The record-union., 1894-07-07
A DAY OF BLoopsHEp.
Six strikers Killed and a Number In
jured.

Six Strikers Killed and Number In
jured.
CHICAGO, July 6.-Six dead and an in
definite number of injured is the record
of casualties in the strike conflicts in
Chicago to-day. Yesterday one man was
shot in the leg. If the blood-letting to-
morrow shall show a like increase, the
Coroner will have a summers work be-
fore him.
The developments of yesterday went
far to convince ali thinking people that
the gravity of the situation had not been
appreciated by the authorities or the peo-
pie at large. Persons who were here DUR
ing the railroad riot of 1877, and who saw
the atmosphere clear perceptibly when no
more than eighty bronzed and husky
regulars from the plains marched down
Madison street and went into camp on
the Lake Front, wagged their heads
knowingly when three times the number
were ordered from Fort Sheridan. and
said they would make short work of Mr.
Debs' followers. But after twelve hours
as patient and persistent GOODNESS and
bravery under trying circumstances as
ever seen, these same citizens and the of
ticers in command were forced to admit
that things were not as they were in 1877,
and that it was still long way to peace
and the resumption of traffic on any of
the roads running out of Chicago.
The developments OF the night and
| those of the day have led to a firm con-
viction that nothing short of an over
whelming armed force, with instructions
to shoot TO kill, can settle the trouble, or,
as Colonel Crofton put it, ut has ceased
| to be mere movement of troops and has
| become a campaign" The local and
State authorities have awakened to the
critical gravity of the situation, which is
affecting the Nation generally and Chi
cago particularly. and are taking meas
ures to apply adequate measures. The
| police force has already been recruited up
to over 1900 men, and at the request Of
Mayor Hopkins and by order of Gov
ernor Altgeld two brigades of State mill
| tia have been ordered here to help in
quelling the disturbance.
At the National Capital, also, the fact is
recognized that the prevailing conditions
are entirely ont 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 country ia
times of peace, if 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
| 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 contempla-
tion, should the forces, Federal and
municipal, already here be unequal to the
task of keeping order, to send here the
companies stationed on the Canadian
border in the State of New York, with
the intention. as circumstances demand,
in exercising his right to call for 10000 of
the crack militia regiments OF New York
and Pennsylvania.
The day has been one of constant alarm
and calls for police, Deputy Marshals and
soldiers here and everywhere through
wide stretch of territory in the southern
part of the county. Riot has been run
ming rampant throughout the day, cars
| have been overturned, switches broken
and tracks obstructed in numerous ways,
| the torch has been applied in numerous
instances 10 cars, switch towers and the
| like, not TO mention an attempt to fire
part of the great Armour packing plant.
In fact, at one time the incendiary blazes
/ followed each other in such quick success
/ 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 during
! the IRE didIlu duu kel0SIdpHIC signals,
and IN one or two instances police who
were using the police telephone calls were
stoned.
In general, the order of things COM
pared with that of yesterday was re-
versed. Then the railroads were trying
to break the blockade by sending troops
out. They recognized the futility Of that
method OF procedure, and practically
gave up any attempt at outward move
ment. But there were some incoming
passenger trains on several roads, to-
gether with few of the regular milk
trains, but outside of this class of traffic
the strikers managed to make trouble for
nearly every road running in q south
erly direction. The Fort Wayne, Lake
shore, Michigan Central. Burlington and
Ohio, Alton, illinois Central. Panhandle.
Western Indiana, Rock Island and the
Monon all experienced difficulty in a
greater or less degree at some time dur
ing the day.
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