The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-02
The Streets Still Strongly Barricaded-A
Feeling of Deep and Bitter Indigna-
tiOn Against the Militia.
A Portion OF the Troops Relieved from
Duty and Sent to Their Homes.
The Municipal Reform Association Presents
Citizens Titket-Further Comment
on the Riot by the Newspapers.
THE MILITIA STILL IN CHARGE,
Abuse of the Troops by German and En-
gIish Newspaper.

ABUSE OF the Troops by German and En-
glish Newspaper.
CINCINNATI, April 1.-The morning has been
free from any incident indicating any change
in the situation The proposed relief of the
militia by civil force cannot be put into opera
tion speedily, if at ALL as the selection of suita-
BILE men and their equipment must take time.
The militia still keep the streets barricaded as
strongly as ever, not even allowing the Mount
Auburn line of street cars, whose track runs a
distance of two squares within the lines, to pass
through. As to the state of public feeling it
cannot be said that the original impulse that
actuated the men taking part in the demonstra-
ton on Saturday night has been removed or
lessened by the presence of the military on the
contrary the events of Friday and Saturday
night have given rise to new feeling-that of
indignation against the militia Only the hope
lessness of conflict with this powerful armed
force prevents an attack upon it. The news.
papers usually conservative in tone, speak with
great freedom to-day on the situation as it now
is. The Volksblatt (Germanl says:
"The calling of the militia on Friday night can only
be characterized as grave mistake. Our militia
know and can do nothing else it appears but shoot
ing If reliance had been placed the police force
order might probably have been restored without the
The Freie Presse German) says:
The indignation of the people is on the increase on
account of the rough and wholly unprovoked shooting
upon peaceful citizens and upon women and children
and the increase of indignation is becoming more and
more fearful 1t may be dreaded upon too reasonable
grounds that the shedding of blood has not yet
ended, but will begin afresh."
1t blames Sheriff Hawkins, Mayor Stephens
and Governor Hoadly, the first two for misman-
agement and the latter for not coming here to
see for himself what the situation required. The
Commercial Gazette, in an editorial, to-day, upon
the situation, speaks in the strongest possible
terms of condemnation of Sheriff Hawkins for
calling on the militia, and takes an account of
the salvage from the three days of terror. The
result it declares to be a saving of jail full of
murderers. It adds:
'"The reign of law and order is restored in Gin
einnati-that law and order which makes mur-
der the safest trade, and which has made impo-
tent the administration of law against crimes of
atrocity."
Captain Faellger, who commanded the detach-
ment of militia which fired the first shot, has
published card denying the statement that he
ordered his men to fire. He says;
"Sheriff Hawkins gave the order in the words
Give it to EN- boys! Firep and i'll the excite
ment l could not stop them, so l cried, For
Christ's sake, boys, fire high
My men would never have iired if it had not
been that four of them were wounded with
stones and shots from the crowd, and they shot
on the sheriffs order 1 have been in the war
| would rather face an army than such crowd
of citizens with whom l have fellow feeling
and would not rashly give an order such as has
been said gave"