The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-07-08
4 RIFTIN THE CLOUDS.
The Ground Now PatrOllet
by Police and Troops
GENERAL MILES IN EARNEST
The Situation in CALIFORNIA; South
ern Pacific Locals Ordered +"
Carry the Mails.
Associated Press.

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Chicago, July 7.--"And 1t is further or
dered that is 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 repelled by the use Of
firearms"
So wrote General Nelson A. Miles In
his order issued this afternoon detail
ing federal troops to assist the United
States marshals in preventing obsuuc-
ton to the movement Of mail and inter-
state commerce trains. 1t was in short,
notice to all rioters that temporizing
with them had ceased, and that here
after the policy of the government
would be to put an end to their rioting,
arson and pillage by shooting to kill
whenever or wherever necessary. As
chance would have 1t, however. 1t did
not fall to the lot Of national troops to
be first to carry out the special order
Company C, Second Regiment 1. N. g.,
had that distinction. Up to o'clock In
the afternoon the day had been compar-
atively quiet To be sure, small mobs
had been going through the district
west Of State street, and south of S9th,
burning few cars here and there, and
making threats of firing railroad shops
and the like, and the battle was more In
the nature of bushwhacking than any
thing else, and not at all like the massed
band of strikers who gathered along
the railroad tracks yesterday, blocking
all movement by sheer force of numbers
This state of affairs was doubtless the
outgrowth of various conditions. such
as the presence Of a vastly increased
force OF soldiers and that yesterdays
wrecking and firing Of cars left a large
share Of the tracks to the south impassl-
BILE, so that about all the discernihle
movement was in the shape Of wreck
ing trains endeavoring to bring order
out Of the chaos which exists all through
that region The disturbed section to-
day embraced a space Of about twenty
five square miles, not to mention al
sporadic bit Of ihcendiarism on the Bur-
lington road at Crawford ana WESTERN
avenue, the latter having the distinction
Of being the work Of women and chill
dren. 1t is stated that In the. district
mentioned not less than $4,000 r!c ersI
were out at one time or another during
the day. But the ground was so thor
orghly patrolled by police, the narshals
and the military that they found littleI
opportunity Tor getting together In such
large numbers as they have been doing
heretofore. Still, some Of them at the
stock yards found time for indulglng inI
the grim humor of laying out grave
yard in due order and erecting head
stones at the graves bearing the namesI
of pet aversions. including the presi-
dent Of the United States. One feature
Of the day was the showing of Its teeth
by the building trades council Of the
city in calling out the steamfitters inI
the big packing houses at the stock
yards with a threat that It was merely
preliminary to calling out it's $1,000 mem
bers and tying up all the buildings in|
the city. Another feature Of the day
was the patrolling Of sentries before
the federal sub-treasury in whose vaults
lie some $15.OOO,OOO OF Uncle SAINTS
money which General Miles thought
might prove a temptation to some oil
Debs followers.
For the first time since the strike
opened, there were several distinct no.
tees of improvement in the situation.
and these were not confined to Chicago.
Here the postal authorities have re-
ported a noticeable Improvement in theI
movement Of mails. Outside Of Chicago|
1t was noted that the strike, while I'll
made no progress worthy OF mention at
any point, gave many evidences Of hav-
ing reached its elimination and Of fall
ing irfluence. TO begin with, the prom
Use that the seaboard trunk lines would
be tied up at Buffalo was not fulfilled.
The strike was not extended to Pitts
burg as predicted; but most Significant