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A Second Proclamation.

The President followed up his first procla.
nation by issuing another OF the same
tenor, but more general in its applica-
tion. The new proclamation Is SUBJ
stantially like the one addressed 10
the Chicago rioters, but is ad-
dressed to the people OF nine States and Ter
ritories, as follows: North Dakota, Mon
tana, Idaho, Washington, Wyoming. Col
orado, California, Utah and New Mexico. 1t
was issued after conference with the At
torney-G General, Secretary Lamont, Postmas-
ter-GeneraI Bissell and General Schofeld.
The second proclamation reads rs follows.
By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA-A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, BY reason Of unlawful obstruc-
tions. combinations and assemblages OF per-
sons, 1t has become impracticable, IN the
Judgment OF the President, to enforce by
the ordinary course of judicial proceedings
the laws OF the United States ut certain
points and places within the States OF North
Dakota, Montana, Idaho. Washington,
Wyoming, Colorado and California and the
Territories of Utah and New Mexico, ana
especially along the lines Of such railways
trayersing said States and Territories rs are
military roads and post routes. and are
engaged in interstate commerce and IN
carrying United States mails; and
whereas, For the purpose ol tuipIc,nS tnI
faithful execution OF the laws OF the United
States and protecting property belonging TO
the United States or under its protection,
and of preventing distractions OF the United
States mails and OF commerce between the
States and Territotes, and OF securing to
the United States the right guaranteed by
law to the use OF such roads for postal. mil
itary, naval and other Government service,
the President has employed part OF the
military forces of the United statesj
Now. therefore, I, Grover Cleveland.
President of the United States, do hereby
command all persons engaged in, or in any
way connected with such unlawful obstruc-
tions, combinations and assemblages to dis
perse and retire peaceably to their respec-
tive abodes on or before three o'clock in the
afternoon on the tenth day OF July instant.
= In witness whereof have hereunto SET my
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entire police force, including the reserves,
substitutes. and new men, total OF 93OJ,
was available for special emergency call.
This made a total OF 10, 900 armed men that
at less than an hours notice could be placed
In the field against the crowd.
Thousands Of cars, many loaded with
merchandise were destroyed. The roads
that suffered were the Pan Handle. Balti-
more and Ohio, Illinois Central,
Grand Trunk and the Stock Yards
Transit Company. The loss for
twenty-tour hours by the torch
amounted to more than 81, 900 900. A hero
inc in calico shot and killed a striker in the
Burlington yard. Chicago. The man Was in
timidating her husband, who, to keep his
family from starving, had taken strikers
place.
The railroad officials in California gave
up all hope Of moving trains and said they
would make no further effort in that dlrec-
ton until the strike was ended. There
were scenes OF violence In Oakland.
Several engines were "kiIled." Else
where In California there was little dest rue
tion OF property. e:.--ikers professed not to
fear the militia, who would never fire on
them, they sxid. SO strong did the strikers
feel that they declined all compromise, and
nov demanded return to the wages sched-
ule ef 1898.
At Joliet. ILL.,, the engineers loft work, as
they refused to continue, except with their
own fremen.
An improvement wss reported from st.
Louis, where trains were run with some de-
gree OF regularity.
Governor Waite, OF Colorado, wrote 10
President Cleveland protesting against the
wholesale arrests made by marshals in that
State.
Five strikers were arrested at La Junta,
Col. One OF them Is the local chairman OF
the A. 4. q. Executive Committee.
Louisville and Nashville and Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis Railway switch
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EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY CAUSED.

More Than $50 People Killed by the
Shocks-Ruin in ConstantlnopIe-
The jewelers. Quarter In the
Grand Bazaar Tumbles-Mer-
chants Flee In Fright.
Four earthquake shocks were felt at Cons
stantinople, Turkey. Many buildings fell
and others were on the verge OF co:lapsing.I
Many inmates of houses and shops and peri
sons in the streets were caught by the fall
ing walls and killed or injured. 1t was Inn
possible to ascertain the number of the dead
and wounded. but it was known that more
than $50 people were buried beneath the
ruins. sr
The jewelers. quarter OF the Grand Bazaar
fell burying a number OF persons. At Galata
ten persons were killed and many housesl
damaged. Eleven persons were buried byl
astery in the village of Steffano. It was re.II
ported that the village of Adabazaar hadl
been completely destroyed. ]
Reports OF serious damage and loss OF life |
came from nearly all the villages near Con- |
stsntinople. The least damage was done
about the Bosphorus. The wires were all
down, and no news was to be had from thei
provinces. A large tobacco factory waSl
wrecked at Djouvalir and several persons
were killed.
The shock was extremely severe at the,
Princes Islands. The Orthodox church and
many fine houses at Prinkipo were destroyed. |
All the buildings on the Island OF Antigoni,i
except the monasteries, were wrecked. Att
Monastfr the Orthodox church and part Of
the seminary fell. killing one priest and in-i
juring several others.
Nearly all the houses on the Island OF Haiku
were wrecked. The Ottoman Naval College
collapsed, and six people were Killed and
several others injured. {
No Englishmen or Americans were re-
ported to be among the killed, though many
houses and villas occupied by foreigners In!
Soythe and Missi were destroyed. /
It was feared that Constantfnople was not
the center OF the earthquakes. Probably
there was terrible convulsion in the inter-
ior. !
The panic In Constsntinople increased.
The public gardens, cemeteries and squares j
looked like monster picnic grounds, as the
people were huddled there in tents impro-
Wished from sheets or anything else availa-
BILE for the purpose. 81.
The shock had remarkable effects on the
Sea of Marmora Vessels lurched, to the
intense alarm OF passengers, and the sea re-
ceded from the sho.es, to return with great
force.
A relief commission appointed by the
Government applied 10 the Ottoman Bank
for loan OF $50, 900 Turkish pounds.
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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
The Senate.

i46TH DAY.-The House joint resolution
to enable the Secretary OF the Navy to car
~ out the work Of increasing the navy was
adopted. Allen offered resolution
for the appointment of committee OF five
Senators, no more than two to be OF the same
political party, to investigate and report on
the advisability or necessity Of Government
ownership of railroads and telegraphs, and
especially on the existing trouble between
employers and employees.
147rH DAY.-The Senate passed the Naval
Supply bill.-The Legislative bill was re-
ported with amendments increasing the
House appropriations by S239, ,202.
148rH DAY.-The Senate passed without
discussion the House bill to admit Utah into
the Union.-The Senate passed also the
Postof1ce Appropriation bill, and took ur
the Diplomatic Appropriation bill.
Pefrer's resolution as to Government control
OF railroads was taken up, and Messrs.
Davis and Gordon scored the Kansas Popu.
list for his utterances.
149rH DAY.-Mr. Daniels resolution in
dorsing the action OF the President in re-
gard to the great strike was unanimously
adopted. The Senate passed with amend
ments the Diplomatic Appropriation bill, the
Pension Appropriation bill and the Military
Academy Appropriation bill.-The River
and Harbor bill. with the total appropriation
made by the House, increased by S3,0o1,-
49O, was reported.
The House.
166rH DAY.-The German compromise
Tariff bill was submitted. Fourth OF July
congratulations from Brazil were laid before
the House. House passed resolu-
ton looking to the resumption OF work on
warships.- bill to tax greenbacks was
then taken up.-The Nicaraguan Canal
bill was reported.
18TH DAY.-The Tariff bill was referred to
the Committee Of Ways and Means by Speak
or Crisp in the usual routine.-The House
spent the day discussing the bill to allow
States and Territories to tax greenbaoks.
16STH DAY.-The German compromise
Tariff bill was sent to conference oy the
House after short but sharp debate land
then the body adjourned.
1G9rH DAY.-"To regulate railroads en-
gagged in Interstate commerce, Is the title OF
long bill introduced by Mr.. Straus, ofNew
York.-Mr. Baldwin, OF Minnesota, intro
.duced bill for a survey Of the most praeti-
cable route for ship canal to connect the
Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
10th DAY.-The House passed Il bill pro-
viding for the opening to settlement OF 81
600, 900 acres OF the Uncomphagre and Uintah
Reservation in Utah.-It adopted reso-
luton declaring MFR. Enloe, OF Tennessee, en-
titled to his seat. which was contested by
B. E. Trasher. rest of the day was
spent in debate of the bill forfeiting 9S.OOo,-
600 acres OF railroad lands opposite and CO.
terminous with lines not constructed within
the period OF time fixed by the grants.
171sr DAY.-Mr. Richardson, ofrennessee,
was chosen Speaker pro TEN. in the absence
OF Speaker Crsp.-The Land Forfeiture
bill was taken up. debated and passed and
the House adjourned.
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THE VIGILANT BEATEN.
Prince of Wales's Yacht Outsaus the
American.

American.
A cablegram from Hunters Quay, Firth oi
Clyde, Scotland, says: The vigilaut, owned
byth son Of the late Jay Gould is beaten
the first time in her ltfe-and English and
Scotch yachtsmen are beside themselves
with ioy. In fifty mile race, dur
ing which the victor OF the Yalkyrie
kept ahead of her only antagonist,
the Prince of Wales's Britannia. almost
throughout the entire course, she was beaten
thirty-nve seconds, the English cutter catch
ing u breeze on the homestretch Which 1ate
denied the American sloop. and passing the
winning stake boat thirty-hve SECONDS
ahead.
The yalkyrie is at the bottom OF the sea
and the general opinion Is that there she will
remain, Satanita, big and unwleldly. crashed
into her at the start. and while the Vigllant
and the Britannia were flying ahead
Lord Duurayen's cutter, cut to the water
line. sank, burst rs she went under from tne
force OF the air within her, and left her
owner his friends and the crew in the water,
giving the steam yachts near by lively JOB
in ysscung them from drowning.
The race Of the day-that in which the
yjgiiant, Vdlkyrie. Britannia and Satanlta
w4r. to compate-was the Muir Memorial
Cup in the Mudhook 1ucnt oluo feSa''"
Dvsr the Clyde course.
Tho American boat was stored by NAT
U4rrashoir. who built her, under the COM
manl OF Captain Hank Half. Old Morris.
n; Lars, who knows every eddy AMI every
NOOK where q puff Of wind is to be had, pi-
lotnl tho yigiIant, which carried crew OF
forty-nine.
The Goulds' steam yacht Atalanta, with
n large party on board followed the ViGilant
to the Holy Loeb anchorags. People from
all parts OF the United Kingdom he'd gath
cred along the banks OF the Clyde to witness
the races.
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THE LABOR WORLD.

SAILORS " ages have been reduced.
MINERS In the coal region continue to re
sumo work. i.
BRITISH taxpayers pay a tax on every
male servant In their employ.
The International Convention Of Film
Glass Workers will be held In Montreal th1.
year.
REPRESENTATIVES OF the striking miners II
Chicago visited New York City and Brooklyn
to solicit subscriptions.
FoR the first time in many years there apI
pears to be general suspension OF "over|
hauling" work this summer.
MUSICAL UNIONS are adopting rules againsl
responding to "encores" while furnishing
music at picnics and parties.
The New York Framers' Union decided
that henceforth its members must not wora
under the union scale OF wages.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR asked Senator Kyle Il
introduce bill In Congress to permit tni
detachment Of Pullman cars from trains.
RAILWAY employees in England are now inI
structed in first aid TO the injured under thi
auspices of the st. Johns Ambulance AssoI
citation.
ONE effect OF the strike at Chicago was II
increase rhe cost OF meat in New York and
in other great cities from twenty-five to att
per cent.
The Textile Workers Union. OF Paterson
N. j., has joined the national body OF III
trade. The membership al present aggrei
gates 800.
CHIEF ARTHUR, of the Brotherhood OF Lo}
comotye Engineers, says that the Amsrica1
Railway Union IS too stupendous an organ
ization to survive.
Two British labor reforners, Keir Hardy
who Is we'll known radical member of tn =
House Of Commons. and Frank Smith, VIII
used to be a commissioner in the Salvation
Army, are coming over here to help out II
the stump speaking next fall.
FULLY eighty per cent. OF organizsd labo
in the building trades In New York City Is
present unemployed. This is very ba1
showing when it is consi Tered that this is tn
season when, in most years, every man
either In or out OF the union who is compd
tent to work on new buildings, Is in de
mand.
ALL the window glass houses in Pittsburs
all the flint glass houses Of the United State
Glass Company, the sheet mills and most q
the iron mills are shut down. As q resul
nearly $4,000 workmen are idle. This
largely because Of the usual summer shut
down TO take stock in some factories an
mills and to limit production in others.
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fred info the gang by Detective Stark, en-

lcoQ INTO t0o gang ny botOcltN0 SeoA NJ SAA1
ployed by one of the railroads.
The first shot hit William Insle in the tenn
ple. Another bullet struck Dilly Vanzell1ne
in the head and still another in the back.
He was placed under the care OF four physl-
clans. who pronounced his condition critical.
The report from Starks revolver WAS the
signal for general rush by the lnturiat ed
strikers. which quickly gathered from all
directions. They were wild with excite
ment, and pursued Stark to the Kensing-
ton Station, where fifty Kensington police
seized him. formed line in front OF him,
and after running fight Of hundred yards
or more, succeeded In getting him in apatrol
wagon. He was covered with coat. and
part OF the crowd thinking the man in the
wagon might be one OF the injured men OF
their party, abandoned the chase. In the
melee Frank Ends was shot in the side, but
was not seriously injured.
The effect Of the incident upon the strikers
was Immediately apparent. A lessenlnS OF
the crowd at Kensington was noticed, ana II
was not long before blaze in the direction
OF Burnside, short distance south. account
ed for the disappearance of part OF the
crowd. At that place $50 cars, some OF them
loaded. five or six Pullman cars among
them, stood in the sidings. THESE were SET
on fire and all destroyed. :,
Another part OF the crow" Soon hnauo i'o
appearance at Riverdale, where thirty or
forty cars were standing near the icehouses
OF the Washington Ice Company. These
were ignited in anumber OF places. The fire
spread to the sheds and to the icehouses.
The cars and sheds were destroyed, but the
icehouses were saved from the wreck, with
considerable loss. The Fire Department was
powerless, as the cars were set on fire In sew
eral places at the same time, were almost
inaccessible, and water was hard to get.
A crowd Of about 500 persons held almost
complete sway In the territory including the
towns OF Burnside, Fordham and Grand
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REGULARS KILLED.
A Train Ditched in California With
Fatal Results.

a dispatch from Sacramento, CAL, says
Four men lost their lives and three others
were injured, one fatally, In the attempt to
move trains sat the point Of the bayonet. "
United States troops had possession Of the
railroad, but the strikers made good their
threat to prevent Its operation.
The strikers had waited about the depot
and river nearly all night, armed and angry.
They said the troops could not land, and
that any effort to do 80 would be the signal
for bloodshed.
However, the strikers went home. and the
troops met no resistance when they landed
from the steamer and took possession OF the
depot and railroad yards. But It was soon
evident that the strikers did not intend to
allow trains to be run. They said 80. and
added that IL necessary not rail would be
left In place.
There were $50 regulars, company hav-
ing joined them on the way. The troops
were landed, and under command of Colonel
Graham, marched direct to the depot and
took possession. A picket was quickly es-
tablished about the place and armed sentries
placed on duty. In addition to the regulars
there were ab out 750 men OF the State militia
at Sacramento.
At noon train with mail cars and Pull
mauS WIS m8ue up anu Stdrteu JOE Suu rCan-
cisco, under guard OF a portion Of Battery
L, Fifth Artillery. No attempt was made to
prevent its departure, but about two miles
from the city, on trestle, the train was
ditched.
Four men were killed and three injured
in the wreck. The dead were: Samuel
Clark, engineer; James Burns, private i
John Lubberden, private; David Clark,
private. The injured men were: James
Dougan. private, fatally hurt; Michael
Ellis, private, injured internally William
Wilson, private, injured about the head.
The trestle was q complete wreck. Fish
plates and spikes had been removed and
tImbers sawed. The work had been done
after 9 a. NJ, as the trestle had been in
spected at that time. Strikers assert that
no one connected with the A. r. Q. was con-
nected with this dastardly act.
Two soldiers were stationed on the en-
gine. One was mangled horribly and the
other fell into the river and was drowned.
His cartridge belt weighed him down.
A cavalry company went to the wreck on
gallop. but there were no strikers about.
Two men, heavily armed, were arrested near
the trestle, and taken to the guard house.
Great indignation prevailed at Sacramento
and the strikers lost many sympathizers.
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Burke, striker, killed instantly by
q bayonet-thrust through the abdomen.
Unknown man, shot through the
breast, found dead behind barn after
the fight Miss Bach, shot and killed dur
ing an attack on a Burlington train. Pole,
Il spectator. unknown, shot and killed by
regulars in the Pan Handle yards on Twenty
first street, during an attack on some cars.
Not less than twenty OF the mob were hit by
Springfield bullets, six or eight were so des.
perately wounded that 1t was Thought
they might die. others received bullet
or bayonet wounds Of less sererl.
ty. Just how many OF the rioters
received injuries nobody could tell !;
many OF the wounded were dragged
away by their comrades and hidden.
Neither police nor soldiers dared follow
them. Careful estimates OF the cost OF the
strike placed the losses sustained from all
sources up to that time Mt S., $4,000. Great
distress was reported among the strikers,
many of whom were in immediate need OF
food.
The seat OF war in the great railroad strike
was transferred on the eleventh day to Ham,
mond, Ind, just across the border line,
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men In Nashville struck.
Shopmen and trainmen on the Atlantic
system of the Southern Pacific at FL Paso,
Texas, were laid of, owing to the strike.
Loneshoremen In Portland. Oregon, struck
In obedience to Master Workman's order to
Z. of L. men.
President Debs. OF the American Railway
Union, issued proclamation to the strikers
warning them against acts OF violence.
President Debs also sent out large number
of telegrams to labor organizations and as
semblies of the A. R. o.. urging them to
stand firm for at least twenty-four hours
longer. II by that time the strike situation
had not improved for the better, Mr.. Debs
announced. organized labor oil over the
country would be called out without any
reservation whatever.
The Building Trades Council, OF Chicago,
representing $4,000 men In the building
trades, held long conference, and adoPtea
a resolution calling out all the men until the
Pullman Company consent to arbitration.
All the Knights CT Labor in New York and
pennsylyania were called out by General
Master Workman Sovereign.
Strikers Shot by Militia and Regulars.
The tenth and eleventh days OF the trouble
were made sensational by reason OF the
conflicts between the American Railway
Union sympathizers and the troops. The
Illinois militiamen fired upon riotous mob
near the Chicago stock yards and killed TWO
and wounded half a score. A lieutenant OF
militia was hit on the head with q stone and
fatally injured. Next day, In battle be-
tween Federal troops and mob IN HAM
mond, Ind, four persons were Killed and
many injured.
By far the bloodiest encounter within the
limits of Chicago since the Haymarket riots
occurred on the tracks of the Grand Trunk
Railway. at Forty-seventh and Union streets.
A mob composed Of ten thousand men, wo'
men and children made an attack on
detachment of Company G, Second
Regiment, National Guard, under
command OF Lieutenant Reed. The
SQUAD, which consisted of thirty-si1 militia
men. haG been sent out to guard construc-
tion train whose purpose was to remove the
wreckage piled on the tracks by the mob the
night before. 1t was savagely attacked by
the mob. After the lieutenant had been
laid low by a missile the mob pressed
upon the soldiers, unheeding the
warning OF the troops to keep back.
The soldiers opened fire and several persons
fell wounded. Undeterred by the rifle
shots, the rioters again charged upon tne
soldiers, who used their bayonets. mortaliy
wounding the leader OF the mob. Unable
70 withstand the onset from overwhelm-
ing numbers, the soldiers were forced to re-
treat, several OF them having been hurt.
The list OF the dead was: 1onn: