Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-09
NO TROUBLE Today
All Quiet in Chicago This
Afternoon.
l hough a General Labor
Strike Promised.
Unless 1t is Settled by Tomor,
Mayor Hopkins and Arbitra.
ton Committees Confer.
strong Efforts to Bring About
an Adjustment.
Kock Island and Galesbure
at Spring Valley.
he Two Companies Restore
Order.
The Mob Dispersed and Dan
ger Passed.
The Two Companies Restore
Order.
he Mob Dispersed and Dan.
ger Passed.

CHICAGO. July 9.-Everythinr i.
quiet in the stock yards district TO-
uav. No attempt will be made tc
clear distractions from the traek:
there. and no trains are being taken
into the yards today.
Meeting OF the Trades Unions
'hicAGo, July "a meeting oI
the delegates from all trade union.
IN the city held Mt Uhlich's hall last
niSht TO take action on the Pullman
boycott and strike. adopted resolu.
'lons protesting against the presence
OF federal troops. and calling upon
the governoro of Illinois and mayor OF
Chicago and city council to cause
their removal. During the nicht
the general motion to strike was
made several times before decisive
action was taken. The reading O;
the presidents proclamation, prac-
tically placing Chicago under martial
law was the turning point, ana even
the typographical union who were
sent to the conference with instruc.
tions not to strike. pledged their
unions support. and said they would
Join the strike.
by unanimous vote it was decided
that unless the strike was settled bv
i O'Clock tomorrow afternoon. a geu-
eral strike of all the industries rep
resented and controlled will be or
dered not only in Chicago. but
throughout the entire country. A
committee was appointed to act W it'll
the mayor in an attempt to settle the
strike with Pullman and the railroad
representatives, and at 4:30 the
meeting adjourned.
Conference on Arbitration.
CHICAGO. july 9.-The mavor and
committee of seven representing the
trades unions OF Chicago appointed
at last nights meeting. met this
morning to confer with view to Sc
curing arbitration in the great strike
now on.
After brief discussion the confer
cnce adjourned until o'clock, when
the city council committee on arbi-
tration wir meet with them and
seek to reach some adjustment OF the
difficulties.
The mayor has Just tclegraphed
the governor for another regiment of
militia for duty in the city,. to take
the place of seven companies OF
troops assigned TO outside points in
Cook county, nj the request OF
Sheriff Gilbert.
All is quiet at Hammond. Ind, to-
day.
All Quiet at Spring Valley.
OTTAWA. July 9.-Order has final
lv been restored at Spring Valley by
the militia from Rock Island and
Galesburg. which arrived this morn
ine. and the mob which had been
held down for two days. has been dis
persed All is quiet now Mt Spring
Valley. LaSallc and Peru.
More Troops Under Way.
SrHISGFIELD. July 9.-ln accord
ance with Mayor Hopkins request
for more troops the governor this
afternoon ordered out all the remain
inc troops of the Fourth infantry and
part of the Fifth infantry, and gave
them instructions to proceed at once
TO Chicago.
Gen IIarrison's Views.
!NprANAroLIs, July 9.-Gcneral
Harrison today mildly criticised the
position of President Cleveland re-
,,.rdinr the railroad strikes ut Chi
caro-. He said it was the first time
i'm the history of the United States
Government that the president had
ordered federal troops into state
without the request of the governor
of such state and over his protest.
He didn't question his right to do So
however.
Gamma rativc Oniet Yesterday.
Cu,cAGo. july 9-Comparative quiet
nr.v,iled rs n rule within the city yester'
dny. though there wese nuinoer o'
minor disturbances which were easily
suppressed by the police. There was now
- M concerted effort ut incendiarisn
mr. violence, although ut numb Der ol
,,,,ces individual cars were fired. a whole
ri, on the Eastern Illinois was ditched
bv "A misplaced switch The work ol
oi.,r;nc the tracks i'll the Grand Irunh
card. at Forty-ninth street and Ashiaho
o~enue where the debris of hu9dreds ol