Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-08
RIFT In THE CLOUD.
But the Cloud Of Strike Trouble
Is Still There.
Rl0TING AND BL0ODSHED.
Militia Fire On a Mob, XOundinS Seven,
-Four Fatally.
THE ARMY TAKES CONTROL.
Orders Issued That Extreme Measures
30 ResCTttd to II Necessary.
THE SITUATION IMPROVED.
THE ARMY TAKES CONTROL.
THE SITUATION IMPROVED.
Railway Union Men ut Various Points
Refuse to Obey the Direction to
strike-Mails Moving Better.

ordered that IL an act Of hostility be com
United. such as firing upon railroad trains,
assaulting trainmen, marshals, or sol
6iers by throwing at them rocks, pieces
OF iron. or other missiles. those assaults
shall be repealed by the use OF firearms"
SO wrote General Nelson A. Miles in
his order this afternoon detailing Federal
troops to assist United States marshals
in preventing obstruction 90 the move
mont OF mail and interstate-commcrce
trains IL was, IN short. notice 10 all
rioters that tcmporizing with them had
ceased. and that hereafter the policy Of
the government would be TO put an end
10 their rl0ting arson. and pilage by
shooting TO XII whenever and wherever
necessary. As chance would have it,
however. Il did not fall TO the lot of the
national troops 10 be the first to carry
out the spirit OF this order. Company G.
Second Regiment Illinois National Guard.
had that distinction. the story OF the
encounter between the thirty-seven young
miIitiamen OF this company and the
vicious mob at Forty-seventh and I,oomis
streets. being told elsewhere In these dis
catches.
DAY COMPARATIVELY QUIET.
ID TO 4 O'Clock in the afternoon the
day had been comparatively quiet one
To be sure, small mobs had been going
about all through the district west OF
state street and south of Thirty-ninth
burning a few cars here and there, and
making threats OF firing railroad-shops
and the like but 1t was more In the
nature Of bushwhacking than anything
else. and not at all like the massed bands
u strikers who gathered along the rail.
road tracks yesterday and the day before
absolutely blocking all movement by sheer
force of numbers.
This state of affairs was doubtless the
outgrowth OF various conditions, such as
the presence of vastly-increased force
OF soldiers. and the fact that yesterdays
wrecking and firing cars had left large
share of the tracks to the south I'M
passable. so that about all the discernible
movement was in the shape Of wrecking
trains. endeavoring to bring order out
OF the chaos which existed all over
the region.
The disturbed section to-day embraced
nbout twenty-five square miles, not to
mention the bit of incendiarism on the
Burlington road at Crawford and az
Western avenue, the latter having the
distinction OF being the work of women
and children Il IS estimated that in the
district mentioned not ] S than 5000
rioters were out at one time and an
other during the day. but the ground was
so thoroughly patrolled by the police
the marshals and the military that they
found little opportunity for getting TO-
gether in large numbers, as they have
been doing heretofore.
GRAVEYARD LAID OUT.
stln. some Of them at the stockyards
found time for indulging in the grim
hurnor OF laying out a graveyard in due
order, and erecting headstones at me
graves therein, bearing the names OF their
net diversions. including that of the Presi-
dent Of the United States.
one feature OF the day was the show
ing of its teeth by the Building Trades
Council Of the city in calling out the
steamftters in big packng-nouses at the
stock-yards, with the threat that 1t was
merely Il preliminary TO calling out its
ts.oOo members and the tying up all build
hg in the city.
Another feature of the day was the
patrolling of sentries before the Federal
gub-Treasury, in whose vaults lie some
s5OO.oco OF Uncle Sans money. which
General Miles thought might prove
Temptation TO some of the rioters espe-
cially In view of the fact that they are
not very flush just now
IMPROVEMENT IN SITUATION.
For the first time since the strike
eesned there We're several distinct notes
OF Improvement in the situation, and
these were not confined to Chicago. Here,
the postal authorities reported n notice
able Improvement in the movement of tho
mails. Outside Of Chicago 1t was to be
noted that the strike, while 1t made no
progress worthy OF mention at any point.
rayp many evidences OF having reached
rs elimination and of failing influence.
To begin with, the promise that the Sea-
board Trunk lines would he tied up at
Buffalo was not fulfilled; the strike was
not extended TO Pittsburg. as was pre-
dicted: at a number Of points in the ted
Nd territory the strain was lightened, and
al one or two points men who had agreed
10 Go out failed to do SO. But most sig
nihcant OF all perhaps. was the refusal
of the American Railway Union men at
Louisville Colorado Springs, and Beaver
20 obey the order 20 strike. Joliet
also reported a detection from the ranks
there.
On the other hand, the friends OF law
and order had occasion 10 be pleased on
account Of the massing OF troops here and
ct the ordering OF n decided movement
OF troops by the President with a view
70 lifting the embargo on Pacific coast
Business. both by the Northern and the
Central routes. To this end, he ordered
General Merritt at st. Paul. and General
Otis, at Vancouver Barracks TO see 10
the opening Of me Northern Pacific line.
while General Ruger. at San Francisco.
and General Brooke. at Omaha, were
eimilarly instructed 10 set things moving
on the Central and Northern Pacific sys-
TENS.
nEBs AND SOVEREIGN.
TO all this the only foil which the man
ayers Of the strike were able to show was
en- arrangement between President Debs
aud Grand Master Workman Sovereign.
OF the Knishts Of Labor to call out the
rnembers OF that organization. some hun
ored and fifty thousand IN number. pro-
vided the other four members Of the Ex-
ecufiye Committee would agree to the
order calling them out.
II IS estimated that Debs has now about
1900 nen ost so that II the agreement
goes Il Will be no small addition 10 tho
forces OF idleness.
There has been rift In the cloud. but
the cloud IS stili there.
AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE.