St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 52, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 14 July 1894 — Page 2

STRIKE HAS SPREAD Labor Agitation Assumes National Dimensions. ♦THOUSANDS NOW IDLE President Cleveland Issues a Warning Proclamation. Advises All Guild Chicagoans to Get to Shelter and Commands the Mobs to Disperse—Regulars Rout Frenzied Mobs at Hammond, Ind.—Bloody Riot at Fortyninth Street, Chicago — Troops in the West Rebel—Refuse to Be Hauled on Trains Operated by “Scabs"—Nation in a Turmoil. the presence of United States troops and the mobilization of five regiments of State militia; despite threats of martial law and total extermination of the strikers by bullet ami bayonet, the p^roat strike in•ugrurated by the American Lfailway Union held throe-fourths of the roads running out of Chicago in its strong fetters, and at the end of the second

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week of the strike traffic was more fully paralyzed than at any time since the inception of the tie-up. Comparatively few roads were running out of the city, while freight traffic was completely paralyed. Several of the Western and Northwestern trunk lines were running trains inter--.y- / " Ml - J” was Bi ^osod to traffic and practically deserted, the roads running out of that station being completely at the mercy rfWcM’? \ iiTW^rWl'' \ JJ J-JwWw? r r s O Xs® -waUllx. U // - 7 i GUARDING THE SUB-TRE ASURY. of the strikers. The Michigan Central was forced to abandon all trains. The Illinois Central was in the same fix. The Rock Island and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern lines were completely tied up, their tracks having been blockaded by wrecked cars strewn along miles of the two lines by the mob which had possession of the territory traversed by the tracks. The Chicago and Alton Road was running occasional trains at the Chicago end of the line, but was blockaded at Kansas City and intermediate points. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy system alone did a comparatively uninterrupted business. Suburban traffic was in a complete state of asphyxiation, and freight traffic was absolutely at a stand-still. With the exception of an occasional <a • or two moved by the aid of the military not a wheel was turning, the situation (i I the second week of the ^^eatest labor disturbance ever inaugurated in this country. Strike Becoming Expensive. The strike is getting to be a costly affair, not only for the railroad companies but for Uncle Sani, who in addition to the regular army force on duty is paying for a still larger force of deputy United States marshals. According to the record kept in Marshal Arnold’s office in Chicago, 1,686 deputy marshals not railroad employes and 500 railroad emp’oyes had been sworn * in, making a force of nearly 2,200 deputies now in the pay of the Government. The pay of each deputy is $2.50 a day and expenses, making the cost of each man about $3.25 a day, or a total a day for the entire force of about $6,600. Inasmuch as the list of deputies is being con tantly increased, Mr. Pullman’s little dispute with his em-

ployes is costing the Government a pretty penny. In the meantime the prices of meat and provisions supplied by the West have advanced in price one-third to the Chicago consumer, while train load after train load of perishable freight lost its va'ue because it could not ba moved to its destination. A potato famine exi- ts which has made potatoes a luxury at AG per ban el. The strike has wrought hardship! on millions, has visited untold losses upon the companies and those grappl ng with them, has led to harsh measures by the government and in other ways has een most injurious. In view of the hard times, a id following s > soon after the great, coal strike, this present tn üble only puts back the return t > better days, so long delayed and so eagerly aw. ited. In many ways Mr. Pullman himself will find ‘the conflict c ktly and ann ying. In . ne particular will he always have reason t> regret it. This is n the decision of some of the compan cs using Pullman cars to do without them and to mani fact are a substitute in their shops. This will be a great blow to PjiTman and the city he has built up on the outskirts of Chicago. KEEP OUT OF RANGE. President Cleveland Admonishes Chlcagoan« to Obey the Law. A proclamation practically declaring martial law in Chicago was decided upon after a full discussion in ths Cabinet meeting at Washington. It is as follows: Whkbkas, By reason of the unlawful oh. . oon ' blnatlon s and assomblaue sot persons It has become impracticable. In the Judgment of the President, to enforce by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings the | a '7 H tbo United States within the State of Illinois, and especially in the city of C'hlcairo 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 malls in the State and city aforesaid, the President has employed a part of the military forces of the United States, Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby admonish all good citizens and ail persons who may be or may come witbin the clt? and State afore said, against aiding, countenancing, enoounur- ; ing. or taking partln such unlawful obat*"-- I gloria, com bin at ton- — • " ■ and assemblages, to disyiW'fse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes. 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 consistent 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 be found in the neighborhood of riotous assemblages, AY hile there wtll 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. All Trades Go Out. By order and authority of tho allied trades of Chicago, a general strike of all union wage earners was decla ed. Delegates of alt the unions had met to eons der the advisa: ilVy of inaugurating a i-ympathetlc strike. The ses-ion had lasted until after midnight and it was about decided to delay the contemplated walk-out when President Cleveland's proclamation was received and re ,d to the assemblage. The last words of the document had not passed the reading clerk’s lips when the whisper went round, “If we don't order the strike now we will be prevented from meeting to carry out the plan in the future.”

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Then they acted promptly. The proclamation settled the question that live hours’ debate could not. BLOOD AT HAMMOND. Regulars Put a Bullet in One Man's Heart -Three People Wounded. Ten days ago the strikers at Hammond, Ind., promised to allow trains to pass through their town without molestation. and in consideration of this pledge State troops ordered there by Gov. Matthews were sent home. Sun-

“ ILU ^7. day the rioters broke tB —— and as a result Unit® " soldiers shot down four p» word, of them being killed ■ States Riot broke forth in Hammoß h one urday night and raged unti® antly. when the shedding of blot® e Satthe mob to a realization of P- m » resisting United States ® Ought Blood was shed as a direct ® ^.V of attempt on the part of theß^'ities. interfere with the operaKWf an wrecking train in charge (BWrs to I. Hartz of the Fifteenth® of a The train had been sent W. the Monon tracks of the boßusantry- I senger coaches, and other oF^o clear placed there by the rioteri^H 8 ’ P as * “ . tractions MANY SHOT DOW Frenzied Mob* Fights with a S ?? National Guard, Tn defending a wrecking ^ of the ! crew on the Forty-ninth sti , 1 of the Grand Trunk R aad Loomis street in Chicago, j' u'? 0 the police and a company fired into the crowd. The stoned and shot int i the been criminately. The soldiers al^b indiswith their bayonets. Onootharged fatally and seventeen, inclufman was women and a baby, more o®<g three ously woun led. W iss soriLieut. l ead and thirty-eue company C went out from ,t men of burn station about 2:45 on i 1G Reartrain. Their duty was toOK'^uking train and prevent int^® u ard the the workmen on the pa^.<^ llll No difficulty was rt^ at J®/ ®MiBMi crossing at street was reached. 11 the stopped anil the laborers i® I to lift a box ear which was® the tracks. A crowd of■, M ’°rx gathered about the cros®*’L acros9 once began to threaten vioWto^ Waa and at

The squad of militia formed^ , to protect tho workman. At^Bi Une mob pressed forward. Li®f e the ' ordered a charge with baj^£ liecd i Pole who was leading the iJlrafeg a the first bayonet aside and ewept his mad folio vers to come t, o The order tv fire was givo^n f a close range.-, ■vwLJive.yr.wrX'r* .„<».■ to their cars. Tho engineer aU’ up, and as soon us the soldieV tca „ We c” 1 Ih i S 'IMu TGI 'll BIT OF THE LAKE Fili NT CAMP. board ho pulled the throttle o; en and sent the train flying back toward town. lie was none too soon. The wild mob | re overod from the confusion into I which the firing had thrown it, and ' with cries of fury rushed after the train. For half a mile the cars were followed by tho rioters, who only stopped when they found it impossible to keep up with the train. Gen Miles at once ordered two com-

* 1 AKDS. panics of regulars and fifty denntv United States marshals to the scene MINERS SACK STORES. Illinois Rioters Destroy Coal Com Da „-. s Goods—Many Towns Threatened. * , m orchandise store of the White Breast Fuel Company nt Ladd, 111., was thoroughly looted Saturday night by a mob of 1,200 alm, miners from Spring Valley, ^he stock was valued at $30,(0) and will >o n complete loss. The mob was com-

posed of Lithuanians, Poles, Belgians and Italians, being of the same class that has caused the depredations at Spring Valley, and most of them the same men. The attack upon the company's store was not only for tho purpose of securing plunder, but with a view to entirely destroying the property of the coal company. The strikers have become so emboldened by their successes that they made known their plan for the future. It is the sacking of the buildings of coal companies, the destruction of the .machinery and the burning of the mines. No one in the locality doubts that this plan has been fullv agreed upon. This work, the miners assert through their leaders, will be accomplished. Ottawa citizens volunteered to assist the Sheriff. The Mayor of Peru called a meeting of the citizens, and an i r> zSf I V v™. ’ ARRESTING A FIREBVG. armed organization of 150 men was formed to protect the city. Gov Altgeld was asked for 100 stand of arms. The Sheriff swore in a home guard of 250 men, and firearms and ammunition wore issued to all. SI MM IKY OF THE SITUATION. Th 3 Full man Strike Ha* Now (irown to National Dimension*. . From an incipient strike affecting ’only a few hundred men in the town of Pullman has evolved a disturbance which to day is national in its scope. The entire industrial world is threatened with complete suspension. Labor in all parls of tho country is debating the question of lending aid to >ho American Railway Union. If it decides in the affirmative tho result may Ihj a material cha go in tho socioeconomic conditions of the country. While Chicago i» still tho center of the d sturbance, the following summary of dispatches from various points shows । the magnitude to which the trouble i has spread: Baltimore has n< t been retudied by Wwilo hburly expects a general euU ‘ ria «

ln the South Alabama is thv groat • eat sufferer Troops are nec.'sssui vtc 1 preserve order. " 1 As era tenhour sessi n. the membe s < f the A. H. L.. at Peoria, iesolved to st ri • e. At Fordham a battalion of tlAi First Regiment twice charged on rioters who had become demon-trat.ve. Members of the American Railway I nion o i the Gulf Colorado and Santa Ie sy-em have been ordered out. Engineers and tiremen of the Alton have declared off the-trike and wi.l lie restored to their former positions. The Secund Regiment, Tennessee National Guard, has b e.i ordered to prepare to move at a moment a notice. A thou-ard m re of 1 nelo Sam s boys in blue arrived at ( hicag •. M nday, t > ic-enf ree th -e already in the field. A. R. U. men at To’cd > will strike and a:o making str< nm us efferts to secure the co operatii n i f the br therhoods The railroad blockade is complete In C alifoihia except at a few points in the south. Vast quantities of iruit are rotting. Captain Reed's troop of cavalry arrived at Billings, Mont , from Fort Custer, and immediately camped on railroad property. At Salt Lake, Utah, the situath n is unchanged. Four companies o the Sixteenth infantry in ceivcd orders to move and .'eft for Ogden. The engineer and fireman of a Wabash train were seized by strikers at Ashley, Ind., <pd compelled to taka oath to at c nee leave town. Montana, Utah, Oregon, lowa, California, Washington and Idaho are more or les- affected by the strike, which is spreading to allied trades. Department Command r McD .well has ofte cd the services of the Grand Army ve erans of Illinois to Governor Altge <1 to ai 1 in suppressing d sorder. St. Louis is wavering. Many men who joined the str.ke a wook azo have shown a disposition to return to work. Others insist on Carrying the war to victory. Ohio may become the center of war. Cleveland, Cincinnati and other towns in the State arc warm in support of President Debs’ course. Traffic has been interrupted for several days. Chicago Typographical Union appropriated SI,OOO for relief of the Pullman strikers, and sent a message to President Cleveland appealing for withdrawal of Federal support to corporations. Pittsburg is watched with great interest by both sides. It is an important railway point and it is a stronghold of trades unions. As yet, how'ever, the town has not played an active part. The West is giving in to the strike i Tacoma, Wash., is thoroughly in sym- i pathy with the Chicago strikers. Even the militia has refused to ride on trains manned by nonunion men. So strong ! is the feeling out there that fathers of j the soldiers who “went out” avowed ( they would disown their sons if they i rode on a train manned by “scabs.” |

DEBS UNDER ARREST.' LEADERS OF THE STRIKE ARE INDICTED. Charged with Conspiracy Against the United States-Released in 810,000 Ball —betters and Papers Are Seized at the Union's Headquarters. Work of the Federal Grand Jury. Four of the gen?ral officers of the American Railway Union were arrest-, ed in Chicago Tuesday afternoon on the charge of conspiracy against the United States of America in inte'faring with interstate commerce, with the passage of the mails and with govermental officials. They are: Fugene V. Debs, president. George W.Howard, vice president. I Syevester KELIHER, secretary. L. W. Rogers, a director and editor of the order's official organ, the Railway Times. They were indicted by tho Federal grand jury, wore taken into custody and afterward released on bail furnished by William Skakel and William Fitzgerald, and will some time next fall be placed on triaL It is underw 7 JX.i A A /J riIEStbEXT nr.US stood that the government will press the charge of high treason against the leaders of the union that is attempting to enforce the boycott against the cars of the Pullman l’alace Car Comj any. The gen ral offices of the organiza*ion were stripped of their contents which are to be used in evidence against the prisoners. Mr. Debs was -een <iuring his temporary detention and, after expressing much indignation at the seizure of his private letters and papers, said for himself an I his fellows: "If we nave broken any law of the Unite I States we will take our punishment like men. But this action is without parallel in any strike ever kq< wn in the history of the Anwrican people, whether on railways or not We shall make no change ir our methods, being convinced that, they are ] erfectly legal, I’ , . '^krado. ° lhe posit ion <•( t’ffc gruvXn / officers of Ihj holy whi h o'rd.'re.lVh, i- boycott. I'ebsand others can be hel< i- responsible for whatever has or mac grow out of it, whether any memberol t the Amerii an Uailwa v Union is directly s involved in acts of violence or not. '1 his much was dearly made known by the' language of Judge Gros^cup s charge, which, though setting forth in unmistakable terms the position < f tho Government r-cogni ed the rights < f 1 the workingmen to organize for their i better adva icernent. JIo defined insurrection against government and j nlaini\ stated the limit to which labor j leaders should go. It is understood that Attorney General Olney himself * < utlined the plan of procedure, t’resi- . dent Deb- was not at al! afraid of the , thieatenel ind dment. , DRINK LEMONADE. Dignified Senator^ <«ct Away with Twentyfive (. illons Daily. 1- ivc or six dozen quarts of apollinaris water and about a box of lemons are consumed every day in making lemonade for the use of the Senate in hot weather. • j Tne coo ing drink is made in the 1 basement and brought into the cloak--1 room by tho bucketful, and served in earthenware cooers, holding about s three gallons each. Two men are kept i busy s jueezing lemons and mixing the > juice with the sugar and of apollinaris. This is Uncle Sam's treat out of the . . contingent fund. There is no alcoholic ; liquor in this preparation. Every ca e ( that a thoughtful < ountry can devise is taken t > relieve them of the necessity of taking off their clothes in the Senate chamber. The bath rooms in ' the basement are provided with every comfort from ice water to TurkoRussian steam, and from viole f water ■ to bay rum for an after sousing, and in the sergeant-at-arms' office are quinine : pills for malaria and Jamaica ginger | for cramps, and several preparations suitable to relieve u disordered I Stomach or an aching head. For any bruiszs that may be inflicted during the session, gallons of witch-hazel are kept in the store room. Rockefeller's Money Must Be Paid. •John D. Rockefeller, the Standard I Oil millionaire, will have to give his I $650,0C0 to Chicago University. When ' he made the donation it was on condition that the University trustees raise I $1150,000 to make the sum an even mill- | ion. This has been done, the last sub- । scription needed, $15,000. having b en ■ J paid, Brleflets. Two large dynamite bombs have j been found in New York City. i Lord and Lady Randolph < hurch- । ill have arrived in New York. John McHugh, of Cresco, lowa, has j resigned a> national bank examiner. Cadet W. S. Valentine has been ■ ordered eourtmartialed at West Point ■ for hazing. i ! Miners at Spring - Valley, 111., voted i to reject the Columbus scale, but at j । Streator it was accepted by a majority i I of 175.

RUIN AT THE FAIR. SEVEN MAMMOTH STRUCTURES SWEPT AWAY. Administration's Golden Dome and Corona Fall In Ashes—Manufactures Building? Razed to the Grounds-Large Portion of the Exposition Grounds Devastated. A Sea of Flame. A year ago the Court of Honor of tha fair “White City” stood in unrivaled splender upon the shore of Lake Michigan, and thousands reveled in ita beauty. Thur day night it passed away in fiery sp'endor, and thousands mourned its fall. Blackened and twisted arches of iron, with their girders sagging under the weight of torn j sheets of roofing, rear their skeleton forms where the buildings of the beautiful city once stood. Beneath them lie huge mo ,nls of smoldering ruins frosted with a waste of snowy ashes. Tangles of wire the misshapen hulks of fallen statuary and long rows of blistered columns mark the outlines of avenue^^aJU|^^F drives. The parapets, -Htcr“t?riages^\ and the wide sweep of itaircasing which flanked the buildings have been licked up by tho fire to the water’s edge. Every other at. ack of the elements, fire, wind, or water, was as I nothing before this all-devouring tornado of flame which swept from end ! to end and laid low every important i building left standing by the wrecker., ' The World’s Fair buildings are in ruins. Beginning with the huge weatheri beaten remains of the terminal station I at the south of the grounds, the fire I sped rapidly northward, and in the course of its progress c< mpletely de- : stroyed the following structures: Terminal Building. Administration Building. Mines and Mining. Electricity. Manufactures. I Machinery. Agricu ture. Stock Pavilion. Philadelphia Case. One man lost his life in the flamei and another received burns from which he may die. Besides these a number of persons received minor injuries. Save I b ; a Change of Wind. The firemen made no attempt to save the buildings after they were once ablaze, but devoted every effort to prevent the fire from spreading. The I transportation and government buildings were saved only by tho most persistent efforts of the firemen. At one time it looked as if all the buildings at the north end of the grounds would be swept away, but a change of the wind from the southwest to the northwest prevented the flames from advancing. A dispatch from Chicago says that a few minutes after 6 o'clock Park Policeman John Reynolds saw two spirals of blue smoke curling lazily upward from a window in the southwestern corner of the Terminal Building. Hastening over to the spot he burst j into the building through a broken i doar. gust of smoke rolled

m X aSant w eather and milder conditions will grace L X!! he easter n half of the il turned in “•*“ y the fire was playing hide-and-seek >t tho ornamental cornices. It had not v yet felt its power. By some strange . fatality the crew <f the World's Fair ti j station was a mile away extinguishing a a little blaze at the corner of 71st street i and Stony Island avenue. It was a full s half hour after the fi st alarm sounded f । before the first feeb'e stream broke i- I into spray at the eaves cf the tall . building. It was too late. The fire 1 had found its power. The walls of • the terminal station which still rel j mained standing gaped wide with f cracks through which glowed - the volcar o of fire within. The . flames lighted up whitely the faces of the thousands of spectators who came streaming out of the park from every street. Some cf them shouted “Fire,” “Fire.” at the top of . their voices, but tl ey could not be heard above the roar of the flames. t The dry building with its lath and I staff roof and wooden girders burned like tinder. A billowy cloud of smoke arose slowly until the upper end of the cloud resembled a huge ba loon, the . top of which was first crimsoned with the rays of the setting sun. Suddenly the northern wall of the building fell with a crash, and there was an illumina- ’ th n of fire-works greater than any ' that ever gra cd a summer evening during the Fair. Nothing could stay the flames, and the: swept on until ail , the buildings in their fiery path were ' in ruins. Telegraphic Clicks. A hot-air tornado was experienced ' at Chillicothe, Mo. Arkansas Democrats declared for free silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. An investigation was ordered of the action of the Michigan jury in Attorney General Ellis’ ca e. Assets of the Chamberlain Investment Company, face value $2,500,000, sold at Denver for SIO,IOO. Illinois has 6,400,0 0 acres in corn, an increase of 3 per cent., and its condition is exceptionally gMrfL Richard SLOA?^of^Merna^^mS!?^**^ bago County, 111., died from injuries received in a runaway accident. The trust advanced the price of whisky and spirits three cents per gallon in anticipation of the new tax. The tank steamer Unioner collided with an iceberg in mid-ocean and arrived at Dieppe almost a total wreck. The body of Frank Beeton, employed as canvas foreman over one of the working gangs of Cook & Whiteley's Circus, was found lying beneath the Grand Trunk trat k near Petersburg I Ont., frightfully mangled. It is supposed he was murdered and thrown from the circus train. Charged with defrauding the United States Government, President Bickley . Superintendent Butt and Foreman Andefson, of the Penn Steel Casting and Machine Company of Chester, Fa° have been held in bail. They are accuspu of frauds in connection with, steel castings contracts.