Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-07-11

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pistols and began to fire at the Stat
troops. 1t was then that Captai
Maher gave the Command to tn
Company to fire.
The number of killed and wound
ed by the fire will never be known.
Among the number seen to fall Wa
a woman. The strikers fell back
bat soon rallied. The military CON
pany and the workman engaged ii
relaying the track took train ant
left the scene of the first militar,
movement against the strikers. Tbi
I, bloody work was on Saturday.
I The strikers kept up their work o
burning AMI tearing up railroa.
tracks all that day aud another mil
lion and half dollars went up il
smoke.
| On Saturday Debs sent an inso
lent despatch TO President Cleveland
concerning his interference with the
affairs Of the strike
AT late hour on Sunday night
President Cleveland issued procla
nation. warning all persons in the
State OF Illinois, and in the City OF
Chicago 10 refrain from further OBJ
struction of the execution of the laws
Of the United States, and requesting
ali persons to abide ct their homes.
and away from r;otous assembiages,
on or before IL o'clock, noon, on the
9ih inst.-Monday. The proclama-
! ton was to keep away spectators
from riotous scenes.
On Sunday morning strikers be-
gan 20 burn cars IN the railroad yard
at Hammond, Indiana, and stopped,
side tracked and over turned passen-
ger trains. Operators were driven
out telegraph offices and anarchy was
the order of the strikers. A com
pany of Unitel States troops, 35
strong we're sent in cars from Chica-
80 to Hammond to the scene OF the
riot.
When the train came in the strik
ers hooted aud yelled like SO many
demons. The little company took up
its position in front and rear Of the
train, and prepared to move the
train through tho town.
The sheriff CT the county read a
message from the Governor of the
State tnat State troops would arrive
at Hammond on Sunday afternoon
and cooperate with the United
States soldiers. When the sheriff
had finished reading the message,
the rioters set up their accustomed
yeils, and prepared TO upset num-
Ter OF cars ahead of the train that
was being escorted through the
yard. Il was then the troops were
ordered to fire, and charge bayon-
nets. One nan was shoI dea1
ID three maa anl woman wound
ed.
II Chicago Sunday was a quiet
day comparatively speaking for the
reason the railroads did not at tiempt
to run trains, and the strikers were
venting themselves il destroying box
ears and signal towers, &c. The fire
department was called out almost a
hundred times t. put out fires that
had been kindled by the incendiary.
On Monday, President Cleveland
issued another proclamation against
all Interference with post routes, and
inter state commerce routes, in the
States of Dakota, Montana, Idaho,
Washington, Wyoming, Colorado,
California and the Territories.
Strikers on Monday interfered
with The running Of trains near Dan
vile, illinois, a1d were fired on by
troops. The strikers had women
them. Two women we're kill
ed with humber Of men.
The bosses of the trades unions in
Chicago held meeting on Monday,
and ordered their 10000 men to
strike on Tuesday evening. The
men have right to quiS work, but
they have not the right to prevent
tie 10000 that are honestly want
ing work in Chicago from taking
work il the places that the strikers
have left. There are two to a half
dozen men in Chicago that are anx
ious to take the places made vacant
by each striker.
President Cleveland sizes up to a
comprehension. and to the require
ments of the situation like thor
ough bred American.
The king of Japan has issued an
edict that women may live a life OF
singieness if they choose it. Here
tofore all women in Japan bad to
marry. The Mormons teach that no
unmarried woman can get ioto heav-
en-, and when single woman comes
to die, an elder of the church is tax
en- into the sick chamber and stands
by her bed side and they are mar
ried, and that gives her a passport to
heaven.
can Armstrong county farmer,
heard smothered squacking in his
hen house and twas midnight
When he went out he found the hen
house door ajar, and sounds inaicat
ing that the intruder was still with
in. Therefore the farmer slammed
the door, boitea il, and posted him
self outside of the hen house unit
morning appeared. Then lie looked
in the window aud discerned a neigh
Dor who came contritely forth ant
paid the farmer twenty-eight dollar
for time, loss of sleep, &c. Still
some say there is no money in poul
try raising
Pullman and Debs.
The two men who have gotten u,
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