The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-08
TWELVE THOUSAND UNDER ARMS.
Force That Chicago Strikers Must
Resist.


Chicago, July members of the
five regiments of the Illinois state
guard are scattered around the south
ern portion of Chicago
In addition to the police and federal
troops and the swarm of deputy United
States marshals, deputy sheriffs, secret
service men, and private detectives g.
600 of the state militia are trying to
keep the peace and see that the law is
obeyed.
The troops are scattered all the way
from Hyde Park and the lake front up
as far north as Twenty-second street
and as far west as the stock yard:Giis-
trict. They received short notice to
come up but they all .obeyed with
promptness. Four hours after Gov
ernor Altgeld sent the order rom the
executive mansion in Springfield, 1900
men were on duty. Two hours later
advance guards Of out of town troops
arrived and were ordered to go sa>to
camp. The men now on duty are those
belonging to the First Second, Third,
Sixth and Seventh regiments.
A reasonable estimate of the number
of armed men now on duty in this city
would be about 1900, including $500
militiamen, $500 police, 1000 regular
army and over l 800 deputy sheriffs and
marshals, besides perhaps $500 private
watchmen and a small body of detec-
tives.
Remarkable Record.
For the twenty-four hours ending this
morning there were siXty-two fire alarm
calls from burning railroad property
nearly all being on the south side. This
is a remarka bic record according to
Chief Sweeney. Several times railroad
shops were fired. The strain on the fire
md ot tba a.
quarters in the city hall double force
of operators were at work. Chief
Sweeney stayed at headquarters and di-
rected the movements of his companies.
The number of alarms from July to
10 o'clock last night was 334. the larg
est ever reached in the history of the
department in that time. Chief Sween-
ey said last night it was a question
whether the firemen on the south side
could hold out if such wholesale in
cendiarism continued.
Troops Getting Tired.
Stories are beginning to float in mill
tary Headquarters which will illustrate
the fury to which the regular troops
have been worked up by the insults of
the crowd. A cavalryman at the stock
wards who had been hoWled at by a
crowd for three hours made protest
to his captain. One hullling rioter in
particular had planted himself in front
of the trooper and hurled at him every
epithet he could think of, besides dar-
ing him to fight. The trooper turned to
his superior.
Captain he said, 'for heavens sake
let me take my uniform off and lick
that fellow, III do it without any help"
The officer refused, of course.
While that noisy solliers assailant
was around the former never took his
off l. i'm a ~ hn6n
given it is quite probable that the rioter
would not have been among those who
escaped.
An officer said last night:
''The troops are worked up to a
frenzy. They have been held back by
excellent discipline If they get an or
der to fire good many of them will
fail to hear the command to cease firing
if it is given after the first volley, and
will get in an extra shot or two"
Question of Damages.
When the present strike-boycott shall
have passed into history the people of
this city, particularly the men who
happen to own property, will find
serious subject for contemplation in the
question of damages. A few of the
railroads have already notified the city
authorities they propose to hold the
city liable for the loss of their property.
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amount that has disappeared in flames
kindled by the strikers and their sym
pathizing friends. Before they are
made finally to realize that the law is
supreme. millions Of dollars worth of
may have been destroyed. 1t
will all have to be paid and the tax
payers will have to bear the burden.
This will fall heaviest upon those men
who by economy and hard work have
accumulated small amounts of real es-
tate and built for themselves horles.
The statute under which the railroads
will bring their suits for damages was
passed in 1887. 1t was framed upon
the Pennsylvania law under which the
Pennsylvania railroad collected enorm-
Gus damages from the county Of Ale
gheny for losses inflicted upon it in the
strike of 1877. The Pennsylvania law
stood the test of the supreme court OF
that state While no action similar to
those that will be commenced have ever
been brought under the Illinois law,
lawyers say it is unquestion-
ably sound.
Orderly at Frankfort.
Frankfort, Ind, July THE Clover
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