THE OMAHA ILY BEE
ESTABLISHED JUNE 39 , 1871. OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNING , JlPJiY 7 , 189i-T\A7ELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENT&
FIRE BUGS AT WORK
of Dollars Worth of Property
Destrojed at Chicago Last Night.
PRINCIPALLY THE WORK DF TOUGHS
Fire Alarm Boies Plugged and Firemen
Eoughly Handled.
YfORK OF THE COMMUNE RIVALED
Eailroad Yards a Mnsi of Smouldering
Bums and Tangled Wires.
TRACKS RUINED BY INTENSE HEAT
Troop * ItcliiB Hurried to the Sccno Loss
Already Reported Will Hun Into tJio
Hundreds of Thoiuands or
Dollars.
Whatever change occurred In the situation
yesterday was for the worse. Indeed , It
stems that affairs cannot get In much more
chaotic condition than existed when the
sun went down last night. Business Is
practically at a standstill In the west , owing
to the railroad embargo , and the strike Is
extending eastward from Chicago.
- At Chicago six men were killed yester
day by United States deputy marshals and
W .deputy sheriffs. These were members of
the mob who Interfered with the handling
of trains. Cars were overturned on the
tracks and set on fire , effectually blockading
the roads. Last night at Kensington fire
bugs held carnival , and many thousands
of dollars' worth of property was burned.
It IB announced that the coal supply is
exhausted and that all Chicago factorl.es
will be closed down today.
President Debs has Issued an appeal to
his men to stand firm and avoid any
riotous or other illegal demonstration. It
Is understood that In another.'twenty-four
hours , If the situation Is not Improved and
the strike settled , all organized labor in
the United States will be asked to Join.
At Omaha the situation is unchanged , so
far as the railroads are concerned. Yester
day Cudahy and Swift laid off a number of
; tpcn employed In the hog-kllllng plants ,
because of the scarcity of hogs and the in
ability of the roads to handle the product.
At Kansas City the outlook Is hardly
pleasing. The Santa Fe promises to start
trains tcday with engineers and firemen
sworn In as deputy marshals.
One train was moved In Wyoming yester-
'day on the Union Pacific. The federated board
of the system had a meeting at Cheyenne ,
lUt Its decls.on was not given out. It Is
believed to be against a general strike. It
li probable that the entire force of the
Union Pacific will be laid off today unless *
the strike Is terminated. The business of the
road Is at a standstill.
President Cleveland and his cabinet dis
cussed the strike yesterday , and the course
of the president was upheld. Another letter
was addressed to Governor Altgeld , suggest
ing that the discussion of state's rights be
postponed til ) the war Is ended.
Troops at Fort Omaha , Fort Mcade and
Fort Roblnton are held In readiness to move
at a moment's notice.
In California the strikers arc still In con
trol , and the railroads have practically given
up the umibat.
At Topelca the United States attorney has
sworn out warrants for 2,000 strikers and
given them to the marshal to serve.
As a result of the fire In the yards at
Kensington the Baltimore & Ohio alone will
lose $1,200,000.
F1IIE HUGS GET IS TlIElIt WOItK.
Tlionnimls of Dollar * Worth of Ilallroad
Property and .Merelmndl.to C'oniuinnl.
CHICAGO , July C. With flaming torch
lawless hordes of fire bugs are at work ut a
score of points In the south half of Chicago.
Fires are raging In every direction among
the numerous railroad yards. Hundreds of
cars and tens of thousands of dollars worth
of merchandise have already gone up In
smoke or been carried off by the frenzied
mobs of strikers. Incendiarism is rampant ,
alarm after alarm has followed In quick
succession ail day , and tonight at 11 o'clock
the glare reflected from the heavens shows
that the dastardly pastime continues un-
obated.
From early morning until this hour ( mid
night ) reports of fresh fires followed each
other with startling rapidity , being confined ,
however , principally to railroad rolling stock
and buildings , against which thus far the
greater part of the mob's fury has been
directed. Early this morning a blaze started
among some ove-rturned cars at Kensington
quickly communicated to other tracks filled
, vlth long lines of cars , and many containing
valuable merchanldse were soon blazing
furiously , fanned by strong winds. There
were at this point a total of eighty cars
wiped out. At the stock yards one blaze
after another was reported , and from the out
lying districts cumo urgent calls for engines
and police protection , Increasing In
frequency. But with the falling shades of
night came thu climax of the fiery festival.
The Panhandle yards , from Fifty-fifth to
Sixty-third streets , right blocks , are a mass
of fire. The tracks , containing from 1,000
to 2,000 cars , will bo a total loss. No water
being at hand , the fire must burn its-clf out
The Panhandle station at Sixty-third street
was also fired and destroyed. The Grand
Trunk's yards at Elston are a sea of flame.
FJvo hundred box cars are supposed to have
bceu burned , and all efforts to check the
flames have been futile. The Hag shanties
and other property are also burning. While
directing the movement of the Eleventh
battalion at Fifty-fiist street. Fire Marshal
Fltzpatrlck was seized by the thoroughly
frenzied mob of fire 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 los-s.
At Hyde Park , near the World's fair
grounds , the ashes of forty cars are now
smouldering and word has Just come In
that after numerous efforts the mob has
succeeded in firing the Illinois Central
shops at Burnslde.
STOCK YARDS TOUGHS IN CONTROL.
At the stock yards tonight about fifty
toughs , few of whom were railway men , are-
skulking from point to point and have set a
large number 'of fires. Their method was
thoroughly unique. Loading several hand cars
with buckets of waste and oil , they would ,
glide around among the cars In the darkness ,
lighting wads of the stuff , which would be
thrown Into the open doors of the cars as
they passed. Fires sprung up on every hand
and no organized effort on the part of the
pillce seemed to be under way to Intercept
them. This is the banner district of the city ,
if not of the entire country , for all around
toughs , and It la as much as a man's life Is
vorth to Interfere with them. Troops are
hurrying south ; company after company In
lr avy marching order la moving to the tur
bulent district from the center of the city.
The aggregate * of the losses to the railroads
will be enormous. Miles of their tracks have
be > e. ruined by the fierce heat , hundreds of
switches and signal towers , with their ex-
persive mechanism , are utterly ruined ,
Thousands of cars and untold quantities of
merchandise of every Imagnlable description
have fed the flames and gorged the larders
of thieves. Valuable locomotives have been
wrecked and disabled. Miles of tangled
wires and prostrate poles Utter the ground.
Telephone , telegraph , electric light and fire
alarm wires are now the especial object of
attack , the plugging of fire alarm boxes con
stituting a new and doubly dangerous ele
ment In the tremendous wave ot Incendiarism
now sweeping over the southwest section of
the city , preventing , as It does , notice being
received of the starting of fires until with
the poor water supply In these outlying dis
tricts a fire has attained such headway that
it cannot be stopped except through lack of
further material on which to feed. The
maddened mobs , now worked up to the high
est pitch of fury , are paralleling the scenes
of the Commune , and at this hour It ap
pears as though nothing short of the miracu
lous can prevent an armed demonstration
against them and the sacrifice of many lives.
About eighty cars were burned altogether
In the Illinois Central yards. At 10 o'clock
that were yet smouldering , but no further
spread of the fire at this place was feared.
Much apprehension was felt this evening
concerning the Pullman shops and yards.
The feeling In Kensington and Pullman
among the strikers was.lntense. This after
noon a committee of strikers made a tour
of the works and ordered the watchmen to
leave the place or suffer the consequences.
Seme of these became greatly alarmed and
did co , but later being reassured by the
company and the reported arrival during
the evening of 'tho state mllltla they re
turned to their posts , and during the early
evening It was said that the Pullman plant
was adequately manned with guards. The
Intention of the strikers was not known ,
but there are those Interested who fear In
cendiary work or the possible use of ex
plosives.
The first detachment of the National guard
reached Kensington at 8:30 : o'clock. The
tram ran down to Rlverdale. where a com
pany 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 track ? where
the troops were leaving the cars , and the
citizen soldiers were received with shouts
of derision and disparaging cries. There
was no offer of violence , honever , and the
troops soon completed their camp arrange
ments and entered upon the work of guard
ing property and preventing further damage.
At midnight all the cars In the yards had
been destroyed. The mob showed much
method In Us madness , and hundreds of
cars were rifled and their contents carried
away before the torch was applied. The
loss to the Panhandle alone is estimated
at $1.200,000.
CAUIXET CONSIDERS THK STRUCK.
Disposed to Gltc AHgeld a Clmncc to Muke
fiooil lllH ClallH.
WASHINGTON , July C. At the cabinet
meeting today the entire situation was care
fully gone over In the light of recent devel
opments , and particularly of the correspond
ence between the president and Governor
Altgeld. As a result it Is believed there Is
now a strong disposition to afford the gov
ernor an opportunity 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 mall
trains and government property , but the
mllltla will be given full opportunity to con
tend with the disorderly mobs outside of the
railroad tracks and government property
and the/ regulars probably will be kept In
waiting to respond to any call to aid them.
The situation In the far west , and es
pecially on the Pacific slope , Is still a matter
of grave concern to the executive. Appli
cations have come for relief from the com
plete blockade at Sacramento , Cat. , but the
way is not yet clear to help. The mllltla
teems to have proved worthless , tainted by
sympathy for the lawless element that ttops
them from the performance of their duty.
The only available troops are at the presidio ,
San Francisco , and the War department
hesitates to order them away and leave
the valuable government property at San
Francisco exposed to attack. It Is hoped
that the situation at Los Angeles will
ameliorate In a day or two and the troops
there can be released and transferred to
Sacramento.
One result of the great strike has been , to
show In a startling manner the Inadequacy
of the United States regular army , which
has , been reduced to a mere skeleton. At
present 20,000 men are expected to police
the whole country. General Schofield has
been obliged to exercise great Ingenuity In
disposing of his small force so as to make
one man as efficient as ten , and today It
would be difficult to move any of the com
mand In the west without exposing the great
trnscontincntal lines to Indefinite Inter
ruption. Officers at the Postofilce department
take a cheerful view of the situation. "The
backbone of the strike will be broken to
morrow night , despite today's developments
in and about Chicago , " said General Super
intendent White of the railway mall service.
CAKU ritO.U EUGENE IIjIIS.
Warns Strikers to lEcfrnln from AH Acts
of Vloleneo.
CHICAGO , July 6. President Debs has
Issued the following proclamation : "To all
striking employes : In view of the report
of disturbances In various localities , I deem
It my duty to caution you against being a
party to any violation of law , municipal ,
state or national , during the existing diffi
culties. We have repeatedly declared that
we respect law and order , and our conduct
must conform 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 the first to apprehend the mis
creant or bring him to Justice , We must
triumph as law-abiding citizens or not at
all. Those who engage in force or violence
are our real enemies. We have it upon re
liable authority that thugs and toughs have
bpcn employed to create tiouble so as to
prejudice the public against our cause. The
scoundrels should be In every case made to
pay the full penalty of the law. I appeal
to you to be men , orderly and law-abiding.
Our cause Is Just , the great public Is with
us , and we have nothing to fear.
"Let It be borne In mind that If the rail
road companies can secure men to handle
their trains they have that right. Our men
have the -right to quit , but their right ends
there. Other men have the right to take
their places , whatever tha opinion of thu
propriety of the r so doing may be. Come
away from railroad yards or right of way ,
or other places where large crowds congre
gate. A tafe plan Is to remain away en
tirely from places where there Is any Ilk-
llhood of there being an outbreak. The
railroad managers have sought to make It
appear that their trains do not move be
cause of the Interference of the strikers.
The statement Is MI unqualified falsehood ,
and no one knows this better than the man
agers themselves. They make this false
hood serve their purpose cf calling out the
troops. Respect the law , conduct yourselves
as becomes men , and our cause ehall be
crowned with success.
success."EUGENE V. DEBS. "
ALTOEI.D WHITES ANOTHER LKTTEIU
Cleveland Suggest * thu Dlnrtimlun Ho Post
poned Until the Trouble U l.'nded.
WASHINGTON , July G. The watchfulness
of the officers ot the administration has con
tinued unabated tonight. Another communi
cation was received from Governor Altgeld
rhortly before 9 o'clock , It was taken Im
mediately to the president and considered by
the conference. It can be stated with cer
tainty , however , that the administration Is
sure of Its ground and that the federal troops
In Chicago will not be recalled In any event
other than the complete restoration of such
order as will allow malls to go through unin
terrupted and the perfect administration of
the ordera of the federal courts. The letter
of Governor Altgeld came over the wire to
the white houue and occupied considerable
time In Iranimlislon. It was nearly mid
night when the following reply was given to
the press
EXECUTIVE MANSION , WASHINGTON ,
July C , 1694. Hon. John P. Altgeld , Gov
ernor cf Illinois , Springfield , III. : While I
am dill persuaded that I have neither trans
cended my authority nor duty In the emer
gency that confronts us , It seems to me
that in this hour of danger and public dis
tress dlrcurslon may well give way ( o
active effort on the part of all In authority
to restore obedience to the law and to pro
tect life and property.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
It was shortly after midnight when Attor
ney General Olney and General Schofield
came from the cabinet room and left the
white house. Immediately after the depart
ure of the members of the cabinet and Gen
eral Schofield the white house was closed
and the lights put out.
WHAT OK THE HTItlKi : ?
In the Contention or the . \ . It. U. a Juitl-
llalilu One ?
NEW YORK , July o. E. Rosewater , Editor
Omaha Bee : Do you consider the present
strike Justifiable ?
Are the people among whom your paper
circulates In favor of the strikers ?
Please wire answer.
GEORGE W. TURNER ,
Editor Recorder.
OMAHA , July 6. George W. Turner ,
Editor Recorder , New York City : I do
not consider the strike of the Ameri
can Railway union Justifiable , but If
by this strike a permanent adjustment
of relations between public carriers and their
employes , through national supervision. Is
brought about the conflict will not be In vain.
Public sentiment In this section divided.
Majority of business men side with the rail
road managers. Organized labor Is In sym
pathy with strikers.
Personally I believe the time ripe for na
tional regulation that will protect the
patrons of the roads , the railway employes
and railway owners. Establish a national
railway bureau or chamber of commerce ,
w.th powers similar to the British Board
of Trade. Enroll railway and telegraph
employes In two classes regular and re
serve force. The regulars to have life
tenure during good behavior with graduated
Increa o In pay , assured promotion on
merit and length cf service coupled with
protection against dependency , on German
plan of mutual Insurance against dlsab llty
by accident or old age. Men with life
tenuio will not strike. Reserves to be on
probation , with guaranty of transfer Into
regular dags In case of vacancy. All per
sons In public carrier employ to have re
course for redre-s of grievances to national
supervisors and arbitrators composed of
Impartial expert arbitration juries chosen
under direction of federal courts for each
case , with power to enforce verdict' . Un
less some such adjustment Is made we will
drift Into government ownership of rall-
roads by sheer necessity.E. .
E. ROSEWATER.
rEllEKATED lIOAItl ) MEETS.
Will Homier N'o Decision I'ntll JuilRO Killer
IH Ilcitril From.
CHEYENNE , July C. ( Special Telegram
to The Bee. ) The federated board of Union
Pacific employes. Including J. N. Corbin of
district assembly S2 , Knights of Labor , met
here In secret setslon this morning. The re
lation of the various organizations to the
present difficulty was thoroughly discussed
In all Its phases.
Before taking any action In the matter It
was decided to communicate with United
States Judge Rlner , who is nt present ' "at
Green , la. The members of the board de
cline to state the nature of their decision
prior to hearing1 from Judge Rlner , but said
that until they heard from him no action
would be taken. A meeting will be held
again tomorrow.
CHEYENNE. Wyo. , July 6. ( Special Tele
gram to The Bee. ) The federated board of
Union Pacific employes , at their meeting
this afternoon , formulated a resolution which
was at once telegraphed to Judge Riner of
the United States district court , who Is at
Greene , la. , for his approval. It was ex
pected that his reply would be received im
mediately , but at midnight nothing had been
heard from him. It Is believed tlmt the de
cision Is against calling out the organization
of employes which they represent.
DENVER , July C. The Knights of Labor
of this city today telegraphed the secretary
of the organization , who is at Cheyenne , to
give Instructions to the members of the
order in this district to strike. They were
Instructed by Corbin to await the action of
the Federation of Labor. This request was
made because In the shops of the Union
Pacific , which have been running on half
time , notice was given that the works would
be shut down entirely until further notice.
It is stated tonight that the firemen of the
Denver & Rio Grande road sent a telegram
to their representatives at Cheyenne today
that unless orders were Issued for them to
strike by 10 "o'clocktomorrow they would go
out without orders.
MAY" SUri'OItr THE S.THIKE.
Labor Leaders nt Chicago Talk Favorably
of Calling ; Out All Tr.ulex.
CHICAGO , July C. The conference of
labor leaders called by President Debs today
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 adjourned at 1
o'clock. A committee of three wfls ap
pointed with full power to act in the matter
of culling out labor organizations. Meet
ings , of all the labor unions In the cl\y \ will
bo held on Sunday night next to ratify the
action-of the conference.
The building and trades council of Chicago
cage , with a membership of 25,000 , has Is
sued a call to all organized labor through
out the country to strike. It Is reported
tonight that Grand Master Sovereign of
the Knights of Labor has called out all mem
bers of his organization in the state of New
York , und that he will establish head
quarters at Buffalo for the management
of the strike. It Is also reported that Debs
ami Sovereign left for Buffalo tonight , al
though It IB denied at the strikers' head
quarters.
8Liiri.va ox THISIK AHMS.
Troop * nt FortH Itolilnson und Alt-udo Uenily
to .11 o e.
FORT ROBINSON. Neb. , July 6. ( Special
Telegram to The Bee. ) The troops here , con
sisting of six companies of the Ninth cavalry
and two companies of the Eighth Infantry ,
are virtually sleeping on thler arms tonight.
The camp equipage Is packed , their section
belts full of ball cartridges , and thousands
of rounds of ammunition in original packages ,
iatlon packed , and everything ready to
board the train in thirty minutes after It
arrives. Colonel Biddell will go In command
with Lieutenant Hutcheson , adjutant , and a
full complement ef line officers. The Ninth
Cavalry band has been fully armed and go
with the command.
roit oovinsMi5NT : OWMKSHII > .
Senator Allen of Nvlirunka Introduce * a
Itcfcolutlon In the Semite.
WASHINGTON , July 0. Senator Allen of
Nebraska Introduced In the senate today a
resolution for the appointment of a commit
tee ot five senators , not more than two of
whom shall be of the same party , to con-
Elder the advisability or necebslty of gov
ernment ownership ot railroads and tele
graphs , and especially the existing trouble
between employers and employes , and what
leelslatlon Is necessary to prevent strikes
and lockouts In the future.
Labor Mutt Win Sow or Xeter.
WEST OAKLAND , Cal. , July C. The fol
lowing dispatch from E. V. Debs was re
ceived this evening by T. K. Roberts ,
president of Oakland lodge A. R. U. :
CHICAGO , July 6. We nave assurance *
that within forty-eight hour * every labor
organization in the country will come to
the rescue. The fight U on and our men
are acquitting themselves like heroes. Here
and there one weakens , but our cause Is
strengthened by a dozen going out In his
place. Every true man must quit and re
main out until the fight It won. There can
be no half-way ground. Menmust , , be for
us or against us. Our qausc is gaining
ground dally and our niccew U only a ques
tion of a few days. Do not , fatter In this
hour. Stand erect and proclaim your man
hood. Labor must win now , or never. Our
victory will be positive and complete.
Whatever happens do not give credence to
rumors and newspaper ? reports.B. .
B. V. DEBS.
DIN\IK : : SITUATION UNCHAXCKD.
Strike on the Illo C.nimlp Han Not Yi-t Ooni-
Into lltlrrl.
DENVER , July C. The strike ordered on
the Denver & Rio Grande' railroad In this
city has not yet gone into effect. Train No.
1 was sent out today , as It has bcsn every
day since the strike was Inaugurated at
other points on the road , with the regular
equipment and crew. No trains are run
west of Pueblo. The switchmen and yard
men are Kill working In the > city. The In
convenience of the road Is due to the refusal
of firemen at Pueblo and Sallda to take
out their trains. President Jeffrey Is pur
suing a waiting policy and will not risk a
general strike by employing nonunion
men.
In his telegram to S. E. Hcberllng , presi
dent of the local A. R. U. . the chairman of
the strike committee , authorizing u strike
In this city , said : Full protection guaranteed
to any men who are not members but join
us. No one goes back until all go back. "
The A. R. U. leaders are hopeful that the
engineers , conductors and firemen will Join
the strike when It is b ( > gun here. They
claim that should this expectation be real
ized It will be the most powerful move
ment against the Railway Managers associa
tion that has developed since the strlk ?
began and there will be no' chance for the
managers of the other western lines to hold
their forces together.
President Heberllng has received this mes
sage from President Debs ! "Things com
ing hot today. General managers licked
now , but sesm to be in doubt whether to He
down or not. "
All Colorado Midland trains were sent
out today as usual , that road still being
open. Passenger trains are- running on all
the railroads here , although the Union Pa
cific Is not running regular trains west
The Santa Fe and the Dsnver & Gulf are re
ceiving and sending freight.
The Order of Railway Conductors will to
morrow begin war upon Eugene V. Debs , his
order and the strike. The first step will be
to expel from the order all members who
have gone out en a strike on the order of
Debs. This decision has' been arrived at be
cause of several reasons. " > Flrst , members of
the order who stopped work violated the laws
of the order ; second , by their acts the strik
ing members have weakened the Influence of
the order , which has always bsen so strong
that It has never been called upon to strike
In order to gain a desired Jpolnt. It Is in
tended to punish the dlsptieilieiit ones and
to stop the weakening of the order's Influ
ence. , ,
Following the example pf.the engineers of
the Denver & Gulf system , the conductors
of the Santa Fe road , it Is Bald , have re
quested to be sworn In as deputy United
States marshals and armed- Their desire
will be compiled with tomorrow.
As a result of last nlgtit's meeting of the
A. R. U. employes of the Denver & Rio
Grande road a comparatively small number
struck this morning. The strike Is by no
means general , although It may become so ,
and the road Is apparently uncrippled , trains
having moved as u-ual tcday. The Rock
Island Is running its passenger trains , but
all Its offices in this city are closed and the
clerics laid off. and tickets over that line
are being , spld by the. brokers at the un on
depot. On the Midland , the Santa Fe and
the Ml-sourl Pacific all trains are running
without Interruption. Tlier-Trjnlcn Pacific
continues to run Its tralhsSasifar as Chey
enne only. , A number of ! union meetings
are now-being held , which roar change the
aspect of Denver & Rio Grande affairs for
the worse.
GKOWISG WOItSK AT KANSAS CITY.
Ono More Itoail There , \ < tdccl to the List ot
the ' ' "
KANSAS CITY , July p. The tie-up Is still
extending at this point. The Kansas City ,
Fort Scott & Memphis was added to the
list of suspended roads this morn
ing , All the firemen on that road
went out. This will probably compel the
Missouri , Kansas & Texas Hue to stop run
ning , as Its switching was done by the
crews of the Fort Scott & Memphis. The
switchmen on the few | roads entering here
that have not yet been affected by the
strike are showing uneasiness , and it is
believed that they will go' out some time
today.
There Is little If any ( Improvement in
the service of the Rock Island , Wabash and
the Chicago & Alton. ' The Hannibal &
St. Joseph , a Burlington Branch , Is still
Inoperative. The Santa Ke is making a
good showing with Its' passenger trains In
and out , but It has' msved only one
freight , although It has been putting
forth every effort to..dp550 for nearly a
week. It was confronted with a now ob
stacle today when It had Bfven trains made
up In the yard and could no ( find any brakemen -
men who were willing to take them out.
The Santa Fe appears to be gaining its
feet , The road managed to get several
freight trains out today with new brakemen
and new firemen. . All Its passenger trains ar
rived and departed as usual. The Memphis
line sent out one passenger train today and
also several car loads , of fruit billed to
southern points. The .Burlington road was
operating this afternoon , notwithstanding
the strike of Its flreme-'n. 4t expects to ob
serve Its regular schedule on the Hannibal &
St. Joseph tomorrow. The Burlington got
all Its perishable freight started for the east
today. Owing to the trouble on the Kansas
City , Fort Scott & Memphis line , the Mis
souri , Kansas Texas line Is not moving
or accepting freight. The JiVabash , the Chicago
cage & Alton aud the Rcclc Island are doing
practically nothing.
Miles W. Barret , national president of the
Switchmen's Mutual Aid association , was
here today to attend a mass , meeting of rail
road employes. He told tlm switchmen that
If they quit work they mast expect no aid
while out or help In getting back when the
trouble Is over from their organization. Mr.
Barret admitted ttwt more , than half of the
Switchmen's Mutual Aid association men
were nowon a strike , -and , the ! > e , he said ,
were subject to expulsion from the order.
The Burlington Is tlpd'np Jjere tonight -by
a strike of its night switcbioen. The Fort
Scott & Memphis night icrewn are also out
and that line Is box tight a.tUiit > paInU The
Santa Fo officials declare't e wlll run trains
according to schedule | omai70w. Railway
men from engineers to hnxtcmcn that go
out on a freight ( rain , on this line will be
sworn In us United Slates deputy marshals
and will carry arms4 , _
QU1KT AND OKOEJtLY AT K.VWLINS.
Striking A. Jt. U. .Men lloXot Offer to Intcr-
frre With the Mnienirnrot Tralnn.
RAWLINS. Wyo. , Jul C.i-Speclal ( Tele
gram to The Bee. ) Two , passenger and mall
trains passed west at D:30'ths : ! mornlug , with
regular engineers and , nonuuloii firemep. Three
deputy marshals were In. Ill- cab of each
locomotive as the trains pulled out. About
twenty deputy marsbalu from Cheyenne and
Laramle stopped off here. This makes the
force of marshals her about sixty , They put
In their time principally in sleeping , as
there Is nothing for them to do. The city
authorities have a special force , who guard
the yards and railroad property. The
strikers offer no resistance * to the running of
trains and keep severely away from the
yards. Fruits and green vegetables are en
tirely out. Butter and egg * are scarce. No
trains aie expected tonight. Strikers are
peaceable and orderly. It is reported here
that engine lSU.ea tbound , was broken up
and Engineer Murphy seriously pounded by
miners at Rock Springs.
.Short of Mrn at Detroit.
DETRIOT , July fi. The day has been com
paratively quiet In stride matter * . Wabash
trains have had much dlftkulty in securing
orews , The county authorities today declined
to provide pay for deputy sheriffs wljo were
atked for to guard the Union station prop
erty , consequently none have been sworn
In. Grand Trunk officials appear to be get
ting the upper hand of the strike , according
to the situation at Port Huron and Battle
Creek. Aside from the Wabash , passenger
trains are being operated quite regularly on
all the roads.
Every railroad In Detroit will be tied up
after 1030 ; tonight as a result of the com
mittee meeting ot all local brotherhoods.
During th.s afternoon reports were received
from separate conferences with the above
final result. While there are n few dl1-
centers among the engineers. It Is believed
this strike will be practically universal.
WAITU FOLLOWS ALTGEI.D.
A < liret ! > e a Caiullc Ix-tter to United State *
.Indue Uatlrtt.
DENVER , July 6. Governor Waltc , who
Is Indignant at the action of the United
Stairs marshal In ordering the arrest of
strikers without warrants , wired President
Cleveland as follows :
"Grover Cleveland , President of the
Unltrd States , Washington. D. C. : The
United States marshal ut Denver has Is
sued Instructions to deputies at La Junta
and Trinidad as follows : 'Any violator of
Injunction orders must be arrested without
special warrant. Do not take parties be
fore local officers. Allow no talk on com
pany's property tending to cause troubl * .
Arrest parties who engage in talk , whether
on or off company property , which Is in
tended to Intimidate employes or to Induce
them to quit the rec.lvers' employment.
No warrants are necessary for the arrest
of any parties violating an Injunction ,
whether on company property or elsewhere.
Pay no attention to local officers or magis
trates. If thfy Interfere with you arrest
them. Interference with you will not be
tolerated. '
"United States Marshal Israel has rn-
Utcd end armed over 200 men as special
deputies and has fiv ? companies of United
States troops , and Is carrying on war In
Colorado regardless of state rights. His
deputies arrest people without warrants
and are ordered to admit of no Interference
by county or state magistrates. By what
authority dos 'Marshal Israel violate the
constitution as to arrebts and usurp our
authority to suspend the writ of habeas
corpus In Colorado ?
"DAVIS H. WA1TE ,
"Governor of Colorado. "
The governor also sent the following let
ter to Judge Hallett :
"EXECUTIVE CHAMBER , DENVER ,
Colo. , July 5 , 1S94. To Hon. Moses Hsllett ,
Un ted States District Judge. Denver , Colo.
Dear Sir : I beg leave to call your at
tention to the Instructions Just I sued by
United States Marshal Israel to his depu
ties at La Junta , Trinidad and other points
In the state. These Instructions were pub
lished In the morn.ng in the Denver dally
papers , and I am Informed at the olllce of
the United States marshal that they were
publi-hed correctly. If these instructions
were issued with your knowledge , or If they
are warranted by the order of Injunction
Issued cut of your court. I must respectfully
Inquire by what authority e'ther you as
district judge or United States Marshal
Israel disregard the clause in the United
Ststes constitution In relation to arrests
without due process of law , or by directing
the deputy marshals to 'pay no attention to
local officers cr magistrates. If they Inter
fere with you arrest them. Interference
with you not to be tolerated. ' Practically
suspending the writ of habeas corpus and
threatening the ju-tices of state courts and
sheriffs with arbitrary arrest without pro-
ccsi for discharging what may be their
sworn duties.
"You tok occasion a few weeks ago In a
judicial proceeding In your court , to which
neither myself nor any member of the state
administration was a party * , to denounce the
present state administration as composed of
'Imbeciles and anarchists. ' The events upon
which you commented have passed Into h.s-
tory , and the state administration can well
abide the verdict which the future will pass
upon the acts criticised. Without chiming
that the state administration has made no
mistakes , It has faithfully attempted to
lustain law and order and to protect the
lives and liberties of the people. It has
sought to prevent sheriffs from organizing
private armies tp overawe the people. It
has Eoujht ! to prevent anarchy , and permit
me to say that the most dangerous 'an
archy' In the state of Colorado has been
that of the United States court In Denver ,
which has allowed the United States mar
tial to enlist a private army to suppress
alleged state troubles , of which ne ther the
county or state authority has any notice ,
and has called into active service United
States troops without the request of , or
notice to , the governor of the state , end Is
waging an actual war In Colorado without
any declaration thereof by the United States
or notice or knou ledge thereof by the state
authorities and utterly In violation of law.
"When it was deemed necessary to call
out military force the state administration
called out the national guards , the regular
citizen soldiery , whose loyalty to law and
order cannot ie questioned. In strong con
trast with this action of the state adminis
tration Is the" conduct of the United States
marshal acting under the Immediate supervi
sion of the United States circuit court at
Denver.
"I quote from the Rocky Mountain News of
Monday , July 2 , as follows :
" 'I have been forced , ' said the United
States marshal , 'to pick up all kinds of men
so far. Little as I have seen what kind of
men some of them are , I nm going to be
more careful hereafter , and I will engage
only men who will fight. I don't care
whether they are horse thieves , hobos or
thugs , just EO they will fight when It Is
necessary. ' And one of the judges of this
United States court goes out of his way In a
decision to maliciously and falsely charge
the present state administration with an
archy.
"And as governor of the state of Colorado
I enter my most vigorous protest against
this Invasion ot the civil rights of the people
ple of this state by the United States court
at Denver and Its marshal. Very respectfully ,
"DAVIS H. WAITE ,
"Governor of Colorado. "
IMFIIOVKMUNT AT ST. l.OI'IK.
Many Trains Mot Ins 1th Their .VeciiMoini tl
ItrRiilurity KrrlKlit cnl by Kvprrss.
ST. LOUIS , July R. Gradual improvement
seems to be now the order In the railroad
situation here. Passenger trains am now
moving both In and out with practically
their usual regularity and In every case with
full equipment. This morning's trains getaway
away without difficulty , and so far as the
passenger service is concerned St. Louis may
be said to bu In a normal condition , except
ing , perhaps , the Kansas City trains on the
Alton road , which are still subject to the
delay occasioned by the trouble nt the Sl.i-
ter. Mo. , division point. Freight traffic Is
growing better , too , and more trains com
prising a larger number of loaded cars are
reported to have been handled the past
twenty-four hours. Nearly all the roads
have succeeded In clearing up such freight
as they have on hand and the difficulty no\\
lies in the getting ot freight such as Is han
dled as through a gateway. Part of the
freight congestion , however , has been re
lieved by extremely heavy express ship
ments , such being three or four times the
amount ordinarily handled.
A notable Improvement Is that of the
Missouri Pacific , which tias completely
cleared Its yards and put all loaded cars on
the road. The St. Louis , Keolcuk & North
western , the Iron Mountain , the St. Louis
& San Francisco and the Terminal associa
tion uro now handling freight promptly ,
though , of course , I diminished quantity , as
no through freight Is coming In. On the
cast side of the river freight Is In the
least bit the better shape , but the situation
Is more encouraging to the roads , who hope
to soon have their lines In working order
under federal protection.
JVSKED THE USUAL INJUNCTION.
In the United States district court today
United States Attorney Clopton presented
a petition praying for an Injunction against
E. V. Debs , the A. K. U. et al. to restrain
strikers from interfering with Interstate
commerce. The petition is exactly on the
line * of that recently filed In Chicago and
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Weather forOmahs nnd Vicinity
Kilr ; Warmer lu the Western Portion.
Page.
I. Tire line' Uiny nt KrnnlnRton.
Six Striker * Killed by Deputies
3. Den Molne Defeat * Onmlin nt Hall.
4. IMItorlal anil Comment.
K. IlnlilreRe .Murderer * CaptureiU <
How la\l Uoiilil Knit the Strike.
0. Council lllufT * I.oeal Matter * .
8 , Queer Tale from ( lie ll trlrl Court.
South Oinalia 1'ackert Lay Off Mrn.
It. Dun anil Irudstreet ! on Uuolne * * .
Tariff tonfereen ( ietllng Together.
f.o of I.ifi ! In a Dranllan Itattlo.
1C ) . In the iiectrleal : Vtortd.
II. Coinmereliil anil t'lnaiielal > 'e\rn.
Oinalia anil Other I.lto Mork Market ! .
1'J. I'rocrei" of the Great Nortluient.
embraces In Its provisions the Atclilfon ,
Topeka & Santa Fo railroad , Baltimore &
Ohio , Southwest Terminal association of St.
Louis , Missouri Pacific system , St. Louis ,
Iron Mountain & Southern , St. Louis South
western Railway company , St. Louis & San
Francisco , St. Louis , Kcokuk & Northwest
ern railway , Terre Haute & Indianapolis
railroad , Louisville & Nashville , Missouri ,
Kansas & Texas railroad , Merchants Bridge
Terminal railway , Chicago & Alton rail
road , Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy nill-
road , Cleveland , Cincinnati , Chicago & St.
Louis railroad , Wabash railroad , Moblc &
Ohio railroad. The petition was ordered
filed and the judge announced that he would
act during the day.
When court reconvened Judge Thayer an
nounced that he had decided to grant the In
junction prayed for with some modifications ,
principally of a verbal and local character ,
conforming It more especially to the condi
tions of the district In which he has juris
diction. This announcement was accom
panied by a statement by the court of Its
reasons for granting the Injunction. The
order was Immediately filed , and the neces
sary Instructions given United States Marshal
Lynch to see to the- protection of the traffic
of this Judicial district. So far no violence
has been noted here , but It Is expected that
under the protection of the federal courts
the roads will attempt to put new men at
work. The retult cannot be foretold.
SO.MI : KITKLTS OF TIM : STKIICI-
Carcassed of Dead Animals IVstcrltis- Hie
Sun Itallroail Olllees Cloteil.
CHICAGO , July 7. One of the most
serious aspects of the strike from the stand
point of the city officials Is that horses are
dying In the city at the rate of seventy-five
to 100 a day and there is absolutely no way
of removing them from the city. For days
a train load of these carcasses has stood at
Thirty-eighth street on the Michigan Cen
tral tracks consigned to the Panhandle road ,
which Is carrying them to the establishment
of the Union Rendering company. The
carcasses are festering In the sun and the
health of the community Is seriously threat
ened. The same Is true In other locallt'es
where these carcasses are left becaute the
city cannot remove them.
The Rock Island officials today closed their
offices and locked tnem up. All their clerks
and oflice men were sworn In as United
States deputies. General Manager Allen
says the Rock Island will not attempt t3
move any trains today. This applied , he
said , to both freight and passenger traffic.
At the slock yards 'today the railways
made no attempt to bring In any live stock ,
and the total receipts consisted of three
wagon loads of lambs and two cows from
adjacent farms. The train of cattle sent out
yesterday on the Michigan Central , and over
which there was such a struggle , was re
turned to the yards and all attempts at
shipping abandoned. The shipments for the
east have -Tjeen limited to seven cars for
Swift & Co. and eleven for Armour & Co.
The firemen employed at the Armour es
tablishment went out last night and the
big plant was in total darkness , as the
electric light machinery was obliged to shut
down.
The firemen employed In the packing
houses of Nelson Morris & Co. , Swift &
Company nnd Armour & Co. struck this
morning , and were soon followed by the
steamflttcrs In all three houses. About
the same time Armour & Co.'s teamsters
refused to work longer , saying that they had
been assaulted and threatened FO that they
were afraid to take out their team" .
SMALLIMPKOVKMENT AT LOS ANGELES
Cornpiinles Not Matcliif ; n Itrlltlant Sueci-xi
of ifforln : to linn Tralim.
LOS ANGELES. Cal. , July C. A train ar
rived here on the Santa Fe road from Bar-
stow this morning , bearing a deputy United
States marshal and slxtsen prisoners. They
are American Railway union men who were
arrested at Brlstow for alleged violations o ;
Judge Ross' noninterference injunction. The
Santa Fe road also dispatched trains for
San Francisco. Nonunion crews manned the
trains. The Southern Pacific company was
not BO successful. A train sent to Santa Ana
yesterday was abandoned today , Conductor
WHIets refusing to bring It back to Los
Angeles. The Southern Pacific train for San
Francisco could not be got out of the yards ,
though many passengers went Into th
coaches this morning. First the engineer
who had been secured weakened. He said te
feared he would be Injured. The train had
been made up with a mall car next to the
locomotive and another In the rear of the
Pullman coaches. Finally the nonunion
crew that had been secured refused to go
out unless an escort of United States troops
accompanied them. Colonel Shaffer refused
to detail a guard of soldiers unless ho had
authority to do so from Washington. Wash
ington authorities were then communicated
with.
This afternoon Rev. E. W. Ravlln was ar-
r-sted 1 y ,1 United States marshal on a charge
of having made an Incendiary and fiery
speech tending to excite the strikers to riot
and rebellion In calling upon thorn to dis
obey the constitution and laws of the United
States. He was arrerted at his residence anil
is now In jail. His bond was placed at
$7,000.
QUIET AT SIOUX CITY
All Koails ICunnlnc Tr.ilnn , luit Wltli More
or Less Tiouhle.
SIOUX CITY , July C. ( Special Tele-gram to
The lice. ) All rojds are- running freight *
and passengers today , manned by nonunion
men and under military protection. There
nab buen no dlblurbanccs today. The train
service. Is very meagre , however , and the
strikers nre still confident.
Warrant ) , for Two Tlioiikand Striker * .
TOPEKA , Kan. , July 0. Today witnesses
a change In the strike situation In Kansas
Officers will begin this morning and as fast
as possible arrcht all men who have been
Identified with the strike und those who are
at present agitating the matter. There are *
now nearly 2,00i ) names on the petition and
they will all be arrested when found. The
origin of the new move wan through Dis
trict Attorney W. C. Perry , who commenced
proceedings In the United States circuit
court before Judge Fetter , under the con
spiracy act of 1MM , to restrain Eugene V.
Debs , George W. Howard , the Aiherlcan
Railway union and all its members from In
any way Interfering with Interstate com
merce or any roads engaged In interstate
commerce operating through the state of
Kansas. The proceedings were commenced
under an order to Mr. Perry from Attorney
General Olney of tlio United States.
Hymen I'reimrliiK 'or Trouble.
NEW YORK , July C. All vacations In
the police department have been stopped
by order of Superintendent Byrnes , and all
member * of the force , from captains down ,
who left the city on their vacations were
today summoned by telegraph to return
forthwith. Superintendent Byrnes Is pre.
paring for a spread of the strike to this
city. Ho does not Intend to bs caught
napping.
SIX STRIKERS KILL ED
Bloodshed Follows He-estab
an Attempt to -
lish Eailroad Traffic at Chicago.
MEN SHOT DOWN BY DEPUTY SHERIFFS
Officers Fired on a Mob at Kensington with
Dire Results.
PITCHED BATTLE BETWEEN THE FORCES
Revolvers , Stones aud Coupling Pins Usad
and the Officers Retreat.
ENGINES AND CARS PILED IN A WRECK
A Thousand Men I'renrled by the Illood-
lietl Derail Cars mill Do Other Acts
of Violence 1'ollco Details
Hurried to tlicbeenc.
CHICAGO , JuljC. . Six dead and an In
definite number of Injured Is the record of
casualties In tlic strike contllcts In Chicago
today. Yes It i day one man was shot In th
I OK. It the blood letting tomorrow shall
show n like Increase the coroner will have a
summer's work before him. The develop
ments of yesterday went far to convince all
thinking people that the gravity of the situ
ation had not been appreciated by the au
thorities or the people at large. Persons
who were here during the railroad riots of
1877 and who saw the atmosphere clear per
ceptibly when no more than eighty bronzed
and hufcky regulars from the plains inarched
down Madison street and went Into camp on
the lake front wagged their heads know-
ngly when three times that number were or
dered from Fort Sheridan , comprising the
three arms of the service , and Raid they
would make short work of Mr. Debs' fol
lowers. But aflcr twelve hours of as pa
tient and persistent coolness and bravery
under trying circumstances as was ever
seen , these same citizens and the officers In
command were forced to admit that things
were not as they were In " 77 , and that It
was still a long mark to peace and the re
sumption of unimpeded ( raffle on any of the
railroads running out of Chicago.
The developments of the night and those
of today have led to the firm conviction that
nothing short of an overwhelming armed force
with Instructions to shoot to kill can settle
the trouble , or , as Colonel Crofton put It : "It
has ceased tobe a mere movement of troops
and has become a campaign. " The authori
ties have at last awakened to the critical
gravity of the situation which Is affecting
the nation generally , and Chicago particu
larly , and are taking measures to apply ad
equate remedies. The city police force has
already been recruited to over 3,000 men ;
and by request of Mayor Hopkins and by
order of Governor Altgild two brigades of
state militia have been ordered here to aid
In quelling the disturbances. At the nation's
capital the fact Is recognized that the pre
vailing conditions are entirely cut of Uio
ordinary and that provision must be made for
such a massing of fighting men as has
never before been 'seen together In the hls
lory of this nation In time of peace If the
authority and dignity of the federal con
stitution and the processes of Its courts
are not to be laughed to scorn for an In
definite time. .
The strike Infection Is widespread and to
menacing at many po.nts that the preildenjt
and his advisers believe It would be unwise
to withdraw any more regular troops from
the country west of Chicago. It Is ther"o-
fore in contemplation , should the force.6 ,
federal , state and municipal , already gath
ered here , be unequal to the task of reitOjT-
Ing order , to sbnd here the ten companies
stationed on the Canadian border In the
state of New Ycrk. with the reserved In
tention , If circumstances demand , of exert
clslng his right to call for 20,000 from th
crack militia regiments of New York ana
Pennsylvania.
DAY OF CONSTANT ALARMS.
The day in Chicago has been one of con
stant alarms , and calling for police , deputy
marshals and soldiers , here , there and every
where throughout a wide stretch In the
southern part of the city. Itlot has been
running rampant throughout the day. Cart
have been overturned , switches broken and
tracks obstructed In numerous ways , the
torch has been applied In numerous In
stances 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 succession tint
the fire department was put in straits to
care for all of them. To add to the gravity
of the situation it was found the striker's
were Interfering with the police , fire alarm
and telegraph signals and In one or two In
stances police who were using the police
telephone calls were stoned.
In general the order of things , compared
with that of yesterday , was reversed. Then
the railroads were trying to break tuo
blockade by sending trains out. Today they
recognized the futility of that method oj
procedure and practically gave up any at
tempt at outward movement. Hut thera
were some Incoming passenger trains on
several roads , together with a few of tha
regular milk trains. Between these classes
of traffic the str kers managed to make
trouble for nearly every road running In a
southerly direction. The F-rt Wayne , tha
Lake Shore , the Michigan Central , the Bal
timore & Ohio , the Illinois Central , tha
Alton , the Panhandle , the Western Indiana ,
the Rock Island , the Monon , all experienced
difficulty In greater or less degree at soma
time during the day. The trick of scaring
a crow from a train , running the engine up
the track , opening the tluottle and letting
It run back full tilt on the btandlng train
was a new one and of a character likely to
be Imitated. The stoning of Incoming tralni
was a common paftlme with the mob , and
several persons were more or less Injured
by flying missiles. One engineer on a Hock
Island train was ao badly Injured that It
was at fir.t thought he was dead.
The assaults of the mobs , however , were
not met with the passive resistance which
characterized the course pursued yesterday.
On two occasions , at least , their attacks wera
met with accurately aimed lead. During
a riot over an Incoming milk train at Ken
sington a deputy United States marshal
shot and killed two strikers , and during
the afternoon the deputies guarding an in
coming Baltimore & Ohio pabsenger train
replied to the volley of shots and stones
which the strikers showered upon them
by turning their revolvers loose , killing
four of their assailants and wounding a
number of others.
STRIKE IN ALL TRADES LIKELY.
A new and grave feature was added to
the situation this afternoon when a meetIng -
Ing of all the bodies of organized labor in
the city , after protracti l discussion , In
which a general sympathy strike wm
favored , appointed a committee of three
with full power to act , and at the same
time called a meeting of all organized
labor for next Sunday to ratify their action.
Lute this afternoon the Second regiment ,
state nillltla , was ordered to the stock
yards. Of the situation In general It may
be said to have been broadened and
fctrengthened In Its grip , The moit sig
nificant feature of It U the carrying of the
strike east to Cleveland , tying up all the
connection * of ( he rcaboard trunk line *
there , with the promise that by tomorrow
it wilt reach the trunk lines themselves , and
so practically reach the Atlantic seaboard
by tying up the railroads at Buffalo. Thus ,
the strike would be extended from ocean
( o ocean. There Is no notable relief at
the points heretofore placed under em *
barge , and the situation at Kansas CUJ
