The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-11
MILITIA NkSSING 1T PULLMAN.
Shop Town, Where Over 1000 Soldiers
Will Te Gathered To-day.

CHICAGO. July 1O.-Military move
mcnts of Importance were made in COL
Turner's department at Pullman to-day.
Direction of the troops was taken out
OF Inspector Hunts hands and Gen.
Wheeler is now in command. Col Tur-
ner removed his headquarters from the
Illinois Central machine shops at Burn
side to the Hotel Florence, where he
could have better facilities for communi
eating with his men. He also made ar.
rangements to furnish uniforms and
equipments to about one hundred mem
bers OF the First Regiment, who could
not turn out for want of them. They
are expected to report to him for duty
Tomorrow: 1t Is understood that
cnarle. /. Hutchinson and John J.
Corn Exchange and Illinois Trust and
Savings Banks. came to the front with
money enough to purchase uniforms and
dred regular members OF the regiment,
but for the new recruits ana the veteran
corps, who have been ordered out.
The various detachments taken out
| OF Col. Turner's command yesterday and
| sent elsewhere have. all been recalled
and will be back with their battalions
tomorrow. Under Inspector Hunts con
| troll the First Regiment was being
broken up and scattered about over so
much territory that everything seemed
| to be Oh the verge Of disoryanizati on
most vital points were being left prac,,
tically unprotected. Col. Turner and
his staff became greatly alarmed, and
the colonel threatened to hand in his
resignation unless change was made
He came TO the city and saw Gen
| Wheeler and Adjt. Gen. Orendorrf. He
reported the condition oil things, and
declared thai he would no longer take
orders from Inspector Hunt The result
was that Gen. Wheeler took entire com
mand and henceforth the department
will be subject to his orders.
Instructions were issued tonight call
ing upon all troops OF the First kesi-
| ment to return to Pullman as quickly as
possible. When all report the force ON
duty will number between 1000 and 100
men.
Inspector Hunt called for another de-
tall of thirty men TO be sent to the
Michigan Central freight yards. below
the road had every reason TO believe
, that an attempt would be made to de-
| stroy 100 cars stored there. The yards
are one mile wide and two miles long,
| and are among the finest in the country.
They lave one hundred tracks and
| every sort Of modern appliances for the
handling OF trains and cars. The de-
tail was, sent and provision made to
protect the property.
Everything was materially frightened
up in the Pullman district tonight
| The guard posts and the pickets were
specially cautioned to be ON the alert
and let no man get within the lines
by an arciuent Company r., stationed At
| burnside, lost one OF its men Private
Fred c. Postgate was run over by the
diamond Special escort train and
| killed. He was patrolling the tracks
and It Is supposed did not see the escort.
! which runs aloEg on a parallel track
and at the side Of the big train. 1t car
the darkness can hardly be seen unless
one Is on the lookout for it. Postgate's
| body was found twenty minutes after
| the train had passed lie was "A new
member having Joined the company
| only ten days ago.