Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-07-07

WASHINGTON, d. c., July 6.-At the
Cabinet meeting to-day the entire situa-
tion was very carefully gone over In the
light Of recent developments and par
ticularly OF the correspondence betweea
the President and Governor Altgeld.
AS result II is believed that there 10
now strong disposition to afford the
Governor ample opportunity to make
good his claim OF entirs ability TO cope
with the present difficulty In his State.
Not that the regular troops will be
retired from the field, for they will still
continue their guard over the mail
trains and tbs government property,
but the militia will be given sull oppor-
tunity to contend with the disorderly
mobs outside OF the railroad tracks and
government property, and the regulars
will probably be kept In waiting to re-
spopd to any call to aid them.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT
officials were not concerned at q silly
story that came from Chicago TO the
effect that General Miles dare not order
his troops to fire upon the disorderiy
mobs without frst seeking express per-
mission from the President. Probably
this idea arose from the fact that tho
troops have so far acted with such ex-
cellent discretion and moderation that
IL has not been felt necessary to 20 to
the length OF shooting anyone.
The concern felt by tho department
officials on this score is not for the
troops, but rather for the deluded rlo-
ters who would be sure to suffor II they
acted on the theory that the troops will
not shoot In case OF need.
Asa matter of fact General Miles 10
clothed with the widest measure OF dis
erection In dealing with the
disturbance. He hsa .ssn,i,o 3S,is =, =,
fully with the Presias--.,
with Secretary Lamont and with Gen.
eral Schofield aud has full power to act
as he sees fit. He is q firm believer In
the efficacy OF the cold steel OF the
Spring. field bayonet IN setting crowd
on the run, and so far the soldiers have
not found IL necessary to 90 further
than that. But II the time comes when
the regulars are placed on the defens-
i've, then It will fare III with the crowd
that faces them, for the
BIG sPBISeFrELD BULLETS.
the Gatling projsctile and tho deadly
bullet-charged shells OF the steel field
pieces. will doubtless make such havoc
IS to mark a bloody page ia Chicago's
history. IL is solely from compassion
for the misled rioters that General
Miles has withheld the fatal word,
"6rer'
The situation In the far West. and
especially on the Pacific slope, Is still a
matter OF grave concern 10 the
Executive. Applications have come
for relief from the complete
blockade at Sacramento, California,
but the way ia not clear to extend a
helping hand. The militia seems to
have proved TO be almost worthless,
tainted by sympathy for the lawless
element, that otops them from the per-
formance Of duty. The only available
troops are at Preside, San Francisco,
and the War Departments hesitates TO
order them away and leave valuable
government property at San Francisco
exposed to attack. IL Is hoped that the
situation at Los Angeles will show such
signs Of amelioration In q day or two
that the troops there can be released,
In which case they will be speedily
transferred to Sacramento.
One result OF the great strike has
been to show In q startling manner the
inadequacy Of the
UNITED STATES REGULAR ARMY,
which has been reduced 10 q mere
skeleton. At present 10000 men are
expected TO police the whole country.
The Northwestern posts are depleted
TO small handiuls OF men, and there is
no adequate reserve force. General
Schofeld has been obliged TO sIer-
else the most subtle Ingenuity in dis
posing bis small force so as TO
make one man as efficient as ten and to-
day IL would bs difficult to transfer .
single command ia the West without
exposing the great trans-Continental
lines OF traffic TO indefinite interruption.
The General says that IL would require
an army Of 400, 900 men to quell the dis
turbances and break up ~ once the
bloekades AZ the many points where
they exist, and that 10 why be is OBJ
liged to attack them In detail. always
an unsatisfzctsry military procedure.
Officials At the PostofHee Department
take q cheerful view OF the situation.
THE backbons OF the strike will be
broken tomorrow night despite to-day's
developnents in and about Chicago" /"
said General Superintendent White, OF
the railway mail service. The force
has not been sufficient. With the In
crease Of deputies, Of policemen and Of
troops, both national and State, there will
be to-morror an adequate force for
oueIling the disturbances at Chicago
and maintaining order. That done the
strike will De practically over as Chi
cago is. OF course, the
STORM CENTER OF THE MOVEMENT.
I don't mean. however. that the strikers
will return 10 their places"
A batch OF new men engaged by a
local representative of the Baltimore
aud Ohio road to work on its western
liurs as substitutes for the striking en-
pIoyss. left for Chicago to-day. and
more are expected TO follow a. once.