Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-07-06
TlNTAM0UNT TO WAR.
Most Serious Situation That Has
Confronted the American
People Since 1861.
Strike Spreading in All Directions
Chicago in the Hands Of a Howl
ing MOb-Reason Gone Mad.
Grave Apprehensions of the Military
Authorities-Movem Of Troops
fostering Horses-Impot-
ent Altgeld.

Chicago, July 6. The day opened
threateningly and ominous signs we're
visible everywhere in Chicago. At an
early hour mobs began to assemble about
the junction points of the railroad and
before a. m. it was evident that great
battle for supremacy was on.
Mayor Hopkins telegraphed hastily to
the governor asking for five regiments of
militia to aid him in preserving peace.
PRESS COMMENTS ON ALraELD.
Chicago.-The Inter-Ocean, comment
ing on Gov. Altgeld's protest against
the use of federal troops in Illinois, says:
"Just at this juncture neither the presi-
dent nor mayor seems to care much for
the governor and each have full power to
act."
The Tribune says: "In times like
these some idea may be gathered OF the
infinite distance that yawns between Alt
geld and Dick Yates"
BLOCKADE TEMPORARILY BROKEN.
This morning three mail trains on the
Fort Wayne road were sent through the
district between 45th and 55th streets.
where the blockade existed yesterday
During the night the cars that had been
dumped on the tracks we're removed and
trains sent out without trouble.
MORE SERIOUS THAN YESTERDAY.
Freight cars were upset at all points In
the stock yards during the night. Before
II a. m. to-day, Notwithstanding the com.
parative quiet earlier, message was sent
to Gen. Miles warning him that the situa'
tion promised to grow more serious to-
day than yesterday.
WORK OF DESTRUCTION RESUMED.
The idle mob resumed the work Of
destruction at the stock yards this morn
ing. In the vicinity of 44th street ant
Ashland avenue cars we're overturned
switch shanties burned and switches tam
pered with. The police and deputies
effected little restraint on the lawlesi
throng. There were no federal troops il
the neighborhood.
Between midnight and morning thu
rioters at the stock yards continued thei
attempts to destroy railroad propert!
with disastrous results. Several freigh
cars have been fired, but no serious dam
age has been done.
ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRES CUT.
About midnight the rioters cut tn
electric light wires near 47th street
plugged the fire alarm boxes and di'
everything possible to impede the worl
of the department.. While working a
one fire at 49th street the firemen wer
| stoned, but none injured.
ENGINEER STONED TO DEATH.
An engineer on Pittsburg & For
Wayne engine attached to train enter
ing this city was stoned to death at 40t
street this morning and the train was lef
in the possession of the mob. At tn
same time train on the Wabash at 40t
street was also in the hands of mob.
ON THE ROCK ISLAND.
The Rock Island road officials to-da
closed all their offices and locked then
up. All their clerks and Office men hav
been sworn in as U. s. deputies.
RoBB1NG CARS.
mob broke open three cars loade'
with general freight on fhe Wabash rail
road at 45th street early to-day and wa
raided by the police. Eleven rioter
were arrested.
MOB MILE LONG.
A mob is stationed along the Illinoi
Central for over mile. At Kensingtol
the marshals killed two men instead o
one.
The rioters overturned a milk train
detached the engine and took it hal
mile down the track and then opened tn
throttle and let it run back on the wrecked
train, smashing the engine and cars.
Fifty empty freight oars were burne'
on the Illinois Central tracks at Burnsid
this morning.
MOB VIOLENCE NEAR PULLMAN.
The mob began overturning cars a
Kensington suburb, one and half mile
south of the junction of the Michiga
Central and Illinois Central roads an
half mile from tho town of Pullman
Troops we're hurriedly dispatched to tina
point.
FIVE REGIMENTS WERE CALLED OUT.
Matters are now SO serious that tn
marshal has asked Governor Altgeld t
call out five regiments to aid him.
FOSTERING CARCAssEs.
One of the most serious effects of th
strike from the standpoint of the cit
officials is that horses are dying in th
city at the rate of from fifty to 100 da.
and there is no way of removing them fo
many days. train load of these cal
casses stands at 33rd street on the Mict
igan Southern tracks consigned to tn
Panhandle road, which is to carry theI
to the establishment of the Union rer
dering works. The carcasses are festel
ing and the health of the community