The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-07
SITUATION IN CHICAGO.

Crisis Looked for Today State
Troops. Federals and Police Ready.
CHICAGO, July Z, 1s94.-The report sent
out of rioting at fifteen minutes to six this
morning is not true. The city at half past
large numbers of soldiers gave assurance
that it would remain so.
at half-past two this morning Company
NJ, Third Regiment. l. N. G., from Galena
and Company L of the same regiment.
reached the city and were at once trans
ported to Thirty-fifth street and Wentworth
avenue and camped on Baseball Park. Two
hours later Company A. Of tbs. Ihird froSn.
Streator arrived and joined their fellows at
the Baseball PARK. At half-past seven a
belated train brought in a portion Of Com
pany z of the Sixth Regiment and they were
also quartered at Thirty fifth street and
Wentworth street.
The massing of troops at the most affected
points Of the Rock Island and Western In
diana tracks indicate that the embargo on
transportation within the city limits will be
raised this morning.
CRISIS TODAY.
United States officers and the police be-
lieve that the crisis of the big strike will
come today. They believe that the day will
either see trains running on all the roads or
the crowds fired upon by the soldiers.
Late last night an order was sent to the
commanding officers of all police stations by
Superintendent Brennan saying that all
tracks must be guarded by police and sol
diers within the city limits, At seven
O'Clock this morning, according to the
orders sent out by the Chief, a
final attempt will be made to move
trains. The order goes on to say that all
crossings and tracks must be kept clear, and
that if bullets are necessary to enforce the
clearing of the right of way to use them.
The strikers insist that they will not allow
trains to run if they can prevent them by
moral suasion. They have the right to urge
men on the trains to join their ranks, and as
sert that if today's work results in the loss
of life, the railroad companies must bear the
blame The more conservative say they
will keep away and allow the roads to send
out trains if they can get crews to man
them They also say they will respect the
law.
Chief Brennan with this end in view last
night had Battery d, with four gatling
guns moved out to Dexter Park in the
stock yards. Troop A, forty strong and
fully equipped, rode into camp. This places
about 5000 fighting men in the yards and
vicinity.
FEARFUL DESTRUCTION.
The fires among the rolling stock of the
Panhandle road between Twenty. sixth and
Sixty-third streets were all out before one
A. NJ. but the destruction was fearful while
the fire lasted. Railroad officials report the
burning of fully 1000 cars, some of them
loaded. The pecuniary loss reaches well up
to a million dollars although no accurate
figures can as yet be obtained,
The Wisconsin Central had four cars de-
stroyed and two partially destroyed on their
tracks at West Forty y-eighth street.
MOB AT 1T AGAIN.
Deputy United States marshals, who
sought to prevent blockading of the tracks
of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois road at
Stuart avenue and Twenty third street, at
nine o'clock this morning were driven off by
the mob.
Emboldened by the success the mob made
show of greater violence and began tear
ing up the rails. Hundreds of mon and boys
gathered to assist those already at work bent
On the destruction of property.
Marshal Arnold, when notified OF the
situation. despatched twenty-five deputies
to the scene and made a requisition on Gen
eral Miles for a company of regulars for
tie protection of the locality.
NO FIRE AT PULLMAN.
There is no fire at Pullman. Large guam
titles of smoke from the smouldering ruins
OF the burned Illinois Central cars at Burn
side still fill the air and doubtless gave rise
to the rumors of a fire at Pullman.