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THE LATE WAR
Is most graphically described in
HARPER'S PICTORIAL HISTORY.
Nine parts are ready.
VOLUME LXXXVII.-XO. 118.
RIOTS AT CHICAGO.
Fires Started in Many of
the Railroad Yards.
GREAT DESTRUCTION OF CARS.
He Loss to One Company Alone
Over a Million Dollars,
A DAY OF INTENSE EXCITEMENT.
Six Strikers Killed and Many
People Injured.
MAYOR HOPKINS CALLS FOR MORE
STATE TROOPS.
President Dobs of the American Rail
way Union Issues a Proclamation
to Strikers Throughout the Coun
try to Preserve tho Peace—Attor
ney-General Olney Determined That
the Laws of the Country Shall be
Enforced, No Matter What the Cost.
Special to the Record-Uxion.
Chicago, July 6.—With flaming torches
lawless hordes of firebugs are at work at
a score of points in the south half of Chi
cago. Fires are raging in every direction
among the numerous railroad yards,
hundreds of cars and tens of thousands
of dollars' worth of merchandise have
gone up in smoke or been carried off by
the now frenzied mob of rioters. In
cendiarism is rampant. Alarm after
alarm has followed in quick succession
all day, and to-night at 11 o'clock a glare
reflected from the heavens shows that the
disorderly pastime continues unabated.
Prom early morning until this hour
(midnight) reports of fresh fires followed
oach other with startling rapidity, being
eu, however, principally to rail
road rolling stock and buildings, against
•which thus far the greatest part of the
mobs' fury has been directed.
Early this marning a blaze started
among some overturned cars at Kensing
ton, quickly communicating to other
tracks rilled with long lines of cars.
Many containing merchandise were soon
raping furiously, fanned by a strong
wind. There was at this point a total of
eighty cars wiped out.
At the stockyards one blaze after an
other was reported, and from the outly
ing districts came urgent calls for engines
and police protection, increasing in fre
quency.
But with the falling shades of night
came the climax of the fiery festival. In
the Panhandle yards, from Fifty-fifth to
Sixty-third streets, eighty stock cars are
ou fire. The tracks, containing from
I.IKKJ to 2,000 cars, half of them loaded,
will be a total loss. No water being at
hand the tiro must burn itself out.
The Panhandle station at Sixty-third
street was also tired and destroyed.
The Grand Trunk yards at Elston are a
sea of liiime. Five hundred boxcars are
supposed to have been burned, and all
efforts to check the llames have been
futile.
While directing the movements of the
Eleventh Battalion at Fifty-first street,
Fire Marshal Fitzpatrick was seized by
thoroughly frenzied mobs of rire-bugs
and thrown into a pond, from which he
was rescued by the police more dead than
alive. Everything at this point will
probably be a total loss.
At Hyde Park, near the World's Fair
grounds, the ashes of forty cars are now
smoldering, and word has just come in
that alter numerous etlorts the mob has
succeeded in firing the Illinois Central
shops at Burnside.
At the stock yards to-night about fifty
toughs, some of whom are railroad men,
were skulking from point to point, aud
set a largo number of fires. Their meth
ods were thoroughly unique. Loading
several handcars with buckets of waste
and oil, they would glide around among
the cars in the darkmi^a, lighting wads of
stuff, which would b» thrown into the
open doors of the cars as they passed by
them. Fires sprang up on every hand,
and no organized e:iort on the part of the
police seemed to be under way to inter
cept them. This is tho banner district of
the city, if not of the entiro country, for
all-around toughs, and it is as much as a
man's life is worth to interfere with
them.
Troops are hurrying south; company
alter company, under heavy inarching
orders, are mo\ ing to the turbulent
scenes in the center of the city. The
aggregate losses of the railroads will be
enormous. Miles of their tracks have
lioeu ruined by the tierce heat, hundreds
or switch and signal towers, with their
expensive mechanism, are utterly ruined.
Thousands erf cars and untold quantities
o: merchandise of every imaginable de
■cription have fed the flames und gorged
the larders of the thieves, the valuable
locomotives have been wrecked and dis
abled and »iiies of tangled wires and
prostrate poles litter the ground.
Telephone, telegraph, electric light and
fire alarm wires arc now the special ob
ject of attack, the plugging of lire alarm
boxes constituting a new and doubly
dangerous clement in the tremendous
a\ aye of iucondiarism sweeping over the
southwest portion of the city, preveut
i;.(T, as it dues, notice being received of
the' starting of the fires, until, with the
poor water supply iv these outlying dis
tricts, a fire has attained such a headway
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thst it cannot be stopped except through •
lack of further material on which to feed, i
The maddened inobd, now worked up j
to the highest pitch of fury, are parallel- j
ing the scenes of the Commune, and at I
this hour it appears as though nothing
short of the miraculous can prevent
an armed demonstration against them,
and the sacrifice of many lives.
About eighty cars were burned r1 *"
gether in the Illinois Central yard, a.
10 o'clock to-night flames were yat i
smoldering, but no further spread of the j
fire at this point is feared.
Much apprehension was felt this even- j
ing concerning the Pullman shops. The I
feeling among the strikers is intense.
This evening a committee of the strikers
made a tour of the works, and ordered
the watchmen to leave the place or suffer
the consequences. Some of these became
greatly alarmed and did so, but later, be
ing reassured by the company and the
arrival during the evening of the State
militia, they returned to their posts, and
during the early evening it was said that
the Pullman plant was adequately
manned with guards. The intentions of
the strikes were not known, but there are
those interested who fear incendiary
work, or the possible use of explosives.
The first detachment of the National
Guard reached Kensington at 8:30 o'clock.
The train ran around to Rivordale, where
a company was left on guard, and then
returned to Kensington. Here the town
seemed full of people, and there were
evidently many strangers. The people
lined up along the tracks where the
troops were leaving the cars, and the citi
zen soldiers were|received with shouts of
derision. There was no offer of violence,
however, and the troops soon completed
their camp arrangements, and entered
upon the work of guarding property and
preventing riots.
At midnight nearly all the cars in the
yards have been destroyed. The mob
showed method in its incendiarism, and
hundreds of cars were rilled and their
contents carried away before the torch
was applied. The loss on the Panhandle
yards alone is estimated at $1,200,000.
Later—The fire in the Illinois Central
property at Burnside was subdued with
but slight loss.
At i:ls this morning about forty freight
cars were burning in the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy yards. The firemen
are at work, aud it is not thought the
ilames will spread any further. A crowd
of 200 or 300 people gathered about watch
ing the work of the firemen, and forty
policemen have just been sent from the
nearest station to prevent any rioting.
Reports from other parts of the city are
to the effect that it is quiet. No further
trouble is anticipated before morning.
A DAY OF BLOODSHED.
Six Strikers Killed and a Number In
jured.
Chicago, July 6.—Six dead and an in
definite number of injured is the record
of casualties in the strike conflicts in
Chicago to-day. Yesterday one man was
shot in the leg. If the blood-letting to
morrow shall show a like increase, the
Coroner will have a summer's work be
fore him.
The developments of yesterday went
la-Jo convince all thinking people that
the'gravity of the situation had not been
appreciated by the authorities or the peo
ple at large. Persons who were here dur
ing tho railroad riot of 1877, and who saw
the atmosphere clear perceptibly when no
more than eighty bronzed and husky
regulars from the plains marched down
Madison street and went into camp on
the Lake Front, wagged their heads,
knowingly when three times the number
were ordered from Fort Sheridan, and
said they would make short work of Mr.
Debs' followers. But after twelve hours'
as patient and persistent coolness and
bravery under trying circumstances as
ever seen, these same citizens and the of
ficers in command were forced to admit
that things were not as they were in 1877,
and that it was still a long way to peace
and the resumption of traffic on any of
the roads running out of Chicago.
The developments of the night and
those of the day have led to a firm con
viction that nothing short of an over
whelming armed force, with instructions
to shoot to kill, can settle the trouble, or,
as Colonel Croiton put it, "It has ceased
to be a mere movement of troops and has
become a campaign." The local and
State authorities have awakened to the
critical gravity of the situation, which is
affecting the Nation generally and Chi
cago particularly, and are taking meas
ures to apply adequate measures. The
police force has already been recruited up
to over 3,000 men, and at the request of
Mayor Hopkins and by order of Gov
ernor Altgeld two brigades of State mili
tia have been ordered here to help in
quelling the disturbance.
At the National Capital, also, the fact is
recognized that the prevailing conditions
are entirely out of the ordinary and that
provision must be made for such a num
ber of fighting men as never has been
seen in the history of this country iv
times of peace, if the dignity of the United
States and processes of its courts are not
to be laughed to scorn for an indefinite
time.
The strike infection is widespread and
so menacing at many points that the
President and his advisers believe it
would be unwise to withdraw any more
regular troops from the country west of
Chicago. It is, therefore, in contempla
tion, should the forces, Federal and
municipal, already here be unequal to the
task of keeping order, to send here the
companies stationed on the Canadian
border in the State of New York, with
the intention, as circumstances demand,
in exercising his right to call lor 20,000 of
the crack militia-regiments of New York
and Pennsylvania.
The day lias been one of constant alarm
and calls for police, Deputy Marshals and
soldiers here and everywhere through a
wide stretch of territory in the southern
part of the county. Riot has been run
ning rampaut throughout the day, cars
have been overturned, switches broken
and tracks obstructed in numerous ways,
the torch has been applied in numerous
instauces to cars, switch towers and the
like, not to mention an attempt to fire a
part of the great Armour packing plant,
in fact, at one time the incendiary blazes
followed each other in such quick succes
sion that the fire department was put in
straits to care for all of them. To add to
the gravity it was found that the strikers
were interfering with the police during
the fire alarm and telegraphic signals,
aud in one or two instances police who j
were using the police telephone calls were I
stoned.
In general, the order of things com
pared with that of yesterday was re
versed. Then the railroads were tryiug
to break the blockade by sending troops
out. They recognized the futility of that
method of procedure, and practically
gave up any attempt at outward move
ment. But there were some incoming
passeuger trains ou several roads, to
gether with a few of tho regular milk
trains, but outside of this class of traffic
the strikers managed to make trpuble for ;
nearly every road running in a south-'
erly direction. The Fort Wayne, Lake ;
:Shore, Michigan Central. Burlington and I
Ohio, Alton, Illinois central, Panhandle, j
Western Indiana, Rock Island and the |
Mouon all experienced difficulty in a
greater or less degree at some time dur
ing the day.
The trick of scaring a crew from a
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; train, running the engine up the track,
| opening up the throttle and letting it run
back full tilt on the standing track was a
! neat one, of a character likely to be imi
! tated. The stoning of in-coming trains
I was a common pastime with the mobs,
i and several persons were more or leas in
juied by flying missiles. One engineer
on a Rock Island train was so badly in-
I jui ><i that it was at first thought he was
J. The assaults of the mobs, how
•r .»--< not met with the passive re
- < -eh characterized the course
i pdrsueu /osterday. On two occasions, at
; least, these attacks were met with accu
j rately-aimed lead.
During a riot over an incoming train at
i Kensington a Deputy United States Mar
| shal shot and killed two strikers, and
during the afternoon the deputies guard
ing an incoming Burlington and Ohio
passenger train replied to a volley of
shots and stones which the strikers tired
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
the situation this afternoon, when a meet
ing of representatives of ail the bodios of
organized labor in tne city, after a pro
tracted discussion, in which a general
sympathy strike was favored, appointed
a committee of three, with full power to
act, and at the same time called a meeting
of organized labor for next Sunday to
ratify their action.
Late this afternoon the Second Regi
ment of State militia was ordered to the
stock-yards.
Warlike scenes attended the efforts of
the Rock Island to move trains between
Blue Island and Chicago last night, ac
cording to the stories gleaned from eye
witnesses. Ten hours were consumed in
moving three trains over the intervening
sixteen miles. Bayonets, revolvers and
police clubs were used against the mobs,
which at times tilled the right of way,
and the mob fought back by overturning
freight cars in front of the line of trains.
Between Fifty-tint and Fifty-second
streets over fifty box-cars were thrown
across the rails, for the mob ran ahead
and upset the cars faster than the railroad
officials could clear the tracks.
Colonel Bailey, who commands the
troops at Blue Island, received orders to
send two companies to Fifty-first street.
It was decided to take advantage of the
opportunity and move the Kansas City
and Omana through trains to Chicago.
A special was made up for the troops and
mail and moved out of tne yards, the
troops' train leading. The detachment
consisted of Company C, Fifteenth Regi
ment, U. S. A., Captain Conrad, and of
Company O, Captaiu Cornish. Lieuten
ant James of Company C, with four sol
diers, took a position on the pilot of the
engine, and a squad of seven infantry
meu mounted the coal heap near by. The
trains reached Fiftieth street without
trouble, but the sight of a large crowd at
Fifty-first street brought the engine to a
stop at the crossing. The crowd stood
directly on the track, and when the en
gine with its guard drew near many of
ttae men in the mob stooped down and
clutched pieces of rough-edged track bal
last. Tho crossing was filled with the
men, and as far down the truck as could
be seen men were rushing toward the
train.
The soldiers on the engine had loaded
their ritlcs when they left Blue Island,
but when the mob was seen they each
placed some cartridees between their
teeth ready for rapid tiring, for their or
ders were to shoot if shot at, and to shoot
quick and bard. Without waiting for
the engine to stop Lieutenant James
sprang from the pilot with his long re
volver in his hand, and with a "Come on
boys!" jumped into the thick crowd.
His men with their bayonets followed on
the run, and the crowd broke and ran.
One of them not moving fast enough re
ceived a jab with the cold steel. In the
meantime the isoidiors in the car had
tumbled ow, - nd were forming ou the
right of way. The tracks north were
covered with the mon and boys running
to the scone. Loud cries of "Run 'em
out!" "Kill the curs!" broke from the
mob, and were answered by the com
mands "Fours left, charge bayonets,
march!" Company C swung around,
and at a rapid pace advanced to meet the
crowd of men who waited until the points
of the bayonets wore almost at their
breasts, and then slowly gave way, and
in a short time the crossing was cleared.
A large crowd gathered on top of the
freight cars, and several revolvers Hashed
in the sun. James and a couple of
sergeants climbed upon the cars and
cleaned them off. Butler . Sempil of
Company C was struck by a ragged piece
of furnace slag, which cut his cheek
open. Stones were thrown at the men
on top of the cars, but the business-like
click of the rifle hammers as the riflemen
drew beads on tho men who did the
throwing, cleared tue back yards of part
of the mob which had sought safety
there.
Leaving a guard at Fifty-first street,
the trains moved to Forty-seventh street,
where another large crowd was gathered.
A quick charge cleared tho crossing, and
all of Company C left the cars to guard
that point,and trains proceeded under the
escort of Company G, with Lieutenant
Blauvelt aud a squad of men on the
engine.
Mayor Hopkins sent a letter to Gov
ernor Altgeld formally applying for State
troops to restore this city to a peaceable
condition.
General Andrew Welsh, Commander
of the Third Brigade, with headquarters
at Aurora, telegraphed Mayor Hopkins
that three companies of his troops will
reach the city between 6" and 7 o'clock on
the Burlington route. The remainder,
1,200 men, will be in early in the morn
ing.
An attorney called on Mayor Hopkins
to report that the strikers are trying to
intimidate the firemen and engineers in
tho International Packing-house Refrig
erator plant. The stoppage of this plant
means that thousands of dollars worth of
meat will be ruined. The Mayor ordered
forty-five men to protect the plant.
Bishop Fellows of the Reformed
Church, and Rev. P. S. Hensou, Baptist,
called on the Mayor to-day and an
nounced a mass meeting at Battery D
Sunday afternoon. The purpose of the
meeting is to discuss plans for settling
the strike.
The General Managers' Association this
afternoon passed a resolution stating that
it is not a fact that some of the State of
ficials have "admitted that the present
stoppage of railroad tratlic is due to a
lack of trainmen, but is due to a lack of
protection of police otiicers. The resolu
tion sets forth that 00 per cent, of the em
ployes of railroad lines are anxious to
work, and are only prevented by the law
lessness of the mob not yet suppressed.
All the unmarried in the stock yard
offices of Armour it Co. have been sworn
in as Deputy Sheriffs and ate now on
duty.
Of the situation in general it maybe
said to have broadened and strengthened
its grip. The most signiticant feature of
it is the carrying of the strike East to
Cleveland, tying up all the connections
of the seaboard trunk lines there, with
the promise that by to-morrow it would
reach tho trunk lines themselves, and so
practically reach the Atlantic seaboard
I by tying up the railroads at Buffalo.
! Thus the strike would be extended from
I San Francisco to New York. There is
j no notable relief at the points heretofore
placed under embargo, and the situation
at Kansas City was complicated by the
tying iip of the Fort Scott road, thereby
involving another Southwestern line.
ATTORXEY-GENEKAL OLNEY.
He Says the Government Will Enforce
the Laws at All Hazards.
Washington-, July 6.—Attorney-Gen
! eral Olney says that arrangements are
I being made to send more Federal troops
I to Chicago, if necessary, from the East,
j and, if these are inadequate, tho Presi
dent would call out the militia of New
York and Pennsylvania, numbering 20,
--000 men.
The Attorney-General was not dis-
posed to further discuss the matter, but
ho said that the fact that the riotous
strikers iv Chicago continue to obstruct I
the traffic on railroads and resist the otii
cers has not in the least shaken the Gov
ernirent's purpose to enforce the laws at
all hazards, and at whatever cost. "That
riotous demonstrations continue only
shows tnat the conduct of the troops in
not responding with ball and bayonet
was of a most forbearing character.
"The Government realizes that it is un
fortunate that troops from interior posts
are not immediately available, owing to
the great distance to be traveled and the
present difficulty in getting transporta
tion. Nevertheless, if found necessary, a
force will be massed in Chicago sufficient
to stop the strike at a single blow. There
will be no t jmporizing, no compromis
ing with the strikers. Tho railroad com
panies must be permitted to conduct their
business uumolested, if the entire army
has to be brought to bear.
"General Miles will be supplied with
all necessary force to carry out ordera,
and if reinforcements are necessary they
will be forthcoming. Even now, in the
the anticipation of trouble, preparations
are making to strengthen this command
immediately upon call, this time by
troops from the East, for those remaining
at Western posts are liable to be abso
lutely needed to protect Government
property.
''General Schofield has such implicit
confidence in the splendid organization
of the New York National Guard that he
would feel safe in withdrawing all the
United States regular troops stationed in
that service to Chicago. This will not be
done, of course, except iv case of abso
lute necessity, lor there is every disposi
tion on the part of the Executive to per
mit the militia of Illinois to handle the
disturbance, if it is able to do so, without
a needless show of United States force.
The troops likely to be called for to rein
force General Miles upon demand are the
garrisons at Fort Niagara, N. V., where
there are three companies of tho Twenty
first Infantry, and at Madison Barracks,
Sacketts Harbor, where there are seveu
companies of the Ninth Infantry. These
ten companies could be placed in Chicago
on a. day's notice.
"Should the force be insufficient, the
next move >vill probably be to call out a
considerable part of the militia of New
York and Pennsylvania for service iv
Illinois, which may be done under Sec
tion 5-21)8 of the Revised Statutes. It is
estimated that 70,000 of these men, tho
pick of the militia of the United States,
could be thrown into Chicago on short
notice. They would be used purely for
militia duty, guarding property and so
on, thus freeing the regular troops for of
fensive operations. The President," he
said, "has full and complete authority
under the Constitution and statutes to
call for militia, and he may also by virtue
of the Constitution assume command of
them, and also of the National Guard of
Illinois, without reference to any Gov
ernor. It can be stated with authority
that there is no immediate prospect of a
declaration of martial law by the Presi
dent as to Chicago or the State of Illinois.
The principal purpose of such a declara
tion would be to suspend the issue of
writs of habeas corpus, should the judi
ciary seek to obstruct the executive, but
there is no danger on that score just now,
and every other power desired, it is
stated, is already within the reach of the
President without resource to the ex
treme measure."
PROCLAMATION FROM DEBS.
Strikers Requested Not to Molest the
Trains.
Chicago, July (>.—President Debs has
issued the following proclamation: •
"lo All Striking Ehtipmpes: In view
of the report of disturbances in various
localities, 1 deem it my duty to caution
you agtiinst being a party to any viola
tion of law, municipal, State or National,
during the existing difficulties. We have
repeatedly declared that we respect law
and order, and our conduct must con
form to our profession. A man who
commits violence in any form, whether a
member of our order or not, should be
promptly arrested and punished, and we
should be first to apprehend the mis
creant and bring him to justice.
"We must triumph as law-abidiqg citi
zens, or not at all. Those who engage in
force and violence are our real enemies.
We have it upon reliable authority that
thugs and toughs have been employed to
create trouble so as to prejudice the pub
lic against our cauae. These scoundrels
in every case should be made to pay the
penalty of the law.
"I appeal to you to be men, orderly
and law-abiding. Our cause is just, the
great public i 9 with us, and we have
nothing to fear. Let it be borne in mind
that if the railroad companies can secure
men to handle their trains, they have
that right. Our meu have the right to
quit; there their rights end. other men
have the right to take their places, what
ever the opinion or the penalty of so do
ing may be.
''Come away from railroad yards or
rights of way, or other places where
crouds congregate. A safe plan is to re
main away entirely from places where
there is any likelihood of being any out
break. The railroad managers have
sought to make it appear that their trains
do not move because of tho interference
of the strikers. The statement is an un
qualified falsehood, and no one knows
this better than the managers themselves.
They make this falsehood sorve their
purpose of calling out the troops.
"Respect the law, conduct yourselves
as become men, and our cause shall be
crowned with success.
"Eugene V. Debs."
ALL TRADES MAY BE CALLED OUT.
Chicago, July (s.—During the day
Debs sent a large number of cablegrams
to various labor organizations aud as
semblies of the American Railway Union
urging them to stand firm for at least
twenty-four hours longer. If by that
time the strike situation has not im
proved for the better, Mr. Dobs an
nounces that organi/.od labor all over the
country will bo called out, without any
reservation whatever.
IN OTHER SECTIONS.
The Biff Tour Road Tied Up Com
pletely ot Cleveland.
Cleveland, July 6.—Tho Big Four
men went out this morning, and tho road
is tied up completely. The members of
the American Railway Union wore in
session all night, and it is reported that
they decided to tie up all the roads run
ning into the city to-day. Committees
have been sent out to notify the crews on
the Lake Shore, Nickel Plate, Erie and j
other roads of the action of the meeting.
The Canton and Southern, as well as j
the Big Four road, is completely tied up. j
At 8 o'clock tho Lake Shore men struck. I
Out of forty-eight yards' crews and en
gines on that road, only one engine was |
working, and the men said that ihoy had
not been notified.
One or two passenger trains arrived
and departed, but as long freight trains
were being constantly pulled into the
yards and deserted on main tracks, it
seeiued probable that a blockade would i
soon result.
The Cleveland and Pittsburg men |
promptly stopped work v/hen notified to
do so by the committee, and at S;3O only j
one crew ont of thirty was at work.
The strikers are exclusively switch- <
men, and passenger trains only will be !
affected in the blockades. The engineers, j
firemen and trainmen will not go on a '
strike. The trainmen say that they will
not perform any duties of the switchmen, j
Assistant United States Attorney A. B. i
Drins said: "I have received instructions j
from the Attorney-General to file a bill, j
praying for an injunction, if it is abso- i
lutely necessary."
By 9 o'clock all the switchmen in the |
Erie yards had deserted their posts, j
Freight trains were left standing on the j
main tracks and threatened to break all
the traffic. At Valley, on the Baltimore
and Ohio, all the switchmen also went
out and the yards of that road are practi
cally dead. The Nickel Plate has aban
doned passenger trains for the West in
consequence of the tie-up on the western
end of the road.
PASSENGER TRAIN DITCHED.
Ottumwa (la.), July 6.—Tho Fort Mad
ison passenger train going east last night
struck an obstruction, ditching the en
gine and killing the engineer and fire
man. It is believed to ac the work of
strikers.
ANOTHER ROAD TIED 'UP.
Kansas City, July 6.—The Kansas
City, Fort Scott and Memphis road was
added to the list of suspended roads to
day, all the switchmen and yardmen hav
ing struck. This will probably compel
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas to atop
running, as the switching was done by
the crews of the Fort Scott and Memphis.
A> T INCENDIARY FIRE.
Catro (111.), July 6.—Two freight-sheds
and freight-cars were burned at 1 o'clock
in the Mobile and Ohio yards. It is sup
posed that the fire was incendiary.
A MILK TRAIN DITCHED.
Hammond (Ind.), July G. — Strikers
captured a milK train to-day and jumped
the cars into a ditch. Further rioting
followed.
THE STRIKE APPROACHING PITTSBURG.
Pittkburg, July 6.—The strike on the
Cleveland and Pittsburg road has reached
Conway, twenty-three miles west of this
city, where all the freight trains are tied
up. In this city the situation is more
alarming than at any time since the strike
was inaugurated.
ON THE RIO GRANDE.
Denver, July 6.—The anticipations of
the strike of the Rio Grande switchmen
and yardmen in this city, who are mem
bers of the American Railway Union,
was not roalized this morning. The men
were all working and the trains were sent
out as usual, but with no expectation of
getting them beyond Pueblo. The other
railroads are all running passenger trains,
but the Union Pacific is not sending
trains west of Cheyenne. The threatened
tie-up on the Colorado Midland is not yet
accomplished. '
THE STRIKE SPREADING.
Omaha, July 6.—A1l the switchmen
and firemen on the Chicago, St. Paul and
Minneapolis and the Omaha roads iv this
city struck this morning.
NO CHANGE IX THE SITUATION.
Topeka, July (5. —To-day witnesses no
change in the strike situation in Kansas.
Officers will begin this evening and will
as fast as possible arrest men who have
been concerned in the strike, There are
now nearly 2,000 names on the petition
and they will be arrested. The origin of
this new move was through United States
District Attorney W. C. Perry, who com
menced proceedings in the United States
Circuit Court before Judge Carter under
the Conspiracy Act of ISJK) to restrain Eu
gene V. Debs, George W. Howard, tho
American Railway Union and all its
members from in any manner interfer
ing with interstate commerce of any
roads engaged in iuterstate commerce op
erating through the State of Kansas. To
day proceedings were commenced under
an order to Mr. Perry from Attorney-
General Oluey.
LAYING OFF MEN.
Omaha, July U.—The Cudahy Packing
Company has laid oil" 300 men in its hog
killing department, Swift & Co. laid of
"250. Other companies are all trying to
run full forces. The working force of
the Union Pacific system may be laid off
to-morrow. The Omaha smelter is nearly
out of ore, and must soon shut down.
ALL QUIET AT PUEBLO.
Pueblo, July 6.—A1l has been quiet
aud peaceable here to-day, with no
crowds or loud talking. Eighteen regu
lars have taken the places of 125 Marshals
at the Santa Fe depot.
An adverse decision of Judge Voorhees,
of the District Court, elected by Gov
ernor Waite to cross arms with the Fed
eral Government, will probably put an
end to further action by the State courts.
THE WABASH ROAD.
Jefferson City (Mo.), July 6.—Gov
ernor Stone to-day sent Adjutant-Gen
eral Wickham to Moberly, with instruc
tions to report immediately what steps
are necessary to put the Wabash Com
pany in possession of its property and
suppress all sorts of disorder incident to
the strike.
SITUATION NOT IMPROVED.
Moberly (Mo.), July 6.—The situation
in this city is not much improved, and
such train 3as are moved are from twelve
to twenty-four houra late. A train from
St. Louis brought about forty armed
men who arc supposed to take the
places of the strikers. So far no violence
has occurred.
THE SANTA FE GAINS GROUND.
Kansas City, July 6.—The Santa Fe
appears to be gaining ground. Tho road
managed to get several freight trains out
to-day with new brakemeu and firemen.
All of the passenger trains arrived and
departed as usual. The Memphis line
sent out one passenger train to-day and
several carloads of freight billed to south
ern points. Tho Burlington road was
opening this afternoon, notwithstanding
tho strike of its liremen. It is expected
to observe its regular schedule over the
Hannibal and St. Joe to-morrow. The
Burlington got all its perishable fruit
started for the East to-day. Owing to
the troubie ou the Kansas City, Fort
Scott and Memphis line, the M. K. and
T. is not moving or accepting freight.
The Wabash, the Chicago aud Alton and
the Rock Island roads are practically do
ing nothing.
THE BURLINGTON TIED UP.
Kansas City, July (j.—The Burlington
is tied up here to-night by a strike of its
night switchmen. The Fort Scott and
Memphis night crews are also out and
that line is box tight at this point. Tho
Santa Fe officials declare they will run
trains according|to schedule to-morrow.
Every man, from engineer to brakemau,
that goes out out on a freight on this lino
will bo sworn in as a Deputy United
States Marshal and will carry arms.
PULLMAN DECLINES TO BE INTERVIEWED.
New York, July 6.— G. M. Pullman
declined to see reporters to-day or to
make any statement concerning the de
sire of Mayor Hopkins that ho return to
Chicago and arbitrate with the strikers.
BWTTOHMBK STRIKE.
Nashville, July 6.—At G.-30 o'clock
120 switchmen of the American Railway
Union struck. To-night trains came in
as usual.
AT DULTTTH. . £ ;
Duluth, July 7.—The St. Paul and
Duluth road has been drawn into the
strike here. All the switchmen quit this
morning, and clerks and other employes
arc making up trains. Trains are going
out on tho Omaha with scab firemen.
The Northern Pacific is tied up tight and
nothing is moving. If the St. Paul and
Duluth is tied up entirely there will be a
scarcity of provisions here, us nearly
everything is coming over that road.
GOVERNOR STONE IN BAD lIU-M.OR.
Jefferson City (Mo.j, July 7.—Gov
ernor Stone is in a bad humor over what
he terms the impertinent interference of
the United States authorities in local af
fairs in regard to tho strike of railway
employes, lie says Missouri can protect
its own property and preserve peace with
out tue assistance from Washington. Un
questionably the United States has a
right to prevent any interference with
the possession or transportation of the
mails; but tho practu-.o ot interfering with
mails and interstate, a practice for setting
aside the State authorities without giving
them a chance to assert themselves, is an
other thing, ilo gives it as his opinion
that irresponsible deputies will do more
to exasperate and provoke riots and con
iiici-s than anything else. The Governor
has dispatched to President Cleveland a
very earnest protest against what he terms
an arbitrary and unnecessary move of the
Federal authority in this State.
THE STRIKE REACHES BUFFALO.
Buffalo, July p.—lt is reported that
a message was received late this morning
EIGHT CENTS
Is all the RECORD-UNION charges
its subscribers for each number of
the HARPER WAR SERIES.
frpm President Debs ordering tho men
out at midnight (Saturday morning).
RAILROAD SERVICES RESTORKK.
Trinidad, July 6.—The wholesale ar
restd receutly mado and the presence of
troops have overawed the turbulent ele
ment, and all railroads have restored
service. The strike here seems to be
practically at an end.
A STRIKER KILLED BY A WOMAN.
CniCAGQ, July 6.—Herbert Letters, a
striking Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
eniDloye, was shot and instantly killed
this afternoon by Mrs. W. J. Lehman.
Lehman took the place of a Chicagb, Bur
lington and Quincy fireman who went on
a strike. Letters met Mr. and Mrs. Loh
man, and endeavored to arguo Lehman
into striking. A quarrel ensued, in
which Lehman was getting worsted,when
Mrs. Lehman shot Letters.
RAILROADS AT DETROIT TO BE TIED UP.
Detroit, July 6.—Every railroad in
Detroit will be tied up alter 1:30 o'clock
to-night, as the result of the action of a
committee of tho local brotherhoods.
During the afternoon reports were re
ceived from separate conferences with
the above results. While there are a few
dissenters among tho engineers, it is be
lieved this strike will be practically uni
versal.
POLICE ORDERED ON DUTY.
New York, July ti.—All vacations in
the Dollce departmeni have beon stopped
by order of Superintendent Byrnes, and
all members ol the force from Captain
down who had left the city on their vaca
tions were to-day summoned by tele
graph to return forthwith. Superin
tendent Byrnes is preparing for a spread
of tho strike to this city. He does not in
tend to be caught napping.
SERIOUS SITUATION IX UTAH.
Washington, July 6.—Attorney-Gen
eral Olney late this afternoon received a
joint telegram from the acting Governor
of Utah, the Judge of the Supreme
Court and the United States Marshal,
stating that the situation had become seri
ous there. The railroads are'in the hands
of strikers and the Marshal is unable to
secure enough deputies to enforce the
laws. They call on the Government for
troops.
LABOR LEADERS CONFER.
Representatives of Nearly all Unions
in Chicago Present.
CnicAGo, July ti.—The conference of
labor, called by President Dobs, to-day
was attended by representatives from
every union in the city. The tone of the
talk was strongly in favor of supporting
the strike.
The conference of labor appointed a
committee ot three, with full power to act,
in the railroad strike calling out the labor
organizations. Meetings of all the labor
unions in the city will be held Sunday
night to ratify the action of the confer
ence.
Grand Master Workman Sovereign ar
rived in Chicago to-day from Dcs Moiues.
He said he had come to Chicago to render
what assistance he could to the American
Railway Union, and should do whatever
the officers of that organization might
determine would best serve the interests
of the strike. He thought the ultimatum
of the movement was important that
every labor organization should put in
its best blows to win the strike. He
added: ...
"This is the most critical period in the
history of unionism in America. It is
the time for every labor leader to rally
his forces aud join in tho struggle
for existence. This will practically be a
battle for the self-preservation and future
life of every workingman's body in the
country. No oue can overestimate the
importance of winning this conllict. De
feat will mean not a temporary setback,
but a permanent and everlasting disad
vantage to disorganized houcr aud hon
esty among the working people of the
land. That is why I am here to-day. That
is why I will do whatever the American
Rail way Union thinks best as regards the
ordering of a strike.
"As regards a walkout on the part of
the members of all tFades unions in the
city, I will say that I think it might
bring about a great good. Certainly it
would force upon the people a stronger
realization of the necessity of the settle
ment of these struggles, and the populace
would rise en masse in a demand for
arbitration. Arbitration the laborer is
not afraid of. The capitalist, though, will
not accede to it. Mr. Debs stands ready
to act for a reasonable settlement. The
General Managers do not. Public senti
ment will force the latter to change their
tune."
FEDERATION OP LABOR.
Denver, July 6. —It is stated on reli
able authority that grave things depend
upon the action of the Federation of
Labor now in session at Cheyenne. The
Federation of Labor is holding a confer
ence, at which it will be decided what ac
tion shall be taken in connection with the
American Kail way Union. If the con
vention shall not side with the American
Railway Union all organizations on tho
roads entering Denver, it Is said, will not
strike, but will endeavor to bring about a
big downfall of the strike and its in
stigators. The reasons assigned for this
action are that the miraculous growth of
the organization since the beginning of
its existence, about a year ago, and its
probable growth it" successful, constitute
a menace to every other organization of
railway men, and they propose to fight
for their own existence.
WAR ON DEBS.
Denver, July 6.—The Order of Rail
way Conductors will to-morrow begin
war on Eugene Debs, his order and the
strike The first step will be to expel
from the order all members who have
gone out on strike on tho order of Debs.
This decision has been arrived at because
of {several reasons. First —Memberß of
that order who struck work violated the
laws of the order. Second—By their acts
the striking members have weakened the
inlluence of the order, which has always
been so strong that it has never been
called upon to strike in order to gain a
desired point. It is intended to punish
the disobedient ones, and to stop the
weakening of the order's influence.
Following the example of the engineers
of the Denver and Gulf system, the con
ductors of the SantaFe.it is said, have
requested to be sworn in as Deputy
United States Marshals, and armed. Their
desire will be complied with to-morrow.
CALL FOH A GENERAL STRIKE.
Chicago, July 6.—The Building and
Trades Council of Chicago, with a mem
bership of 25,<X)0, has issued a call to all
organizations of labor throughout the
country to strike. It is reported to-night
that Grand Master Sovereign of the
Knights of Labor has called out all mem
bers of his organization in the State of
New York, and that he will establish
headquarters at Buffalo for the mauaee
ment of the strike. It is also reported
that Debs and Sovereign left for Buffalo
to-night, although it is denied at the
strikers' headquarters.
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS.
Cleveland, July 6.—lt is learned to
day that the Grievance Committee of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
on the Lake Shore went to Chicago last
night for the purpose of having a confer
ence with President John Newell, who is
now in the latter city. The engineers'
grievance lies in connection with tho rale
which was some time ago put in force by
the Lake Shore virtually holding ou
ginoers responsible for any pecuniary
loss resulting from accident in cases
where the company considers the en
gineer neglected his duty. The engineers
will ask to have this rule rescinded. Tho
result of the conference is awaited with
much interest, as it may have an im
portant bearing on the present strike. ■
STJUKINU SWITCHMEN.
Kansas City, July o.—Miles W. Bar
rett, President of the Switchmen's Mu
tual Aid Associatien, was hero to-day to
attend a meeting of the railroad em
ployes. He told the switchmen if they
quit work they must expect no aid while
out of work. Barrett admitted that more
WHOLE NO. 16,449;
than half of the members of the Switch
men's Mutual Aid Association were now
on a strike, and these, he said, were sub
ject to expulsion from the order.
TELEGRAPHERS TAKE NO ACTION.
Emi-okia (Kan.), July 6.—The Order of
Railroad Telegraphers for this district
met here last night to discuss the strike
situation, but no action was taken. As
sistant Grand Chief Dolphin said the
telegraphers would not be ordered out,
the majority of them feeling that it was
not their battle.
MEETING OF THE CABINET.
The Strike Situation East and "West
Discussed.
Washington, July 6.—At a Cabinet
meeting to-day the entire situation was
carefully gone over in the light of recent
developments and particularly of the
correspondence between the President
and Governor Altgeld. As a result, it is
now believed there is a strong disposi
tion to afford the Governor ample oppor
tunity to make good his claim of entire
ability to cope with the present difficulty
in his State. Not that the regular troops*
will be* retired from the field, for they
will still continue their guard over the
mail trains and Government property,
but the militia will be given full opportu
nity to contend with the disorderly mobs
outside of the railroad tracks and Gov
ernment property, aud the regulars prob
ably will be kept in waiting to respond
to any call to aid them.
The situation in the Far West, and
especially on tho Pacitic Coast, is still a
matter of grave concern to the Execu
tive. Applications have come for relief
from the complete blockado at Sacra
mento, Cal., but tho way is not yet clear
to help. The militia seem to have proven,
almost helpless. The only available
troops are at the Presidio at San Fran
cisco, and the War Department hesitates
to order them away and leave tue valu
able Government property at San Fran
cisco exposed to attack. It is hoped the
situation at Los Angeles will ameliorate
in a day or so, and the troops there can
be released and transferred to Sacra
mento.
One result of the great strike has. been,
to show in a startling manner the inade
quacy of the United States regular array,
which has been reduced to a mere skel
eton. At present 20.U00 men are expected
to police the w hoie country. General
Schofield has been obliged to exercise
great ingenuity in disposing of his small
iorces so as to make them suffice for this,
and to-day it would be difficult to trans
fer a single command in the West with
out exposing the great transcontinental
lines to indefinite interruption.
Officials at the Postoflice Department
take a cheerful view of the situation.
"The backbone of the strike will be
broken to-morrow night, desDito to-day's
developments in and about Chicago,"
said General Superintendent White of
the railway mail service.
AJLTGELD TO CLEVELAND.
Another Dispatch Concerning Federal
Troops at Chicago.
Springfield (111.), July 6.—Governor
Altgeld has dispatched a lengthy reply to
President Cleveland on the subject of or
dering Federal troops in the State of Illi
nois. He says that if the President's as
sumption that he lias the right to order
Federal troops into a community with
out regard to the question whether tho
community is able to enforce the law
itself, is correct, then the principle of
local government never existed in this
country or has been destroyed.
Governor Altgeld, being shown At
torney-General Olney's criticism upon
his protest, said: "The country may be
doing Mr. Olney an injustice, but the im
has ir: some manner become
rooted that he is the special representa
tive of great trusts and monopolies that
have been plundering _tue public. The
impression also prevails' that it is he who
is urging the President to have the Fed
eral Government interfere in labor
troubles, and thus assist Mr. Olney's
plans."
THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY.
Washington, July & —The watchful
ness or the officers of the army is un
abated to-night.
Another communication was received
from Governor Altgeld shortly after 9
o'clock, and it was immediately taken to
the President. It can be stated with cer
tainty that the Administration is sure of
its course, and the Federal troops will not
be recalled until such order, as will allow
its mails to go through uninterrupted,
and the perfect administration of Govern
ment business. Governor Altgeld's let
ter came over the wires, and occupied a
great while in transmission. It was
nearly midnight when tho following was
given to the press:
"Executive Mansion, July 6th.
"J. JP. Altgeld, (Governor of Illinois,
Springfield: While I am still persuaded
that 1 have not transcended my authority
or dutyin the emergency that confronts
us, it seems that in this hour of danger
and public distress discussion may well
give way to active eilort on the part of all
authorities to restore obedience to the
laws and protect life and property,
"Gkover Cleveland."
PLAN FOR AVOIDING STRIKES.
Representative MoGann Favors Sub
mitting; Differences to Arbitration.
Washington, July 6.—Representative
L. E. McGann, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Labor in the House, is prepar
ing a plan for avoiding strikes, which he
will soon present to President Debs of the
American Railway Union, President
Gompers of the Federation of Labor, and
the heads of large railway and other cor
porations.
McGann's plan does not contemplate
law, but a contract between employes
and employer, by which each will agree
to submit differences to arbitration.
COAST MAILS.
Contract to bo Mado With a Steam
ship Company to Carry Them.
Washington, July 6.—The PostofEce
Department has been considering the ad
visability of making a contract with the
Perkins line of steamers to carry mail on
the Pacific Coast if tho backbone of the
strike is not broken immediately. This
contract will probably be made to-day,
but there is no representative of this line
of steamers at present in tho city. The
arrangements as to schedules and other
details have not yet been perfected, and
could not be until the department con
sulted with a representative of the com
pany.
ALTGELD'S MANIFESTO.
Attorney-General Olney Thinks it Not
"Worth While DlMcussiug.
Washington, July G.—Attorney-Gen
eral Olney to-day said, regarding the
Altgeld letter to the President:
"It is hardly worth while to discuss at
length the false promises and illegal nou
sequitur of the Altgeld manifesto. As a
campaign platform it is a safe prediction
that tho author will be tho only person to
stand upon it. The soil of Illinois in tha
soil of the United States. Tho paramount
duty of the President of the United States
is to see that tho laws of the United States
are faithfully executed, and in the dis
cbarge of his duty lie is not hampered or
criupled by consulting any Chief of Po
lice, Mayor or even Governor. Nothing
has been dono and nothing ordered
which the least captious criticism cau
condemn as an invasion of State rights."
Death of Colonel Meyers.
Los Angeles, July o.—Colonel F. ±1.
Meyers, Chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee, died at 8:45
o'clock this morning at his home at
Fruitville, of stoppage of the bowela.