New-York tribune., 1886-04-20
APPEALING To THE MILITIA.
SIGNIFICANT cIRcrLAn or TIE KNIGHTS OF LAM

! SIGNIFICANT CIRCULAR or THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR
THE AWMoRIEs PROTECTED.
AT the doors of some of the armOries last
night knights OF Labor stood and quietly handed toeach
guardsman he left the building a circular appealing
to him TO abandon his military duties The circular was
not signed and the distributors declined TO say by whose
direction they were acting Here Is tho appeal In full;
TO MILITARY MFN.
The country filed with strikes Anv day you may
be called out To shoot down prevent them from de
stroyng property. suppose thoy should destroy property
will IL improve matters FOR to destrOv lives
YOu would draw revolver pickpocket though you
caught him in the You would not. individually take
mans lie upon your hands though he had harmed yon
WI you do at wholesale what you would shudder TO 10
mon 40 not intend violence they ask oHy u,ics
rnese oorporations these crrnpicrs of and
judges these brb"r Of courts am councils 10 pay pay
dividends ON millions bove the actual cost every ooAr oi
itIs uphold uiqmtous which permit such things
that errd to risk own lives ana W ''Ao o
vii So1 obey WI You drcl VIII you at your help
90 HOME Tear OF Your slaves trappngs Break your
pI1yer: Deliver me from blood suluno%s"
In trouble with the strikers orthe roush
elements to BE- found I'm this city who hail riot ~ 'n
opportunity TO plunder the armores of the various
regiments and batteries composing the National Duard
and the State Arsenal points need to he guarded
order prevent the stored there hom oclhR oo
tanned by the Thus far orders have been re
ceived by oi the commandants TO place guaru at
the but # trouble Is developed III Day OF
two. they will tRelr individual responsibility rs
matter OF precauton.
Colonel John r. Camp was found last evening in the
arnory of the 22d Regiment Fourteennh-st. n'ar
Sixth-ave Just about take command OF his regiment
the occasion OF regmcntal drl lie sald that he
saw no occasion yet apprehension In March. when
matters looked threatening, he detailed guard "i h
dozen remain in the armory and hold 1t unth
the members could assemble there In case
the services Of the regiment were hceueu
II. in his opinion. the present occasion Shon''
require 1t he woud DO the Same thing aZin. Inc ar
morcr had quarters the building. tna II was not
entirely unprotected at any time. He added that he
hoped the services of the regiment would not be re-
qulred II they II could be depended on to do
ts duty as promptly and we'll ~ 1t had ia the past
Colonel James Cav,nagh. connanii - the 69ih Rcgl-
mcut, was ~ his headquarters III the aihory "''l l
Tompkins Mark last evcutls. No orders hal been
hun from briga ehc quarters. orany ihna
lie nad heard of Tie tronble al iAIri-aNe ana fHy-
niu'h>t. ana dcrored all violence "f thi' knd AS trn
ing to thing worse Wme regrettlng thtt any oc
caslon should that wOuld call Tor ne SerNcr' oI
a.y emergency taa might arise He saw no occasion
yet for detailing gdard To project ne drhpIy hld pre-
the frOn --tr 2 INTO wrong hands; II lhhss
looked threatening today hc nj st do 30 lie thonght
t better net to d tn mn. thL, ms1t alt 10 ,n. NJ
deemed necessary 10 preserve the property cOmh'Ied
Colonr. seward Of the OH Infantry WAS putting on
his coat and nat prep rlory to going nome Mhrn W ne
" 4. the tCklH bullilng al 40 --l Nf0t
Twenty when serves IN apoio-y I"r an
ar nory. me ar rory over stable. aud ~ '"lohei
" ara remarked, would tkc nr,t-rttc uHdcr-boN IN
,asr Oters chose 40 attack IL 50 hr al, - nave
moi detained any .nir for even II trouble was serious
there would be doing unless the regiment
we're called ont. ~ that case We wouli take
po.sessInn OF the streets. You can see f"r
,onr-rf what shameful condition aruOrF J. ~ AM
W.. nave appcac the authOriiic, 10 have tnr
cvil corrected. It wonder that me regiment c'L he
kept IN any cncient shape bat will warrant that III
case services needed the boys wond 40 thclf
duty."
Al me armory of the ION Regiment. Forty -hfth-'t
ami Broad way several drills going on Colonel
James H. Jones tndt hr had taken some additional
precautions view o. TIL unsettled state ~ things
iuly protect the armoty ana he hd
no doubt tnst IN case OF auack the
binding could be held against mob unt relief ar
rived No al company ha1 been detailed for duty
"a th.nk tnH the situation JUSTIFIED IL But
tro1be occurred he probably, a. mat
% guard duty. Al present the a IN 'rcr hid Drn
instructed to be particularly careful about what people
admitted, and the door WIS wen stchleu
against anythrQ but battering-rdms Il regret
mai we have not tel graphic communication win
pnlce Ifrauu,r'crs al ted Colonel Jones 80 that We
Il ami the Police co IinssIoncr~ nave approved my APP
nic,finn but II he, the - r Of the flre Conhis-
slourrs. who refuse to do anything with It.
Al The CITY Ar>rud Al luiTtt-utIi-~L thi S'Fcnlh-
ave inc iauitor declined 10 give any particulars - 10
hc means Of protertDn but remarked wth slghncance
ma; n thougI the or the National GuTl were
nrfrctly secure aud frOwung majesty OF the build
ing supported his wOris. 49,, :, . 80,
a. lafe hour the Colonel OF the llth Regiment sent
word 10 the police STATION ard finding that no fnthg
WA. PROSPECT had ne aruOrA dt LuuION anu ol"hu
stn. locked up ana then went home.