The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-03
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ing such rest as they could get, whit
not called for special duty. The p
lice were worn ont and were restiI
in such manner as VAS most comfoI
able, although they had frequent cal
for special duty. The prisoners We
locked in cell, trembling with fea
and not one slept through the nigh
THE GRAVITY OF THE sITUATIo
has impressed everyone to-day. E
erywhere solemnity prevails. TT
appalling loss of propertyand trightfl
destruction of life bring the people
a realization of the awful calamit,
If anything could intensity hone!
Indignation directed against the fir!
cause of the outbreak, the revelation
this morning have done it. Thel
was a notable absence of mere curio
ity-seekers flocking to the scene tt
day. The place seemed to be regarde
with dread, and at noon, even whe
the weather was delightful and plea:
ant, there was not so much travel o
the streets in the vicinity as usual o.
ordinary Sundays.
1t is true that Col. Hawkins ha
extended his lines by barricading al
the streets leading to the court hous
for distance of quarter of mile
and opportunity for seeing is no
good. Still there seemed to be lacl
of desire to crowd about the place
The deep feeling against the militii
was manifested all the time now ant
then during the forenoon. Stone
were thrown at them whenever oppor
tunity offered, and this became so an
noying that, so far as practicable, thu
police were placed next to the people
Epithets were shouted, and threat!
were not wanting, whether in earnest
or Tor the sake of terrifying the boys
in blue could not be told.
WAIT TILL TONIGHT"
wait till we get good and drunk
and we'll hoist you blue coat men
from behind your barrels" were
among the things said.
At three o'clock Fred SmaltZ, bal
tender at the Queen City hotel, who
had been among the crowd annoying
the militia at the bridge over the canal
on Main street, began to advance be-
yond the limits. The soldiers warned
him to stop; he refused, and the sold
iers fired. The man fell dead. The
patrol wagon quickly came, and amid
great excitement bore the body off to
Habigs.
PLANS FOR PROTECTION
OF lite and property nave Deen matur-
ing. There has been a great lack of a
head. Mayor Stephens has been dan
gerously i'll with pneumonia, and yes
terday left his bed at the risk of his
life to give directions. He spent the
whole night in his office, and at points
he could do most good. To-day he is
in great danger of relapse, but his
plans have taken shape, and virtual
control of both civil and military is
in the hands of eminent citizens,
with General j. d. Cox IS the lead
ing adviser. This morning the mayor
issued a formal call for the meeting
of citizens to devise means of pro-
tecting the city from the ravages of
the mob. A list of one hundred
names was selected, and majority of
them notified at once, the greater
number of whom responded to the
call Immediately at the mayors Office.
Shortly after the following procla-
nation was issued:
CINCINNATI, March 1.-Misguided
men, alleging Indignation that the
criminal laws have not been properly
executed, have themselves been led in
to the crime of assaulting public Off
GERS of the peace and destroying pri-
vate property. l, therefore, mayor of
Cincinnati, do hereby command all
such persons to deSist from their law
lessness and obey the proper authori-
ties. 1 call upon all good citizens to
rally for the preservation of the pub
lie peace. Such as are
willing to enroll themselves as
special police during the emergency,
will please report themselves at the
police station nearest their homes,
where the officer in charge is hereby
to enroll them. Members of
the Grand Army of the Republic are
requested to assemble with their Off
GERS at their posts and report them
selves by messengers to me for similar
duty. Citizens are warned to keep
the boys and youths of their families
at home, and all to remain quietly in
their houses, except those organized
as above directed. All persons found
on the street after seven o'clock this
evening will be re luired to show good
cause for being abroad. The authori-
ties of the city and of the state are de-
termined that order shall be immedl-
ately and permanently restored, and
the consequences of disobedience to
this proclamation will be upon those
who fail to regard it.
I Signed THOMAS j. STEPHENS,
Mayor.
The following was issued this af-
ternoon:
To Adjutant- General Finley:
hQrnhU
concentrate in this city Immediately
all the available force of Ohio militia,
believing that the presence of a strong
body of troops will save the necessity
for their actual use.
[Signed] THos. j. STEPHENS,
Mayor. E,
TROOPS TO THE FRONT.
COLUMBUS, Marcn 51.-GoNernor
Hoadley's official advices from mem
bers of his staff in Cincinnati tonight.
are such that he has ordered every
military organization in the state to
report to Cincinnati Immediately,
seventeen regiments in all, and five
batteries. The governors advices,
when he retired at five o'clock
this morning, were such that
they would be needed, and
he ordered all to be ready for march
ing orders. Most of them were order
ed to Cincinnati during the day and
the rest to night. Railroad officials
have been called on to run special
trains for transportation, and troops
have been run into the city during the
day, and this evening they were dis
patched to Cincinnati. The govern
or's office has been crowded all day
with counselors, and these are helping
to issue orders and answer hundreds
of dispatches. 1t is the first
GENERAL APPEARANCE OF WAR
here since 1865. The governor has
also ordered all the state ammunition
to the seat of riot, and borrowed a
lot of supplies and equipments from
the United States barracks. Manager
McCrea of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati 81
st. Louis railway has wire kept free
for him to communicate to the moving
troops, and for those in command at
Cincinnati with troops called from
this and other points. There is fear of
a contagious outbreak owing to I'M
precedented excitement reported from
different quarters. All the railroads
are giving military trains precedence
in right of way.
THE CAUSUS BELL.
Berner has been resting quietly in
prison all day. The gates had to be
closed against the public for chapel,
owing to the crowd of curiosity gazers
that appeared. No violence is propa-
BILE here. 1t is very quiet, but tbs