The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-07-11
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED
BY PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
Ho Orders Chicago Under MILITARY
Rule

Just tcfcc midnight Sunday Prcsiden,
Cleveland issued the following.
Proclamation By the President Of tho
United States:
whereas. By reason Of unlawful OBJ
structions, combinations and assembapes OF
pe 9 ms II has become imprncticnble In the
judgment ofthe 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 the purpose Of enforcing
ihe faithful execution OF the lnws Of the
United States and protecting its property
and removing obstructions TO the United
states mails In the state and city aforesaid.
the president has employed n pnrt of the
military forces of the United States.
Now. therefore. |. Grover Cleveland, presi-
hent OF the United States, do hereby admon-
ish all good citizens aud all persons who may
I've or may come within the city and state
aforesaid, against aiding, countenancng, en-
.onrnging or tnking any part In such unlaw-
iul distractions, combinations and asaemb-
la9esi and i do hereby warn all persons
engaged In or In any way connected with
unlawful distractions, combinations and as-
semblages To- disperse and retire peaceably TO
their respective abodes ON or before IL clock
noon, on the ninth day OF July instant.
ihV7' NhV tulS warning ana per-
sist IN taking part with n riotous mob in
torcibly resisting or obstructing the execu-
non OF the laws Of the United States or inter
fering with the functions OF the government
or destroying or attempting 10 destroy the
properly belonging to the United States or
under Its protection cannot be regarded
otherwise than as public enemies.
Troops employed against such riotous mob
VIII act with all moderation and forbearance
consistent with the accomplishment of the de.
sired end, but the necessities that confront
Them Will not with certainty permit discrim-
NATION between guilty participants and those
who are mingled with them from curiosity
and without criminal intent. The only safe
course therefore for those not actually par
ncipatin9 Is to abide at their homes or a
least not to be found in the neighborhood Of
riotous assembages.
While there will be no hesitation or yaccil.
lation in the decisive treatment of the guilty
this warning is especially intended to pro,
tect and save the innocent
In testimony, whereof | hereunto set my
hand and cause the seal of the United state.
to be hereunto Affixed
Done at the city of Washington, this eighth
day OF July. in the year Of our Lord. ono
thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and
OF the Independence Of the United States OF
America the one hundred and eighteenth
GROVER CLEVELAND.
w. q. GRESHAM, Secretary OF the state.
The proclamation practically declaring
martial law In Chicago, was decided upon
This is the action which Gen. Miles has de-
sired from the beginning as II will give him
more ample authority in the citv
Saturday the strikers and the State Of ILL
nois, as represented by the militia, came to-
gether and a pitched battle was the result.
The number OF killed and wounded will
never be known, as the mob carried of n
Nyh %. faII
whether they were dead or wounded, or how
many OF them fell, II Is impossible to escer-
tain. As far as know. the causalties were rs
follows:
The dead are; John Burke, striker, killed
by q bayonet thrust through the abdomen.
The wounded are; Lieut.. Harry Reed, Co.
9, Second Infantry, /. q. ~, struck on head
by stone, condition critical Thomas Jack
man, shot In back; will die; John Konder.
stabbed with bayonet; will die; Unknown
man. shot through liver; will die: Unknown
boy, II years old, shot through abdomen. will
die: Tony Gajeuski, shot In right arm; Henry
Williams, shot in left arm; John Kerr, shot in
hip; Joseph Rhineberg, three bayonet wounds
may die; Anton kosminski shot in right side
Joseph Szcepauski, shot in shoulder; Annie
Siegler, left leg shattered and had to be am.
putated; Unknown boy shot in left leg
The fight occurred at the inter section OF
Forty-ninth street and the Grand Truck
tracks. a locality which has always had on
any day two toughs for every square ward of
territory within the radius OF half mile
The seat Of war in the strike was transfer
red Sunday to Hammond, Ind. just across
the border line, where from an early hour
mob violence reigned supreme. Two COM
panies OF regulars were dispatched to the
scene. Late in the afternoon there was a
pitched battle between the regulars and the
mob. This Is the list OF casualties:
Charles Fleisher, carpenter, married,
aged 35, resident Of Hammond, killed in
stantly, bullet entering his abdomen and
passing clean through the body. W. II.
Campbell. shot in right thigh; probably
fatal Victor Seitor, also Of Hammond, shot
in the knee; amputation Of leg necessary;
condition critical. Miss Annie Fleming, OF
East Chicago. bullet wound above right
knee; not serious. Unknown man, stranger
in Hammond. shot in right leg; amputation
probably necessary.