The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-08

trains or assaulting trainnen, marshals
or soldiers by throwing at them rocks,
pieces of iron or other missiles, those
assaults shall be repealed by the use Of
firearms"
So wrote General Nelson A. Miles in
his order issued this afternoon detail
ing Federal troops to assist United
States marshals in preventing obstruc-
tion to the movement OF mail and Inter
state commerce trains.
1t was, in short, notice to all rioters
that temporizing with them had ceased,
and that thereafter the policy of the
Government would be to put an end to
their rioting, arson and pillage by
shooting to kill whenever and wherever
ne eessary.
AS chance would have it, however, it
did not fall TO the lot OF the nation al
troops to be the first to carry out the
spirit of this order. Company of the
Second Regiment OF tho Illinois National
Guarl. bad that distinc ton. The story
Of the encounter between the thirty
eight young militiamen of this com.
pany and the vicious mob at Forty
seventh and LOOMS streets is told else
whore in these dispatches.
Comparatively Quiet Up to 4 O'clock
Up to o'clock in the afternoon tho
day had been comparatively quiet one
To be sure, small mobs had been going
about all through the district west OF
State street and south OF Thirty niuth,
burning few cars here and there and
making threats of burnng abroad Shoes
and tho like; but it was moro in the
nature OF bushwha cking thGn anything
else, and not at all like tho massed
bands OF strikers who gathered along
the railroad tracks yesterday and the
day before, absolutely blocking all
movement by sheer force of numbers.
This state Of affairs was dou btloss the
outgrowth OF various Conditions, such
as the presence OF vastly increased
force Of soldiers and the fact that yes
terday's wrt cking and firing cars had
left large share OF tho tracks to tho
south impossible so that about all tho
disc arn able movement WAS in tho shape
or wrecking trains, endeavorin< TO
bring order out OF the chaos which ex-
listed all through that region.
Tho disturbed section to day en-
braced a space OF about twenty five
square miles, not to mention the bit of
lncendiarism on the Burlington roai
at Crawford and at Western avenues,
tho latter having the distinc zion OF
being the work OF women and children
1t is estimated that in the district
mentioned not less than 40, COO were out
a1 one time or another during the dey,
but the ground was 80 thoroughly ga
trolled by the police, the marshsls and
the military that they found little oppor.
tunity for getting together in large NUN.
bers, as they have been doing hereto
fore.
One feature of the day was the show
ing OF Its teeth by the building trades
council OF the city in calling out the
steam filters in big packing houses at
was merely preliminary calling out Of
It's ESQ me ID bers, and the tieing up of all
the building in the city.
Another feature of the day was the
pa,rolling OF centres before the Fed eral
sub treaSury, in whose vaults are SIS
O00,OO0 OF Uncle Sans money, which
General Miles thought might prove q
temptation TO some OF the rioters,
especially in view of tho fact that they
are not very flush just now
Distinct Notes OF Improvement.
For the first time sncs the strike
opened there were several distinct notes
OF Improvement in the situation, and
these were no: confntd to Chicago
Here the postal authorities reported
notice able Improvement in the mails.
Outside OF Chicago it vas to be noted
that the strike. while it made no pro.
gross worthy of mention at any point,
gave many evidences OF having reached
its elimination and OF failing in in
fuence
To begin with. the promise that the
Seaboard Trunk lines would be tied up
at Buffalo was not fulfilled; the strike
was not extended to Pittsburg as pre-
dicted; at number of points in the tie
up the sGrain was lightencd; at one or
two points m"n who had agreed to 90
out failed to do SO, but the most sipnif-
can't OF all, perhaps. was the refusal of
the American Railway Union men at
Louisville, Colorado Springs and Den
yer to obey the order to strike. Joliet
also reported a withdrawal from the
ranks there.
On the other hand the friends OF law
and order had occasion to be pleased on
account OF the massing of troops here
and at the ordering of decided move
ment of troops by the President with a
view OF lifting the embargo on Pacific
coast business, both by Northern and
Central routes. To this order be ordered
General Merritt at St. Paul and General
Otis at Van Couver Barracks to see to
the opening of the Northern Pacific line,
while General Ruger at San Francisco
and General Brooke at Omaha were
similarly instructed to set things to
moving on the Central and Northern
Pacific system.
To all this the only foil which the
managers OF the strike were able to
show was an agreement between Presi-