Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-08
APPALLING CONDITION.
SEVENTY FIVE PER CENT OF 0HIoAGo'i
 INDUSTRIES SHUT DOWN.

INDUSTRIES SHUT DOWN.
 CHICAGO, July 7.-Au exhaustive can- vass of the industrial concerns of the city yesterday reveals an appalling state of af- fairs and warrants the statement that by night 75 per cent of them will stop their machinery and keep it so until the embargo on traffic is raised, the effect of which will throw out of employment upward of 100,- COG workers
 The Deering Harvester company's works will stop tonight, throwing out 3000people. The Illinois Malleable Iron company's fur naces were allowed to die last plight for lack of fuel and pig iron, sh hutting out AGO men. The nineteen furnaces of the Illinois Street Car company's plant are banked for need of coke, and all the company's mills at South Chicago, North Chicago, Joliet and Milwaukee are closed, throwing into idieness 5000 at South Chicago, 1500 at Joliet, 1000 at Milwaukee, 250 at North Chicago, a total of 5750. The Union Foundry company and the Kimball Bridge company and all it's allied concerns cannot get iron, and those plants are idle, adding 250 more to the army of the unemployed. The Great Western Refining company has fuel for but two days, and will then close. The Chicago Wire and Spring company shut down last Tuesday for lack of fuel, throwing out 150 men.
 The Cook county hospital has been burn ing hard coal for two days because of Con- tractor Kelly's inability to secure soft coal. The Chicago Packing Box company closed, throwing out 300 men, because nobody wants boxes when goods can lot be shipped.
 . OFFER OF AID DECLINED.
 CITY TROOPS VOLUNTEER AND ARE l., SWORN IN.
 CHICAGO, July 7.--Mayor Hopkins today received letter from Chief of Police Sea vey of Omaha, president of the Interna- tionai Association of Chiefs of Police, of- fering to send 1000 trained and experienced policemen to Chicago from different points in the west if Chicago desired their services and would pay them. The offer will not be accepted, as all the men necessary eau be found in Chicago.
 Mayor Hopkins said that he was very city of Chicago could take care of itself now. The Chicago Huzzars and the Chicago city troops, both of them private military organizations, have offered their services to aid in restoring order. The Huzzars are able to put in the field at an The sheriff accepted the offer of the organizations and the Hug zars were assembled at Tattersall's tonight at 7:30 o'clock, and sworn in as special deputies. Capt. E. L. Brand is armed with 45-caliber Colts revolvers. The city troop, Captain Funkhouser com mGnding, rendered their services to Briga- dier- General Wheeler, com manding the national guard of the state of Illinois. They can put forty mounted men thor oughly equipped and well drilled into the field at an hours notice.
 The owners of the Mopadknock building today had twenty-five deputy marshals sworn in to protect the building and the men were placed on duty. It was feared that the fact that the federal court occupies a portion of the big building might make it an object of attack in case of a riot down town.
 At 4 o'clock this afternoon workmen who were loading cars at Fourteenth street found the body of man whom the police think was murdered. The body was noticed lying under platform. It was covered with blood and over the left eye was peculiar gash. Tho man was appar- ently about 35 years old, and in one of his tsF. W. Paynter. If hurt notify Esdy, Harrisburg, Pa.'' The bcdy was removed to tue county morgue.
 Bishop Samuel Fallows and the Rev. P. 8. Henson, who headed the movement of ministers for mass meeting at Battery D to consider means of 8 settlement of the strike, announced that in view of the threatening prospect they judged it wisest not to hold the proposed mass meeting, but in lieu thereof to secure the appoint ment of committee of 100 representative citizens who will take charge of the nego- tiations looking to arbitration.
 E. E. Clark, grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors, was in the city to- day. Mir. Clarke said his order would not identify itself with the strikers. He said: ssWhe the strike began was requested by MT. Debs to join in it. said that our order had laws which prevented any par ticipation in sympathetic strikes and it had no personal desire to join in movements of the kind. The companies with which we have agreements have lived up to their contracts and we have no desire to break them. There are cases where individual mem bers of our order have joined in the strike. We cannot help that. conductor who does not want to work can quit after giving the