The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-12

| several rOauS. together Win lew VI
/ the regular milk trains. Between
these two classes Of traffic the strikers
managed to make troubls Tor nearly
every road running In southerly al
rection. The Fort Wayne, the Lake
Shore, the Michigan Central, the Bal
timore and Ohio, the Alton, the Pam
handle, the Western Indiana, the
Illinois Central, the Rock Island anu
the Momon all experienced difficulty
The trick of scariug the crowd from a
train by cutting an engine loose, run
ming it up the track and opening the
throttle and letting it run full tilt
back on standing train was new
one and one likely to be imita-
ted. StoniDg of incoming
trains was common pastime
with the mobs and several persons
were more or less injured by flying
missiles, one engineer ON a Rock Is
land train being 80 badly injured that
it was at first thought that he was
dead. The assaults of the mob, how
ever, were not met with the passive
resistance which characterized the
course pursued yesterday. On two
occasions at least their attacks were
met with accurately aimed lead. Dur
ing riot in the morning over an in
coming milk train at Kensington q
deputy United States marshal shot
and killed two strikers, and during
the afternoon the deputies guarding
an incoming Baltimore and Ohio pas
senger train replied to the volley of
shots and stones which the strikers
showered upon them by turning their
revolvers loose killing four of their as
sailants and wounding a number of
others.
A new and grave feature was add
ed to the situation this afternoon
when meeting of representative of
all the bodies of organized labor
in the city, after protracted
discussion in which a general
sympathy strike was favored, ap.
pointed committee of three with full
power to act, at the same time calling
a meeting for all organized labor for
next Sunday to ratity their action.
Late this afternoon the Second regi-
ment state MALTA was ordered to the
stock yards.
Of the situation in general it may
be said to have b1oadened and
in its grip. The most
feature of it is the carrying
of the strike east to Cleveland, they
tieing up all connections of the sea
board trunk lines there, with the
promise by tomorrow it will reach the
trunk lines themselves and so practi-
cally reach the Atlantic sea board by
tieing up the roads at Buffalo. Thus
the strike would be extended from
ocean to ocean.
There is no notable relief at the
points heretofore placed under en-
barge, and the situation at Kansas
City was complicated by the tying up
If the Fort Scott road, thereby in
volving another southwestern line.
The Pacific coast remains in paralysis,
rom which there are no indications of
rom Seattle, Washington, which |
states that the stevedores were called |
)ut by the chief of the Knights of La
Dor to prevent the unloading of q |
steamer. The day closes with no rift |
n the pail which overhaDgs the ma
ion.
NOW ALTGELD DO YOUR DO.
WASHINGTON, July Cat the cabi-
let meeting today the entire situation
vas very carefully gone over in the |
light of recent developments and par
icularly the correspondence between
he president and Governor Altgeld.
rs a result, it is believed that there is
low strong disposition to afford the
GOVERNOR ample opportunity to make
.ood his claim of entire ability to cope
With the present difficulty in his state.
Not that the regular troops will be re-
ired from the field, for they will still
ontiuue their guard over
he mail trains and the government
but the militia will
10 given full opportunity to contend
With the disorderly mobs of the side
f the railroad tracks and government
and the regulars will prob
bly, be kept in waiting to respond to
ny call to aid them. The war de-
artment officials were somewhat
oncerned at silly story that came
rom Chicago to the effect that Gen.
raj Miles dare not order his troops to
re upon the disorderly members
7ithout first seeking express permits
ion from the president. Probably
mis- idea arose from the fact that
roops have 30 far acted with such ex-
client discretion and moderation
nat it has not been felt necessary to
0 to the length of shooting anyone.
AS matter of fact, General Miles is
Iothed with the widest measure of
secretion dealing with the dis"
lrbance. He has consulted fully (
18th Secretary Lamont and with
eneral Schotield and has full power
, act % he sees fit. He is q firm be- {
ever IN the efficacy of the cold steel
the Springfield bayonet in setting I
roWd on the run, and SO far the SOL
iers have not found it necessary to go
lrther than that. But if the time
1me when the soldiers are placed on {
efense, the gattliDg projectile I
nd the deadly bullet charged
leets of steel would doubtless
Iake such havoc as to mark a G
Ioody page in Chicago's history. 1t
solely from compassion for the ex.
ted and misled rioters that General
lies has withheld the fatal order, t
ire" The situation in the far West :
I'D especially on the Pacific coast, is a
i'll matter of grave concern to the =
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