Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-11

erty. My inspectors have charge
of this matter in their respective
districts. We can turn out 900
men at short notice if it should be-
come necessary, but ! sincerely hope
it will not be-"
June GA. r. U. ordered out
Santa Fe men.
June ga. II. U. ordered gen.
eral strike throughout the West OF
all members of the union.
June 28-Attorney General Olney |
instructed District Attorney Mil
christ to protect mail trains with
United States marshals. Marshal
Arnold ordered to send deputies to
all depots.
June 29-Sheriff Gilbert appeal
ed to by General Manager Miller,
Of the Monon, to send deputy sher-
ifs to Riverdale, to quell disturb
ances.
June 3O-Deputy sheriffs sworn
in and sent to various points.
June 30-Strikers derail the Dia-
mond Special illinois Central Rail-
road) at Grand Crossing. Pull
mans again sidetracked at River
dale. Two switchmen on Panhan-
die Road attacked by strikers.
Rock Island train ditched at Blue
Island. Produce and Stock Yards
business brought to standstill.
Marshal Arnold swore in $50 more
deputies. Sheriff Gilbert sent extra
details to Blue Island. Michigan
Central asked aid of the govern
ment.
From the state of affairs as given
above, matters gew worse every day
until July 18th. All the roads run
ming into Chicago were tied up, and
rioting run rampant in the city.
The excited mobs congregated on
every line of railroad running into
Chicago, and everything was con-
fusion. Roads were blockaded so
that trains could not run; thousands
of cars were thrown from the tracks
and burned; mercandise was taken
from loaded cars; mobs stoned,
dubbed, beat and maltreated en-
ployes who attempted to run trains;
freight could not be handled; mails
were delayed, and the general bust
ness of the country was brought
nearly to standstill on account of
the rioting strikes.
On Saturday last the situation in
Chicago had assumed such serious
proportions that the mobs were hav-
ing everything their own way,
when the Illinois militia took a
hand in the game, killing and
wounding a number of the rioters.
This action seemed to clear the
track to some extent, as it was
found that the mobs could not and
would not stand before the fire of
the troops. A list of those killed
or wounded shows that three-fourth
of them are supplied with names
which have decidedly anarchical
pronunciations, and are not believed
to belong to the strikers at all-be-
ing merely on the ground for mob
and lawless purposes.
| Incendiaries have been common
in connection with the strike, and
millions of dollars worth of proper
ty has been reduced to ashes by the
strikers and mobs growing out of
the strike.
| The strike was not confined to
Chicago, although that city was the
center. All the roads leading into
Chicago, and many others, were af-
fected, and nearly all the large
cities of the west had their strikers.
The situation was truly serious
one, and it was deemed necessary on
tine part of President Cleveland to
send U. S. troops to the scene, with
orders to see that the trains carry
ING the mail should not be inter-
fered with.
| On Sunday there was meeting
of the President and his cabinet,
for the purpose Of considering what
steps should be taken by the gov
eminent to restore quiet, and the
President issued proclamation ad-
monishing all good citizens to re-
main away from the scenes of
trouble.
The general public have, by the
experience Of this strike, been
brought to a realization of what
can be accomplished by some
fanatic, if he can get few follow
ers to obey his orders at an outset.
Only start need be made, and a
wild, aimless rush follows.
! The prospects now seem to be
that the worst of the affair is passed,
and that business will soon be GO
ing on as regularly as if there had
never been any dictator Debs in ex-
istence.
The situation seemed to be con-
siderably improved yesterday in
nearly all localities. In Chicago
quiet was nearly restored. In De-