Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-07-12
THE Big RAILROAD STRIKE.
President Cleveland Places the City Of
Chicago Under Martial Law.

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work in sympathy for the strikers at
the Pullman Works at Pullman, Ill.
In Chicago and different localities
the militia have refused to fire upon
the strikers, but there have been a
number of open conflicts, resulting in
loss oflife. Every trunk line between
Washington d. c. and San Francisco
is tied up. Federal courts are called
upon and arrests made, and injunc-
tions allowed, but the strike is larger
than the courts and the militia, and
continued to grow in immensity until
President Cleveland's proclamation,
which has had the effect to put a stop
in a measure to the unlawful proceed
ings of at least number of the strik-
ers and thousands of hudlums and
bummers who were striking terror to
the citizens in different localities.
Millions of dollars worth of proper
ty has been destroyed in and around
Chicago, and the entire city might
have been sacked had it not been for
the prompt action of President Cleve-
land and the national authorities.
We have just passed through one of
the most gigantic labor struggles this
country ever knew, but its proportions
pales into nothingness when compar-
ed with the one now on, that had its
origin at Pullman, ILL.,
A few years ago Mr.. Pullman, the
patentee of what is known as the Pull
man sleeping-car, found to-day on all
roads, was, modernly speaking, q
comparatively poor man. To-day he
is estimated at $100,O00,000. Whether
this vast sum has been earned legiti-
mately or not, we are not here to say,
but the 5000 laborers of Mr.. Pullman
no doubt has aided him materially in
gathering together this enormous
wealth. This being SO, Mr.. Pullman
could we'll afford to be a little more
lenient with those laboring for him,
instead of cutting their wages, not
withstanding the closeness of the
times, have let them remain at the
old figure, even if his gigantic income
had to suffer for while. But little
sympathy is extended to Mr.. Pullman,
for no matter if his entire plant is
wiped off the face of the earth he has
plenty left to exist as a prince.
And the vast amount of lawlessness
which the strike has brought about,
, has been the means of withdrawing
sympathy from the strikers, OF
course the violence and lawlessness
is mostly the work of the hoodlums,
buns and anarchists, but the strikers
get the credit for it, and had the
strikers been able to have restrained
the mob there is no doubt but that
| the strike would have been protract-
ed fight with more favorable chances
for a victory for labor. tits, there
are evidences of the disintegration of
the strike and it's end is near. The
mob and the soldiers have brought
this about, and labor and the laborer
will again be the loser.
There is not much change in the
situation on the Wabash. Passenger
trains are running on time again, but
the freight service is badly demora-
lized. A few freight trains have pass
ed west but none are coming east
The freight traffic at Toledo is pretty
we'll tied up and there is no telling
when it will revive. There has been
no violence at Toledo so far.
| President Cleveland's proclamation
| is as follows:
WASHINGTON, July 8.--Just before
midnight President Cleveland issued
the following:
proclamation by the President of
the United States:
WHEREAS-By reason of unlawful
obstructions, combinations and assem-
blages of persons, it has become i'm
practicable in the judgment of the
president to enforce, by the ordinary
course of judicial proceedings, the
laws of the United States within the
State of Illinois and especially in the
city of Chicago within said State,
and,
"WHEREAs, That for the purpose
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the laws of the United States and
i protecting its property and removing
obstructions to the United States
mails in the State and city aforesaid,
the president has employed part OF
the militia forces of the United
States.
FoRBIDS UNLAWFUL AssEMBLAGE.
Now, therefore, I Grover Cleve-
land, president of the United States
do hereby admonish all good citizens
and all persons who may or may not
come within the city and State afore
said against aiding, countenancing,
, encouraging OF taking any part il
such unlawful distractions, combi
nations and assemblages, and here
by call on all persons in or in any way
: connected with such combination
and assemblages to disperse and te
retire peaceably to their abodes OF
1 or before noon on July 8 instant.
RIOTERS ARE PUBLIC ENEMIES.
"Those who disregard this warn
ing and persist in taking part with ,
: riotous mob in forcibly resisting ant
obstructing the execution Of the law
of the United States, or interfering
with the functions of the govern
ment, or destroying or attempting t.
destroy the property belonging t.
the United States or under its pro
lection, can not be regared otherwis
than as public enemies. Troops EN-
ployed against such a ariotousmob vii