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LAW AND ORDER
NOW PREVAILS
The Strikers Increase in Number and
All Labor Orders Will Join
Them Today.
THE FIGHT WAGED WITH BLOOD
U«bi Indicted and Arrested, nut Ufa
91en‘ Are Drtermlned to Win By
Legltimai* SfetSio la—They «
Vtimuncr Hub Violent**
Chicago. July 10.—Slowly hut rtendlly,
calmly and certainly, aa befit* the su
preme power of a are it nation, through-
oult Hirait wide stretch of its domain
wherever persons are taking advantage
of an exceptional industrial condition
to incite violence and blootWied, the
federal government is work-ng to the
oocompUahment of that for which
power was delegated no -t, to niatiututn
order and guarantee aofoty of life and
property. At Chicago, tn eonneition
with trie state and municipality, it haa
already bought peace out of the con
dition of war which prevailed last week.
A* San Francisco. Suconmetioo, La*
Aitaolcs and vurioiie nrnu in Washlng-
lngtou and Cdiotado where the unruly
are crediting havoc, tt has let loose the
dogs oi war in token of iits intention to
hove peace even if Jit has to light for it.
In this city the military army has ac
complished Us purpose and the Judicial
army today took up the orderly course
of via duties, which includes the fixing
on guilty parties the measure of crime
and the tittlng W the punishment .here
to. The first s.cp in this procedure
was the omemlding of Ine federal grand
Jury and the delivery of the charge to
lit by Judge Olveucup, not to be turned
aside from an exhaustive inquiry into
the questlona which iit has undertuken
to pass upon by mere technicalities.
The effectiveness of the charge was
evinced ut the outset by the brusque-
immb with winich it swept aside the plea
oi privacy ami privilege which tlie
W astern Union Telegraph Company
urged ua to the messages of ita clients,
was fbreed to pat in when the Jury
called for the messages from President
Debs to the membern of Ms order, which
hod been transmitted over Us lines. The
court held tha* the public safely was
paramount to private rigid, and so or
dered than the dispatcher* be produced.
That It Is the inleasUon of the govern
ment not to be too Tbng about the work
in band was ahoiwn from Che faut that
the footstep* of the telegraph officials
who taroughl the tUspatohea had scurcely
ceased to echo along the ooriders lead
ing to the grand Jury room when that
hotly filed Into Judge Grisweep's count
and announced that it had found o> true
Ull uuil indictment, rending r ile ar
rest of persons thus put under the ban
of the low. ther nlnmes remained locked
in the brenst of the lord high execu
tioner and the public was allowed to
draw Its own conclusions tram all the
premises and such preliminary data as
* had In hand. That President Debs
was the mist none doubted, amt subse
quent developments Justified the aur-
miae.
Touching the outlook for the future,
outside of tftdcngo it may be said that
today's dispatches were almost uniform
In uenor to the effect that normal con-
dMlons had already been restored or
that they were rapidly approaching Oust
state, and *t seems there w no reason at
this writing to suppose the progress to
ward a coraniifse ivsuioptloii of trade
and traffic will meet wMh any serious
obstacle aa the coming days shall suc
ceed each other. In other words, it
dues not seem poem hie that with the
forces of law and order aa ms* amt) ed
and with their ranks beginning to be
depleted by deaenttona and with the
strain which (hey have already endured
that the American Railway Union can
rally It# forces for a struggle, which
must needs be lung and discouraging to
ray the least. Apparently, therefore,
their only hope at triumph lies In the
utd which they hope to grt from union
labor outside of their organization. As
thla is being written Ihe order for all
classes of labor tn Chicago to go on
strike 'tomorrow ta being promulgated
and It 1* expected that the order of
Grand Jliister Workman Sovereign of
ihe Knights at hntnr culling on all
members to strike and all who ayuum-
thlze with the Pullman mrikom all ever
the country to come out with them,-will
follow quickly. How generally these or
ders will be obeyed la problematical. To
a good extent their eltoe ha* uireidy
been dtoaounted by Che stagnation of
bust ness, and R la known that some of
the longest headed of the later leaders
themselves believe that (he Buxton has
been postponed too long to be fully ef
fective. At suiuwt tomorrow this na
tion will pmbaMy know whether the
eltusttba is one of a crista or a col
lapse.
MORE STRIKES TO FOLLOW.
Chicago. July 10 —The committee ap
pointed by the mass meeting of tnilra
unions, held Sunday night to arrange
for ch« art Stratton of the Pullman hoy-
ooW. falling *o do which by 1 o'clock
today, a general strike was to be or
dered, reported this afternoon that their
efforts had failed and the trade* unions
ware left lo carry bur the declaim of
the meeting and declare a general
strike. The strikers declare that the
general strikes will be ileal ired within
twenty-tour hours—the strike involving
not less than 150.000 men.
The statements emanating from the
General Managers' Assorts*ton announ
cing the gradual resumption of through
passenger train service, have evoked
numerous Inquiries from the East as to
whether thtse oomlislnns were being
brought (.boot by the return of strik
er^ by tt.c securing of new employee or
by the aid of the governm-ut. a cate-
essloaJ query on this pUpt was eub-
luttted to the General Managers’ Amo-
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40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
aociatton and the following official re
ply was returned: "The gradual re
sumption of thnjusb passenger traffic,
su far o* Chicago Is concerned, is being
effected with new employes and the
plots-ta.br: offered to them by the
troops. We have enough men to run
our train* If they re allowed without
molestation, and that the pi r; la I tie-up
has been due solely to the action bf the
rnolia and rtoiere. The truth of this
contention is shown in the schedule.*
showing the gradual resumption of pas
senger trrffls. It is useless, however,
to deny 'that without the aid of federal
and State military we could nort have
done as much as we have In this direc
tion. and with (he military withdrawn
the situation would be as bad aa ever.
What we are doing is done solely by
iihe aid of tile troops."
THE SITUATION IS GRAVE.
Chicago, July 10. —There is no dls-
guislug the tact that (he local situa
tion tonight in the labor trimbles :s
more grave than It bus been at uny
time siuec two weeks ago, this noon.
The AmiT.mii Railway Union iaiiUed
its boycott against the rolling stock of
the Pullman Car Company with the
view of enforcing the demands of the
strikers at the tow n of Pullman. This
is not the view of alarmists or the
b.h»-d idea of the radicals among the
striking dement. It •.# the opinion cti-
•crtulned tonight among all classes of
the community, which are looking for
ward wlilt fear and apprehension to
what the night or another day may
bring forth. There w as that same feel
ing of unrest uud toroboding to those
who have wrluesseil uprisings on the
part of the masses In England and on
the continent which they remember
full well. There were three times as
many people on the streets today as
were to be seen on any day fer many
months past. Nine-tenths of them,
men and women alike, displayed some
emblem. The majority wore the
white ibbbon, emblematic of sym-
j*ii,by with the milkers,
against (he use of which
tne whits rlbbonara of the Women's
Cnrlsuan 'i emporajive Union have
made a fervent but apparently inef
fectual protest. Silken mloiiaturee of
the stara and stripes, too, made their
appearance this morning and before
noon they were to be seen by the thou
sand serving the purpose of boutenaires
or Ibelng pinned to Ihe breast
many instances these emblems of loy
ally .o the national government were
testimony of the wearer to the fact that
he was prepared ho support and vln
dicake the laws utf the country were
(as:ened with the significant bronze
button of the Grand Army of the Re
public. .Many others are discarding
both white ribbon and stars. The stri
ke.-* adopted as an emblorn tri-colored
ribbon and which, like the flag, was
intended as an evidence of their adhe
sion to and support of the sovereign
power of the land.
It was significant also that (he stars
and stripes were hoiked on scores t>f
tiaig poles in the business and residence
dhnuiiots. generally bare except o-n the
Foutr of July and Deorartion day and
similar motional holidays. The people
on the strents kept moving, but there
was no congregation of crowds except
ifb-.uk the military camps on La he
Front and the government bulldl-ngs
and In the reglous of Khe various head
quarters of the labor organizations. But
os Ithey walked they talked and they
planned for the fu hi re. The labor sit
uation was the engrossing topic of tlie
clubs. In the Tusaurairt, In the saloons
and In nil otter places of public resort.
In commercial circlew were lamenta
tion* loud and deep, for the rot Ml busi
ness of nil kinds is In a «tate of naraly-
sis. The wholesale trade Is faring but
little, if any bolter. Everybody agreed
that affairs had been wrought up to
the highest tension and that, to use the
vernacular, "soinching nr cither must
speedily drop" to bring relief, although
Pi seme extent tt had been -am.L-lpueil
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Chicago, July 10.—Grand Master
Work nun Sovereign of the Knights of
Labor has issued hi* manifesto tonight
calling out (he Knights everywhere.
BEEF SHIPPED FROM CHICAGO.
Union 8tock Yards, July 10.—Under
the protection of the Chicago Huasars
two companies of infantry and calvary,
troop "D" of the state guards, together
with a company of federaltr oops and
a squad of mounted police, Swift &
Co. sent out a train of thirty-three
can* of dressed beef shortly before
noon today. The beef will be hurried
to Liverpool. Quite a crowd of hang
ers-on gathered at Fourth and Hal
stead streets as the big passenger en
gine of the Michigan Central coupled
on to (he train, but no demofatra'Kon
was attempted on the part of the
crowd. On top of each car a militia
man, stood with loaded rifles ready to
Are at the first sign of violence. The
Chlcsgo Hussars, in fatigue uniform
and mounted on the coal black Steed*,
cleared .the tracks of the small crowds
that loitered about, (hen escorted tha
train down Fortitkh steel to the 'Mich
igan Central mainline.
This afternoon Armour started a
train of beef over the same taoad.
oiiKv Friday the big packers have suc
ceeded in getting nearly 100 car loads
of beef and provisions tn wagons. Men
have been at work day and right haul
ing beef down to wharves from whence
it Is shipped by boats to ports on tha
lakes. Several car loads at provis
ions have also bean sent to Eastern
oitiea by express.
This morning George O. Meade, post
Number 141 of G. A. R. of Eglewood.
tendered its sendees to tha govern
ment.
HANNAHAN ARRESTED.
Chlcsgo, July 10.—Vice-Grand Master
J. J. Hannahan of tha Brotherhood oi
Locomotive Firemen, was arrested ear
ly this morning at his home and taken
before Commissioner Hoyne. The war
rant charges him with Interfering with
interstate commerce and the passage of
the mails. He is accused of boarding
an engine on the Wetkern Indiana road
and inducing the engineer and fireman
to quit work. Hannahan claims he
Is Innocent at the charges against him,
while District Attorney Mliehrlat says
the government has a good case
against him.
TO CALL OUT ALL ORDERS.
Chicago, July 10.—The plan of the
leaden for tomorrow Is to cull out first
all tint*nlration* of labor in Chicago
and then proceed from town to town
until the entire country Is fkiraiyzed or
Pullman gives in. The fcnmwllarte rf-
f«* on Chicago, if all trades obey the
order to strike, will be to throw nbr.it
#0.000 or 100,000 persons out of employ
ment.
Thin afternoon E. 51. Mulfortl. mana
ger of the Wertern Union Telegraph
Cbmpany, was called before the Federal
grand Jury to produce telegrams sent
by President Debs. He refused, on <tie
ground tbit they were privgeged com
munication*. He wam nntUled by Judge
Grnescup to atmesr with the telegram*.
He again objected and referred the
matter to the general attorney of the
company. The matter eras under tong
consideration and the company’s attor
ney siught on every legal provision at
hta command to avoid the process on
(be print made by Manager Mulforl,
that tha coiramintcattons were privi
leged and In custody of the company ns
such. Judge Grosseup's notice was Im
perative. however, and was accompa
nied with the word that unless Ihe tel-
•grama ware produced Manager Mul-
ferd would Ik- sent to Jail, fitiabn
being hffpnasIMe. the telegrams were
produced in court at JJO p. m. The
general attorney was in Ms office In
«nd.«he oonsuWalton between
th* Western Union official* was all by
wlra.
PRESIDENT DBpS ARRESTED.
Chicago, July 10.—Eugene V. Debs,
president of the American RjiMway
Unfair. George TV. Howard, vice prewi-
dewt; Sylvester Keliher, secretary; Will*
lam M. Rogers and J. S. Mervvm were
ull indloted dlia afternoon.toy the grand
jury for conspiracy to Interfere with
the United States mails. Debt was ar»
rested oft the Leland hotel at 5 o’clock,
and Keflher at Uhrlieh’s hail a half
hour fcnter. The other three are also
believed no be under arrest. B-ill was
fixed ntt $10,000 In each case. The pen
alty k> u fine of from $1,000 to $10,0u0.
REFUSED TO STRIKE.
Pittsburg. July 10.—The omployes of
tlie PiJttfburg and Western railroad
received an order today from Presi
dent Detos to go out on a ttrike at
noon today« but after holding a meet
ing this afternoon It was decided not
to comply with the order and the em
ployes have telegraphed President
Debs to that effect.
SERIOUS AT SACRAMENTO.
San Francisco, July 10.—Col. Graham,
with 300 regulars and five guttling
guts and Hotchkiss guns, embarked
on the ferry steamer Alameda this
forenoon and were talgen to Mare Isl
and. This command was increased by
300 marines, aud ail were loaded on
two river steamers and started for Sac
ramento.
When this news reaunvd SBcromeuio
the strikers became wild. At that
point there are now over 3,000 strlk *rs
to resist the Federal and mate troops.
Flurfh*-d with ttaeir victory over the
United States marshals and police on
Tuesday Inst and a complete victory
over more than 1.000 militiamen on the
following duty, uhey are in a mood to
re>k?t tlie regulars tomorrow.
There was robins of transportation
from Valllja by train*, but a.* noon ns
the strikers at south Vaiifja Iieird the
regulars wvre coming they killed ell
the engines rind npiked the switches,
thus effectively blockading the track.
Thjs ivfternoon tlie crews from tJhe
Charleston. Monterey, Thetis, Marion
arm luaepennenor were iaiukti at mure
Island for riot •drill. They compris*
•about 500 men and will leave for Oak
land tonight. In thf* f»i<»p nt ttoio *r**no-
ml preparation of the strikers for re-
dstano?, tlhe attitude of the locgmotivo
engineers te nttraotinR’ att»n ion. Rep
resentative* of the brnth'.Thood waited
upon Superintendent FI!*mone at Sacra
mento this morning and 'announced
,; h:K they were ready to' return to work
at a moment** noti-e at nil ports of
th * state except »acrtimento and Oak
land. The situation has turn d
ngainst tihe inkers.
SERIOUS AT GALVESTON.
Galveston. July 10.—The strike on the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe by the
American Railway Cnion did not assume
a seiioflsp base until 7:30 p. m., the time
for the departure of the Santa Fe north
bound passenger from the Union depjt
with two Pullman cars attached. Just
prior to the departure a crowd of about
200 congregated about the Union depot on
each stde of the train. As the gonx
sounded for the train to pull out a runh
was made by the strikers for the Pull
mans and an effort made to uncouple
them. This was successfully resisted by
a detachment of police and a posse or
deputy sheriffs. After a sharp struggle
the train cleared the depot and departed
without further interference. After being
thwarted In this attempt, a body of
strikers visited the Santa eF yard, ran
out the crews of two switch engine*,
which engines they killed on the track,
and demolished the windows in the cat-9
of each. A large crowd of strikers and
sympathisers are now congregated around
the registering station of the Santa Ft*,
where a strong detachment of police and
deputies are stationed to protect the in
coming Santa Fe trains. Four Santa Fe
passenger trains are now tied up at Tem
ple, Tex.
ALL RIGHT IN BIRMINGHAM.
Birroirn»hraSz,. July 13. -The strike sta
tion here is decidedly encouraging. AJ1
the railroads sent out freight north and
south. The Louisville und Nashville Is
getting out about twenty cars a day.
Pa Wenger trains are almost on schedule
time, snd there has been nothing to Indi
cate that a strike wma In progrees.
CHATTANOOGA NOT BLOCKED. \
Chattanooga, July 10.—'The Incipient
ra'.lroad trike here has fallen flat. Today
all trains, both freight and passenger,
are running regularly, and the men are
working cheerfully. The agent of the
NfnUvili*, Chattanooga and St. Louis
road announced this morning that hta
road would reaume the operation of fretgfct
trains. The Alabama Great Southern baa
not the sllghteat difficulty In securing
competent men to take the places of the
striking firemen. All fears of further
trouble ore gone.
DEPOT HEAVILY GUARDED.
6an Jose, Cal., July 10.—At 5 o’clock
this morning hfty deputy sheriffs, com.
postil mostly of promlntnt citisens, as
sembled in front of the court house And
marched to the broad guage depot,' to
gether with twelve deputy United States
marshals and eighteen policemen, where
all are now on guard. Troops arrived
this morning from Agricultural Park and
went to the armory, which Is within five
minutes’ walk of the depot. It appeared
thin morning that there might be trouble
before the trains wert to be started today.
At 10 o'clock the blockade was broken
and a train left for San Francisco unat
tended by exciting Incidents at the depot.
SHOT BY FEDERAL SOLDIERS.
Sprlngvlllt. III., July 10.—A company of
regulars, commanded by Capt. Omnul,
came Into collision with a mob of striker.*
principally miners, this afternoon at the
Rock Island railroad station, and after
pitlently •ndurtsg volley mfttr volley of
stone* they fired Into the mob, killing
two nvm snd wounding beveral others.
The mob was largely composed of Huns,
Poles and other foreigners. Their threat
ening demonstrations there yesterday snd
this morning bad caus«d the presence of
the troop* nnd the attack began before
the tlldlers had landed from the tra'n.
After hi* soldiers had been well pelted
with atone*, and the mob threatened to
run over his men. Capt. Conrad gabe the
order to fire. The mob broke for the
tltnebr when the firing began and has
not assembled since. The troops went
back to Chicago tonight.
AT CLEVELAND.
Cleveland, July 10.—At n*»on today
th«» Indtoittons are that the backbone
of the strike Is broken. One crew haa
t»*en put to irork In every yird In ths
ct&y, and each of the roods has auc-
cet’ded lb making up and sending out
at least one freight train. There have
been no atgna of dtsturbano*. All the
firemen employed toy the Rig Four
who hftve been on strike returned to
work thla morning. It now looks iu
though the M.rtke would *r*»*dily break
down and before night every yard l>e
fully manned and actively at work
clearing up the accumulation of cars.
IN TEXAS.
Oalvewton, July 10.—The governor
hn* had no official Information from
the atrlke on the Ikintrt Fe railroad,
and the impression i* that everything
ia quiet All the spite troops un> In
camp here and are Rill/ prepar'd for
any duty should their services be
needed.
Qfllneavllle. July 10.—The member*
of th“ American Railway Union In thla
city—over 600 In number—quit work
y eaten lay. They were moody shop
men and had been laying <>fr for some
twenty days because there was noth
ing for them to do. but arrang»ment«
had been made to resume work yester
day. when nn order came from head
quarter* for them to strike. *o they
declined to 00 to work, to the delight of
their employer*, who really had noth- i
ing of Importance for them to do.
SENATOR GORDON
ON THE STRIKE
He Delivered a Patriotic Speech in the
Senate in Support of Cleve
land’s Action.
MOB VIOLENCE NOT IN FAVOr?
Stumor PcIT-r Provok*il Hi* DUcubsIoii
liy lb* 1 uI roduclloti* of ltr**tu-
lItiiis Ugrliig Guvernmriilal
Control of Railroad*,
* r /* r'riVIl /It HI v,
o i ar.i sU worn out. n>»!lj (nod for
loa. It kjnmi JrfcitilT. Try
mi any. /flow nn ri fig.
Wnsiilnfftou, July 10.—The senate
spent three ltoura tidily In dobiite upon
the rcMulutiuu offered JIoutlay by tlie
I'l.imJmt wtutor (runt K-ansa* (Mr.
I 'offer) Itrokinj,' to gotranimeut control
of the interstate railroads, tlie regula
tion of their fmftlu au<l passenger
rates, the flxitq; of tvug.a of railroad
employes, the acifulid wn uud opera-
t.on either by tlie ftxUild govermiieixt
or by tlie state qmeruineut of ail tlie
coal bids of the counts?, and to ninny
other peculiar ideas of the Populist
party. As was to bo exp.cti-d, the
grate railroad strlk,- at Cltieago was
the oliief topic In the debate. In a
speech of ua hour iukI a iulr .Mr. I’et-
fer stJ'Aj the oj.no from the Di'bs or
strikuni' point tif view, aud huid all
the blame for the otubnuk ou Mr. Pull
man, whom lie cluiracterizc.1 aa soul
less, couscumwltv's uud lyrutuuoal.
The cause of la w aud order and lire
mulntaiiunce of fra*, un .bhruoteil Vu-
iivxvmrse by iiiilnwd couinuutitjiloa
was fiiauiplomil by Jlr. Sellers of il.n-
is-“>tu and Mr. Gordon of Georgia,
l>'.:li of iv'ljuiii doaoucuLed In eloquent
anil paittCotie luugu.iue *4ie poititun
taki« by the Kiuwas senator and the
lawless uc!s of Driie au*l his followers.
i'KFFiin'B SPEECH.
5Ir. Peffer, In the course of his stwesh
upon his resob.tloa said. "I do not .von.
der sometimes that there is a growing
reeling agallst tlie political condition or
things In Washington l do not «under
that my friends write to me expressing
the hope that the senate shall be abol
ished. 1 wrote to one of them yesterday
*‘>lng I would vote for Us abolition and
J would go further and vote for the aboil,
tlon of the house of representatives. I
would favor the government being connned
to one man—not more than one-from
each state. The fewer governors thut
we hove In this country the better, at
uny rate, one man can do no worse .bon
a tern hundred men have dene."
Then Mr. Peffer went on to speak en-
thu.Aastir.illy of the grand epec.acle that
would be presented when ail the men of
the country stopped work; when all the
life of the communities would be ut un
absolute and perfect etundstlll, like tne
suence o'f u Sunday morning; when no
body would be at work; when everything
would be paralyzed and inert. And thut
was, he said, what this thing meant to
the American people. The time hud come
for employers to learn how to handle
the situation by fair treatment of their
men. and If Lhnv couki not do that. It
was time for the people, in their sover
eign capacity, to Interfere and say that
the thing had gene far enough—to sa-
"Thus far and no fsrther."
Then Mr. Peffer read and commented
upon the report In today’s papers of the
Interview between delegate from the com
mon council of Chicago and the vice-
president of the Pullman company, Mr.
Wlckra, und be repeated with words of
condemnation the final speech of Wlckes:
"The Pullman company hes nothing to
arbitrate." Then he spoke of the modern
tendency to teach the use of arms In
the coiiraew public schools and even, he
suil, In the Sunday schools, and he ex
claimed paeskmaiely! ■
"it Is lime thut thla mllitaclam should
cease. If I am asked what we are going
to do when disputes arise between cm-
ployers snd employes, 1 would say: 'Keep
your hands off.' That la my advice—keep
your hands auny from them. They will
settle this thing themselves, and they
will do It without bloodshed. They will
do It without using torches. They will
do It without getting angry. They will do
It justly, Sfifcly. wisely, promptly. The
very Instant you begin to call out the
military srmy In Older to protect one
side and send tlie other to oppression. Just
so soon yau arouse a spirit of animosity
which cannot be quelled by force."
A SCORCHING KEPT,I.
5Ir. T. N. Da\u (Republican) of Minns,
sola arose and declarrl. In a manner
which betrayal intense miu.iatlon. that
he hud heard with amazement and pain
much of Mr. PelTer'e reinafka. He had
supposed that by common consent It up.
poured to bo the trotter course not to In-
Hams the Mtuati. m ■ • hts on either
side, because even the most moderate
lunguuge at such a time might be con-
uuuod Into intemperance, and he went
on: "At a time when in the second city
of the United and the fourth or flfth city
of the civilized world order Is suspended,
law Is powerless, violence Is supreme,
life is In danger and property Is in the
very arms of destruction. 1 nm amazed
to hear the trumpet of sedition blown tn
this chamber to marshal tho hosts of
misrule to further devastation.
"ft was not an Issue." he continued, "be
tween the Pullman company and Its em
ployes, It bad gone beyond taut, it had
gone beyon-l the strike of tlie American
Railway Union. The boycott had taken
tne liberties of the American people by
the throat. From that It had gone on
to riot, and from riot to an Insurrection,
which now confronted the country. And
today, with the dormant and latent pow
ers of revolution threatening the country,
the senator from Kansas was advising
the dismemberment at tha government
and the abolition of the legislative and
executive departments."
He, Mr. Davlr, spoke on this treason
with great reluctance. He would not say
s' single word to Influence the eltuntl ni,
but something bad been said by the sen.
ator fro In Kansas which demanded a
reply, and that reply,, to be efficacious
bad to be Immediate. He would epeak In
regard to the men more Immediately cm
gaged In th* existing difficulties with
the utmost moderation and kindness.
They were misled and misguided men, but
they were not the entire people. The
senator from Kansas hail professed to
•peak for the people of the country; bet
there was nothing said about where tne
mob bnd obtained control of a great
Strategic point.
Here Mr. Kffer Interrupted and said
that h* protested against being misrep
resented.
"I decline to yield,” snhl Mr. Davla,
angrily. "The senator speaks In behalf
of a mob. The senator from Kansas has
■to wonl of reproach, not a single word
against the bloodshed that haa been go*
liar on In Chicago for Ihe last ten days
or against the millions of property that
hss been dealroysl. The red light of
arson against the sky over that city has
awakened In him no pang anl elicited
from him no wold of disapprobation. Me
hut!*!* that we must go back lo thecaura
of the strike, to the dispute betweei
Pullman and bls men, and must arbitrate.
Everybody knows that we bare got for
beyond that transaction. The proposition
Is Just as foolish as If some on*, when
i battle-line* w redrawn ..t Oettyebur.i
had Insisted that tha Impending conflict
should be withheld until Les and Mead
had argued between the linea the question
of slavery 111 the territories. And the
senator from Kauu proposes to disturb
the government Itself, and expressed the
opinion that now la the time to annihi
late the legislative and executive func
tions i.t the government and ohunge its
principle Into that of a ‘committee of
public safety.' like that which existed
during the reign of terror In the day*
of the first French revolution. Thla whole
proceeding, whlclT haa grown into a mag
nitude which I have inadequately de
scribed, has come from the mus.on that
a faction of eoctety, useful In Iteelf, of
course, and indispensable I admit, can
by force dominate every other portion of
the body politic. Does anybody suppose
that burning car*, destroying, property,
disturbing society, weakening credit, tam
pering wl.1i the employment of poor men,
will help labor? Why. they ore destroy
ing the very thing from which they de
rive their nourishment, the very thing
which they have helped to build, and
they are doing It at the cbmmand oi sell-
appointed men who have put themselves
at the head of their orgamiattons. And
people prate about liberty. The only lib
erty worth having 1n this country Is file
liberty of all men alike, liberty in its
philosophical and eommonsense definition,
the right of nn Indvdual to exerclae the
freest action up to and not beyond that
point w’here he infringe* on me exercise
of the like right of other men. Beyond
that It Is the destruction of liberty of
other* by the more strong and Is a sub
version of the very theory of the re
public. It Is tne return to a primitive
existence on one hand, or, as an alter
native, to despotism on the other."
In concluding. Mr. Davis add: "1 have
not said a word about partlee tn this
matter. 1 shall expect the Democrat!*,
the Populists and the Republicans to Join
hands In this matter, so tint a secure
n..d peaceful rest may be obtained at
last, after which the best efforts of the
executive department of the government
will be exerted lo bring about the only
solution of the affair that can yoeelbly
be obtained.”
GEN. GORDON'S SPEECH. v
Mr. Gordon also spoke In a tone of
defiance and Indignation.
"Mr. President, the senator irosn Kau
nas clothed his extraordinary speech with
an aroault on the two leading political
parties occupying this chamber »*l ap
peals for a third party. At a time like
this, when the peace of great cornmum-
tiea is not only threatened but broken,
when law Is driled, when a great central
city, one of the flret n this or any other
land, has Us prosperity threatened by a
reign of blood anl fire and terror, when
great communities are looking hither and
thither for some method of escape from
the terrors which surround them, when
our very civilisation, not to say the form
of government under which we live, is
heaving under a mad groundsweli of a
great agitation,. It seems to me that any
representative on this floor has descended
very far from the lofty plane of states-
marv-hlp and patriotism who stands at
such an hour to appeal for party. What
matters It to ua whether we he Repub
licans or Democrats, what matters It to
any lover of hts country on which side
he stood In the great American conflict
In the part, so that now we stand shoul
der to shoulder for the peace of the coun
try and the enforcement of Ua lawa, the
support of It# dignity and the perpetuity
of Us personal libertlea-the liberties of
Its people? 1 do not wish to speak on
the subject from a Southern standpoint,
and I will not. It matters not to me
whether the woe which threaten* Chloago
be Western, Eastern. Northern or South
ern. It Involves In Its meshes the very
life of this republic, which Is a republic
of order. If It Is a republic at all. We
are a peculiar people. We are a people
who govern our country by vote, gy
ballot, and the will of the people Is Ut
law, and when the will of the people
fall* to support the taw- the government
mutt become defunct. We have no gov
ernment except that government organ
ized nnd upheld by the free will of th*
people. Law governs by popular will
and protects private property nnd private
life. It protects the right of '*>* laboring
man to dispose of his labors and sell it
where he pleases, and when that right
I* Invaded by Mr. Debe, or anybody els*.
It Is a defiance not only of the lawi of
the whole country, but It I* an Inaugura
tion of a syatem of slavery never known
In the past history of thl* country. The
Institution of slavery has been wiped out
In blood drawn from the vein* of North
ern and Southern kindred, nnd there
never hae lived a man on this contlnert
who had the right to order a man of hie
own blood from labor. Why, air. where
la this country today? I »t*nd here -n
this high chamber and recall with some
mlrg'.vlng th* woful prophecy of Lord
MacCaulny In some groat public upheaval
like that which confronts ua today, tout
this fair republic would either lose its
civilization through mob law, or In put-
tang It down by the strong urm or power
would lose Us liberties. Sir, 1 do not
believe that, but I confess If such doc-
trines as we have heard on this floor
thla morning become popular, well may
we ptuee and consider whether Mao.
Caulay'a prophecy Is to be fulfilled or
not. Rather would 1 think with the
great Uambetla, when he eakl that all
the liberty ovlng people of the country
would untie to save the county, however
much they might flgbt In politics. Tho
day la on us right now, and 1 aland
here, not at u Southern man, but ae an
American cltlsen, and wish my voice
could ring through the ear of every law.
breaker of the continent, to sty that the
men who wore th* gray from '61 to '15
and confronted the stars and stripee will
be found ride by side with those who
wore the blue following that flag In up
holding the dignity of the country over
which It floats. (Applause.)
"One more thought. The distinguished
senator from Minnesota (Mr. Davis) eatd
truly and wleely that the great backbone
of the country ess the common class. 1
belong to tbet class. I am a farmer, and
as their representative 1 stand here to
day to eay that south of the Potomac
river you will not sec a farmer, be he
white or blaek, who will not rally to the
support of the government tn the exercize
of It* power. I wish the matter coull
have been settled peacefully. I rgret
the bloodshed, but I want to say as an
honest man that the blood which hat
been shed or will D* shed, be It an ocean.
Is nothing to the price of this republic
and Its value, and the sons of men who
made it will save It, whatever may be
the coat.”
Thla speech evoked prolonged and en
thusiastic applause, which made It neces
sary for the vice-president to admonish
the galleries.
Mr. Daniel offered the following resolu
tion as a substitute for that offered by
Mr. Peffer;
"Resolved, That the senate Indorsee the
prompt anl rigorous measure* adopted
by the president of the United States and
members of hts administration to repulse
and suppress by military force, the In
terference of lawless men with the due
process of the laws of the Unled Btntee,
sod with the transportation of the m*!!«
of th* United States and with commerce
among the states."
Mr. Daniel then said It Is within the
plain constitutional authority of congress
of th* United States to regulate com
merce with foreign nations and among
the several atatea and with the Indian
trfbei; to establish poetofflcee and poet-
roads, and to ordain and establish Inferior
courts, and the Judicial power extends
to all rates In law- snd eq'dtv arising
under the constitution and lawa of the
United States. It Is the duty of th* presi
dent, under the constitution, to take cars
that the law be faithfully executed, and
to this end It la provided that he shall
be commander-ln-chlef of th* army end
navy of the United §'.#•»« and of the
■nlltlla of the several state*, when called
Into the actual service of the Unite I
States. It la treason against the United
State* for a cttlxen to levy war against
them, or to adhere to their enemies, giv
ing them eld and comfort. Those who
continue to use force to assail or rretut
the constituted authorities of the United
States dell or military, should be warned
of th* magnitude of their nn-n*.-. and
those who earn honest bread by holiest
tot! can do nothing more d- trlmentil to
their Interests than show them any sort
of countenance In their lawltt* course.
The action of the president and hts ad
ministration hes the full sympathy and
support of the law-abiding masses of the
people of the L'rlted State*, an- he win
he -uppcrted by all depart;,,cuta of the
government and by the power and re
sources of the entire nation.
Mr. Daniel said he hoped that such a
resolution at such a time might pass
without opposition, without a dissenting
voice. It only reiterated the provisions
of the constitution.
At the conclusion of Mr. Daniel's re
marks cries of “vote!” "vote!" were
heard. An effort was then made to get
u vote on the resolution, but air. Ual-
llnger (Republican) of New Hampshire
asked that It go over until tomorrow.
Under the rule this was done, although
his colleagues sought to have mm will,
draw hla rtqueat.
A substitute for the reffor resolu
tion eras off,cod by Mr. Daniel oi Vir
ginia upholding mid cotiuucnulUig tho
osticul art-on of ihe President) und Ins
cuMnot. Then after some ren/arks by
Mr. Gordon and by Mr. SetiwJW of Ne
vada, the whole subject wont over till
tomorrow.
In tlie bust two hours of tihe Mission
the pootofllcie approjwhiiUoei (dll o.-),|
the bouse toll for Uie ml mission of
L'tali ns :i stoito were passed, the
former with very little friction and tin
ln-Jrer without ony at all, even without
the yttts uud miys being allied upon
Its puMMge.
The Semite nt 5:15 p. tn. tuljouriiea
till njtmmow.
IN THE HOUSE.
An Eeffort Looking to the Forfeiture
“’"•“of Railroad Land Gram*.
Washington, July 10.—Several prl-
vivtie relief bills were passed aud th n
Mr. Paterson called up the contested
elocUoci ante of Tlunslx r vs. Enloc,
from the eighth ' 'rennaseao district.
The resolutso is declare Euloe entitled
to tlie «"*» Mr. PntlerKOfi stated that
the majority of the cottmlttee were of
the opinion tint Mr. Euloe was electid
by llil votes aud the mUiucIty (timi iw
was elected by 3T> rate*. Tlie resolu
tions were .agire-d to without division.
Among the tolls reported from com-
mlt!e?s wus one by Mr. Powers (Re
publican) of Vernon* from the conn
jnit.toe on judlctury, which he said was
Intended only “to Improve the health
it ud morals of the number* of tha
house." (laiugliter.) D inovlded for
tlie report 1 at section 10, revised stat
utes, under which the serguaiM-at-anng
I# deducting from tlie saktries of lira,
tiers p-r dicta for uJwonces for other
reasons than sicknws. A minority re-
I tore trill uUo be tiled.
Mr. McRae, chairman of the commit-
toe ou public lands, culled up tlie toll
to to peri the not exempting putillo
land# In Alabama from the operation
oi the law o< 1S.CI reLufug to mineral
lands, and it was passed.
According to the arrangement made
by him with the committee ou rules,
Mr. McRae, chairman of the committee
on public lauds, called op the bill re
ported from hi# committee to amend
the railroad Loud grant forfeiture law
of SciiLwbrr 2D, 1800, by insriting a
sulwdtute for section 1, greatly extend
ing the scope at its ois-vutions. By
the provisions at the now art about
54,000,1)00 neve# of laud would be fur-
felted and restored to the public do-
tnffia. The hill was dlscuss d by
Mc-sre. McRae, Rnutner end Cobb of
Alabama, who flavored its pas-dge,
aud by Messrs. Igiivy of leave, Wilson
of AkH'imn nnd Hermann (Republican!
of Orivn. who oppowd it. The MU
was n -t disposed of.
Mr. .McRae had ! iron gilt In and dis
played on a gigantic easel in the area
fronting the sixuker’a desk ti mnp
showing the location ami extent of
lauds granted «o the various lines of
railways earned and unearned. Mr.
McRae conteeided that tlie governmenl
had a right to forfrtt such of these
lauds ns were unearned, tuul that stkh
forfeiture* was no< a contravention to
tue decisions oi^tbc United Ptitos su
preme court. According to Unis imp
the states of lowu nnd Mlnntwsa liar#
Ik-cn given over wholly to ihe lanJ
grant railroad. After pn-stdring argu
ments in favor of tlie bill, Mr. MeK-ts
presented n table showing the esti
mated amount of land that would Iw
forfeited by the passage of the toll. In
will oh Is embraced the following hems:
Gulf nnd Stop Island, tV.2,800 arres;
Coosa nnd TViuiosriv, HO.lflO; Duse
and Ohnltooga, 14.000; Mobile anl
Girard, 0.11.201; Selma, Rome* nod r»d-
ton, 258,1124; Atlantic, Gulf nnd Wirt
India Transit. 070.000; Penwacola and
Georgia. 070,080; Vicksburg, Shrove-
port and PacMc, 204,800.
At 5:10 tlie house ndjournod until
tomorrow.
COTTON CROP REPORT.
A Slight Improvement Shown tn th*
Slop!:': Condition During June.
Washington, July 10.—Return* tort*
department of ogricuKuve tor Orton
make the average condition 89.6.
88.3 in June, showing an Improvement
In ita condition of 13 point*. The con-
diMon In July. 1SD3. wus 81.7. The «'
erases by eOates are a* fallow*:
Virginia. 87: North CtoroKno. Ill
Carolina. 88; Georgia. 78; Florida, M. *•-
Blximi, 87; MliwisBlppt. 88; LoutoHnu. M.
Texas. 9); Arkansas. 97; Tenneaaee. a
The repot- shows a alight but ttn<T"
Improvement of condition drourtwl'
the cotton belt In five agate*. X lrgim#.
Alatauna. Mlt-sL-wto. Louisiana ana
Tenn-.-se*. there ha* been •
while in the rtatra of North Garelln*.
Loath Carolina. Georgia. Florid* •t**
Texas, there ha* been nn Impnovenwi"
In the condition of the crop.
AT RAN FRANCISCO.
f»m Francisco, July 10.—A
representing the chamber «* com
n»?rce, the board of trade and the mer
chants' i—nrhvrion of thl* city haa »
conference with tlie Oakland «ri*e
leader* this morning, the object being
to bring about an undersmndlng <»■
might lead to some arrangement for ■
compromise by llie two contending
forces; but no proposition tending ta *
settlementt war made. No conceasM!*
w re made on the part of the stnr •
and. unices the committee can oner
-them something In accordance with tn
position rhey hue held throughout to*
trouble, thr/v Is no ln<llc.itlon of Inin
(Hut* settlement.
GROOM 82; BRIDE 80.
Bloomington. III.. July l(k—TJ 1 *
rlajc* of Thomas Stout to Mrs. r*ii»«
beth Enp man occurred twe '***
nlsht. The renmrksble feature of «*•
imrrtife Is the fact -that the *ro*n
was S2 } »•.•!rs of age and the bride
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