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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
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Kata hi failed 1896.
f pl»**»*bU»hlng Co., VablUher,
MACON. GA„ SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 7, 1894.
Single Copy, OCeills!
I
The Deputy Marshals Fired a
Yolley IntotheStPiking
| iw Laborers.
T THE SITUATION
MORE CRITICAL
The Number of Strikers Increases Who
Display Determination to Re* <*■
sist the Military.
ILLINOIS TROOPS IN THE FIELD
Governor Altgeld Ignores the Presenoe
of Federal Soldiers, nnd Will Un
dertake the Suppression of
Mob Violence In the
State of Illinois,
Chicago, July 6.—Acting tn pursu
ance with orders lnued by Governor
Altgeld, at X o’clock today lSdg.-Gen.
.Whee4er of tire First brigade, I. A*. G.,
reported at the office of Mayor Hop
kins at 1:47, o’clock. The governor'a
advisers and legal staff Immediately
went into conference wills Gen.
Wheeler. The orders are to call out
the entire First brigade, consisting of
three regiments ot lnlautry, one troop
. of cavalry and battery D. As a res
olution of rhu coufcreu'-e, ardefs were
lnued to the T’ust and Sevoud- regi
ments, including company A of the
cavalry and battery D, to report to
Inspector Hunt of the police depart
ment at 'ilhirty-nlnih street anil the
t Wayne tracks at 4 o’clock sharp.
The troop, will be employed to reinforce
tne potato) dcpnnii.eut m au effort to
cle.tr the tracks south of Thirty-ulntli
Shea.
Au order m issued that the Bev-
enili regiment shoidd remain on wait
ing orders hi the.armory. The Tlurd
and Sixth lufamtry, under the com
mand of Brig.-Gen. Weloh and which
Is now on route from Strawor, JJollet
mid other points, with Inspector Fit*-
p.vir.ek, for service within the Btock
ytirds district proper. The other out
side troops nre expected to arrive hero
by 0 o’clock.
While the conference was In progress
Information was received at the
major’s offlee that rioting in the law
less district was constantly Increasing
and t'liuit most of the riotous were
armed. A bloody conflict tonight be
tween tiro militia and the inob deems
Inevitable.
Mayor Hopkins announced today
riuuu he had called for the troops In
order to disperse the mobs, which aro
becoming a raeunco to public safety.
When asked If ho would uot In eom.vrt
with the federal troops or Ignore them
entirely In sending out the militia, he
replied significantly:
"We know nothing about the federal
troops. They were brougHTC here for
u purpose. They sit on top of cars.
We want men who will get down upon
the ground and do their duty.’’
-• Willie no clash la,expected to occur
tbs ween die suite aud federal troops,
/ It is plainly the Intention of the munic
ipal and state authorities to show their
rcsentamm of federal invasion l>y en-
tircly Ignoring the regulars. Tlie state
troops mill be assigned to guard duty
wherever deemed best, regardless of.
the priwenn-e e»r absence of the govern
ment mon. The orders to be given
will be to disperse the mobs at any
cost and to permit of no disturbances
of any sort. Inatchd of permitting
tlie men to ride about in trains and
"bluff'’ the crowds, as well as show
their Rtrength, the mayor suj's he In
tends to cause the militia to thorough
ly and effectually preserve the pence
and end the rioting, whether on rail
road or private property or In the
streets. Goa. Wheeler's Instructions
from tire mayor are to act m full ca
pes'ty as cliy police, and orders are
expected to be carried out m full.
C,-n. Miles knew nothing about the
calling of the state mUltta by the gov-
eruor until sliown the news dispatch
from Springfldd. He said he didn't
believe there would be tiny conflict be
tween either the Intention or the ac
tion of tlie federal and state troops.
Tlie duty of the federal troops was
cloudy defined In president’s dispatch
that duty is
Interference with
commerce.
duty of’the state troop*. on the
oilier Igtnd. is to prevent the destruc
tion of property and to preserve peace
and order. Gen. ifiles, rherefore. coa-
sld. rs tint the foderat and state troops
will work In a co-operative way with
out Intrt-foronce with each other. He
nsnrds It as prnlmble thtit Ocn.
Win- -hr will roll upon him In confer
ence before issuing any specific orders
for the employment of the militia,
six DEAD AND WOUNDED.
tv". July 6.—Six dead nnd Injured
- re.vni ,ij casualties in the strike
■■ 1 If Cmcaro today. One man
ah. t in the log. if the blood let-
t.i.norrow win show a like increase
■t"nor will h-ve a summer's work
Pn el,omenta of yesterday went
onvince thinking people that the
I l :c duty of the leurrai t
i dourly ilcflned In prestden
) to Governor Alfgeld, and i
r almply to .prevent ln/.-rfer
/ the ninils and tntersmto
gravity of the situation had not been
appreciated Iby the authorities. Parsons
.who were here during the railroad strike
of 1877 nnd saw the atmosphere dear
ppcepUrhly when no more than eighty
bronzed regulars from the plains
marched down Madison street and went
into camp en Dike Front, wagged their
heads knowingly when threff times ttgi*.
number wore ordered from Fort Sherl-
dun, comprising the three armies of the
service, and said they would make short
work of Debs’ followers, but twelve
hours of as rotlent, persistent coolness
under us trying circumstances ns were
ever seen, the same citizens and orti-
cers In command were forced to admit
that tilings were not os they were in
1VI7 and that It was still « long mar h
to peace and the resumption of unim
peded traffic on any roads running but
of Chicago.
The developments of lust night and
those of today have confirmed the can
vietton that not.nlng short of overwtwfl
ruing armed forces with Instructions to
shoot to kill can settle the trouble; or,
as Col. Orofton put It: "It has waned
to be a mere movement of troops and
has become a campaign." The local
ana stmte authorities have awakened to
the grave nature of the’strlke, which is
afflicting the nation generally, but Chi
cago In particular, and are taking meas
ures to apply adequate remedies. The
dly police force lws already been re
cruited up to over 8.000 men nnd by re
quest of Mayor Hopkins and Governor
AJtgeld two brigades of shite militia
have been ordered here to aid In quell
ing the disturbance.
At the nation's capital also the fact to
recognized that the renditions nre en
tirely out of the ordinary and that pro
visions must be made for-fighttlng men
as have-never been seen together in the
history of the nation dn a time of pence
if the authority and dignity of the fed
eral government and processes ot Us
courts nxe not tto he 'laughed to scorn
for tin lndeflnltie time. The strike ques
tion Is so Infiettihus at certain points
that the president and his advisors be
lieve tt would be uniw&e to withdraw
any more regular tropps from the coun
try west of Chicago. It Is, therefore, In
contemplation, should Che forces, feder
al. dtote and municipal already gathered
here bo unequal to,the task of restoring
order, to send here ten companies sta
tioned on the Canadian border with the
reserved Intention, tf edreumstancea de
mand it, of exorcising the right to call
for 20.000 men tof the crack military com-
Panles of New York and Pennsylvania.
The day Jn Chicago has been one of
constant alarm and calling for police,
deputy marshals and soldiers here to
aid everywhere throughout tho wide
stretch of territory in the southern
part of ohe cltj. Blot has been running
rampan t throughout the day, cars have
been overturned, switches broken and
tracks obstructed In various ways.
The torch was applied In many in
stances to oars, switch towers and the
like. An attempt was made to Ore a
part of the ‘great' Armour packing
plant. In fact, at one time the Incen
diary blazes followed each other In
such quick succession that the fire de
partment was put at straits to care for
all of them. The strikers wore inter
fering with the police, railroad and
Are alarm telegraph systems, and In
two instances policemen who were
using the police telephone calls were
atoned.
In general the order of things com
pared with that of yesterday was re
versed. The railroads werb-trying to
break the (blockade by sending the
trains out; 'today they recognized- the
futility of that- method of procecduro
and practically gave, up any attempt
at outward jnovement. but there were
some Incoming passenger trains ori
several of the roads, together with a
few ot the regular milk trains, Be
tween the two classes of traffic the
strikers managed to make trouble for
nearly every road running In a south
erly direction. The Fort AVayne, Lake
Shore, Michigan Central, Baltimore
and Ohio, the Illinois Central, the Al
ton, tthe Pan Handle, the Western In
diana, the Rack Island and the Motion
experienced difficulty in a greater fir
less degree at some time or all of the
time during the day. The trick of
scaring a crew ot u train by cutting
the engine loose and running It up the
track, opening the throttle and letting
it run full tilt back upon the standing
train, was a now one and of a char
acter likely to be Imitated. Tho stoning
of Incoming trains was a common
pastime with the mobs and several per
sons were more or less Injured by fly
ing missiles. One engineer on the Hock
Island 'train was so badly Injured that
It was first reported that he was killed.
■FIBHD OH THE MOB.
The assaults of the tmob,' however,
were met .with passive -resistance.
Which characterized the course pur
sued yesterday. On two occasions, at
least, three attacks were met with ac
curately aimed lead. During a riot In
the forenoon over an Incoming mtlk
train at Kensington .a deputy United
States marshal shot und killed two
strikers, and during the afternoon
deputies guarding an incoming Balti
more and Ohio passenger train replied
to the volley of shots and stones which
tho strikers Showered upon them by
turning their revolvers loose, killing
four of their assailants and wounding
a number of others.' ■
A new and grave feature was added
to 'th* situation this afternoon Twhen
a meeting of representatives of all the
bodies of organized labor In the city,
after a protracted discussion in which
general sympathy for the strike was
shown. It was decided to appoint ‘a
committee of afiree with full power to
act, and at the same time called a
meeting of all organized labor for next
Sunday to ratify their action.
Date this afternoon the Second Regi
ment of state militia was ordered to
the stuck yards. Of the situation In
general the strike may be said to have
strengthened Its grip. Its most signifi
cant features Ss the carrying of the
strike east to Cleveland, tying up all
connections of the seaboard trunk
lines there, with the premise tomorrow
that It will reach the trunk lines them-
stflve«, arid so practically reach /he At-
lantic seaboard by tying up the roads
in Buffalo. Thus the strike would be
extended from ocean to ocean.
STONED TO DEATH. •
Chicago, July .—(Special.)—6. R.
Rltcnle, a special policeman, emp.oyea
by the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago road, wa* atoned to deajh by
a mob this afternoon. At the Fifty-
seventh street crossing that road
Ritchie caught some boys overturn
ing a switch Shanty and comped
them to set It upright again. White he
was talking to the tt*ye * «ob ap
proached and attempted to bum the
shanty. Ritchie drew hia revolver and
threatened to kin Che first man who
approached the shanty. The mob kept
surging around him, but be held It
oft until his revolver was accidentally
discharged, the bullet striking him on
one Mot. He was an easy prey for
the mob then and they quickly had
him down. They stood around his
body and literally stoned Sim to death.
His head was pounded almost to
pieces. The mob Hourly went away,
leaving hem for dead, but be was atlll
alive when the police arrived. He wur
taken to a hospital, but died in a abort
time. No rrests were made.
DESTRUCTION
BY FIREBRANDS
Tho Frfhzied Mob, Armed With Burn
ing Waste. Set Fir^ to Hun
dreds of Freight Cats
FIRE DEPARTMENT POWERLESS
No Water Could Ho Htttl and tho Prop
erty Wai Left at tlie Mercy of tho
Flaiuer—A Reign or Terror
Prevalli.
Chicago, July 6.—About 225 freight
cars on the Pan Handle tracks between
Forty-fifth nnd Flfty-nlnith streets, a
distance cf abbut one mile, were to-
lolly destroyed by Are between the
hours of 6 and 8 o'clock tonight. Shortly
after ’o o’clock this afternoon Immense
crowds of men. women and boys were
seen coming -from die stock yards- to
ward the network of tracks at tho cros
sing of Forty-seven:th street. The mob
waB augmented every minute by a seem
ingly never ending string of strikers
arid their sympathizers, and about 0
o'clock fully 6,000 were mu(ped along
the tracks from Fifteenth street South.
They were the Btock yards crowd, und
the few police who remained on duty
were utterly powerless. They were not
oven noticed by tlie strikers, who went
to work at once. "Down the truckB"
was the cry, and the wild mob started
soul Inward. Bunches ot waste were
stolen from switchmen's sJiuwtied und
soaked with "dope," used in oiling tho
cars, und made an excellent torch. At
Forty-seventh street five cars standing
on the, Grand Trunk track were first
tb meet destruction. 8onne of them
were loaded. Soa'ls were broken and
doors slid back, >c piece of waste thrown
inside quickly Ignited the contents and
In less thhan three minutes the flvo
cars were blazing fiercely.
Without waiting to see that their
work was oomplete the crowd surged
on. They kept tb ' tho Pan Handle
tracks and at Forty-ninth street oame
upon six more cans. These were fired
In « twinkling and on went the crowd.
In the Garfield boulevard yards of the
Pan Handle four tracks were full cf
freight cam, more then half of which
were loaded. At this crossing Is lo
cated a switchman's tower and this was
first; to be fired. The mob turned lts
attention to cars on the sidings, hut
for some resson fired but one of them--
a car of dressed beef which had been
started eastward several days ago. Sud
denly they stopped their incendiarism
and turned their attention to tearing
UP switches. After a number had been
made useless the mob continued Its way
southward. At Fifty-eighth street /Is
situated the station house of the com
bined roads. This was fired and quick
ly destroyed. A strong wind was blow
ing and the flames -were quickly spread
aoroHs three or four tracks, which were
filled with bars. Railroad people say
there were fifty ear, there, forty of
which were loaded! AIJ were soon a
mass of flames. Thirty bf (the cars
were filled with coal and the heat was
Intense. Fifteen of the car, contained
meat from tho big packing houses of
Aranour. Swift urd N’eisun,-Morris.
By this tlftie the fire department had
been advised of the fires further north
on the tracks and had sent their fbnsjj
there. But on learning of the serious
ness of the situation at Fifty-eighth
street they abandoned , their light
turthor'north and came to the scene of
the conflagration, which promised to
be serious.
Upon tb: approach of the fire and
police departments tho mob turned
about and started for the city. On
their why to Forty-seventh street they
set fire to all the cars they had .missed
on their trip southward. No waiter could
bo obtained near tho Garfield boulevard
yards and tho c4r» were slowly burned.
It is noticed the leaders of the mob
were mostly foreigners and as they re
traced their steps a few of the leaders,
accompanied by hundreds, started 'off
In the direction of the stock yards.
There are 850 cars In that direction in
possession of the mob aud It is possible
all will bo destroyed by midnight, A
number of tlie- hoodlums wore drink
ing and Boom especially proficient in
the use of torches.
The mob continued Its work cf de
struction on Its march to the stock
yards. Both gangs again met at Forty-
ninth street and Halstead street nnd
made their march to the yards. Th-ree
hundred and fifty cars In the yards
were completely destroyed and when
they readied the stock yards they di
vided up Into-small gangs and sepa
rated among the big packing houses. It
Is feared that the worst Is to come and
tli it tho mob will destroy the big pack
ing houses during the night.
On its return march the mob set fire
to four cars standing on the Grand
Trunk tracks Just west of Ashland
avenue. Hie cars were leaded With
baled twine and the alarm of fire was
sent In from Forty-ninth street nnd
Ashland avenue, but It was several
minutes before the firemen reached the
scene. Tlio overworked horses were so
exhausted that they cuuld with diffi
culty be farced cult of a wrik. Tho
firemen of this district responded to
nearly sixty calls during the forty-eight
hours, and as they reached the tracks
they were received with Jeer* and
curses by a mob of Bohemians, Poles
and Italians. The firemen succeeded Jn
quenching the flames before the cars
were completely destroyed, bult had
hardly reached the engine house again
when they were oalVal out from the
mme box. The mob had set fire to the
oars again. This time the worn out
firemen made but feeble efforts to ex
tinguish tire bias* end at 9 o’clock the
cars had been reduced ro ashes.
After desiroylng the care the mob dis
banded Into email gangs and stirted
into the stock ytirds in a half dozen
different dlrec-ionff. It U faired the
big packing bouwt* of Armour, Swift,
Morris nod others will felt a prey to
mob violence during the night
At 8 O’clock the Bake Shore sent out
a train to repair the tracks at Fcrty-
seventh street. Two men dropped from
the train with the Intention of repair
ing some switcher which had been
wrecked by the mob last night. They
had hardly commenced work ‘when
strikers and sympathizers to the num
ber of MO rusted dbwn upon them and
beat them unmyrrifully with cluba and
coupling pins. Roth men were severely
cut about the fact and heed before they
were rescued bv the nolle*.
MORE CARS BURNED.
Chicago. July 6.—At lt'AO tonight a
m jb ot about 404 is burning cars on
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
yards' at 'Hawthorne, seven miles out.
Four have been destroyed up to this
hour and t Is reported that there are
many other fires springing up In differ
ent prts of the yards. There is abso
lutely no police protection there be
yond one or two officers and the mili
tia Is several miles away. A
SODDIERS SENT TO PUEUMAN.
Chicago. July 6.—The Third battalion
of the First regiment Illinois National
Guard, under command of MaJ. T.ilm ...
numbering about 200 mm, arrived at
Pullra.m slibrtly before 0 o'clock to
night. Great anxiety has been felt for
the safety of this "erstwhile" model vil
lage. AU the stoics, residences, light,
power and manufacturing plants are
owned by the Pullman Company. That
the crowd of Amrcttiistle strikers and
sympathizers who have applied tho
torch right nnd left for the past few
days sh'ould confine' their operations to
the switch ton-era nnd box cure ot tho
railroads and neglect tho rtsh establish
ment of the man whom they regard ns
their ardh enemy has puzzled the pence
officers of the olty and the United
States, and It is possibly a wlso pre
caution to thus protect the tbwn of
Pullman before any attack has occurred
nnd esepoeially In view cf tlie growing
cxcltment among the law breakers, who
have thus far bUffled Uncle Sam's reg
ulars, the city police and 'the state mi
litia.
That -fhls movement was taken none
too wonjwas demonstrated oarly this
morning by the appearance at tho
south end of the city by a crowd ot
people composed largely of thoeo who
have caused tho trouble Jn tho neigh
boring yards and suburban towns. The
•town was on the alert, and especially
the office force and foundryimen, who
are about the only employes of the
Pullman Company at work ut this
place. At the first signs of trouble the
toundrymen quit work and fled. The
offlee force put their books In the safe*
nnd made t^ielr «(Krape In ji hurry. In
West Pullman conductors ' nnd grip-
men were driven from rhelr place,
and the complete tie up of the system
was effected. Tho strikers from Pull,
man proper took no pnrt in the work
of the mob. The Hotel Florence, tils
principal hostelry of the place, avas
abandoned by employes, who generally
steep In the building. A number of
boxes of guns arid ammunition were
taken In anticipation of an attack.
MASSING TROOPS.
CMoago, July 6.—Two companies of
regular Infantry from Fort Brady,
Mich., -arrived In Chicago this morning
and marched from tho Northwestern
depot to tho l'oko front to Join tho
troops mobilized there tinder Gen
Miles' command. Four companies of In
fantry from Eeavennvori'n, ordered
here yesterday, arrived about 9 o'clock
this morning on the Burlington road
and were swtccned on to the tracks of
the Illinois Central and unloaded at
the central station of that road at
Park Row. They lm'mriliately went in
to camp at the lake front and their
presence added • much to rile warllko
appearance of tho grounds. The com
plete roster of-troops now mobilized
on the lake front -to as follows: Troop
K, 'Seventh Cavalry, and Watery E,
First Artillery/ from Fort Sheridan;
thvo companies Infanliry of the Nine
teenth regiment. Fort Brady, MIcli.;
two companies of infantry of various
regiments from Fort Deavertworth;
companies O and G Thirteenth In-
fltsfcry, anU company K, Seventh Cav
alry, are under arms and awalslng
orders t Camp Dexter, shout One ln.le
from the yards. •• , '
SHOT BY A DETECTIVE.
Chicago, July 6.—This afternoon
While a 'gang of about twenty men
were engaged In lipping cars on the
Mlohlgun Control tracks at Kensing
ton they wero fired Into by Special
Detective Stark ot the Michigan Cen
tral road. Two ot tho men were hit,
but none fatally hurt. Stark was pro.
tested by tho police and takon to the
Hyde Park station. The crowds have
burned about 200 cars This afternoon
at Kensington und BurnBlde. Company
F of the Thirteenth regular Infantry Is
now ut Kensington and -the First Regi
ment Illinois National Guard started
at 6'p. m. from its armory down town
for the scene ot the trouble.
EASOR UNIONS TO MEET.
Chicago, July S.-sAt a meeting of
representatives of the local labor
unions, held at the union headquarters
this morning, a resolution was passed
asking every irado union In the etty
to appoint a committee of three to at
tend a meeting at Ulych next Monday
and participate In such action as may
seem test calculated to insure the suc
cess of tho American Railway Union
In its present struggle against fhe
Pullman Company.
TEARING UP THE TRACK.
Spokane, Wash., July 6.-Tfte strik
ers here have commenced to tear up
rite Northern Paelflp east of the city.
Nearly a thousand men aro removing
the rails and scattering tho ties. The
deputies seem powerless to act. The
sympathy of the mob Is with tbo strik
ers and rho city Is in a perfect tur
moil. There Is a rumor on Che streets
that the Great Northern men will #>ln
the strikers tonight. During the riot
last night a number of idiots wero
flrdd and E. Carlton, a spectator, wus
wounded and removed to a. hospital.
SIXTY CARS DESTROYED.
Oltloago, July 0.—Sixty freight earn
on the Wtoouwlu Central railroad nt
the Fifty-first street yenrds were de
stroyed by flro torilght. One nnlllon
dollars’ worth of uroporty belonging
to that railroad nnd resident* of tho
ncCghbofiliood Is In danger.
denounced by'its employes.
Ohltture, July fi.—Tho compositors
employed by file Inter Ocxm tynvsini-
per held a mewing tonight aud nosned
resolution* denoundug the i«Hcy of
the pnixr and demanded that the res-
olul'ion* be printed In tho paper to
morrow. President Prescott of the
International Typographical Union
wag telegraphed for .at Indiana polls
and will be litre tomorrow. .
QUIET AT~8AORAMENTO. ’
Sacramento, CaL, July d.—Tho day
wv.s ope of comparative quint, neither
authorities nor strikers making any
move of ImiMriattce. The First and
Third regiment* are nail held here sub-
Jojt to orders of Marshal Baldwin.
TO ARREST STRIKERS.
Little Ruck, July 6.—Governor Fish-
back U»t night Issued a proclamation
calling upon all officers and others In
authority to arrest the leaders of the
strike If In Arkan-i., ,n i u in another
sane the proper warrants should be
taken out to bring them to tho ,cene
of their crime for, speedy punishment.
TO GO OUT.
Nashville. July It Is publicly an
nounced that all the American Rail
way Union men at this point win go
on strike at iM this evening. The
number Involved Is estimated at from
150 to 200.
ALTGELD STANDS
ON STATE RIGHTS
Ha Goes For Cleveland in a Vigorous
Argument on the Question of
Federal Authority.
FEDERAL TROOPS NOT WANTED
The Oovornt.r Charges the President
With Undue Haste In Bending the
Army Into tlllfaols to Sap-
’ press Local Troubles*
Springfield, Ill., July 0.—Governor Alt-
geld tonight sent the following message
to President Cleveland In continuation
of the correepondemco given to the
press Inst night:
"Hon. Grover Cleveland, President of
the United State*. Washington, D. C.—
Sir; Your nngwer to my protest in
vnlves seine striking conclusions end
Ignores or evades the question at Issue,
that is that the principle of local self-
government Is Just as fundamental In
our Institutions as is that of federal
supremacy. First, you calmly assume
that the executive had the legal light
to send troops into any community In
the United States whenever there is tho
eilghtest disturbance, and that ho can
do this without regard to the question
as to whethor that community is able
and ready to enforce the lww itself,
and inasmuch aa the executive is tho
sole judge of the question as to wltetlv
er a dlsturbitico exists or not In any
part of tho country, this assertion
means that the executive oan send fed
eral troop* Into any community of the
United States at his pleasure and havo
them there a* long aa he chboeea. It
.that la tho law. then the principle of
local self'government either never did
exist In this country or has been de
stroyed, and that now no community
acn be said to posses* loca Iself-gbvorn-
mont if the executive can at his pleas
ure send military forces to patrol It
undsr the pretense ot oriforqlng .the
law. Thejtlnd of self-gevernmsnt that
could exist under these circumstances
can bo found In any of the mbnarchles
of Europe, and are nqt In harmony >rith
tho spirit of cur Institutions.
"Second. It to’aleo a fundamental
principle In our government that ex
cept in times b£ war the military shall
bo subordinate to the civil authorities.
In harmony with this provision, tho
state troops when ordered out act un
der nnd with tho civil authorities. Tho
federal troop* which have been ordared
to Chicago arc not under tho civil au
thorities und are In no way responsible
to them for their conduct. They are
not even acting under United States
marshals or any federal bmcer» of tho
State, but nre acting directly under mil
itary orders Issued from military head
quarters at Washington, and In so far
ns these troop* act ait all It to military
movement. ,
"Third. Tho statute authorizing fed
eral troop* to be sent Into Ptatcs tn cer
tain coses contemplates thnt the state
troops shall bo taken first. This provis
ion has been Ignored, and It is assumed
that the executive is not bound by It.
Federal Interference with Industrial dis
turbance in various sections la certainly
a new departure and it opens up queo-
lions which will require no very llttlo
strength of authority for the govern
ment to take to Itself all the details of
local government.
"Fourth. You say troops were or
dered Into Illinois unbn the demnnd of
the ojostofflcc department nnd upon :ep-
resontatlans of Judicial Officers of the
United States that process for courts
could not be served, and upon proof
that consplrables existed. Wo will not
dismiss tho facts, but look for a mo
ment nt tho principle Involved In your
statement. All these officers are ap
pointed by tho executive. Most’of them
can be removed by him at will.- They
are net only obliged to do his bidding,
but they are. In fact, a pint of the ex
ecutive. If soveral of them can apply
for troops one alone enn, so that, under
the law us yhu assume It to be, an ex
ecutive. through ray one of his ap
pointees, can apply to himself to have
the military wnl Into any city num
ber of cities nnd base hie application on
such representation* ns he eees fit. In
fact. It will be Immaterial whether he
makes a ehowlng br not, for the execu
tive ia tho sole Judge and nobody clso
has any right to Interfere or oven 'n-
qulre about it. Then Iho executive can
pans cn his own application nt his will.
Using sole guide, he can hold the .ip-
pllcutlon tb ho sufficient and order
troops to as many places ns lie wishes
and putt them In command of any one
he chooses, and have them set, not un
der tho civil officers, either for state,
but act dlreotly under military order*
from Washington. There Isn’t In the
constitution nny limitation or restraint
upon his power. HI* Judgmrnt (that Is,
hts will) I* the sole guide, and, It being
purely a matter of discretion, Ms decis
ion can never bo examined or ques
tioned. Tills assumption a* tb Uie
executive 1* cerutnlv new and I re-
spedtfully submit that It I* not tho law
of the land. Jurists have told us that
this Is a govcnim.-nt of law, amt u ,t a
government by tho caprices of Indi
viduals. and, further, Shot Inatskd ot
being otatecratlc. It Is « government bf
limited power; yet the autocrat of Rus
sia could certainly not posses* or claim
to possess greater power than I* pos
sessed by the executive of the United
Bthte.t It your assumption 1* torreri.
“Fifth. Tho executive ha* the com
mand not only of tho regular forces of
the United State*, but of the military
fences of all tho etsite* and can ordor
them tb any place he see* fit to; and,
s* there are always more or lees local
disturbance* over the country, it will
be an easy matter, undsr your con
struction of the law. for an ambitious
executive to order out the military
force* of nil the state* and Mtabflsh ut
one* a military government Tbs only
chance of failure In *uch a movement
could come from rebetkoa. and, with
such a vast military te/wer at command,
this cculd readily be crushed, for, ** a
rule, suob mllitory will obey orders. So
far ns -the situation In Illinois Is con
cerned. thst l« of no conaequeueew hen
compared with the fsr-retchlng princi
ple Involved. True, accbnling to my
advices, the federal troops have now
been on duty for over two day*, and,
slthorsb the men were brave und the
officers valiant and Able, their presence
proved <o be cn Irritant, bouuM It
allowed th* indignation of a large class
of people who, while upholding law and
order, had been might, to believe In
local self-government, and, therefore, re
sented whut they regarded as an un
warranted Interference. Inasmuch aa
the federal troops can do iiuthlnif but
Whs* tho state troops ran dc, and tho
same nre amply able to -Cake care of the
situation and to enforce tho law. and
behoving that kite ordering but of tho'
federal troop* was unwarranted. I
again ask their withdrawal.
(Signed) "John P. Altgeld.”
CLEVELAND'S KIIPDY. ,,
Washington, July 9.—Governor Alt-
gold's second telegram to the president
reached the White House nearly nt
the hour of midnight. It oame over
the private wire and ltB contents were
cnrefully read. Then the president
didutted fhe following reply:
"Executive M-anukm, Washington,
D. C., July 6.—Hon. John P. .Altgeld,
Governor of Illinois, Springfield, Ilt'.t
While I still persuaded that I have’
neither transgressed my authority or
duty in the emergency that oonfrortt*
us, It seems to me, In this hens of dan
ger and distress, mat-discussion may
well give way to nctlvo effort on the
part of all In authority to restore ohe.
dlence to the law and "to protect Ufa
and property; ,
"Grover Cleveland.’"
DEBS ailOWS GOOD SENSE.
He Respects the Daw aud Advises His
■■ Men Wisely.
’ Chicago. July 6,—President Deb* has
Issued tho following proclamation:
"To All Striking Employs*-, in vlstv ot
tho report of tlie disturbances In various
localities, I deem It my duty to caution
you against being a party to any violence
against law. municipal, state or natluual,
during th> existing difficulties. Wo liavo
repeatedly declared that wo respect the
la w and order, and our contact must con
form to our confession. A man who com
mits violence In iny form, whether a
member of tho order or not, should be
promptly arrested and punished, mid we
would bo tho first to apprehend, the mis
creant aud bring him. to Justice. Wo
must triumph as law-abiding citizens or
nor at all. Thoeo who ougngo in violent:*
ure our enemies. Wo have It from relia
ble authority that thugs and toughs aveh
been employed to-create trouble so an to
prejudice tho public against our order.
I appeal to you to be mon, orderly and
law-abiding. Our cause Is Just. The
great public Is with us and we have not
cause to regret. It must bo borne In mind,
that If tlie railroad companies can secura
men to handle their trains they havo the
right to do so. Our men have tho right
to quit, but tclr rights end there. Other
men have tho right to take their places,
whatever tho opinion O'- tho propriety of'
no doing may be. Keep away from tho
yards or rights of way or other places
where large crowds congregate, as my
plan to remain away entirely from places
where there Is any likelihood of being an
outbreak. The rallroud man-agera liavo
sought to make It appear that their trains
Go not move bocShse of tho Interference
pt strikers. This Is an unqunllllcd false
hood, and no one knows It better than
the general managers themsclvss. They
make this falsehood to servo their pur
pose of calling out tho troops. lli-spect
the law, conduct yourselves as becoming
men and our cause shall bo crowned with
success. Eugene V. Debs.”
PRESIDENT DEBS.
He 8sy% There s Hope of the Striker*
Winning, a IVCtosy.
Chicago, July fl.—(President Debs
this evening said: "The situation is
more promising for the Railway Union
now' than at any time since the Full-/
man Strike began. Trade unions In
Chicago ond rho country havo given
assurance of help. In Californio. $100,-
000 has been raised for us by popular
subscription. A mass meotlng*»wlli bo
held here Sunday night to protest
against the calling of government
troops here. It 1s nn outrago to bring
them hero and the people will resent
It. Gen. Milos Is quoted In' tho morn
ing papers os saying he defeated tho
strike. If he said that he Is a disgrace
to tho position he occupies. The po4lco
and state -militia could and would put
down fhe rioting if lot alone. I regret
the disturbances, hut cannot govern
the lawless." * I ,
SURPRISED THE STRIKERS.
Toledo, O., Jtfly 6.—Receiver S. R.
Calloway of the Toledo, St. Louis and
Kansas City rallrohd surprised tho
striker* on that system th!* morning
by fighting fire with flro. Tho men
aent him a telegram last night to tho
effect that they would Strike this morn
ing at 0 o'clock iby order of fho Ameri
can Railway Union. Mr. Callaway,
upon receipt of this notlco imme
diately gave orders to shut down nil
the shops on tho road, stop all freight
trains and discharge all tho men on
the road In every capacity, except a
few to run a limited number of pass
enger tralni. This will shut up tho
Clover Leaf Byatem without vlolenco
or unnecessary expenso. "The mon
seem to want to tie us up," said Mr.
Callaway, "anil we will give them ail
the help necessary."
Tt looks today as If th* backbone of
the Culu-mbus, Hocking Valley nnd
Toledo railroad strike wo* broken.
President WaJlc I* hero and this morn
ing the first freight train was moved
out of Toledo by the old men. Tho
strikers are going to tie up each rood
having application for work by old
men the sains as If by new men. It
is expected every minute thnt the men
on the Tn.ke Shore hero will go out.
The officials are getting In rfhnpe to
meet the crlsl*. The trouble Is Ilk*
that of the (Michigan Central and th*
B!g Four. Telegrams erf liwtructlon'
nre flying thick and fast. The Lake
Shore Is storing freight In oar* ell over
the line and many siding* ore already
full. PyrldhnMe freight and passer-
gen trains aro brdng rustied to their
dratlirailon with haste ond tho line Is
cleared for action.
TROOrfl ORDERED TO CHICAGO
Springfield, Ill., July At l o'clock
this afternoon, tho following orders
ware issued by wire by Governor Alt-
* "Gen. Andrew Welch. Aurora: Pro.
coed nt one to ChM.igo wltlh your whol*
brigade, except tb* wtreator snd Joliet
companies of the Third Infantry nnd
me Galesburg and Rock Island compa
nies of the Sixth Regiment, nnd re
port to the mayor of Chidtgo and »i-
•lat In suppressing riots, keeping th#
peace and enforcing th* laws. Secure
special transportation.
"John P. Altgeld, Governor.”
■Gen. Horae* A. Wtosrter. Chlongot
Report at one* with your -whole bri
gade to th* mayor of Chicago nnd as
sist in suppressing riots, keeping th#
peace snd enforcing the taw.
"John P. Altgeld. Governor.”
IN NASHVILLE.
Nawhvlll*. July (.-At IM this even
ing 185 Switchmen of the Louisville
and NuPhvllle and Northwestern. Chi
cago and St. Louts went on a strike. ,
Only members of the American Rail
way Union are out. Train* emu tn
as usual tonight, and while officials of
the road Wxd to do th* swifehlng no
far, there ha* been no dtffleuRjr- The
business of the road U disorganized •
and demoralized-