People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1894 — A PROCLAMATION. [ARTICLE]

A PROCLAMATION.

President Cleveland Warn* the People of Chicago Mia Illinois. Washington, July 10.—The following dispatch was sent from the war department to Gen. Miles at Chicago Sunday evening: “In view of the provisions of the statutes and for the purpose of giving ample warning to all innocent and well-disposed persons, the president has deemed it best to issue the following proclamation to-night. This does not change the scope of your authority and duties, nor your relation to the local authorities. You will please make this known to Mayor Hopkins.” Just before midnight President Cleveland issued the following: *• proclamation “By the President of the United States: “Whereas. By reason of the unlawful obstructions, combinations and assemblages of persons It has become impracticable, in the judgment of the president, to enforce by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings the laws of the United States within the state of Illinois, and especially in the city of Chicago, within said state; and "Whereas, For the purpose of enforcing the faithful execution of the laws of the United States and protecting its property and removing obstructions to the United States mails in the state and city aforesaid, the president has employed a part of the military of the United States. “Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, president of the United States, do hereby admonish all good citizens and all persons who may be or may come within the city and state aforesaid, against aiding, countenancing, encouraging or taking part in such unlawful obstructions, combinations and assemblages; and I hereby warn all persons engaged in or In any way connected with such unlawful obstructlous, combinations and assemblages, to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes on or before 12 o'clock noon on the 9th day of July Inst. “Those who disregard this warning and persist in taking part with a riotous mob in forcibly resisting and obstructing the execution of the laws of the United states, or Interfering with the functions of the government, or destroying. or attempting to destroy the property belonging to the United States or under its protection, cannot be regarded otherwise than as public enemies. “Troops employed against such a riotous mob will act with all the moderation and forbearance consist nt with the accomplishment of the desired end; but the necessity that confronts them will not with certainty permit discrimination between guilty participants and those who are mingled with them from curiosity and without criminal intent. The only safe course, therefore, for those not actually unlawfully participating is to abide at their homes, or at least not to be found in the neighborhood of riotous assemblages. “While there will be no hesitation or vacillation in the decisive treatment of the guilty, this warning is especially intended to protect and save the innocent.

“GROVER CLEVELAND"