New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-07

APART - TWO STRIKERS AT KENsINGTON
sHoT-ANXrETY IN CHICAGO GENERAL
MILES DENIES THAT MARTIAL LAW
HAS BEEN DECLARED-NO An
TAGoNIsM BETWEEN REGU-
LARS AND MILITIA
Chicago July 6-The scenes in the city are to
tho old residents vivid reminder OF war times.
The broad expansr II lawn on the historic lake
front from the Chicago Club far south OF the
Auditorium Hotel IS dotted with the white tents
~ the regulars from Forts sheridan. Leaven-
worth ana Brady while sentries patrol the broad
sidewalk t. compel the crowds of on-lookers 10
keep At a respectful. distance. \ few blocks
north an .thcr big crowd surrounds the armory
/ 4 the "a Regiment. whore ten of IT'S companies.
! together with two regiments of The Second
/ brigade. are quarterel awaiting call 10 ser
vice Company c. Of the 18Th Regimen from
/ Fort sheridan. Is camping IN the rotunla of the
| Government Building. az result of orders Is
sued by General Niles. who, while not believing
/ that any attack would be made on the dilapi-
dated structure. regarded It as polite 10 give 1t
/ protection. especially as is roofs shelter the
/ postonice AMI tho Sub-Treasury.
The regulars number l.2OO men. and the Ma
| tional Guard 900 men. In addition to the on
/ tire police force. Including the reserves. subsil-
! tutes and now men. total II 1890 nrc available
| fpr special emergency call This makes a total
| " 10000 armed mon who ~ less than an hours
notice can he place. IN the Ge,l agains, tho mob.
HAVE KNIGHTS HERE BEBN ORDERED OFT?
At midnight II Is reported at the headquarters
/ q the \ 4 L. that General Master Workman
Sovereign has issued an order calling out all
/ he knights - Labor In ne state = New York.
whcr~ the organization IS said to have a mem
bership of 2op 600 The members - tho \. r. L.
in Bunalo and pltsburg were ordered on, to-
night ny the Board Z Directors. President
Dehs has not been seen around The headquarters
FOR twenty ,our hours. and T. was said at mid
night that he is the way TO Buffalo for the
purpose q soliciting the general support and
cooperation = the employees Of all the roads
ccnirlng az that point
The town 4 Pullman is guarded by 4 COM
pnny 4 the state militia In anticipation q an
attack hy the mob The skv is lighted up with
the glare ~ the flames from the 900 or more
freight cars witch are burning In the Edison
yards on the Grand Trunk road 4 hundred
police have gone 20 the scene. w.k orders 70
shoot on sight II they are attacked. Tho loss
~ the Grand Trunk will be enormous \ mob
began work on tho Burlington a llitle before
Hawthorne
THE PEOPLE or CHICAGO ALARMED.
r,r the arst time since the American Railway
Union declared the strike m actual operation.
feeling y alarm permeates the entire community.
In business circles It was the one absorbing
topic during TIE day. white tonight in the resi-
dence districts the extras II the evening papers
command premium and the telephones ar"
be--ged witt anxious inquirers.
Tho railroads. toward which the aulmosity Of
,hc mob has been mainly directed. played
waiting game during The day The experience II
yesterday had made f. certain that 10 attempt
10 raise the embargo at the Stock Yards could be
successful without the al Of additional troops
and as the regulars ordered from Fort Leaven-
worth AMI Fort Brady did not arrive until the
day was we'll under way II was agreed that dis
crotlon would be- the better part u yaior. The
mob however regarded his determination more
as a confession of weakness than as stroke -
policy and accordingly It set out to follow up its
supposed advantage. In the stock Yards region
cars were overturned and at some points set on
nrc and switches were rendered useless. while
half dozen fires I'm the Immediate region Of the
wards evidently all of luccndiarv origin. and
some of which might have licked Up property
rcpreyenrlng millions q dollars but for the
ned 10 the determination Of the lavIess element
70 stop AT nothing IN its career Of riot and de-
struct!on
II demonstrated moreover that there was
method not to say diplomacy In It's madness.
bv changing go base Of operation 20 kensington.
4 point several miles distant. involving other
roads than those Of the stock Yards district and
a region where an outbreak had least been eN-
rcriei Here almost under the shadow of the
gates ~ Pullman CITY. It held high carnival,
capturlng trains. throwing cars on the track
and eubiectlng the crews and cscorting deputy
narshals to showers of coupling pins. stones and
other missiles. 4 special officer who was com
PEELED To- shoot I'm sef-defence. winged two oi the
mob and temporarily scared their associates
but later the situation became go threatening
that, on the request of United States Marshal
Arnold company " regulars WAS dispatched
n the sccne. upon orders from General Miles.
GENERAL. MIfEs's EMPHATIC DENIAL
MendacIous reports are being scattered broad
cast tonight. to the effect that martial law Will
In all probability be declared in Chicago before /
daylight; that General Miles has advised the
authorities at Washington that such course |
,s necessary and that the 81 Infantry had been
ordered from Fort Smelling MINI. At 10 p. m. |
General Miles said 10 a representative or the |
United Press that the report from beginning 10
.rd was A baseess fabrication. Il believe. he |
added that the worst has been seen. and that
fron, now, on the situation will show continuous
Improvement"
STATE MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
Mavor Hopkins this morning made requsi-
,,on un,n Governor Altged for the aid ot the |
Stale militia, and 1t quickly complied WITH
This was rather ar extraordinary procedure the
law providing that acquisitions Of this nature
On ,ula be made by the sheriff Of the county. and
even then only wher that official found II I'M
possible to maintain order or enforce the laws
with the force Of the deputies he was able to