The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-07-13
PROCLAMATION.


On the 9Th inst. the president issued q
proclamation virtually declaring martial
law iu Chicago, Of which this is a synop.
sis (aftcr the preamble)
Therefore, /, Grover Cleveland, Presi
dent of the United States, do admOnisl
all good citizens who may come within
the state or city aforesaid against aiding,
commencing or taking any part in said
unlawful distractions; and l hereby
warn all persons engaged in or in any
way connected with such unlawful OBJ.
strnctiOns, combinations and asscmblagef
to disperse and retire peaCeably to theiI
| respective abOdes on or before IL o'clock
noon on the 9th day of July, instant.
Troops employed against such a riOtOuf
mob will act with all moderation and
forbearance consistent with the accom-.
| plishment of the desired end, but the
necessities that confront them will not
with certainty permit discrimination
! between the participants and those who
are mingled with them from curiosity
and without criminal intent. The only
safe course, therefore, for those not
actually mnlawfully participating is tt
abide in their homes or at least not to be
found in the neigbbOrhoOd of riOtOuf
assemblages.
While there will be no hesitation OF
vaCillatiOn in the decisive treatment Of
the guilty, this warning is especially
intended to protect and save the limo
| cent"
On Sunday comparative quiet pre-
vailed at Chicago, outbreaks taking
place in remote and widely separated
portions Of the city which kept tho
police hustling from one place to another
but the scene of war was transferred tC
Hammond, a suburb of Chicago situated
on the state line between Illinois and
Indiana. Here the battle ragged fearfulIy
1t is the crossing Of two or three roads
and stragetic point. Here mob OF
5000 cOngregated and first Obstructcd
the tracks by OVerturning cars and tear
ing up tracks. As fast as trains arrived
the engineers and iiremen were pulled
from their engines and roughly handled by
the mob, which next tdrned its attention
to the telegraph office and completely de
strOyed it as we'll rs the wires for Bome
distance. This was to prevent cOmmuni
cation with the city The station agent
however had already notified the author.
tiles at headquarters asking for troops
A company Of L. y. troops IS strong
was dispatched. The state troops were
pOwerless from the fact that the mel
had only to cross the imaginary line and
they were in Indiana and beyond the
jurisdiction of the stute Of Illinois.
When the regulars arrived they were
greeted with shouts Of derisiOn and vol,
legs Of stones and sticks hurled at them
ihiuriDg several For several hours this
handful Of men stood their ground
surrounded by mob which had increased
to 5000 At last the strikers made Il
decided rush when the captain gave the
command, ready! Aim! Firel A second
yolley was fired and then the mob fell
back trampling dawn many women aud
chiMrou, Tho mob quickly, rallied,
however, aud but for tho arrival Of two
more companies the little band would
have been overwhelmed,
Comparative quiet was finally restored
and the work Of clearing the track com
menced. As GROWING act the rioters
captured the telegraph operator WHIT
first notified the officers and have spirited
him away.