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iMUBBilBIBBP ffl«grif 1 u>, 1'ublUh MACON TELEC MACON. GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 6. 1894. WHAT CAUSED THE STRIKE. Eugene Debs Turns the Calcium Light of Truth on the Pullmans Heart less Methods. EMPLOYES DRIVEN TO THE WALL Hagn Rat to Low Tbat Starvation ■Mrat Thorn In Tholr Facet. Th.r Wore Ahtolnt.l, at the Moroyof the Corporation- Chicago, July B.—Thigcne V. Debs, pref-idout of tihe American Railway Union, issiifd a long sKvtoment in Jilstl- flcotlco of the groat strike, of whjcli he Is the central figure. The article is addressed ‘to the public,” and reads in jKirt as follows: “Tho Pullnnin employes who struck on May <5 last flirt so entirely of their own accord. The oflhvrs of the Amer ican Railway Union used all thdr in fluence to pacify Ihe employes and ad vised them repeatedly not to strike but to bear patiently their grievances until a peaceable setileinent could bo ' effected. To the truth of this state- . t meat the employee thorn selves ^tlf bear mo up. But Ihe grievances of thewtf employes, men and women, tad become «o aggravated, so galling that «iolr patience desorbed them and they abandoned their employment rather ^ . than submit longer to conditions V 1 '’Jagainst which tnelr wry souls re- beJl'd. The Pullman company, bo it iuiidcrs'too<l, owns the town of Pullman, own? the houses the homes of the em ployes, controls the light and water and other necessaries of life, and wages are so adjusted th.it, in a large 'majority of cases the employes are barely able to support tholr families. At the time tlvoy struck the employes were in arrears to the Pullman com pany $70,000 for rent alone. Wages sbad boon repeatedly reduced, but rent and other expenses remained the same. The employes from the beginning Jiaro been willing to arbitrate their differ ence* with 'the company, but the com pany arrotfarwly declares that there ia nothing to arbitrate.- If this be true why not allow a board of fair niul Im partial arbitrators to determine the fact. Committee after committee wrfued on the officials ol the company, iat all of thorn were repelled. Finally, dn June 12. the delegates cf fhe Ainor- &au Hallway Union, representing 425 cal unions of railway employes to ted on the principal lines of A merl in railways, discussed the Pullman rouble at Chicago, and as a tost re sort the delegates determined that un* / Jess the Pullman company could agree r, do Justice to tlicir employes within live dn.vs members of the order would Incline*to haul Pullman ears. This dc- :!ou, l.»e tt remembm*d, WM not taken uitil ifhe strike had been on six weeks. “I p to this point the trouble was rutined to the Fhl'mtn company and employes. How then did the strike fj icxlKid io ’lie railways? Let the an* lnwer he given in accordance with the I facts. The day before the order of tlu* delegates declining to haul Pullman curs weal into effect, the General Man- agers* Association, representing the V ( principal Western railway*, wet add / passed a series of resolutions, declur- 'ng in snlwtaiuA that tVy would up hold the Pullman company in Its fight upon the employes; that they would haul Pullman cars, and tha-t they would stand tlieir ground iu crushing out the American Hallway Union. It will thus pa thu* the railway companies virtually joined forces with the l’ull- iiutii bomiruiy, went into partnership with tilivtu, so to speak, to reduce;and defooite tholr half-starved employes. In this way the trouble was extended from ftymtiun to svstem, until the crisis has been reached. *T.ie business of the country Is de moralized to an extent that defies ex aggeration*. To say that the situation Is alarming is entirely with the* bounds of a prudent statement. Every good citizen must view the outlook with grave concern. Something should, something must be done. The Ameri can people are a peace-loving people. They want.neither anardhy nor reso lution. They have faith In their insti tutions, they believe in good govern ment- but they believe in fair play. What can be done to 'dispel the appre hension that now prevails and restore peace and confidence? The American Railway Unirvn, under whose authority and in whose behalf this statement Js made, atanda ready—has from the be ginning stood ready—to do anything In its power, provided it is honorable, to end this trouble. This, briefly atated, Is the position the organization organizations will not be called out, but they will go out, and the spectacle of Mr. Pullman, fanned by the breezes cf tilie Atlantic while his employes are starving is not calculated to prevent their fellow wage workers from going to their rescue by the tonly means nt their command. Let me repeat that we stand ready to do our part toward avert ing the Impending crisis.’* The statement closed with these words: "If the corporations refuse to yield and stubbornly maintain that there is nbthlng to arbitrate the responsibility for what may ensue will be upon their own heads and they cannot escape it3 penalties.” Incidents of the day. Chicago, July 5.—The sun went down on the most turbulent and critical day thus far in the unparalleled railroad strike and boycott. Wh*».i it bpene-d there was a general feeling that Its pas sage would go far toward clearing the atmosphere, if indeed it did not practi cally lift the embargo on commerce which has held this city in its grip for the past week. That expectation was chiefly based on the appearance of fed eral troops In the most dangerous dis tricts. Looking at the situation at tho close of the day, however, it must he confessed the hope indulged at the 'opening in this regard has net been jus tified. The troops were few in number at best, and when they were divided into squads and distributed at rolnts separated by very considerable distances it soon became evident that tholr pres Wige as overaweing bodies had been dissipated tit the same time. Instead of fleeing*in fear before the faces of tile veterans as was expected they would the turbulent *n\>b surged about* the lit tle bands of soldlera Jeering and hoot ing at them, casting vile epithets at them and literally played hide-and-seek wilth them, stopping trains at will and generally rendering the embargo in the military district more effective if possi ble than before. The throngs of strik ers did not resist TIncle Sam’s police .and again there were thousands of them about n train while it sought to niovi and on the track In front of it they gave way like water, and they closed In again at a point just beyond. They turned switches, derailed freight cars In trent- of the ni'ow moving trains and played all sorts of railroader's tricks with which the soldiers were unac quainted. Thus it was that the troops at the stock yards persevered and with patience opent. the day In a vain en deavored to get a train of dressed beef but of sight of the starting point. Another and pleasanter thing this experience showed, and that was tho admirable coolness, self-poise and dis cipline of the troops throughout exasperating twelve hours. Not a shot was fired, not a -man was pricked by a bayonet, which argues that with force enough the soldiers would have done the work which was expected of them The quality was there, quantity wm lacking. Aside from the Immediate neighborhood where the titoops were operating theere was plenty of excite ment and disorder. Great mobs gath ered on the Lake Shore, Rock Island, Halton and Western Indiana tracks and proceeded to obstruct them by box cars, breaking switches and the like and -at one point they set fire to riiMT ‘ ■ " ig switch boxes, though the flames were extin guished before serious damage was done. In bwto instances there was blood shed. On the Western tracks a hard pressed special poHcbman fired at his -pursuers, wounding a striker In the leg. On the Lake IShore road an official of the company In charge of a train, which he was endeavoring to force through, emptied a revolver point blank into the Strikers. He turned about and saved himself form the fury of the mob by his taking his train back to the point of starting. Shortly after noon a mob numbering 200 started north on the Lako Shofre tracks at Thirty-seventh street, over turnings cars and obstructing the line In every possible way. They were not molested until they ireached Twenty- second street, where a heavy force of police was massed, who succeeded in turning them back. During the •afternoon Mayor Hop kins and Chief of Pofllce Brennan went down the Lake Shore road with an official of the road, intending to go to the stock yards. Their passage was obstructed and .fhpy were compelled to finish their Journey on foot. Of the strike In general it may be eaid to have broadened during the day. The Big Four, on which it was under stood traffic was to be rammed by agreement, Is practically tied up. At .Toilet everything U at a stand still because thu yardmen hare gone out, aud the city waterworks huve shut down for lack of coal. Kansas Olty is agafu tied up pretty completely. The federal troops quickly put an end to the trouble at Urttn, ar resting some of tho strikers and start ing for Denver, though they may be hung up on the way. Fitralyultf continues on the Pacific coast. There are federal troops at Los Angeles, but none hava been sent to Sacramento or Oakland. Pending a decision of the question wlietli**r or nor th% *ttue troops and United States marshals ran com wna tue sdi;uu»*n. the night closes down with n very un easy feel lug touching tho development of the morning, f Gen. Miles, ? n speaklug of the ob-. Htractlon tactics of the strikers aud their sympathizers at the stock yards and adjacent railroads, said: "These men do not seem to realize how close co death they are every time they attempt to stop a train and har- rasa the troops. Tbat bloodshed has n’ot yet taken place is due to tho extraor dinary coolness of the men and their wonderful self-control. They have tak- 6n the Jeere of the crowds with great tnflesT It simply*is that the Pullman I forbearance and have submitted to In- Company shall meet Us employes and dignities and inouKa In a rctnrkable da >hem Justice. We guarantee that manner. They will submit to the Jeers, the ’truer wlfl accept any reasonable .insults and push of the mobs before re- proposition. eLt them agree as far as oatitlng to their guns, they an and when they fail to agree'I and an assault •>> - me/ -an. . ^ g^^tted I while in the discharge of bheir duty Stock Yards Switching Company has been blocked by four freight cars that the strikers (placed across the eracks. From there they proceeded to the round house with the Intention of pil ing some box cars on the switch lead ing to the round house, so that no en gines could get in or out of the round hou^t*. Inspector Hunt with fifty po licemen *met the tmob, however, and drove them away. The ^iob was very raihfd, and seamed bent on doing every thing to destroy property. They pay no attention to attemptst o dissuade them, having become recklessly dar ing. There are large crowds blocking every street and all fairways in the stock yards district. A meeting of the chiefs of all the leading labor organizations, including the International Machinists. Knights of Labor, the National Street Car Men’s Association, the United Mine Workers, the National Typographical Association, and the American Feder ation of Labor, who have placed them selves at the disposal of the American Railway Union, subject to call, has been caTlfcd for tomorrow In this city, when It Is expected that an attempt will be made io',call out every member of the labor organizations In the coun- Mayor Hopkins, In the name of the city of Chicago, this, afternoon sent a telegram to George M. Pullman, urg ing upon him the necessity of arbitra tion, and requesting him to return to this city and do al'l 1n his power to settle the great strike. G®I. MILES MEANS BUSINESS Ohlcago, July 5.—Gen. Nelson Miles arrived in this city last night. Allud ing to tho strike In a conversation, he said: “I would suggest that the news papers warn all law-abiding citizens, as well as law breakers, to keep ns far away as possible from these * com*: mands. Te rapidity of fire and the range of their weapons is such that great loss of life mustfollow if tho troops fire. The military is not per forming its present duties for display or for -.picnic purposes, but are under orders of the government. They do not propose to 'allow themselves to too besieged or take too much nonsense. The general at nee assumed com mand of the 'troops. WILL PUNISH DEBS. Ohloago, July B.—“If the strike was settled tomorrow it would not make any difference,” said EJward Walker, special counsel for the government, yesterd'ay. "Every man who has tram- pied on the' law will be punished. I do not care anything about the few mis guided men who have been arrested. It Is the Instigator of the lawlessness that thp government wants to punish. We shall have Ddba. We have evi dence -against him now *md he will be punished.” *. A special grand Jury to sit next Tues day was drawn this morning. THE TARIFF BILL IN THE HOUSE Was Returned at Noon, With a Request That Conference Bo Held on Senate Amendments, A RIPPLE OF APPLAUSE HEARD Ilanrjr Turner Place* lllmtelf Highlit III* Tariff View*, Which Had Been Misquoted by a Dally Newspaper, stltuttonallty. To Mr. Hall in charge of 4he bill Mr. Towers suggested that the contentions made by Mr. Gros- venor that the b'fll might be con strued to compel taxation of these forms o'f money be obvlaited by amend ment, and he proposed one to meet the case. Pending action on the amend ment the house, at 5:15 adjourned un til tomorrow at noon. FATR BUILDINGS ON FIRE. Chicago, July 5.—IFire broke out at 6:80 o’clock this afternoon on Jhe roof of the terminal station at the "World’s Rilr grounds. A strong breeze was blowing aud the flames spread tfulckly to the Ail minis'! rat inn building thence to the Electricity and Mining build ings and Machinery hall. The fire had gained great headway before the de- pnrment arrived, and It Is almost cer tain that the Terminal station. Elec tricity building and Machinery hall will be totally destroyed. A number of Are alarms have been turned In since 5 o'clock from points along the Lake fJliore, Rock Island and Pan Handle tracks, which parallel with each other for some distance on tho south side. Strikers nt-e said to have turned over a number of box cars and eet them on fire. STHA.'M9IIEP LINKS CRIPPLED. Chicago, July E.—The steamship lines gave up their -.ftorts to fill out cargoes and their iboats ure being seat out with partial loads. All the line agents were on the board of trade today eager to um w». “»• — .'-‘v - ----- (rt-aln far shipment. They se- a switch 'tower and ln'teriocklng switch 0 ® c reJ ^, out 40O.OOO bushels of corn. Of course. In this emergency vessel agents are mot trying to charter outsldo boats and have settled down to wait for the end of the railroad strike. Not for ten years, vessel men say, waa business so crippled. Much difficulty Is ■being experienced in unloading steamea for lack of wurehouso room, no freight having been delivered to railroad's for a' week past. FREIGHT CARS OVERTURNED. Chicago, July E.—At 8 o'clock to night a mob numbering 2,000 men started north on the Lake shore tracks, marching to the heart of the city. At Twenty-eighth street they overturned tiwo freight cars on the track, at Twenty-sixth street three and at Twenty-fifth street two. They were met at Twenty-second street by a small detachment of police, but be fore tho officers could make any ar- res» tho mob had dispersed. The trackmen repaired tho damage within two hours. *» **0*1 If a shot Is fired id when they fall to agree 1 and an assault -.V rn ide' upon them let the points In drtr ^“enilfm 11 °ct 1/ American'" l Raliway | template that mutt I cnnn'R help re- tTnonnraoy otnM organization. Let pe.Ulng the* the*e People knew not XL .rriStt of conciliation, mutual con- what they are doing. They Jo not seem JeLon and compromise animate both to realize what a terrible engine'Of tie- cession ana CTO t trouble In "traction Ihey are going against when ;••**»■ and th "!,,r‘ l„r that wUl be : they meet with the soldier. Fifty of • reaching a setflem ^ I these soldiers could mow down 2.000 »at,*fact.,ry “ a ' 1 ,-omuaniea agrea ! people In a few minute*. X belleveth.it 1 dune let the twttJW <** P without 'f 'his was fully realized there would to restore all the'f an» w ,.[ be not be m> much lnterftrence with the prejudice and th e ended. "I have ww clearly partible stated the position « lean Railway Unlton. At viv. \ / of the trouble, as it i* n 1 ?*f' been deliberately nnd maliciously n ^ represented, but we have borne ' I hou,„ wsth unwavering frith that the 11 : mirtls will Anally and p wrefully prevail. We | firmly believe our cause Is l u4t - ■while we hold that belief we will not recede It has b-eli uaked whit Sense „ mere In this strike. I.- the torp-e 7*tion« answer. When one Ih nbs.ul^l all gn to the res Mie; thev * ‘»‘i to^iher. th*y supply ea^h co c r w »tii 1 • . nv>noy and equipment. Lnhx*. inny'd'o tt* f'-rtts. eimnly foil.vs th^ir example. | t If tne*.r pruc>.-.‘dtnK it? /leiouS »nd ii.de- j burned v*~ble let th' dx nnd a wide hertli would be given 1 briefly- as 1 thft rft ij rim d trarks. The president is ' Amer- ,n earnest in the matter tof suppressing Interference with the operations of the * I laws. Orders rf f.‘d«*ral ir s ar«* b**lng j treitttd wlrfh oorflempt. Conditions Hko existing todajr cannot last many bout ending In a declaration of aw, then the military will ba upreme.” • SHOT TWO STRIKERS. Stock Yards, July 5.—Special Detect ive Gregory of the Western Indiana way shot two m**n in th*- i mi. » n attack on his men. The a ting done In tf-defen*e. oaded with meat were ht Fort Woyne crossing ... abolish It. In this j before the fire dtpartrn cuivtest labor wtil tAarxi by labvr. Other to extinguish the flame*. The Union SEVERAL SHOTS FIRED. Chicago, July 5.—AJ 3 o'clock this af ternoon a special train, consisting of en gine and n passenger car, was sent out on the Lake Shtore road from the Van buren station loaded with a aetn.l of special police.. Officers cf the road were aJro on board. The police had been dispatched to • aid io the moving Of trains in the vicinity of the stock yards. At Fortieth street the mob grew so demonstrative tba.t tho train wia compelled to halt. The engineer be lieved himself the object of attack pml drew his revolver. Before ho could dhooit a policeman alsaroied him. ^no crowd saw the movement and became wild with frenzy. They rushed upon the train, IKeralb swarming around It, potted It with stones and sticks, break ing many windows and bowling like madmen. The police then drew their own revolvers and fired lnto'the erow.1. One or two men are said to have been hit, but it is not yet known how se riously. A dozen shot* or so were fired. In the meantime the engineer had re- vorsed bis engine and the train wns soon forced backward out of reach of tho mob and returned to this city. This Is the Ilr*t shooting In the present Hrlke. It occurred In a locality where the men were already furious, and it is believed will be the signal for desperate encoun ters very soon; CHOKED THE ENGINEER. The epesinl train to Blue Island car rying twb companies of the Fifteenth regiment to the scene of trouble be tween Forty-third and Fifty-first streets, on the Rock Island tracks, arrived there at neon. A corporal’s guard of tfcldiars was stationed .inside and tout- side -the tracks and on tho tenders of the engine. It wns found that the Lake Shore ih rough train had been held there for an hour. The -train was stopped nt Forty-fourth street by a mob tof sym pathizers. Two cf them got on the cab a*nd choked the engineer by tying a handkerchief around his throat. The fireman started the engine ahead. The engine .tnd baggage car had been cut from the train and moved a block away. A call for police was responded to by a force of fdxty officers. The train was coupled to«eth<*r again and m< under poWce protection to West strSkL There i* was held until the arrlv.il of the finldierfe* «rain. Th ;n It waa started wltbbut further trcul le. Ah Soon ns the soldiers had been or dered out of the oar a mob of several hundred came toward them. Bom the crowd got under a Hot of box cars ntandin* next to the fence and .limit. J.ilrn ison of company C led .1 squad of eoUfttre, who quickly drove them off. The rert of the crowd was driven back nlbng ^'ni- traak* by a platoon of sol •llera at the points of bayonets. Borne stones wore thrown out af the back yards of houses along the track, but no cne wns ML The zoldler* were un loaded at Forty-fourth street and will remiin *.n -amp at that point If neces sary. One of the mob was arrested by 1< A U Rock Vfliand express from the West Washington, July 5.—Less than quorum of members were present in their seats at noon today when the house reconvened after its Fourth of July vacation, notwithstanding the probabilities that the tariff bill- as passed by the senate would be com municated to the house at this ses sion. The gallery devoted to the pub lic, however, was tolerably well filled despite the hot weather. An unusual buzz was In tho ball, proceeding from the half -dozen electric fanB placed in position since tho house adjourned. The currents of air created thereby were quite grateful, but the buzz se riously added to the accustomed con fusion of the chamber, making It al most impossible to hear anything a distance of moro than ten feet. Speaker Crisp laid bdfore tho house & congratulatory message from tho Brazilian chamber of deputies; trans mitted by that body yesterday. •Mr. Turner of Georgia arose to a- personal explanation, but was inter rupted by Mr. Hopkins (Republican) of Illinois, who asked M the ma chinery (the electric fans) couldn't be stopped so that tho house could hear what he had to say. The Speaker—The fans were p?aced in tho hall by order of the house. At the suggestion of Mr. Hopkins, however, the fans were stopped and Mr. Turner proceeded. He said: M Mr. Speaker, one of the morning papers today says Mr. Turner of Geor gia, -who has always been regarded aa a loyal tariff reformer in 'line with 'the Wilson bill, made a speech racently in Georgia, Jn which he Is said to have told his audience that the senate bill was practically the snic as the Wilson bill, ’wrth some Immaterial changes.' “A regtird ror the good opinion of the members of this house,” said Mr. .Turner, "impels me to eay that I not only never made ithat statement, but never ontertal'ned that opinion* (Ap plause). On tho .occasion referred to I stated Just-the'opposite.” Mr. Sayers presented from the com mittee cn appropriations a joint resolu tion authorizing and directing the sec retary tof the navy to employ until July 31 all the necessary mechanics and la borers In the navy yard employed upon the Increase of the navy construction and machinery who have, been recently discharged. Mr. Sayers explained that it was supposed that the blanket Jclnt resolution passed last week, extending appropriations Itor thirty days, would be sufficient to cover all expenditures, but Secretary Herbert, aftor consulta tion w-tth Attorney General Olney, was in doubt as to his authority and dis charged hundreds of these classes of employes In the navy yards. In answer tto Questions by Mr. Can* ..on (Republican) of Illinois Mr. Sayers said the blanket, resolution hail been submitted to tihe treasury officials be fore Its Introduction In the house and wns In the same general terms as those which had previously been passed by the huiiHe h) cover expenditures not pro vided for by the regular appropriation THE VALKYRIE WENT DOWN. Lord Dunraven’s Pretty Yacht Had a Colli,ion in the Race on the Clyde. WAS CUT NEARLY CUT IN TWO Nnmlior of Vpii.1i Plok.il Up th. Struggling Citw-Dnnraven Cam* K*nr Luatng 111* Our' Lift. Graphic Daccrftpttoitt (Continued on page 4.) Mr. Cannon of IlllnosI and Mr. Reed embraced *ho opportunity to make po litical speeches, attacking tho adminis tration anil the Democratic party. Tho Joint resolution was then agreed to. Among tho reports made by commit tees was one from the conunutce on Interstate and foreign commerce by Mr. Mallory (Democrat) of Fltorida, a sub stitute for the various bills relating to the Nicaragua canal, which was placed on tho oalendnr. At 12 o’clock Secretary Cox of the senate appeared at the door and Speak er Crisp announced: "The house will receive a message from tho senate.” The house was nil attention at once and listened attentively while Mr. Cox stated that the senate hod passed the tariff bill with sundry amendments, on which amendments the somite asked a conference. For the senate Messrs, Voorhees, Vest, Harris, Jones, Bherman t Allison and Aldrich had been named as conferees. As Mr. Cox concluded a ripple of ap plause broke over the Democratic side of the house, and »Mr. Reed Interject ed "cohani a«id cuffs” amid Republi can laughter. (Mr. Cox (Democrat) of Tennessee was on his feet before the applause had subsided, to move that tho house take up the bill reported from the committee on banking and currency to permit the states and territories to tax greenbacks and treasury notes as gold and silver are taxed. Tho tariff Mil went to the speaker's table, attracting no more attention at that time. Mr. Cox's motibn. prevailed. Mr. Ha/11 (Democrat) of (Missouri opened the argument In favor of the bill. Mr. Broatus of Pennsylvania op posed it. Mr. Growvenor (Republican) of Ohio read from -the constitution of Ohio the section which provides spe cifically that money may be taxed and then opoke briefly; ir. favor of the bill. Mr. Cox of Tennessee also supported the bill. The tax on greenbacks, he said, ought to be more than on gold and silver. U was inconsistent, he thought, that If a man owned $1,000 in greenbicks he could escape taxation, whereas If be owned the same amount of property he would be compelled to pay a tax upon It. •Mr. JctonfOD (RepUbllca/n) of Indiana denounced the t/lll fli part of the revo lutionary and retrogressive programme of the Democratic par.ty, which, when accomplished, be said, would show the doctrine of states rights to be pushed far beyond wht wax everywhere claimed for it. Mr. Powers (Republican) of Ver^ moot combatted the arguments of Messrs. Brosius and Johnson, assert ing that there waa no reason for ex empting greenbacks from taxation that would not operate in favor of any other money, and that they were not ah agent of the federal government and. therefore, exempt from taxation on the grounds of expediency and con- ALTOELD TO CLEVELAND. The Governor Protest Against tho Use of Federal Soldiers. 'Washington, July 5.—The President's Secretary, Lament, Attorney General Ol ney, Postmaster General Blsssl an! Gen. Schofield remained at the White houso tonight until 12 o'clock. Many telegrams were received ard sent during the course cf tho evening, Gen. Ruggles bringing one over to Gen: Schofield rom Gen. Mills. When the conference broke up Secretary Lamont, acting aa spokesman for tho president, announced that there was noth ing to make public except the telegram from Governor Altgeld of Illinois and the president’s response thereto. Governor Altgeld protests against the presence of United States troops In Chicago. The president's reply Is as follows: "Executive Mansion, Washington, July 5.—Hon. John P. Altgeld. Governor of Illinois, Springfield, III.: Federal troops were smt ;o Chicago in strict accordance with the constitution and laws of the United States upon the demand of the postofdco department, that the construc tion of tho malls should be removed, and upon the representations of tho Judicall officers of'tho United States that process of the federal courts could not be exn- cuted through the ordinary means, and upon abundant proof that conspiracies ex ited against the commerce between the rtntea. To meet thefo conditions, which are clearly within the province of tho led- cral authority, the presence of federal troops in the city If Chicago was deemed not only proper but necessary, and there has been no intention of thereby Inter fering with the plain duty of tho iocal authority to preserve the peace of tho city. ' (Signed) ‘Grover Cleveland.' •AI/PGELD'fl LETTER. Governor Altgel’d says “that, waiv ing all questions of courtesy, tho state of Illinois Is not only able to tako oare of Itself, but It stands ready to furnish the federal government any assistance it may need elsewhere. The state troops have not been ordered out, because nobody In Cook county, oln- clil or private citizen, has asked ror their assistance or Intimated It waa needed. The railroads are paralyzed," ho says, "not Tty reason o£ obstruction, but ■ because t’hoy cannot get meft to work them; that such was tha case when state troops had been recently called out at the requests ot tho rail roads elsewhere than In Chicago." Altgeld says these tonUltlons do not exist in Chicago, which being the case, the president has been Imposed on for political ends. Following are the con- eluding paragraphs of Altgeld's tele gram: “To absolutely Ignore a local government In matters of this kind, when 'the local government is ready to furnish any assistance needed and Is amply nblo to enforce Uto laws, not only Insults the people of the state because It Implies an Inability to gov ern themselves, or an unwillingness .to enforce tho law, but Is a violation of tho basis of our Institutions. Tho ques tion of federal supremacy Is In no way Involved. 'No one' disputes for a mo ment that under our constitution fed. eral supremacy and local self gov ernment must go hand In hand and to Ignore the 'atter la to do violence to tho constitution.. As tho govornor of II- linbfb I protest against tills ond isk the lmmcdlato withdrawal of tho federal troops from active duty In this state. Should the situation at any time get bo serious chat *we cannot control tho stato forces wo will promptly and freely rsk for federal twslsuince. but until such time I orotent with all due deference against this uncalled for reflection upon cur peoplo and again ask tho immediate withdrawal of those troops. I have the honor to be, yours respectfully, "Jbhn P. Altgeld, "Governor of nilncU." 1 FRYE'S LITTLE ARMY. Ills Hungry Industrials Ordered to Leave the Old Dominion. 'Washlngfon. July 5.—Frye’s (ndustrl als,, who lately moved camp from Highlands, in Maryland, to the vicinity of tnnsuryns, a little village InVIrglnla, opposite Georgetown, were yesterday ordered by dpt. MOMbsck of th“ Alexandria Guards tn get out of Vir ginia. Frye ignored tho order, although IMtishback threatened lllm with the bayonet. Governor O’Farrell Sins giver, onlors to enforce tho law. The law lit question provides for the arrest, with out warrant, of all perrons of the clnw usually characterized ns vagrants, and a liter a hearing b°fore a Justice of fh( peuce, they may be sentenced to work on the public works of the county for n term of not more Winn three months. In the absence of public works, they may be hired out to Individuals for that 'term, secured by a bsll and chain. It Is expected that Sheriff Veltch will tomorrow descend on the army. WHAT "will BLACKBURN DO? Glasgow, July 5.—'When tho start was tuiuto in the principal race of tho l-ugutln of the Mud Hook Yacht Club. •D tho Clyde this morulug, tliu Ilrlt- laimi-.i wns tho first to cross tho start- > tug line, the Vigilant following a win- ■ die litter. two Valkyrie and Matanlta In tho munuwhllu were endeavoring to' get into position lift In tho course of tlie.r uinneuvTw attainpt-Vl to put about. ’ In dolug so the Sutunlta'a how struck the Valkyrie on tho port side aloft tho' rigging aud nearly cut licr in two. 'Jlio Valkyrie immcdUtely begun to ill! niul In live minutes after she waa struck sunk Sn twenty-five fathoms of water. Tho H'titnulta's bow la badly stove In and It Is not regarded as prolsiblc that she will be able to take part in thu race for a mouth to come. As soon ns the bouts came Into col-' llslou a number of vcancla near by hur tled to tho assistance ot tho crow o£ the Valkynie. Lord Dumuvou and ono or two of the Valkyrie's crew, wero rescued by the steam yucltt - Tlebe, while tlio steam yacht Yuuduara at tached lines to the spiking yacht and saved the rest of the crew. It was found that only ono of tho crew were Injured. Tho imfortuntuo man la a seaman named Drown, ono of whose logs whs broken, frown won ono of tho crow of tho Valkyrie when vessel wus contesting for tho Amort can cup in tho United States. The crew lost everything they had ex cept what they wore. Tito collision wns duo to tho Satan- tla's being Jammed by a number ot steam yachts at tho starting point, leaving her cramped for room. Tho Vljllntit and llfltttmila proceeded In file race and the Erlt tannlu won. The race wus for the Muir memorial cup. T.lio rules governing contests for the cup require that tha , contesting yadkt.M be stcmwl by amateurs. In obodlomto to this rule Lord Dunmvou wns nit the tiller of the Valkyrie; A. D. Ulivrke steered Ills own boat, tlto Satinnlltn; V. J. Jamison, the Brit- tjamilu, and Npt Hovreahoft tho Vigi lant. The Vigilant led the Britt.intita ou Hive hoinewui’d Journey by :! mln- tltie* and 15 seconds, but tho Vigilant' kept lit shore, where t'iie wind lulled. The Britain util luJd ,u mid channel and, get ting the first of the new wind, slipped past the Vigilant ut the second turning point from tho last, wlunlug by fiu seconds. After the Sutatilta got clear of tho 1 Valkyrie the latter ran her bow la tho steam ynelu Vanduitra, cutting that boat's dock as easily ns though a bit of clirhse. Capt. Uranfurd says tlto Valkyrie Is danuged beyond repairs. Before alio woot down she reared on her hold and as she conk ha 1 deck burnt with it tsriiort that sounded llko thunder. She will he worth nothing except for salvage maCMala. The fkvlianlfa Is net milking any wa ter, but her forward pinto Is badly Htove. Everybomly agtv.es that !f tho collision hud not ocrarretl tho start would have been tho protttoat ever seen lit any race on the Clyde. Yachtsmen niul spectators concur that tho colHa- lnn wns solely due to a small boat get- ing In the way of the SatutnUn, and that there wan altogether too great ai crowd of steamers and other craft on the water. fVi.pt. Ortintfohl ot the Val kyrie perkMc* that the Hatanita wan on Uto wrong tuck. Lord Ihinravr n narrowly escaped being struck by tho BatanUtVs liowsprtt. at the fmn of Jlio collision. The Vurolimm lost part of her rails and her launc hwls smashed to pieces. RAILWAY MAGNATE^ ' Richmond, July B.—Tin? ntDcIcliolflera of tho Southern Railway Go-npany juot hurt! tonight rwirt ratified the action of the directors don** at tho ineotliu; of fh“ l.ltw on June IS. ’Wicvc wero pres ent at the meeting Samuel L. Spencer* C. II. Coster. F. 8. Stetson and A* MrEwon. The party loft at midnight for Knoxville to attend the solo of tho EJfiPt Ten ties*ee, Virginia and Georgia; road. Hit Friends Confer a* to the Recent Charges Slade by Breckinridge. Lexington. Ky., July 6.—A number of friends of 8en>itor J. C. 8. Blackburn have hel-l a conversation In the Phoenix hotel hrre. There *ere present George C. Lockhart, CoL R, 0. Stonr and Col. E. F. Clay, all at Parts; Capt. James Blackburn, of Louisville, a brother of the senator, and Judge George U, Kink- head of thie city. Just what action they decided to talc upon the matter of the recent correepoi dence published by the friends -<f C< Brcklnrtdge, showing Blackburn up In tad light, is not known, but tt Is well ui derstood that matters will be put before the oubllc of a sensational nature. The Blackburn forcee are thoroughly aroused and Intend to bring the senator out of the present predicament. Will* Vlley says he published -til of BUukbum'a letters, and statements to the contrary are un founded. When leaving for Washington < Breckinridge went with his son Dei and deposited a.'l of the corr*-pc*nJ In a security v% ill so that Letha can make any more breaks. The whole heaval was caused by a card from Desha. BRECKINRIDGE IS HOPED By,. WViMilngton, July fi. -UpprarnttitlTO Br«vklnr(dgo ut Krntoalcy was ou tlto floor of tho hotiho txxltiy. Ilo returned from Kentucky ou Monday last, whither lu* went to make a fow HpcochuH in hi# district. All thu Indi cations, ht* ftivs, point to hit mioml- nation beyond a shadow of a doubt, lie will leave for Kentucky again on Saturday at tills week to speak in Bourbon county. WEATHER INDICAlIOm July 5.—For Georgia: ffltotvdx and thunder stonns; south erly winds: slightly warmer In central portions; loco! naira *vstji thunder Hto^tiH: f'-'arlablo winds; slightly wari. or. IN BELGIUM. Brussels, July 5.—Three eases on<* fatal, have occurred Lh*v** within the tost t'v<*mv-f h >urx.Three caw^s find one d*ntb reported from Analour. n^ur Liege, fatal hot wenther prevail*. SUICIDE IN WAVANNATI. Kavuunn!). # July 5.—Jonaquln J. Hoiizji, a xtloon keepnr *n Smi:|i Rrood 5tn-* 4 . nhnt hlmMf this nft A **noon with a S^oaUbre pistol a>ud will die. CHOLERA IN RUSSIA. ^t. Petersburg. July 5 -During fltrs three diy* of July th‘-re we‘r<* tw nty-nn" c.1W* of diol^ri in this city, six of which were fatal. f» HHH