio distress
dfscussloa may well give way to active
-effort on the part of all in authority to restore
obedience to law and to protect life and proparty.
Geoter Cleveland."
Bio r lshed, incendiarism, attacks upon
Urates and their crews and the destractlon o!
millions o! dollars' worth of property, the
result of the great strike, spread terror
through Chicago and its suburbs, on the
ninth day ot the great Pullman boycott.
Nor did the strikers direct their firearms
solely upon their opponents, but In one oase
turned (heir weapons against each other.
As a result of the latter A. R. U. Committeeman
Letters was instantly killed by a striker
flamed Collin, who in turn was shot to
death by anotner striker who had witnessed
his act. Pitched battles between
the strikers, deputies and railroad
men began early in the day.
Pistols were used on both sides
and several men fell, some mortally
wounded. Thousands of freight oars set on
Are by the rioters were burned with their
contents, and the loss for the day was estimated
at $3,000,000. The firemen were not
permitted to try to extinguish the flames
and the police were utterly powerless to
check the crowd. The incendiary torch was
applied to hundreds of cars and acts of
violence were reported from scores of points.
The tie-up on all the roads was more complete
than on any previous day, and little
effort was made by the railioads to resume
traffic. The managers said it was folly to
attempt to move trains without more troops.
The exciting scenes of the day in the
vicinity of Kensington, a suburb ot Chicago,
h??mn when a north-bound milk train on the
Illinois Central was stopped by a crowd of
several hundred persons.
An effort was made to persuade
the engineer and fireman to quit thoii
posts. Failing in this the crowd began
to shcver stones, clubs, and other
missiles at the defenceless trainmen.
Every pane of glass in the cab was broken.
The tireman was chased by the crowd out
over the prairie, but w;is let go upon promising
not to go upon another engine while
the strike lasts.
The engine of the milk train was cut loose
by one of the crowd, who started it and then
jumped from the cab. The wild engine
rapidly increased its spesd and ran into
a derailed freight car, completely demolishing
the car and everything in its way,
and was stopped only by being derailed. Two
outbound Illinois Central and Big Four
trains were saved from a collision with the
wild engine by the freight car. They backed
Into the city to keep out of trouble.
At 10.30 o'clock the crowd had greatly increased
and began tumbling box cars aoross
the tracks along the lines between Kensington
and Pullman. While about twenty men
were engaged in this work four shots were
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flred Into the ganc: by Detective Stars, employed
by one of the railroads.
The first shot hit William Inslie in the temple.
Another bullet struck Dilly Vanzelline
in the head, and still another in the back.
He was placed under the care of four physicians.
who pronounced his condition critical.
The report from Stark's revolver was the
signal for a eeneral rush by the infuriated
strikers, which quickly gathered from all
directions. They were wild with excitement.
and pursued Stark to the Kensington
Station, where fifty Kensington police
seized him. formed a line in front of him,
and after a running fight of a hundred yards
or more, succeeded In getting him in a patrol
wagon. He was covered with a coat, and
part of the crowd thinking the mat\ in the
wagon might be one of the injured men of
their party, abandoned the chase. In the
melee Frank Endis was shot in the side, but
was not seriously injured.
The effect of the incident upon the strikers
was immediately apparent. A lessening of
the crowd at Kensington was noticed, and it
man l/\*irr Kafnra a h)n?n in the direCtiOQ
of Burnside, a short distance south, accounted
for the disappearance of a part of the
crowd. At that place 250 cars, some of them
loaded, five or six Pullman cars anions?
them, stood In the sidings. These were set
on fire and all destroyed.
Another part of the crowd soon mad? its
appearance at Rlverdale, where thirty or
forty cars wera standing near the icehouses
of the Washington Ice Company. These
were ignited in a number of places. The Are
spread to the sheds and to the icehouses.
The cars and sheds were destroyed, but the
icehouses were saved from the wreck, with
considerable loss. The Fire Department was
powerless, as the cars were set on fire in several
places at the same time, were almost
inaccessible, and water was hard to get.
A crowd of about 500 persons held almost
| complete sway in the territory including the
j towns of Burnside, Fordham and Grand <
GENERAL NELSON A. SOLES, C0MMANDE
Crossing, on the outskirts of the city along
the Illinois Central tracks. During the
day two men were shot by a railroad <leteotive,
who was with difficulty protected
from the infuriated strikers. Upward of
200 oars, some of them Pullman sleepers,
were burned. These depredations continued
until late in the night, the force ot deputies
and the one company of regulars under command
of Captain De Jamar being totally inadequate
to afford protection to the immense
amount of railroad property to whioh the 1
inoendiarles had free access. % I
Two hundred and twenty-Aye freight ears 1
on the Pan Handle tracks between Forty- '
fifth and Forty-ninth streeets, Chicago, i
proper?a distance of about one mile?wfere
destroyed by Are between the hours of 6 and 1
8 o'clook p. m. l
Soon after 5 o'clook immense crowds of
men, women and boys were seen coming 1
from the stook yards toward the network of '
tracks at the crossing of Forty-snventh street, j
The gatheiing was increased every minute
by a seemingly never-ending string of the
strikers and their sympathizers, and about
6 o'clook fully 4000 people were massed
nlnnif thfl traofes from Forty-fifth street
south. They were the stock yards crowd.
Intent on destruction, and the few police
who remained on duty were powerless.
They wero not even noticed by the strikers,
who went to work at once.
"Down the traoks!" was the cry, and with
a rush the strikers started southward.
Bunches of waste were stolen from switchmen's
shanties, and, soaked with the "dope" j
used in oiling the cars, made an excellent
torch. i
At Forty-seventh street Ave cars standing
on the (frond Trunk's line were the first to
meet destruction. Same of them were
loaded. This did not deter the frenzied i
crowd from their work, and the seals wero <
broken and the doore slid back. A bunch ot
the burning waste was thrown inside, quickly .
ignited the contents, and in less than three
minutes the five cars were blazing fiercely. <
Without waiting to see that their work '
was complete the crowd surged on. They <
kept to the Pan Handle tracks, and at Forty- i
ninth street came upon six more cars. These
were fired In a twinkling, and on Went the 1
crowd.
In the Oarfield boulevard yards of the Pan
Handle tour traoks were full of freight cars,
more than half of which were loaded. At
this crossing Is a swltohman's tower, and
this was first fired.
Al JPIliy**3l^UlU OU^ci JO iu? oianuu ui IUQ
combined roads. This was fired and quickly
destroyed. i
Upon the approach of the Fire and Police i
Departments, the orowd turned about and
started for the city. On their way to Forty- 1
seventh street they set Are to all care that
they had missed in their hurried trip south- ]
ward. No water could be obtained near the
Garfield boulevard yards, and the cars
slowly burned up.
It was noticed that the leaders of the orowd
were mostly foreigners, and as they retraced
their steps a few of the leaders, accompanied
by hundreds, started oft In the direction of
the stock yards.
The 350 cars in the yards were destroyed,
and when the crowd reached the stookyards
they divided up into small gangs and separated
among the big packing houses.
An alarm of Are was sent in from Fortyninth
and Ashland avenue, but it was several
minutes before the firemen reached the
scene. The overworked horses were so exhausted
that it was with difficulty that they
could be forced off a walk.
The firemen in this district had responded
to nearly sixty calls during twenty-four
hours, and as they reaohed the tracks they
were received with jeers and curses by a
crowd of Bohemians, Poles and Italians.
Thn Amman did not succeed in auenchinsr
the flames before the care were destroyed,
and had harlly reached the engine house
again when they were called from the same
box.
The crowd had set fire to other care. This
time the wornoat firemen made but feeble
efforts to extinguish the blazs. At 9 o'clock
the cars had been reduced to ashes.
Governor Altgeld, acting on a request
from Mayor Hopkins, who had learned of
the above lawless acts, ordered State militia
to Chicago and the troops were sent to points
where the dangers seem greatest.
The scenes in the city wore to the old residents
a vivid reminder of war time3. Tha
broad expanse of lawn on the historic lak?
front, from the Chicago Club far south of
the Auditorium Hotel, was dotted with tho
white tents of the regulars from Forts Shoridan,
Leavenworth and Brady. Sentries patrolled
the broad sidewalk to compel the
crowds of onlookers to keep at a respectful
distance.
A few blocks north another big crowd surrounded
the armory of the Second Regiment,
where six of its companies with two regiments
of the Second Brigade wore quartered
awaiting a oall to service.
Company C ot the Thirteenth Regiment,
from Fort Sheridan, was camped in the rotunda
of the Government building, the Postofilce,
as a result of orders issued by General
Miles, who regarded it as wise to give it
protection, especially as its roofs shelter the
Postofflce and the Sub-Treasury.
The regulars numbered 1200 men and tho
National Guard 5000 men. In addition the
entire police force, Including the reserve',
substitutes, and new men, a total of 330J,
was available for special emergency call.
This made a total ot 10,000 armed men that
at less than an hour's notice could be placed
in the field against the crowd.
Thousands of cars, many loaded with
merchandise were destroyed. The roads
that suffered were the Pan Handle, Baltimore
and Ohio, Illinois Central,
Grand Trunk and the Stock Yards
Transit Compauy. The I033 for
twenty-four hours by the torch
amouuted to more than $1,000,000. A heroine
in calico shot and killed a striker in the
Burlington yard, Chicago. The man was intimidating
her husband, who, to keep hi3
family from starving, had taken a striker's
place.
The railroad officials in California gave
up all hope of moving trains and said they
would make no further effort in that direction
until the strike wa3 ended. There
were scenes of violence in Oakland.
Several engines were "killed." Elsewhere
in California there was little destruction
of property. Strikers professed not to
fear the militia, who would never Are on
them, they s*id. 80 strong did the strikers
feel that they declined all compromise, and
novr demanded a return to the wages schedule
?f 1893.
At Joliet, 111., the engineers >?'t work, as
they refused to continue, except wuu iucu
own firemen.
An improvement w&s reported from St.
Louis, where trains were run with some degree
of regularity.
Governor Waite, of Colorado, wrote to
President Cleveland protesting against the
Tholeaale arrests made by marshals in that
State.
Five strikers were arrested at La Junta,
Col. One ot them is the local chairman of
the A. R. U. Executive Committee.
Louisville and Nashville and Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway switch
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Shopmen and trainmen on the Atlantic
system of the Southern Pacific at El Paao,
Texas, were laid off, owing to the strike.
Longshoremen in Portland. Oregon, struck
In obedience to Master Workman's order to
K. of L. men.
President Debs, of the American Railway
Union, issued a proclamation to the strikers
warning them against acts of violence.
President Debs also sent out a large number
of telegrams to labor organizations and assemblies
of the A. B. C.. urging them to
3tand Arm for at least twenty-four hours
longer. If by that time the strike situation
had not improved for the better, Mr. Debs
announced, organized labor all over the
country would be called out without any
reservation whatever.
The Building Trades' Council, of Chicago,
representing zd,ui/u m^u m mo uuuutu^
trades, held a loai? ooaferenoe, and adopted
n resolution oalling oat all th9 men until the
Pullman Company oonsent to arbitration.
All the Knights cf Labor in New York and
Pennsylvania were called out by Oeneral
Master Workman Sovereign.
Strikers Shot by 3Iilitla and Regulars.
The tenth and eleventh days of the trouble
were made sensational by reason of the
conflicts between the American Railway
Union sympathizers aud the troops. The
Illinois militiamen fired upon a riotous mob
near the Chicago stook yards and killed two
and wounded half a score. A lieutenant of
militia was hit on the head with a stone and
fatally injured. Next day, in a battle between
Federal troops and a mob in Hammond,
Ind., four persons were killed and
many injured.
By far the bloodle9t encounter within the
limits of Chicago since the Haymarket riots
occurred on the tracks of the Grand Trunk
Railway, at Forty-seventh and Union streets.
A mob composed of ten thousand men, wo*
men and children made an attack on a
detachment of Company C, Second
Regiment, National Guard, under
command of Lieutenant Reed. The
squad, which consisted of thirty-six militia
men, hac". been sent oat to guard a construction
train whose purpose woe to remove the
wreckage piled on the tracks by the mob the
night before. It was savagely attacked b>
the mob. Alter the lieutenant had been
laid low by a missile the mob pressed
apon the soldiers, unheeding the
warning of the troops to keep back.
The soldiers opened Are and several persons
fell wounded. Undeterred by the rifle
shots, the rioters again oharged uoon the
soldiers, who iised their bayonets, mortally
wounding the leader of the mob. Unable
to withstand the onset from overwhelming
numbers, the soldiers were forced to retreat,
several of them having been hurt.
The list of the dead was: John;
Z. y. DEBS, PRESIDENT A. R. IT.
Burke, striker, killed instantly by
ii bayonot-thrust through the abdomen.
Unknown man, shot through the
breast, found dead behind a barn after
the fight. Miss Bach, shot and killed during
an attack on a Burlintfon train. Pole,
a spectator, unknown, snot ana killel by
regulars in the Pan-Handle yards on T wentyilrst
street, during an attack on some cars.
Not less than twenty of the mob wer<i hit by
Sprinsfleld bullets, six or eight were so desperately
wounded that it was thought
they might die. others received bullet
or bayonet wounds of less severity.
Just how many of the rioters
received injuries nobody could tell;
many of the wounded were dragged
away by their comrades and hidden.
Neither police nor soldiers dared follow
them. Careful estimates of the cost of the
strike placed the losses sustained from all
[ sources up to that time at ?6,565,000. Great
distress was reported among the strikers,
many of whom were in immediate need of
food.
The seat of war in the great railroad strike
was transferred on the eleventh day to Hammond,
lad., just across the horder line,
about twenty miles from Chicago, wham
from au early hour mob violence reigned
supreme. Two companies of regulars
were despatched to the scene. Late
in the afternoon t:*ere was a pitched
battle between the regulars and th?
mob. This is the list of casualties : Charles
Finisher, carp entpr, married, asjed flfty-flve,
a resident of Hammond, Wft3 killed instantly,
a bullet entering his abdomen and passing
clear through the body. W. H. Campbell,
shot in right thigh, fatally. Victor
Seitor. also of Hammond, shot In knee;
amputation of leg necessary, condition
critical. Miss Annie Fleming, of East Chi
UUIlOl WUUUU III 111^ III. um uiuuunu
man. stranger in Hammond, shot in right
leg ; amputation necessary. The trouble
began at daylight, when a mob which
had been in the neighborhood since
the evening before, overturned fifteen
freight cars on the Chicago and Calumet
Terminal Railroad between Hammond and
East Chicago. Six of the number were
thrown across the main tracks of the Michigan
Central, and two others were thrown,
across the rails of the Nickle Plate. To lift
the blockade General Miles set out a scouting
train, with Company D, Fifteenth United
State9 Infantry, thirty-five men, Capt. Hartz
in command. The mob had had its way all
day and was not inclined to be afraid of the
soldiers. About eight thousand men,women
and children swarmed on the tracks, stoned
the cars and terrified the passenger in the
delayed trains. The crowd was jeering and
hooting when the troops left the train,but the
soldiers at once advanced and the mob was
ordered to disperse. In answer to Captain
Hartz's command they hurled stones and
coupling pins at the soldiers and defied
them to fire. Captain Hartz sent hia
thirty-five men on a run at the
mob and several of the rioters
went down before the bayonots,
but instead of retreating the crowd pressed
forward. Finally an order to fire was given,
and a volley of bullets went into the mob,
many of the soldiers, however, deliberately
firing over the heads of the rioters. The situation
became grave, but the troops held
eterdy. As the mob came on several shots
were fired, though none of the soldiers were
?ruck, and then the order was given to fire.
Phis time the volley was more deadly, the
casualties resulting as given above. On receiving
the second fire the mob retreated
and left the soldiers In possession of the Held.
.
Strike Leaders Arrested.
Eugene V. Debs, President; Georee W.
Howard. Vice-President; Sylvester Kellher
and L. W. Rogers, Directors of the American
Railway Union, and fourteeu of their followers,
were arrested at Chicago upon warrants
issued by a special Federal Grand
Jury impanelled before Judge Grosscup.
They are indicted for conspiracy to impede
the United States mails. The books and
papers of the American Railway Union were
Beized by the order of the Grand Jury shortly
after the bench warrants were issued. Debs,
Howard, Kellher and Rogers promptly gave
bond^ in the sum of $10,000. The trial is set
for October. The others of the party bad
already been arrested and were out on
bond. They were taken into custody.
Judge Grosscup's charge to the jury dwelt
upon the seriousness of interfering with
the United States mails and with interState
commerce. United States troops
from Chicago went to Spring Valley, 111.,
fired into a mob, killed one man, wounded
others and went back to Chicajjp.
General Master Sovereign, of the Knights of
Labor, issued an "appeal"' to all Knijjhts in
the country to quit work in sympathy with
the Chicago strikers.
AMERICAN RAILWAY UNION.
It Aims to Bring Into Organization
All tlie Railroad Men.
The American Railway Union was organized
at Chicago, June 20, 1893. Eugene V.
Debs was elected President, George W. How
urn, Y lC?!-xrrosiUBUl, ?uu o/ntraict nonun,
Secretary. A manifesto was issued to the
railroad employes of the country, in which
it was declared that the members were to
come together on an equal footing, from an
experienced engineer down to a station
porter.
"There will be one supreme law for the
order, with provisions for all classes ; one
roof to shelter all, each separate and rat ail
united when unity of action is required. In
this is seen the federation of classes, which
is feasible, instead of the federation of organizations,
which has proved to be utterly
impracticable."
The number of employes now In the service
of the railroads in America has been
variously estimated at from 800,000 to 1,030,000,
and tlje latter figure is probably more
nearly correct. More than 150,000 were organized
at. the time of the formation of the
American Railway Union. The intention of
tho union i3 to brin? within its told the entire
million of employes. Having efTeoted
this, the leaders say, strikes and boycotts
will be rendered impossible.
The un'on has a department of education,
the main features of which are lectures upon
subjects relating to economic*, such as
wages, expenses, the relations of employer
and the employe, strises?tneir moral am
financial aspects, and allied themes. The
declaration of principles of the union says
on this subject:
"There will be a department designed to
promote legislation in the interest of laborthat
is to say, the enactment ot laws by
Legislatures and Congress having in view
well-defined obligations ot employers and
employes, such as safety appliances for
trains, hours of labor, the payment of
wages, the rights of employes to be heard in
courts where they have claims to be adjudicated,
and numerous others in which
partisan policies will have no part, the common
good being the animating purpose."
The organization is composed of a general
union, consisting of a Board of Directors ot
nine members and local representatives.
The directing Board is elected every four
years, and has a general supervision of the
body. It meets like a legislature at stated I
intervals during each year. The union has j
committees of three members each on
literature, mediation, insurance, employment
and finance.
Any person of good character employed
in the railway service is eligible to membership,
except general yardmasters, trainmasters,
roadmasters, supsrvisors ot bridges
and buildings, general or commeriial
agents, superintendents of telegraph, master
mechanics, division superintendents ot
transnortation. and other offluials of similar
or higher rank.
The men nt the head of the orgmlzatioa
are of undoubted popularity with railroad
employes. Its President. Eugene V. Dabs,
is a business man of no smill ability, and
the editor of the Locomotive Firamen's
Magazine. He lives at Terro Haute, Ind.
PRIZE BABIES PARADE,
Asbury Park's Annual Exhibition of
? Infant Prodigies.
Much interest was manifested In ex-Senator
Bradley's baby carriage parade at Asbury
Park, N. J. About 125 mothers entered their
babies to compote for the prizes. A handsome
gold bar pin was gwen to the youngest
mother wheeling her babe in line.
The carriages were decorated with llowora
and national colors. Two silver cups were
given to the flnostpair of twins, while a prize
was also tjivon for the haudsomest doll and
the prettiest doll carriage. The procession
was headed by ox-Senator Bradley and Chairman
Bailey, who each carried a handsome
bouquet.
A i*rnnd ninnd. nrofuselv decorated with
hunting, was creeled on tho board walk nt
tlio foot of Asbury avenue. The visiting cdl*
tors and their wivo3 roviewod the parade
from the upper portion of t ho Asbury avenue
pnvilion, which was specially reserved lor
thorn.
GIRLS HURLED TO DEATH.
Struck by a Train While Driving iu
a Buggy.
Thrco young ladies named Lizzie and
Lena Breyfogle, daughters of ex-Senator L.
W. Broyfogle, and Miss Carroll, who reside
about a mile northeast of Lonexa, Kan.,
met with a sad death.
They were In a buggy driving to Lenexa,
and were crossing the Kansas City, Fort
Scott and Memphis Railroad, near their
home, when their buggy was struck by a fast
north bound passenger train, killing them
instantly.
Kkar hunting Is a profitable "Tffiluslry "la
Josephine County, Washington. The hides
are shipped to Chicago, where they bring
#15 to $40 eaoh.
THE PRESIDENT'S ACTION
A PROCLAMATION TO THE
CHICAGO STRIKERS.
This Move Decided Upon After a
Long Night Conference of the
Executive and His Cabinet?Mobs
Ordered to Disperse Immediately?Citizen*
Warned.
PKESIDEHT QBOVEB CLEVELAND.
President Cleveland issued a proclamation
at midnight, warning all citizen? against taking
part in the existing labor troubles
fomented by the American Railway Union
and telling them, in effeot, that the strong
arm of the Federal Government would be
used to preserve the peace at all hazards.
It was not a declaration of martial law
exactly, but was the next step in that direction.
The President had become convinced
that the local authorities could not possibly
cope with the existing troubles, and that
heroic action by the Federal authorities was
nKor\1iifa1tf noppocturv
The proclamation was communicated to
General Miles by Secretary Lamont, who
telegraphed as follows
"In view of the provisions of the statute
and for the purpose of giving ample warning
to all innocent and well disposed persons,
the President has deemed it best to issue the
accompanying proclamation.
"This does nor change the scope of your
authority and duties, nor your relation to
the local authorities. You will please make
this known to Mayor Hopkins."
The telegraphic message sent to General
Miles by Secretary Lamont in connection
with the proclamation, showed that there
had been no extension of military authority.
Before the President's proclamation was
given to the public telegrams were sent by
General Schofleld ordering troops from
Sackett'- Harbor, New York, and other
points to start westward Immediately. General
Howard, commanding tho Division of
the Atlantic,was wired at Governor's Island,
New York City, to order other regiments under
his command to prepare to move at a
moment's notice. When these reinforcements
should arrive, it was estimated the
Federal troops in Chicago would number
lully 4000.
The proclamation issued by the President
was as follows:
"Proclamation by the President of the
United States.
"Whereas. By reason of unlawful oostructions,
combinations and assemblages of persons.
it has become Impracticable, in the
judgment of the President, to enforce, by
the ordinary course of judicial proceedings,
toe laws Ot tae uuueu OIHIC3 niimu iui.
State of Illinois, aud especially in the city
of Chicago, within said State ; and
"Whereas, That the purpose of enforoing
the faithful execution of the laws of the
United States and protecting its property
and removing obstructions to the United
States mails in the State and city aforesaid,
the President has employed a part of the
military forces of the United States.
"Now. therefore, I, Grover Cleveland,
President of the United States, do hereby
admonish all good citizens and all persons
who may be or may come within the city
. and Ptate aforesaid, against aiding, coun!
tenanoing. encDuraging or taking any part
in such unlawful obstructions, combinations
and assemblages and I hereby warn all
persons engaged in or in any way connected
with such unlawful obstructions, combinations
and assemblages to disperse and retire
peaceably to their respective abodes on or
before 12 o'clock noon on the 9th day of
Jul j*.
"Those who disregard this warning and
persist in taking part with a riotous mob in
forcibly resisting and obstructing the execution
of the laws of the United States or inter/ering
with the functions of the Government
or destroying or attempting to destroy
the property belonging to the United States
or under its protection, cannot be regarded
otherwise than as puolic enemies.
"Troops employed against such a riotous
mob will act with all the moderation and
ioroearance consistent with the accomplishment
of the desired end, but the necessities
I fhut <*nnfront them will not with cer
I tainty permit discrimination between I
| guilty participants and those who are
j mingled with them from curiosity and with!
out criminal intent. The only safe course,
| therefore, for those not actually unlawiully
I participating is to abide at their homes, or
at least not to be found in the neighborhood
ot riotous assemblages.
"While there will be no hesitation or
vaccilation in the decisive treatment of the
guilty, this warning is especially intended to
protect and save the innocent.
In testimony, whereof I have hereunto
6et my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be hereto affixed.
' Done at the city of Washington, this
eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and ninetyfour,
and of the independence of the United
States of America the one hundred and
eighteenth.
"(Signed) Groveb Cleveland.
' By the Presld ent,
"(Signed) W. Q. Gbeshast.
"Secretary ot State."
A Second Proclamation.
The President followed up his flret procla*
tnation by Issuing another of the same
tenor, but more general in its application.
The new proclamation is substantially
like the one addressed to
the Chicajjo rioters, but is ad- !
dressed to the people of nine States and Territories,
as follows: North Dakota, Montana,
Idaho, Washington, Wyoming. Col- :
orado, California, Utah and New Mexico. It .
was issued after a conference with the At*
torney-Gjneral, Secretary Lamont, Postmaster-General
Bissell and General Schofleld.
The second proclamation reads as follows. 1
BX THE PBESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES |
OF AMF.BICA?A PROCLAMATION .
Whereas, By reason of unlawful obstruc- i
tions. combinations and assemblages of per- i
sons, it has oecome impracticable, in the i
I judgment of the President, to enforce by i
the ordinary course of judicial proceedings ]
l the laws of the United States at certain I
; points and places within the States of North i
T,l.,K/> WtiuKinrrtnn I
JJilfcUUl, iuuuitma, auuhv, uw...mn.vhy
Wyoming, Colorado and California and the :
Territories of Utah and New Mexico, and 1
especially along the lines of such railways
traversing said States and Territories as are 1
military roads and post routes, and are j 1
engaged in inter-State commerce and ic j I
carrying United States mails ; and t
Whereas, For the purpose of enforcing the
j faithful execution of the laws of the United 1
States and protecting property belonging to i
the United States or under its protection. '
and of preventing obstructions of the United t
States mails and of commerce between the I
States and Territotie3, and of securing to ! 1
I the United States the right guaranteed l?y j
law to the use of such roads for postal, mil- I i
itary, naval and other Government service, t
the President lias employed a part o? the '
military forces of the United States; 1
Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland. '
President of the United States, do hereby
command all persons engaged in, or in any
way connected with such unlawful obstructions,
combinations and assemblages to dis- J
perse and retire peaceably to thoir rospec- .
I tive abodes on or before three o'clock in the J
afternoon on the tenth day of July instant. :
[ _ In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
?
hand and caused the seal ot the United
States to be hereto affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this ninth
day of July, In the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-four,
and of the independence of the United States
the one hundred and nineteenth.
Gboveb Cleveland.
By the President
W. Q. Grkshaii, Secretary of State.
REGULARS KILLED.
A Train Ditched in California With
Fatal Results.
A dispatch from Sacramento, Cal., says;
Four men lost their lives and three others
were injured, one fatally, in the attempt to
move trains "at the point of the bayonet."
United States troops had possession of the
railroad, but the strikers made good their
threat to prevent its operation.
The strikers had waited about the depot
and river nearly all night, armed and angry.
They said the troops could not land, and
that any effort to do so would be the signal
for bloodshed.
However, the strikers went home, and the
troops met no resistance when they landed
from the steamer and took possession of the
depot and railroad yards. Bnt it was soon
evident that the strikers did not intend to
allow trains to be run. They said so. and
added that if necessary not a rail would be
left in place.
There were 650 regulars, a company having
joined them on the way. The troops
were landed, and under command of Colonel
Graham, marched direct to the depot and
took possession. A picket was quickly established
about the place and armed sentries
placed on duty. In addition to the regulars
there were abt>ut 750 men of the State militia
at Sacramento.
At noon a train with mail cars and Pull
mans was made up and started forSan Francisco,
under guard of a portion of Battery
L, Fifth Artillery. No attempt was made to
prevent its departure, but about two miles
from the city, on a trestle, the train was
ditched.
Four men were killed and three injured
in the wreck. The dead were: Samuel
Clark, ens?ineer; James Burns, private;
John Lubberden. private; David Clark,
private. The injured men were: Jame?
Dougan. private, fatally hurt; Michael
Ellis, private, injured internally; William
Wilson, private, injured about the head.
The trestle was a complete wreck. Fish
plates and spikes had been removed and
timbers sawed. The work had been done
after 9 a. m., as the trestle had been inspected
at that time. Strikers assert that
no one connected with the A. R. U. was connected
with this dastardly act.
Two soldiers were stationed on the engine.
One was mangled horribly and the
other fell into the river and was drowned.
His cartridge belt weighed him down.
A cavalry company went to the wreck on
a gallop, but there were no strikers about.
Two men, heavily armed, were arrested near
the trestle, and taken to the guard house.
Great indignation prevailed at Sacramento
and the strikers lost many sympathizers.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
The Senate.
146tb !0at.?The House joint resolution
to enable the Secretary of the Navy to carry
out the work of Increasing the navy was
adopted. Mr. Allen ofTered a resolution
frtffhA onnninhmont ftf a MmTTilttftft of five
Senators, no more than two to be of the same
political party, to investigate and report on
the advisability or necessity of Government
ownership of railroads and telegraphs, and
especlallyon the existing trouble between
employers and employes.
147th Dat.?The Senate passed the Naval
Supply bill. The Legislative bill was reported
with amendments Increasing the
House appropriations by $239,202.
148th Dat.?The Senate passed without
discussion the House bill to admit Utah into
the Union. The Senate passed also the
Postofflce Appropriation bill, and took up
the Diplomatic Appropriation bill. Mr.
PefTer's resolution as to Government control
of railroads was taken up, and Messrs.
Davis and Gordon scored the Kansas Populist
for his utterances.
149th Day.?Mr. Daniel's resolution indorsing
the action of the President in regard
to the great strike was unanimously
adopted. The Senate passed with amendments
the Diplomatic Appropriation bill, the
Pension Appropriation bill and the Military
Academy Appropriation bill. The River
and Harbor bill, with the total appropriation
made by the House, increased by $3,087,490,
was reported.
The House.
166th Dat.?The Gorman compromise
Tariff bill was submitted. Fourth of July
congratulations from Brazil were laid before
the House. The House passed a resolution
looking to the resumption of work on
warships. The bill to tax greenbacks was
then taken up. The Nicaraguan Canal
bill was reported.
167th Day.?The Tariff bill was referred to
the Committee of Ways and MeansbySpeak
er Crisp In ttie usual routine. me nuu?o
spent the day discussing the bill to allow
States and Territories to tax greenbacks.
168th Day.?The Gorman compromise
Tariff bill was sent to conference by the
House after a short but sharp debate .and
then the body adjourned.
109th Day.?"To regulate railroads engaged
in inter-State commerce," is the title of
a long bill introduced by Mr. Straus, of New
York*. Mr. Baldwin, of Minnesota, introduced
a bill for a survey of the mo3t practicable
route for a ship canal to connect the
Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
170th Day.?The House passed a bill providing
for the opening to settlement of 3,000,000
acres of the Uncomphagre and Uintah
Reservation in Utah. It adopted a resolution
declaring Mr. Enloe, of Tennessee, entitled
to his seat, which was contested by
B. E. Trasher, The rest of the day was
spent in debate of the bill forfeiting 38,000,000
acres ot railroad lands opposite and coterminous
with lines not constructed within
the period of time fixed bv the grants.
171st Day.?Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee,
was chosen Speaker pro tem. in the absence
of Speaker Crisp. The Land Forfeiture
- 1 ?- 1 r>.<
Dlil was lateen up. aeuuieu uuu
the House adjourned.
THE VIGILANT BEATEN".
Prince of Wales's Yacht Outsails the
American.
A cablegram from Hunter's Quay, Firth of
Clyde, Scotland, say3 The Vigilant, owned
by the son of the late Jay Gould is beaten?
the first time in her itfe?and English and
Scotch yachtsmen are beside themselves
with joy. In a fifty mile race, during
which the victor of the Valkyrie
kept uhead of her only antagonist,
the Prince of Wales's Britannia, almost
throughout the entire course, she was beaten
thirty-five seconds, the English cutter catching
a breeze on the homestretch which fate
ieuiel the American sloop, and passing the
winning stake boat thirty-five seconds '
th*H<l.
The Valkyrie is at the bottom of the sea
md the general opinion is that there she will
remain. Satanita, big and unwieldly. crashed <
nto her at the start, and while the Vigilant
in J the Britannia were flying ahead, I
Lord Dunraven's cutter, cut to the water
ine, sank, burst as she went under from the I
orce of the air within her, and left her 1
r.vuer, his friends and the crew in the water, I
jiving the steam yachts near by a lively job
n *escuing them from drowning.
The race of the day?that in which the
I'iuiiant, Valkyrie. Britannia and Satanita
r*-re to compete?was for the Muir Memorial
?i,^ Arn.thook Yacht Club raaratta
j\vr til" Clyde course.
Tlio Americ iu boat was steered by Nat
[lertvsholT. who built her, under the comuaud
of Captain Hank Huff. Old Marris,
j,' Lur^'?. who knows every eddy nil i every
look where a puff of wiud is to bo had, piot'vl
tho Vigilant, which carried a crew of j
orty-uini.
'i'iie Goulds' steam yacht Atalanta, with
\ iar?e party on board, followed the Vigilant
;o thi> Holy Loch auchoragn. People from
ill parts of the United Kitogdom hud Rath,
rod along the banks of tho Clyde to witness
the races.
A few day3 ago Patriate Dwyer, of Keesrtlle,
N. Y., threw a cat into the river. Before
te did so, however, he was slightly scratched '
>y the animal. Shortly afterward Dwyer
vas attacked with lookjaw. After suffering 1
he most horribl? agony, death relieved Mm.
. .;
? * .
EAMQUAKE IS TDRtEL
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY CAUSED.
More Than 150 People Killed by the'
Shocks?Ruin In Constantinople?
The Jewelers' Quarter In the
Grand Bazaar Tumbles? Mer-'
chants Flee in Fright.
Four earthquake shocks wore felt at Ion#
stantinople, Turkey. Many buildings fell!
and others were on the verge of collapsing.)
Many inmates of houses And shop9 and per-'1
sons in the streets were caught by the fallMIU^
|n;?mAA Tf mAn
nana auu &uicu ui IUJUIou, JLV nao uupossible
to ascertain the number of the dead
and wounded, but it was known that more
than 150 people were burled beneath the1
rains. j
The jewelers' qnarter of the Grand Bazaar
fell burying a number of persons. At Galata
ten persons were Killed and many houses
damaged. Eleven persons were burled by
the falling of the Catholic ohuroh and monastery
in the village of Stefifano. It was reported
that the village of Adabazaar hadJ
been completely destroyed.
Reports of serious damage an 1 lo?3 of life
came from nearly all the villages near Constantinople.
The least damage was done
about the Bosphoras. 'The wires were alii
down, and no news was to be had from thei
provinces. A large tobacco factory was
wrecked at Djouvali, and several persons
were killed.
Theshock was fitromelysevere at the,
Prince's Islands. The Orthodox church and]
many fine houses at Prinkipo were destroyed.)
All the buildings on the Island of Antizont.:
except the monasteries, were wrecked." At)
Monastlr the Orthodox church aad part of
the seminary fell, killing one priest und In-!
jaring several others.
Nearly all the houses on the Island of Halkl
were wrecked. The Ottoman Naval College
collapsed, and six people were killed and
several others Injured. I
No Englishmen or Americans were re*
Eorted to be among the killed, though many
ouses and villas occupied by foreigners in
Soythe and Missl were destroyed. j
It was feared that Constantinople was not!
the center of the earthquakes. Probably;
there was a terrible convulsion in the inter*
ior. {
The panic in Constantinople increased.
The public gardens, cemeteries and squares;
looked like monster picnic grounds, as the
people were huddled there in tents impro*
vished from sheets or anything else available
for the purpose.
The shook had remarkable effects on the
Sea of Marmora. Vessels lurched, to the
intense alarm of passengers, and the sea receded
from the shores, to return with great
fofce.
A relief commission appointed by the
Government applied to the Ottoman Bank
for a loan of 250,000 Turkish pounds.
later" news.
The convention to revise the judiciary of
New Jersey met at Trenton.
Fire destroyed six business houses In St.
Clalrsville, Ohio, entailing a loss of between
fifty and sixty thousand dollars.
The President nominated Theodore
Bruener, of Minnesota, to be Register of
the Land Office at 8t. Cloud, Minn.
Violent earthquake shocks were felt In
Constantinople, Turkey, about fifty Uvea
were reported to have been lost, and aponio
was caused among the inhabitants.
A splinter of stone weighing four or five
pounds dropped from the roof of the portecochere
in front of the White House. The
stone showed signs of disintegration, probably
from the action of frost and moisture.
Of the 240 Poles arrested in Warsaw for
cheering on the Kiliosky centenary, 160 hava
been banished to Siberia.
The Vigilant was again, and for the fifth
time, beaten by the Prince of Wales's Britannia,
on the Clyde, Scotland.
Jap an ohartered sixteen steamers to land
10,000 troops in Korea, and will aocept no
terms but those dictated by herself.
The United States cruiser Chicago was
run Into while at anchor near Antwerp,
Belgium, by the tank steamer AzofL ThaH
damage Is estimated at $12,000. fifl
THE LAB0R_W0RLD. 1
Satmrb' w ages have been reduced. IB
Mixers in the coal region continue lo reH
sume work. B
British taxpayers pay a tax on everjB
male servant in their employ.
The International Convention of Flinfl
Glass Workers will be held in Montreal thi^H
year. jgfl
Repbesentatives of the striking miners
Chicago visited New York City and Brooklyi^H
to solicit subscriptions. H
Fob the first time in many years there apH
pears to be a general suspension of "over^H
hauling" work this summer. 9
Musical Unions are adoptinsr rules agains^J
responding to "encores" while furnbbin^M
music at picnics and parties. Bfl
TqE New York Framers' Union decide<^B
that henceforth its members must not worl^B
under the union scale of wages.
Knights 07 Labor asked Senator Kyle t^|
introduce a bill In Congress to permit th^|
detachment of Pallman cars from trains. ^9
Railway employes In England are now in^B
structed in first aid to the injured under th^B
auspices of the St. John's Ambulance Asso^H
ciation.
One effect of the strike at Chicago was t^B
increase the cost of meat in New York an^H
in other great cities from twenty-five to flft^K
per cent. SM
The Textile Workers' Union, or Pater3on^H
N. J., has joined the national body ot it^H
trade. The membership at present aggre^H
gates 800. ffl
Chief Abthch, of the Brotherhood of LoHg
comotive Engineers, says that the Americai^H
Railway Union Is too stupendous an organ^J
izatioa to survive. SB
Two British labor reformers, Keir Hardy^M
who is a well known radical member of th^H
House of Commons, and Frank Smith, wh^H
used to be a commissioner in the Salvatio^H
Army, are cotniug over here to help out ti^H
the stump spenking next fall. BE
Full? eighty per cent, of orranized labo^H
in the building trades In New York City is a^H
present unemployed. this is a very
showing wuen it is considered that thisisth^H
season when, in most years, every man^H
either in or out of the union who is comp^^R
tent to work on new buildings, is in d^M
miind.
An, the window glass houses in Pittsburg^H
all the Hint glass houses of the United State^H
Glass Company, the sheet mills and ino3t c^H
the iron mills are shut down. As a resul^H
nearly 30.00!) workmen are idle. This ^HG
largely becausc of the usual summer shu^JH
rlown to take stock in some factories an^H
mills and to limit production in others. flH
LOOTED BY A MOB. jfl
Stock Valued at $-10,000 Carried O^H
From a Company's Shop.
A mob of Lithuanians, men, women nn^^B
children, gathcruJ in front of the coal con^H
pany'9 store at Spring Valley, III., 1(X^M
strong. .They first hurled stones throug^H
the windows. This was soon followed b^^|
the breaking in of tho doors. Every oi^^H
took all the^goods ho could carry, HH
The store containod a stock valued at $40^^|
000, and there was not a dollar's worth In HH
at midnight. The police made no rosistanc^H|
as the people were in diro need of food,
the men would not hesitate to murder on^^H
one who attempted resistance.
TSerh are about 6000~bricklayers in Ne^B
v?I. oi,? r._r *?
A via. wtij, VI wuiv;u ciguij yec cum. tire
of work. When employed they earn $24 Hfl
week. The plasterers number about
wme, with the same proportion unemployec^^Hj
Out of 3000 stone cutters and musons aboiflK
1