The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-07-08

CHICAGO. July 7.-"And 1t 10 further or.
dered that II any act of hostility be com.
mitted, such as firing upon railroad trains,
assaulting trainmen. marshals or soldiers.
throwing at them rocks. pieces Of iron Or
other missiles, these assaults shall be re-
PEELED by the use of firearms"
So wrote Gen. Nelson A. Miles in his or.
der issued this afternoon, detailing fed
eral troops to assist tho United States
marshals in preventing obstruction to the
movement of mail and interstate COM
merce trains. It was. In short, notice to
all the rioters that temporising with them
had ceased and that hereafter the policy
of tho government would be 70 put an end
10 their rioting, arson and pillage by
shooting to kill whenever and wherever
necessary.
Az chance would have II. however, it
did not fall to the lot Of the national
troops to be tho first to carry out the spirit
of this order. Company F, Second reRi-
mont l. n. G., had that distinction. The
story of the encounter between the 81
young militiamen, composing this COM
pany. and o vicious mob ut 47th street
and Loomis street 10 told else where in
these dispatches.
Up to o'clock in the afternoon the day
had been . comparatively quiet one.
Small mobs had been going oil through
the district west Of State street and south
of 39th, burning few cars here and there,
and making threats Of firing the railroad
shops and the like, but 1t was moro in the
nature Of bushwhacking than anything
else, and not at all like the massed bands
of men who gathered along the railroad
tracks yesterday and to-day, absolutely
blocking all movement by sheer force Of
numbers. This state Of affairs was doubt.
less the outgrowth of various conditions.
such as the presence of vastly increased
force Of soldiers. and that yesterdays
wreckina and firing of cars had left large
share Of tho tracks to the south impas-
sable. so that about all the discernable
movement was in the shape of wrecking
trains endeavorinR to bring order out Of
the chaos which existed oil through that
region.
The disturbed section to-day embraced
a space of about 25 square miles, not to
mention o sporadic bit of incendiarism
on the Burlington road at Crawford and
Western avenue, tho latter having the
distinction Of being the work Of women
and children. It 10 estimated that in tho
district mentioned not less than $1,000
rioters were out at one time or another
during tho day, but tho ground was SO
thoroughly patrolled by tho police, mar.
shnls and military that they found little
opportunity for getting together in large
numbers. Some Of them at the stock
yards found time for indulging In tho
grim humor of laying out graveyard in
due order and erecting headstones at tho
graves bearing the names of their pet
avcrsicns, including the president Of tho
United States.
One feature of the day was the showing
of its teeth by the Building Trades coun.
Gil of this city, in calling out the steam
filters in tho big packing houses at tho
stock yards. with the threat that 1t was
merely preliminary to calling out its g..
600 members and tying up all building in
the city.
Another feature of the day was the pa.
trolling of sentries before the federal sub.
treasury in whose vaults lie some Si5,0O0,.
O00 OF Uncle Sans money, which General
Miles thought nigh, prove a temptation
to some of the rioters not TO be resisted.
especially in view of the fact that they ere
not flush just now.
For the first time since the strike COM
menced there were several distinct notes
of improvement in the situation. and
these were not confined TO h!clgo. Here
the postal authorities reported noicca.
BILE Improvement in the movement OF the
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