St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-07
SIX WERE SHOT DEAD,
Riot Running Rampant In
the Big City.
THE TORCH APPLIED FREELY
Cars Wrecked and Property
Of All Kinds Destroyed.
ALL INCOMING TRAINS STONED.
Federal, State and City
Forces Are PoWerless.
ALL INCOMING TRAINS STONED.
MORE TROOPS MAY Be CALLED.
Also Twenty Thousand Men
From the Militia Of
NEW YORK AND PENNSYL KAKLA.

NEW YORK AND PENNSYL KAKiA.
CHICAGO, July 6.-Six dead and an
indefinite number of injured is the rec
ord OF casualties in the strike conflicts
in Chicago today. Yesterday one man
was shot in the leg. If the hlood-letting
tomorrow shall show like increase.
the coroner will have summers work
before him. The developments of yes
terday went far to convince all thinking
people that the gravity of the situation
had not been appreciated by the author
tiles or the people at large. Persons
who we're here during the railroad riots
of 1877, and who saw the atmosphere
clear perceptibly when no more than
eighty husky regulars from the plains
marched down Madison street and went
into camp on the lake front, Wagged
their heads knowingly when several
times that number were ordered from
Fort Sheridan, comprising the three
arms of the service, and said they would
make short work of Mr.. Debs' follow
ers. But after twelve hours Of as pa
tient and persistent GOODNESS and brav-
cry under trying circumstances as were
ever seen, these same citizens and the
officers in command were forced to ad.
nit that things were not as they were
in 1877, and that it was still long march
to peace and the resumption of unim-
peded traffic on any Of the railroads
running out of Chicago.
The developments of the night and
those OF today have but confirmed thsi
conviction that nothing short of au
overwhelming armed force, with in.
structions to shoot to kill, can settle the
trouble; OF, as
COL. CRoFToN PUT IT,
ut has ceased to be mere movement
of troops, and has become campaign"
"The local and state authorities have
awakened tosthe critically grave nature
OF the strike malady which is affecting
the nation generally. but Chicago In
particular, and are taking measures to
apply adequate remedies. The city
police force has already been recruited
up to over 5000 men, and, by request of
Mayor Hopkins and by order Of Gov.
Altgeld, two brigades of state militia
have been ordered here TO aid in quell-
ing the disturbances.
At the nations capital also the fact is
recognized that the prevailing copdI-
tions are entirely out of the ordinary,
and that provision must be made for
such mass of fighting men as has
never been together in the history of
the nation in the time of peace, If the
authority and dignity of the federation
and the process of its courts are not to
be laughed to scorn for an indefinite
time. The stIike infection is so wide
spread and so menacing at many points
that the president and his advisers be-
lieve it would be unwise 10 withdraw
any more regular troops from the coun-
try west of Chicago. 1t Is therefore in
contemplation, should the forces-fed.
eral, state and unicipal-already gath
cred here be UNEQUAL to the task of re-
storing order. to send hero the ten COM
panies stationed at the Canadian border
in the state Of New York, with the re-
served intention, if circumstances de.
mand it, of exercising his right to call
for about twenty thousand men from
THE CRACK MILITIA
regiments OF New York and Pennsyl-
vania.
The day In Chicago has been one of
constant alarms and calling for police,
deputy marshals and soldiers, here,
there and everywhere throughout a
wide stretch of territory in the southern
part of the city. Riot has been running
rampant throughout the day; cars have
been overturned, switches broken and
tracks obstructed in numerous ways;
the torch has been applied in numerous
instances to 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
succession that the fire department was
put to straits to care for all Of them. To
add to the gravity of the situation. it
was found that the strikers were inter
fering with the police, railroad and fire
alarm telegraph system, and in one or
two instances policemen who were
using the police telephone calls were
stoned.
In general, the order of things, CON-
pared with that of yesterday, was re-
yersed. Then the railroads were try
Ing to
BREAK THE BLOCKADE
by sending trains out. Today they
recognized the futility of that method
procedure, and practically gave up any
attempt at outward movement. But
there were some incoming passenger
trains on several of the roads, together
with few of the regular milk trains.
Between these two classes of traffic the
strikers managed to make trouble for
nearly every road running In asoutheriy
direction. The Fort Wayne. Lake
Shore, Michigan Central, Baltimore &
Ohio, Illinois Central, Alton, PAN
handle, Western Indiana. Rock island
and MonoD, all experienced difficulty in
greater or less degree at some time or
all of the time during the day. The
trick of soaring the crew from train,