The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-07-12
BLOODY BATTLE Begins
Many Of The Rioters Fall Before tht
Guns Of The Regulars.
Tub hob ROUTED and RUNS.
President Debs Issues q sensible
Proclamation - the strikers-He
Says they shssid let Property
and RWaning Traias Atone.

CHICAGO, July 6.-Ispecial to The HER
AID. Six dead men and an indefinite
number Of injured ones is the record Of
the casualties In the great strike conflic,
in Chicago to day. Yesterday only one
man was injured, he being shot in the
leg. II the od.letting tomorrow shall
show like increase. the coroner will
have an sll-summer's job before him.
The developments OF the strike yesterday
went far toward convincing all citizens
that the gravity Of the situation had not
been at all fully appreciated, either by
the authorities or themselves. People
who lived here during the great railroad
riots Of 1877, and who saw the war
charged and murky atmosphere clear
more than perceptibly when only eighty
bronzed and dusky regulars from the far
| frontier marched down Madison stree,
and went into camp on the lake front,
wagged their heads very knowingly when
fully three times that number were or
dered here from Fort Sheridan. The pre-.
vailing idea seemed to DO that they would
make very short work Of Deb's devoted
followers; but, after twelve long hours Of
as patient and persistent GOODNESS and
bravery under the most trying circum-
stances as thew had ever witnessed, these
same citizens and the officers in com.
mand as well were forced to admit that
things were fully as hot as in III and
peace and the resumption Of traffic on any
Of the lines running out Of Chicago
seemed ever 30 far away.
The developments Of the night, followed
by the increase in the mortuary record
to-day, have led to the firm conclusion
that nothing less than an overwh elning
armed force-instructed plainly aud pos
itively to shoot. and to shoot to kill-can
settle this gigantic trouble. Col. Caaf-
ton hits the nail squarely upon the head
when he says, as he to-day did: ut has
ceased to be mere movement Of troops !;
It has become campaign"
The local and state authorities have at
last awakened to the critical gravity OF
the situation, which is affecting the ma
ton generally and Chicago particularly.
Knowing that measures adequate TO the
situation must be taken. the police force
has already been recruited up to over
800 men. At the request OF Mayor Hop.
| kins and by the order of Governor Alt
geld, two brigades Of state militia have
been ordered to help in quelling the dis
| turbance.
The fact is well known here that the
national capitol has become fully cogni-
zant that prevailing conditions are en-
tlrely out OF the ordinary aad thst pro-
vision must be made for such numbers OF
battles in many city and town through
out the United States rs the nation has
never before known in all its eventful
history in times Of peace. The dignity OF
the United States and the processes OF
the courts are not TO be, with impunity,
laughed to scorn for an indefinite lime by
any number OF strikers. The infection is
widespread and 80 seriously menacing
at many points that President Cleveland
| has been advised and believes that il
would be very unwise to Withdraw any
more regular troops from the tributary
country west OF Chicago. 1t is, therefore.
said to be true that he has 10 contempla-
ton the following plan: Should the
forces of the federal and municipal gov
ernmen ts already in this city be found to
be inadequate for the task of keeping Or
der, he will send here the companies sta
toned on the Canadian border in the
state Of New York, with the full inten-
ton, should circumstances warrant or
dem and it, Of executing his right OF calling
for 20J0 men from the crack military reg
iments Of New York and Pennsylvania
| The long day has been one OF constant
alarm and calls for the police, deputy
marshals and soldiers-here and every
where throughout the wide stretch of ter
ritory in the southern part Of the city.
Riot has been running rampant through
the day; cars have been overturned and
tracks obstructed in numerous ways; the
incendiary torch has been applied in
more than one instance to rolling stock
switch towers and the like, not TO men
tion an attempt to fire the great Armour
pork packing plant. In fact, at one
time, incendiary blaze followed incend.
ary blaze in such quick succession that
the FIRE department was put 10 dire straits
TO care fer all. ~-
In general, the order Of things as COM
pared with that OF yesterday was re-
versed. Then the railroads were trying
TO break the blockade by sending out
troops. They recognize now the utter
futility Of that method of procedure, and
have practically given up any attempt at
outward movement. There we're, how
ever, some incoming passenger trains on
several roads, and few OF the regular
milk trains, which were allowed to pass
unmolested by the strikers; but they
managed TO make trouble for nearly every
road running in a southerly direction, by
trick which resulted usually in soaring
the crews from the trains. They run an
engine up the track, open up the throttle
and then let 1t back full Tilt on the stand
ing train. The trick is a neat one and OF
, character which is more than likely to
be initiated.
Stoning incoming passenger trains was
common pastime with the mobs, and
several persons we're more or less injured
by flying missiles. One engineer on a
Rock Island train was 80 badly bruised
by stone thrown in this way that ii was
at first thought that he was dead.
During a riot over an incoming stock
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