Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-07-10
DUTY IS SP[A|N
Cen. Miles, Order
TO Troops.
LABOR ULIINlITM.
General Strike II Pullman
Doesn't Yield.
THE CLOUDS ARE LIFTING.
Strikers Are Losing Ground at Many
Important Points.
THE CLOUDS ARE LIFTING.
Strikers Are Losing Ground at Many
Important Points.

CHICAGO. July TO- The following order
was issued yesterday afternoon by Gen
sral Miles;
To All United States Troops Serving In the
Department OF tho Missouri
The acts OF Violence committed during the
psst few days In the stopping Of mail trains
and post roads, the blocking Of interstate
commerce, the violation Of the inJunotions Of
the United States courts, the assaults upon
the federal forces Ia the lawful discharge OF
their duties the destruction, pillage and loot
ing Of the commerce property belonging 20 the
citizens Of the different states and other acts
Of rebellion and lawlsssness have been Of such
. serious character that the duties Of tho mil
itary authorities are more clearly defined.
The proclamation Of the president. the com
msndsr-ip- -chiof OF the land and naval forces
and tbe state militia when called into service
10 understood by the military 10 be in the In
terest Of humanity and 10 avoid the useless
waste Of life II possible. IL II an executive
order for all law-sbiding citizens % separate
themselves from the lawbreakere and those
In actual hostility 10 tho action Of the United
States court and the laws OF the nation and
government.
He has defined the attitude OF those law
breakers to be that of enomies of tho govern
ment and hence is the duty Of the military
forces to aid the United States marshals 20
ulopfIrts capture Of QtbIFOy DOllOh OF men
obstruotinR the mail routes and In actual
hostility TO the injunction of the United States
court and the laws Of the United States
This does not change the relation Of the fed
ersl officials with those OF the local authori-
ties, 40 II IL expected that the state and mu-
nicipal governments will maintain peace and
good order within the territory of their jurs-
diction. should they fail or lie oporpowered,
tho military forces will assist them, but not
10 the eXtent Of leaving an unprotected prop
srty belonging 70 or under the protection Of
the United Statea
The officer In the immediate command Of
troops must be the Judge as TO what use to
make OF the forces Of his command ia execut-
ing his orders, and I'm case serious action be
required. aud there be time. he will commu-
nicato with his next superior for his instruo-
tions.
Clouds Are lifting.
The tread Of armed men are still heard
In Chicsgo's street aud the wheels Of COM
msrce still lag at the bidding Of the
American Railway union. Nevertheless
the wsrcloud which has hung over this
CITY aud this land for the past 10 days
shows signs Of lifting.
Instead Of stories Of additional railroad
tie ups at various points throughout the
country, dispatches almost without ex-
ception bring advices of strikers return.
ing to work and an increased resumption
Of traffic, amounting In some places to a
return to normal conditions
The day In Chicago passed without a
serious conflict between the rioters and
the armed forces now on duty here The
feature Of the day was the action early In
the morning, after an all night session OF
the federated trades union Of Chicago
In deciding to call out all classes of In Dor
this afternoon at 4 o'clock unless George
NJ. Pullman should have agreed befor.
the meridian Of today to settle the diff
ferences between his company and his
striking employees by arbitration OF other
wisa
For reasons not known 70 the public,
Grand Master Workman Sovereign of
the Knights Of Labor and his advisers
subsequently decided to postpone the
general wRlkout and psralytic stroke
which they proposed to infiict upon the
business Of Chicago until 7 o'clock
tomorrow morning. Late In the after
noon, however, the announcement was
made that President Gompers Of the
American Federation has called a meet
Ing OF the executive committee OF that
Organization to lie held In this city on
Thursday, and he would leave New York
for Chicago this evening.
In view Of this, II IL not believed that
the federated trades of Chicago will take
precipitate action before consu tation
with him. AS President Gompers can.
not reach Chicago before tomorrow night
IL will be impossible 10 decide on line OF
action to ue pursued before Thursday,
and probably II Il should finally be re-
solved to declare general strike of all
these combined forces. It could not be put
into effect before Friday morning.
May Bs Disobeysd.
Another feature to be noted In connec.
tion with the meeting Of Chicsgo's feder.
sted labor Is the fact which was devel-
oped that there was in the meeting a
large and influential conservative ele-
ment whose action had practically y
blocked the plans of the more hot headed
leaders, until the latter, In the excitement
consequent upon the reading Of President
Cleveland's proclamation, made n STAN
pede and carried the strike resolution.
| Therefore there 10 feason to believe that
even II the order for general strike
finally goes forth. many OF those To whom
II Is directed Will decline 20 obey. 40 that
the wslkout will not be nearly so import
ant as anticipated by the leaders.
What effect, ~ any. the action OF Vice
Pres dent Wickes Of the Pullman com.
pany, yesterday, in refusing In the most
positive manner to even meet mmit.
tee TO consider the question OF arbitra,
tion, will have upon the final decision oi
the labor leaders and their followers re
mains g. be seen.
A Joint committee Of the city counci
aud u the federated trades unious ,allrC
on Mr. Wigkes aud asked him to consent
To the appointment Ola commttte Of hv.
citizens, whose functions would MT b,
thos Of arbitrator hut to determin'
whether or not The Pullman company h.,
anything g. sruitrsle. The committe,
AS proposed was TO consist of two citizeni
chosen by the Pullman company, two by
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