Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-12
Battery E, First Artillery, about 600
men and officers.
FATAh YIOL EN or.
Death Attends the Fury of the Mob--An
Engineer Killed ON His Engine.

ShltAbOs llb.t July VAL elSlHtei
on Fort Wayne engine attached TO o
train entering the city was stoned to
death to-day at Fortieth street. The
train was left in the possession of the
mob. !.
At the same time train on the
Wabash road at For:ieth street was also
in the hands of mob.
The idle mob resumed its work OF
destruction at the stock yards this
morning. In the vicinity of Forty
third street and Ashland cars were
overturned, switch stands burned and
switches tanpered with. The police
and deputies effected little restraint
upon the lawless throng. There were
no Federal troops in the neighhorhood.
Two RIOTERS KILLED BY MARsmALs.
11.30 a. ma mob stretched along
the Illinois Central for mile at Ken
sington. The marshals killed two men.
The rioters overturned milk train, de-
tached the engine and took it half a
mile down tho track. They then opened
the throttle and let it run full tilt back
on the wrecked train, smashing engine
and cars.
Fifty empty freight cars wore burned
on the Illinois Central tracks at Burn
side this morning.
CALL FOR THE MILITIA.
Mayor Hopkins has asked Governor
Altgeld to call out five regiments of
militia to aid him in preserving the
peace. Three are now stationed in
Chicago.
CLEVELAND ANSWERS ALTGELD.
WAsHlSGToN, d. g., July 5.-Presi-
dent Cleveland to-day received q tele.
gram from Governor Altgeld of Illinois,
protesting against the sending Of Federal
troops to Chicago. The President an
swered with curt vigor, asserting the
perfect right of the government to in
terfere.
Governor Altgeld's letter was as fol.
lows:
am advised that you have ordered
Federal troops to go into service. in the
State of Illinois. Surely the facts have
not been correctly presented to you i'll this
case, or you would not have taken this
step, for it is entirely unnecessary, and, as
1t seems to me, unjustiflable.
Waiying all questions of courtesy,
will say that the State of Illinois is not
only able to take care of itself, but it
stands ready to-day to furnish the Federal
government any assistance it may need
elsewhere. Our military force is ample,
and consists of as good soldiers as can be
found in the country. They have been
ordered out promptly whenever and wher-
ever they were needed.
We have stationed in Chicago alone
three regiments of infantry, one battery
and one troop of cavalry, and no better
soldiers can be found. They have been
ready every moment to go OH duty ,sand
have been and are now eager to 20 into
service. But they have not been ordered
out because nobody in Cook county, either
official or private citizens, asked to have
their assistance, or even intimated in any
way that their assistance was desired or
necessary. ~- a-'.z ---sala
The governor claims that the Federal
government was appealed to by selfish
politicians. He discussed the situation
in great detail, declaring that Uncle
Sam has no right to send troops there.
THE PRESIDENTS LETTER.
To this the President responded as
follows:
EXECUTIVE MANSION. WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
July 5. lS94--Hon. John p Aitgeld. Gover-
nor Of Illinois: Federal troops were sent
to Chicago i'll strict accordance with the
Constitution and laws of the United States,
upon the demand of the PostotiiGe Depart
ment that obstruction OF the mails should
be removed. and upon the representation
OF the Judicial officers of the United States
that process of the Federal courts could
not be executed through the ordinary
means, and upon abundant proof that
conspiracies existed against commerce be-
tween the States.
To meet these conditions, which are
clearly within the province of Federal
authority, the presence of Federal troops
i'll the city of Chicago was deemed not
only proper but necessary, and there has
been no intention of thereby interfering
with the PLAN duty of the local authorities
to preserve the peace OF the city.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
STRIKERS BURN 225 CARS.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July GA day of
riots, continuous and defying all author
ity; a day of incendiary fires, which de-
stroyed a great number of railroad cars
and minor property-this is the black
record of to-day
Two hundred and twenty-five freight
cars on the Pan Handle tracks between
Forty-tifth and Fifty-ninth streets-a
distance of about one mile--were de.
stroyed by fire between 6 and o'clock
tonight.
STATION HOUSE AND TOWER FIRED.
In the Garfield boulevard yards of the
Pan Handle four tracks were full of
freight cars, more than half of which
were loaded. At this crossing is located
a switchman's tower, and this was first
fired. Then the mob turned its attention
to the cars on the sidings, but for some
reason fired but one-a car of dressed
beef, which had been started eastward
several days ago.
They suddenly stopped their incen.
diarism and turned their attention to
tearing up switches. After number
had been rendered useless, the mob con-
tinued on its way southwark At Fifty
eighth street is situated the station
house of the combined roads. This was
fired and quickly destroyed.
A strong wind was Blowing, and the
flames quickly spread across three or
four tracks which were filled with cars,
The railroad people say that there were
so cars there, 40 loaded All were soon
mass of flames. About 30 of the cars
were filled with coal, and the heat was
intense. Fifteen of the cars contained
meat from the big packing houses of
Armour, Swift and Nelson Morris.
BY this time the fire department had
been advised of the fires further north
on the tracks, and had sent their forces
there. On learning of the seriousness
of the situation at Fifty.eighth street
they abandoned their fight further
northward and came to the scene of
the contlagration, which promised to be
serious.
FIREMEN COME TOO LATE.
Upon the approach of the fire and
police departments the mob started for
the city. On their way to Forty-seventh
street they set fire to all cars they had