The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-07

kill can settle the trOu BILE. or. as Colo
mel Crofton put it, lit has ceased to
be mere movement of troops, and
has become campaign"
The local and state authorities have
awakened to the critical gravity Of
the situation which is affecting the
nation generally and Chicago particu-
larly, and are taking steps to apply
adequate measures The city police
force has already been recruited M
to 5000 men. and by request of Mayor
Hopkins and by order of Governor
Altgeld. two brigades of state militia
have been ordered to aid in quelling
the distur Dances
Washington Authorities Alert.
At the nations capitol also the fact
is recognized that the prevailing con
ditions are entirely out of ordinary,
aud that provision must be made for
such a massing of fighting men as has
never before been seen tOge Their in
the history of this nation in time of
peace, if the authority and dignity of
the government and the 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
therefore, contemplation
should the forces, federal, state and
municipal, already gathered here be
unequal to the task of restoring order
to send here the ten companies sta
toned on the Canadian border in the
state of New York, with the reserved
intention if circumstances demand it
of exercising his right to call for
10000 from the crack militia cOmpan-
les Of New York and Pennsylvania
The Movement of Trains.
In general the order of things, com
pared with that of Thursday was re-
versed. Then the railroads were try
ing to break the blockade by sending
trains out Yesterday they recognized
the futility of that method of proceed
ure, and practically gave up any at
tempt at outward movement But
there were some incoming passenger
trains on several OF the roads, togeth-
er with a few of the regular milk
trains Between these classes of traf-
fc the strikers managed to make
trouble for nearly every road running
in a sOutherly direction. The Fort
Wayne, the Lake Shore, the Michigan
Central, the Baltimore & Ohio, the IL
1inOis Central, the Alton, the Panhan-
de, the Western Indiana. the Rock
Island, the MonOn, all experienced
difficulty in a greater or less degree
at some time during the day.
The trick of soaring a crew from q
ira n, cutting the engine up the track,
opening the throttle and letting it
run back full tilt on the standing
train was a new one. and of charac-
ter likely to be initiated. The ston-
ing of incoming trains was common
pastime with the mobs, and several
persons were more or less injured by
flying missiles
Deputies shoot to XIII.
The assaults of the mobs however,
4
sistance which characterized the
course pursued Thursday. On two
occasions. at least. their attacks were
met with accurately aimed lead
During riot over an incoming milk
train at Kensington a deputy United
States marshal shot and killed two
strikers and during the afternoon the
de puties guarding an incoming Balti-
more and Ohio passenger train re-
piled to the voiley of shots and stones
which the strikers shOwered upon
them by turning their revolvers loose, /
killing four of their assailants and
wounding a mum Der of others.
new and grave feature was added
to the situation wnen meeting Of
represe ntatives of all the bodies of
Organized labor in the city. after a
protracted discussion, in which a gen
eral sympathy strike was favored, APP
pointed a committee of three with
Iull power TO act. ana at the same
time called a meeting OF all organized
LABOR for next Sunday to ratify their
act on.
Or the situation in general, it may
be said to have been broadened and
strengthened IN its grip The most
significant feature Of it is the carry
ing Of the strike east to Cleveland
tieing up all the connections Of the
sea board trunk lines there with the
promise that by to-day. it will reach
the trunk lines the mselves and so
practically reach the Atlantic sea
board by tieing up the railroads at
Buffalo. Thus, the strike would be
extended from ocean to ocean.
There is no notable relief at the
points heretofore placed under en-
barge. The Pacific coast remains in
paralysis, from which their is no indi-
cations of relief, and a significant
note comes from Seattle. Wash, where
the stevedOres were called out by the
chief of the Knights of Labor to pre-
vent the unloading of a steamer from
San Francisco, indicating that Grand
Master Workman Sovereign's promise
to Debs to aid him in every possible
way was not merely for effect The
day closed with no rift in the pail
which overhangs the nation
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.