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ExECUTIvE MANSION. july 6. 1884.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 6, 1894
Hon. John p. Altgeld. Governor Of ILLINOIS,
.SprinQfeld H.. While l am still persuaded
that l have not transcribed my authority or
duty in the emergency that confronts US, 1t
seems to me that in this hour of danger and
public distress discussion may well give way TO
active effort on The part OF all authority TO re-
store obedience to the law and TO protect life
and property. GROVER CLEVELAND.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, July Ex-Governor
Altgeld has dispatched lengthy reply to
President Cleveland on the subject of or
dering Federal troops into the State of Hi
nois. He says that if the Presidents
assumption that he has right to order
Federal troops into community without
regard to the question whether that COM
munity is to enforce the law itself then
the principle of local self-governm ent nev-
er existed In this country or has been de-
Stroyed.
lie says 1t is fundamental principle in
our Govern men9 except in times of war
that the military shall be subject to the
military authorities. He protests that the
Federal troops now in Chicago are OF act
ing under the civil authorities. He says
that the statement authorizing Federal
troops to be sent into the State in cer-
tain cases contemplates that the State
troops shall be taken first. This provision
has been ignored. and 1t is assumed that
the Executive is not bound by it. Federal
interferep ce with Industrial disturbances
in the various States is certainly new
departure, and il opens so large a field
that it will require but very little stretch
of authority to assert to itself all the de-
tails of local Government.
Governor Altgeld suggests that the ex-
ecutive commands not only the regular
forces, but the militia. and that under the
Presidents construction of the law it
would be easy for an ambitious executive
to establish military government. He
claims that the presance of Federal troops
in illinois has proved to be an irrtant.
He concludes by expressing the belief that
the State is able to enforce legislation
and expects the withdrawal of the Federal
troops
Govern or Altgeld, being shown Attorney
General Olney's criticism upon his pro-
test, said: ''The country may be doing
Mr.. Oluey an Injustice. but the impression
has in somewhat become rooted that he is
the special representative of the great
trusts and monopolies that have been
pundering the public. The impression
also prevails that it is he who is urging the
President to have the Federal Government
interfere in lab or troubles and thus assist
L. NJ
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TROOPS FROM THE EAST.
New York Militia to Be Thrown Into
Chicago,

Chicago.
CHICAGO. July 6.-Six dead and an in
definite number injured is the record Of
casualties in the strike conflicts in Chicago
day. Yesterday one man was shot in
the leg. If the blood-letting tomorrow
shall show like increase the Coroner will
have summers work before him.
The developments of yesterday went fal
to convince all thinking people that the
gravity Of the situation had not been ap.
at large. Persons who were here during
the railroad riot of 1877, and who saw the
atmosphere clear perceptibly when nc
more than eighty bronZed and husky regu-
lars from the plains marched down Madi-
son street and went into camp on the lake
front, wagged their heads knowingly,
when three times the number were or
dered from Fort Sheridan, comprising
three armies of the service, and said they
would make short work of Mr. Debs' fol-
lowers. But after twelve hours of as pa
tient and persistent GOODNESS and bravery
under trying circumstances as was ever
seen. these same citizens and officers in
command were forced to admit that things
were not as they were in 1877, and that ii
was still long way to peace and the re-
sumption Of traffic on any OF the roads
running out Of Chicago.
The DEVELOPMENTS of the night and th ose
of o-day have led to the firm conviction
that nothing short of an overwhelming @
armed force. with instructions to shoot to
kill, can settle the trouble. or, as Colonel
Crofton put it, ''It has ceased to be mere
movement of troops. and has become a
campaign" The local and State authori-
ties have awakened to the critical gravity
of the situation, which is affecting the
nation generally, and Chicago particularly,
and are taking measures to afford adequate
protection. The police force has already
been recruited up to over 5000 men, and at
the request of Mayor Hopkins and by
order of Governor Altgeld two brigades of
State militia have been ordered here to
help in Quelling the disturbance.
Al the national capital also the fact is
recognized that the prevailing conditions
are entirely out of the ordinary. and that
provision must be made for such num-
ber OF fighting men as never has been seen
in the history of this nation in times of
peace il the dignity OF the United States
and processes Of its 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 Presi-
dent 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 and municipal, already
herebe unequal to the task Of keeping
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Monster Labor Mass
Meeting.
WRONGS REHEARSED.
Wage Workers Urged to
Combine.
THE ONLY WAY TO WIN.
Attorney-General Olney's Name
Kissed.
STRONG RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The Present Administration Gem
sured by Speakers for Favoring
the Railroad Companies.

Metropolitan Hall was crowded from
parquer to gallery last night with an en-
thusiastic assemblage OF men and women
called together to listen to arguments in
support of the position assumed by the
American Railway Union in the great
struggle now on between capital and
labor, which has tied up nearly every
railroad line in the country. Not only
were all the seats in the house filled, but
chairs were placed in front of the plat
form. so that every inch of available space
might be occupied.
The crowd was motley congregation
from many points of view. First. there
was the laborer, clad in rough garb. in
dicative of the path of life in which he
walked. Next came clerks, bookkeepers
and others from the idle wholesale houses
of the city, all intent upon showing their
friendship for the strikers and their
hatred for George M. Pullman and the
officers of the Southern Pacific. Through
out the audience were well-dressed men,
evidently merchants or professional men.
They jostled against the rudest laborer in
the hall, evidently temporarily forgetful
of the social tie that separated them.
Hatred for monopoles was the ruling
spirit, and all joined in Kissing the names
of Pullman. Huntington and other we'll
known railroad maguates whenever op.
portunity offered.
Tue tenor of the speeches was all in
favor of turning over the ownership Of
the railroads to the Government Hunt
ington, Pullman and other railway mag
mates were characterized as brazen thieves
and held up to public contempt as the
legitimate products of the iniouitous Gus
tom of private ownership of railroads.
The present administration also came in
for large amount OF denunciation. Presi-
dent Cleveland was accused of being the
tool of Wall street, and three members of
mis- Cabinet were characterized as CORPORA
tion lawyers. who have no interest in the
welfare of the common people. Attorney
General Olney was severely criticized for
going out of his way, as it was said, to
render decision to the effect that mail
train included a Pullman sleeper in direct
violation of the ruling of Judge Baker of
Indianapolis on the same point few days
ago.
The primary object of the meeting, of
course, was to cersure the methods of the
railroad companies, but next in line Of de-
nunciation came the present administra-
tion. Once the feeling against the present
chief executive and his admirers waxed so
strong that several Kisses were heard
when Judge Rogers alluded to "this good
Government" But the Judge promptly
checked this demonstration, and admon-
ished his auditors that they should always
respect the Government and the law, al
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sion that the Fire Department was put In
straits to care for all OF them. To add to
the gravity it was found that the strikers
were interfering with the police and fire
alarm telegraphic signals. and in one OF
two instances police 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 trying to break the
blockade by sending troops out. They
recognized to-day the futility OF that
method OF procedure and practically gave
up any attempt at outward movement.
But there were some incoming passenger
trains on several roads, together with a
few of the regular milk trains. Outside of
this class of traffic the strikers managed to
make trouble for nearly every road run
ming in a southerly direction. The Fort
Wayne, Lake Shore. Michigan Central,
Baltimore and Ohio. Illinois Central, AL
ton, Panhandle, Western Indiana, Rock
Island aud the Monon all experienced dif-
time during the day. The trick oil soaring
crew from train, running the engine
up the track, opening up the throttle and
letting it run back full tilt on the standing
track was a neat one Of a character likely
to be initiated. The stonng of incoming
trains was common pastme with the mobs,
and several persons were moro or less in
jured by flying missiles. One engineer on
a Rock Island train was so badly injured
that it was at first thought he had been
killed.
The assaults of the mebs, however, wore
not met with the passive resistance which
characterized the course pursued yester-
day. On two occasions at least their at
tacks were met with accurately aimed
lead. During riot over an Incoming
stock train at Kensington Deputy United
States Marshal shot and killed two strikers,
and during the afternoon the deputies
guarding an incoming Baltimore and
Ohio passenger train replied to voIey of
shots and stones which the strikers
volvers loose. killing four of their assail-
ants and wounding Der of others. A
new and grave feature was added to the
situation this afternoon when a meeting
of representatives Of all the bodies of or
ganized labor in the city, after protracted
discussion in which general sympathy
strike was favored, appointed committee
Of three with full power TO act and at the
same time called a meeting of organized
labor for next Sunday to ratify their
action. Late this afternoon the Second
Regiment State militia was ordered TO the
stockyards.
OF the situation in general it may be
said to have broadened and strengthened
in its grip. The most significant feature
of it is the carrying of the strike East to
Cleveland. tying up all the connections Of
the seaboard trunk lines there, with the
promise that by tomorrow 1t will reach
the trunk lines themselves and so pracii-
cally reach the Atlantic seaboard by tying
up the railroads at Buffalo. Thus the
strike would be extended from San Fran
cisco to New York. There is no relief at
the points heretofore placed under embargo
and the situation at Kansas City was COM
plicated blythe tying up of the Fort Scott
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next move will probably be to call out q
considerable part of the militia of New
York and Pennsylvania for service in Il
linois. which may be done under section
! 5298 of the Revised Statutes. 1t is esti-
mated that 10000 of these men, the pick
| of the militia of the United States, could
| be thrown into Chicago on short notice.
They would be used purely for militia
! safeguarding property and so on-thus
freeing the regular troops Of offensive
operations The President. it is said, has
full and complete authority under the con-
stitution and statutes to call for militia,
and be may also, by virtue of the consti-
| tuition, assume command of them, and also
OF the National Guard of Illinois. without
reference to any Governor.
It can be st ated with authority that there
is no immediate prospect of declaration
Of martial law by the President as to
Chicago OF the State of Illinois. The prin-
cipal purpose of such declaration would
be to suspend the issue of writs of habeas
corpus should the judiciary seek to OBJ
Struct ths executive; but there is no
danger on that score just now, and every
other power desired. it is stated, is already
within the reach of the President without
resort to that extreme measure.
At the Cabinet meeting to-day the en-
tire situation was carefully gone over in
the light of recent developments, and par
fiouIarlv NJ Tho onrraennndanca hatuaap
the President and Governor Altgeld. As
the result it is believed there is now a
strong disposition to afford the Governor
ample opportunity to make good his claim
of entire ability to cope with the present
difficulty in his State. Not that the regu-
lar troops will be retired from the field,
for they will still continue their guard
over the mail trains and G0verR ment
property, but the militia will be given full
opportunity to contend with the disor-
derly mobs outside of the railroad tracks
and Government property. and the regu-
lars probably will be kept in waiting to re-
spond to any call to aid them.
The situation in the far west and es-
pecially on the Pacific Coast is still mat
ter OF grave concern to the Executive.
Applications have come for relief from the
complete blockade at Sacramento, CAL,
but the way is not yet clear to help. The
militia seemed TO have proved almost
worthless. tainted by sympathy for the
element that stops them from the
performance of their duty. The only avail
able troops are at the Presdio, San Fran
cisco, and the War Department hesitates
to order them away and leave the valuable
Government property at San Francisco ex.
posed to attack. 1t is to be hoped that the
situation at Los Angeles will be amelio.
rated in a day or Two. and the troops there
can be released and transferred to Sacra-
mento.
One result Of the big strike has been to
show in a startling manner the made
quacy of the United States regular army,
which has been reduced to mere skee-
ton. At present 10000 men are expected
10 Police the whole country. General
Schofield has been obliged to exercise
great ingenuity, and is posting off his
small forces so as to make one man suffice
for twenty, and to-day 1t would be difficult
to.Iransfe: single command in the West
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without exposing the great trans-cont-
mental lines to indefaite Interruption.
Officials at the Postoffiee Department
take a cheerful view OF the situation.
1.-THE backbone of the strike will be broken
tomorrow night despite to-day's develop
ments in and about Chicago" said General
Superintendent White of the railway mail
service.
Attorney General Olney late this after
neon received a joint telegram from the
acting Governor of Utah, the Judge of the
Supreme Court and the United States
Marshal stating that the situation had be-
come serious there. The railroads are in
the hands OF the strikers, and the United
States Marshal is unable to secure enough
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stationed in that service to Chicago. This
will not be done, of course. except in case
of absolute necessity, for there is every
disposition on the part of the executive to
permit the militia of Illinois to handle the
disturbance if it is able to do so without a
needless show of United States force. The
troops likely TO be called for to re-enforce
General Miles upon demand are the garri-
sons at Fort Niagara, n. Y, where there
are three companies of the Twenty-first
IDfantry, and at Madison Barracks,
Sacketts Harbor, where there are
seven companies of the Ninth Infan-
try. These ten companies could be
placed in Chicago at a days notice.
Should the force be insufficient the
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road, thereby involving another South
western line.
ALTGELD CALLED DOWN.
Cleveland as An Instructor of West
ern Governors.

WASHINGTON, July 6.-The watchful-
ness of the officers of the army is unabated
tonight, and there can be no question that
the greatest uneasiness prevails in all de-
partments.
Another communication WAS received
from Governor Altgeld shortly after
o'clock, and it was Immediately taken to
the President 1t can be stated with cer-
tainty that the administration is sure of
its course and the Federal troops will not
be recalled until such order as will allow
its mails to 60 through uninterrupted and
the perfect administration of Government
business.
Governor Altgeld's letter came over the
wires and occupied great while In trans
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DEBS COUNSELS PEACE.
But There Will Be a General Strike
If He Orders 1t.

CHICAGO. July 6-President Debs has
issued the following proclamation:
To al Striking Employees: In view of
the report of disturbances in various To-
calities ] deem it my duty TO caution you
against being a party to any violation of
law, municipal. State or national. during
the existing difficulties. We have re-
peatedly declared that we respect law and
order, and our conduct must conform to
our profession. A man who commits vio-
ience in any form, whether a member Of
the order or not. should be promptly ar
rested and punished. and we should be
first to apprehend the miscreant aud bring
him to justice.
We must triumph as law-abiding citi-
zens or not at all. Those who engage in
force and violence are our real enemies
We have it upon reliable authority that
thugs and toughs have been employed to
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ALL LOCAL ELEMENTS IN LINE.

create trouble so as to prejudice the pub
lie against our cause.
These scoundrels in every case should
be made to pay the penalty of the law. l
appeal to you to be men. orderly and law
abiding. Our cause is just. the great pub
lie is with us and we have nothing TO fear.
Let it be borne in mind that If the rail-
road companies can secure men to handle
their trains they have that right. Our men
have the right TO quit. but there their right
ends. Other men have the right to take
their places. whatever our opinion of the
propriety of SO doing may be. Come away
from railroad yards or rights of way or
other places where crowds congregate. A
safe plan is to remain away entirely from
places where there is any likelihood of
being an outbreak.
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deputies to enforce the laws. They call
on the Government for troops.
It was shortly after midnight when At
torney- General Olney and General Scho-
field came from the Cabinet roo m and left
the White House. Immediately after the
departure of the members of the Cabinet
and General Schofeld the White House
was closed and the lights put out.
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WAsHINGToN, July 6.-Attorney-Gen-
eral Olney to-day said regarding the Alt
geld letter to the President: ''It is hardly
worth while to discuss at length the false
premises and illegal nOn-sequiturs of the
Altgeld manifesto. As a campaign plat
form it is a safe prediction that the author
will be the only person to stand upon it.
Ihesoil of Illinois is the soil of the United
States. The paramount duty of the Presi-
dent of the United States is to see that the
laws Of the United States are faithfully
executed and in the discharge Of that duty
he is not hampered or crippled by consult
ing any Chief of Police, Mayor or even
Governor. Nothing has been done and
nothing ordered which the most captious
criticism can condemn as an invasion of
State rights"
The Attorney-General was not disposed
to further discuss the matter. but he SAID
that the fact that the riotous strikers in
Chicago continue to obstruct traffic of
the railroads and resist the officers has not
in the least shaken the Governments pur-
pose to enforce the laws at all hazards and
at whatever cost. The fact that the riot
Gus demonstrations continue only shows
that the conduct of the troops in not
responding with ball and bayonet was of a
most forbeariDg character.
The Government realizes that it is IN
fortunate that troops from interior posts
are not Immediately available, owing to
the great distance to be travelled and the
present difficulty in getting transporta-
ton. Nevertheless, If found necessary,
force Will be nassed in Chicago sufficient
TO stop the strike at a single blow. There
VIII be no temporiZing. no compromising
with the strikers. The railroad compa-
MES must be permitted to conduct their
business unmolested. if the entire army
has TO be brought to bear.
:: General Miles will be supplied with all
necessary force to carry out orders and if
Fe-enf6rcements are necessary they will he
forthcoming. Even now, in anticina,ion
of trouble, preparations are making IN
strengthen this command immediateIv nm
on call. this time by troops from the East
for those remaining at Western posts are
liable to be absolutely needed to protect
Government property. General Schofeld
has such implicit confidence in tie spler-
did organization of the New York National
Guard that he would feel safe in withdraw
ing all of the United States regular troops
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OLNEY IN FAVOR OF BULLETS AND BAYONETS.

Blood Must Flow at
Chicago.
PREPARING FOR WAR.
Dictum of the Federal
Authorities.
SOLDIERS FROM THE EAST.
New York Militia TO Be Thrown
Into Illinois.
THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENT.
1t VIII Be Exercised Despite the
Vigorous Protest of Gov
ernor AltgeId.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-05-17

Tie results OF all the experiments
with oats tried at the Illinois expert
ment station for the past live years,
according 10 bulletin No %, suggest
that on the fertile soil OF central east
eru Illinois with simple methods one
may expect in a series Of years an
average yield an acre of a lit!ic over
30 bushels of grain and ABOUT II
tons Of straw, the oats weighing rather
less thau the standard weight Of 81
pounds a bushel; that y is NOT 2dVis-
able TO pillow the land in ,he spring II
the crop follows corn, the use Of the
disk harrow giving better results; that
the crops shall be sowu near the last
of March or first of April; shat II sown
broadcast it is better to SOW from : IL
to 3 II bushels per acre, covering the
seed not more than one or two inches
deep. In regard to varieties the con
clusion is that there is no variety
greatly superior to all others, so that
it is not wise to put fun credence IN
the claims often made for new yarl-
cites; that some varieties are. however,
distinctly better than others; that
neither color nor pmmpDess of kernels,
weight per bushel nor the form of the
head certainly determines value, but
that generally varieties with long,
slender comparatively light kernels
have the smallest percentage Of huS6
and probably the greatest feeding
value; that early maturing varieties
are to be preferred to those ripessng
later: that It is desirable to harvest
the crop before it has fully ripened,
and that binding and shocking the
sheaves at once is an advantage rather
than a disadvantage, If the grain is in
fit condition for cutting