The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-12
3 BLOODY RIOT.
SIX MEN KILLED AND HUMID
REDS WOUNDED AT CHI
cAeo IS YESTERDAYS
SAD STORY.
|, THE FIRE F|END'S OASTARDLY
DEEDS DO DAMAGE TO PULLMAN's
WORK WHILE HIS Co.LABoRERs
DESTROY PROPERTY ON ALL
SIDES OF THEM.
GOVERNOR ALTGELD CAN Do HIS Do
In Illinois as the United States Govern
ment Will Only Keep a Watchful
Eye on Him and His Fellow An
archists While the Mails
Must Move-The Strike
Assumes a Serious
Aspect.
GOVERNOR ALTGELD CAN Do HIS Do

CHICAGO, July 6.-Six dead and an
indefinite number of injured is the
record of casualties in the strike in
Chicago today. Yesterday one man
was shot in the leg, and if the blood.
letting tomorrow shall show like in
crease the coroner will have a sum-
mer's work before him. The Develop
ment of yesterday went far to con-
vince all thinking people that the
grvity of the situation had not been
appreciated by majority. Persons
who were here during the riots of 1877,
and who saw the atmosphere clear
perceptibly when no more than so
bronzed and trusty 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 was ordered
ON Fort Sheridan, comprising the
lree arms of the service and said
ey would make short work of Mr..
bs followers. But after IL hours of
|. effect GOODNESS and bravery under
all trying circumstances as was ever
se1n, these same citizens and the off
cees in Command, were forced to adj
NIT that things were not as they were
in 1877, and that it was still long
mark to peace and the resumption of
Unimpeded traffic on any roads run.
ming out of Chicago.
The developments of the night and
today have but confirmed the convic.
ton that nothing short of an over
whelming armed force with instruc-
tions to shoot to kill can settle the
trouble, or as Colonel Crofton has said,
has ceased to be q mere movement of
INtroops and has become q campaign.
The local and state authorities have
awakened to the critically grave ma
ture of the strike which affects not
only the whole nation but Chicago in
particular, and are taking measures
to apply adequate remedies. The city
police force has already been recruit
ed by over 5000 men and by request
of Mayor Hopkins and by order of
Governor Altgeld two brigades of
state militia have been ordered here
to aid in quelling the disturbances.
At the nations capital they also rec
ognize the fact that the prevailing
conditions are entirely out of ordinary
and that provision must be made for
such mass of fighting men as has
never yet been seen together in the
history of this nation in time
Of peace, if the authority and dignity |
of the federal nation and the processes
of it's courts are not to be laughed to |
scorn for an indefinite time. The |
strike infection is widespread and so
|, menacing at many 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 |
contem plation, should the forces, fed
eral, slate and municipal, already |
gathered here, be unequal to the task |
of restoring order to send here the 10 |
companies stationed on the Canadian
border in the state of New York with
the reserved intention, if circum
stances demand it, of exercising the
right to call for 10000 men from the
crack militia regiments OF New York
and Pennsylvania.
The day in Chicago has been one of
constant alarms and calling for police,
deputy marshals and soldiers, here,
there and verywhere throughout a
wide stretch OF territory in the south
ern part of the city. Riot has been
running rampant throughout the day;
cars have been overturned, switches
broken and tracks INSTRUCTED in
numerous ways, the torch has been
applied in numerous instances to cars,
switch towers and the like, not to
mention an attempt to fire part of
the great Pullman plant, in fact at
one time the incendiary blazes follow.
ed each other i'll quick succession that
the fire department was put to
straights to take care of all OF them.
To add to the gravity of the situation
it was found that the strikers were
interfering with the police, railroad,
and fire alarm telegraph system and
in one or two instances policemen
who were using the police telephone
calls were stoned. In general the
order of things compared with that of
yesterday was reversed. Then the
railroads were crying to break
the blockade by sending trains out
Today they recognized the futility of
that method of procedure and prac.
ticalIy gave up any attempt at OUT
ward movement. Today there were
some incoming passenger trains on