The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-09

warning to all innocent and well-disposed
persons. the president has deemed IL beat
to issue the following proclamation. This
does not change the scope Of your au-
thority and duties, nor your relations to
local authorities. You will please make
this known to Mayor Hopkins."
1t is stated at the White House that the
communication said to have been sent to
the president by Messr g. Debs and Sover-
eign has not been received by the presi-
dent, and will not of course be answered,
although it has been published in the
newspapers, until officially received.
The Situation at Chicago.
CHICAGO, July 9-Comparative quiet
prevailed as "a rule within the city Sun
day. though there were number of
sporadic instances where little knots of
boi1ssrous men were finally scattered by
the police.
A number of small mobs formed, went
rioting. firing and overturning cars;
heads were cracked, and small fry brawls,
mostly the result OF too much bad
whisky. were frequently reported at po-
lice headquarters.
There was. however. no concerted effort
at incendiarism or violence, although at
= Dumuer Oh piaCeS iuuiVloudt carr were
fired, several of which were destroyed. A
coal train on the Eastern Illinois was
ditched at Root street by q switch being
displaced after the engine and four cars
had passed over.
The work of clearing the tracks In the
Grand Trunk yards mt Forty-ninth
and Ashland streets, where debris from
the hundreds of burned cars Uttered the
tracks, was completed under police and
military protection. the fnonotony, how
ever, being enlvened by occasional police
sallies. when the gathering of idlers
watching the work became too large and
threatening.
At 4p. m, when the finishing touches
had been put on the work. nearly all the
onlookers had disappeared, and troops,
laborers and police were Withdrawn. No
Sooner had they got well out of sight.
however, than gsng of 800 men sud-
denly appeared. and with crowbars. picks
and shovels tore mp about an eighth of q
mile of tracks before word could be got
to the police department. They fed be-
fore another charge Of the police and the
work of repair 10 again being pushed for
ward.
A Fight ut Hammond
The rioting al Hammond, Ind. cul-
minated yesterday afternoon in a conflict
between the mob and compsny Il, Fiji
seenth United States infantry. In which
Charles Fleischer, . laborer. was killed:
Victor vaceter fatally wounded and
William Campbell shot through both
legs A number of other people were
slightly injured, but were carried away
by their friends and secreted, and It will
be impossible to learn the exact number
wounded.
The trouble began Saturday night. The
rioters kept their work mp all night.
burning cars and disabling engines.
Yesterday morning they burned Pull
man car. Most Of this work was done in
side the Illinois state line, and as soon as
the Illinois militia arrived on the scene.
the mob retired into Indiana and jeered
at the troops.
About . o'clock great crowd gathered
again about the Monon depot. Several
freigh. cars were overturned, and the
Michigan Central tracks blockaded. The
marshals and deputies were powerless
to restrain the mob aud rs there was no
hope of the Indiana militia arriving be-
fore late In the evening. an appeal was
made to the federal authorities in Chi
caRo.
Company b Of the Fifteenth infantry.
S5 men, was sent cut at once. The troops
were stationed about the Monon depot. as
that ed to be the center of the rioters
attack, and their presence quieted things
for while, and the blockade on the
tracks was finally raised at o'clock In
the afternoon and several passenger trains
pulled through.
Mob Went Crazy.
This seemed TO anger the mob, and
with an increase OF mum bers its passion
grew TO frenzy, The regulars were
greeted with oaths and shouts OF derision
and volleys Of sticks and stones were
showered upon them. The men stood
their ground. however, and Kept them
for several hours from approaching the
buildings.
BY 8 o'clock fully 1000 rioters were AZ
sem blcd. They had been aroused by
their leaders to frenzy that made an
encounter with the soldiers certain.
Several times they rushed upon the COM
pany Of troops, but were met by fixed
bayonets and driven back. At last, how
ever the entire body Of strikers made .
determined rush toward the spot.
Make ready. frer' wasths command.
and IS Springfields rang out In response.
A second volley quickly followed. The
first volley staggered the rioters. and the
second stopped them a. effectuslly a. II
they had run against stone wall. Sew
ernl men were seen 20 fall. but they were
taken away by their comrades and the
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