The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-07
Shots Kill Six Strikers and
Wound Several.
RIOTOUS MOBS RAMPANT.
Gov. Altseld at Last Orders Out the
State Troops.

More Federal Troops Pushed Forward
to Reinforce Gen. MiIes-The City
Police Force Recruited Up to 5000
Men-Strikers Burn Several Freight
Cars and a Warehouse With 1000
Bales of Hay-No Shots Yet Fired
by the Soldierg-President Cleveland
May Be Forced to Turn to the Crack
Militia of New York and Pennsyl-
vania.
Chicago, Ill, July 6.-Six dead and an
indefinite number of injured is the record
of casualties in the strike conflicts in Chi
cago to-day. Yesterday one man was shot
in the leg. If the blood-etting to-mor-
row shall show like increase the coro-
ner will have a summer work before
him.
The developments Of yesterday went
far to convince all thinking people that
the gravity of the situation had not been
appreciated by the authorities or the
people at large. Persons who were here
during the railroad strike of 1877, and
who saw the atmosphere clear percepti-
bly, when no more than eighty bronzed
and husky regulars from the plains
marched down Madison street and went
into camp on the lake front, wagged their
heads knowingly when three times that
number were ordered from Fort Sheri-
dan, comprising the three arms Ct the
service, and said they would make short
works of Mr.. Debs' followers.
Ip,,t s
sistent coolness and bravery under trying
circumstances as was ever seen. these
same citizens and the officers in command
were forced to admit that things were
not as they were in II, and it was still a
long mark to police and the resumption
of unimpeded traffic on any of the rail
roads running out of Chicago.
HAS BECOME A CAMPAIGN.
The proceedings of last night and those
of to-day have confirmed the conviction
that nothing short of an overwhelming
armed force, with instructions to shoot to
kill, can settle the trouble, or, as Col
Crofton put it, 1T has ceased to be a
mere movement of troops and has become
a campaign"
The local and state authorities have
awakened to the critically grave nature
of the strike malady which is affecting
the nation generally, but Chicago in par
ticular, and are taking measures to apply
adequate remedies.
The city police force has already been
recruited up to over 5000 men, and by re-
quest of Mayor Hopkins and by order of
(,OW A A1tCa1A ftrc h,,ir 4
tia have been ordered here to aid in quell-
ing the disturbances.
At the nations capital, also. the fact is
recognized that the prevailing conditions
are entirely out of the ordinary and that
provision must be made for such mass
ing of fighting men as has never before
been seen in time of peace if the au-
thority and dignity of the federal gov
ernment and the processes of its courts
are not to be laughed to scorn for an in
definite time.
The strike question is so infectious at
certain points that the President and his
advisers believe it would be unwise to
withdraw any more regular troops from
the country west of Chicago
1t is therefore in contemplation, should
the forces, federal, state and municipal.
already gathered here, be unequal to the
task of restoring order, to send here the
Ten companies stationed on the Canadian
border with the reserved intention. if cir
cumstances demand it, of exercising the
right to call for the 90 900 men of the crack
military regiments of New York and
Pennsylvania
DAY OF ALARMS.
The day in Chicago has been one of
constant alarms and calling for police.
deputy marshals and soldiers here. there.
and everywhere throughout a wide
stretch Of territory in the southern part
OF the city.
Riot has been running rampant
throughout the day; cars have been over
turned, switches broken and tracks OBJ
stfucled in numerous ways; the torch
was applied in many instances to
cars, switch-towers, and the like, not TO
mention an attempt to fire a part of
the Armour packing plant in fact at one
tlIne the incendiary blazes followed each
otuer IN such quick succession that the
IRE department was put TO straits to care
Ior all OF them. To add to the gravity of
the situation, IL was found that the
strikers were interfering with the police,
IdIiroad and fire alarm telegraph systems,
ana IN one or two instances policemen
VINO were using the police telephone calls
were stoned
The GENERAL ORDER or THINGS.
Ia general the order of things compared
WIN thaf Of yesterday was reversed The
railroads. were trying to break the block
"ue Dy sending the trains out. To-day
tuey recognized the futihty of that
method OF procedure and practically gave
~ any attempt at outward movement.
nug Jhere were some incoming passenger
rams on several Of the roads. together
nIIn lew Of the regular milk trains.
',e. "een these two classes Of traffic the
5IIAers managed 10 make trouble for
ne4iIy every road running in
as1utherly direction The Fort WAYNE
lake shore. Michigan Central. baltimore
ma ,lhio, the Illinois Central. the Alton.
VIC l'An llanlIn- tho ALn.fnrn Indlana