The record-union., 1894-08-09
The Situation More Serious Than
at Any Time Since 1t Began.
APPEAL TO THE GOVERNOR TO CALI
OUT THE MILITIA.
An Illinois Farmer Murdered by His
Wife and Her Paramour-First Shot
and Then Beaten Almost TO Jelly
With a Sledge- ge-Hammer-Destruc
i've Fire In Suburb of Chicago.
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN-
OMAHA, Aug. S.-The crisis arrived to-
night, and if there is no improvement by
morning several companies of militia
will be sent to South Omaha and the pack
ing-house district placed under martial
law. The situation is most serious to-
night, and the 1,500 strikers have been
doing about as they pleased. At 8 O'Clock
this evening they forced their picket line,
that has for forty-eight hours surrounded
the packing-houses, under the walls OF the
big buildings, and their number was in
creased by the addition of several hum
dred men.
at s o'clock. Mayor Johnson of South
Omaha went before the Omaha Police
Board and asked that a detail of police be
sent there, as he was powerless to control
he lawless element. He said he had
driven all over the city tonight, and
found gangs of the strikers patrolling the
streets, waiting for some of the workmen
to show up on their way to work. He
had found gangs of fifty to seventy-hve
strikers, all armed with clubs. The local
police force was poWerlesS to cope with
these organized mobs, and unless some
radical measure was taken to suppress
the disorderly element there would be
men murdered and the packing houses
would be in ashes before tomorrow
night.
The board was informed that the Gov
ernor was in consultation with the pack
ers, with view OF putting the packing
house district under martial law, and
concluded to await his action.
The packing-house managers held
conference, and at its close Mr.. Cudahy
notified the Acknowledgement that un-
less the workmen could be given better
protection all packing-houses would be
compelled to close down tomorrow. He
said the managers do not like endanger-
ing their plants by keeping the men at
work while they were in danger Of as
sault. Every fresh assault, they claim,
increases the seriousness of the situa-
tion, and they believe that there is but
step from violence toward the men to
violence to the packing houses.
In the evening the Governor and Adj
iutant-General met the packers to canvass
the matter. The packers declared that
the situation was most critical, and the
Governor finally concluded to do nothing
until morning, and then, II there was no
Improvement, to call for troops. General
Gage is on the scene tonight keeping
close watch on the situation. He is in
constant communication, not only with
with the managers of the several packing
houses, but with prominent leaders of the
strikers. If it shall be decided that it is
necessary to call out the State troops, the
two companies in Omaha will be the first
brought into service, and if more are
needed. the companies from York, Lin
coin, Fairbury and other points within
quick running distance from Omaha will
be summoned.
Here in Omaha the Adjutant-G General
has standing arrangement designed to
expedite the movement of the Omaha
Guards and the Thurston Rifles in case
the State needs their services. The COM
pany Sergeants are required to keep the
men in their squads, and constantly in
reach of telephones or quick messenger
service. All that is necessary is to notify
the Sergeant that the company has been
ordered into service and the men will be
summoned to the armory within an hour.
1t is believed Omaha's company could be
thrown into South Omaha within two
hours, if necessary. Many employees to-
day on their way from work were as
Saulted by strikers, who were stationed
at all points to intercept them.
Many of the men who left the plants
last night and went home to sleep were
unable to return to work to-day. III
some instances their houses were watched
by strikers, and they were afraid to
venture out. Men who were on their
way to work were turned back by strih-
ers and not allowed to pass the strikers
picket lines. In one instance three po-
licemen were unable to escort one of the
night tank men to his home. A mob of
one hundred or more strikers would not
permit them to pass, and the laborer
had TO return to the plant and stay there.
A number of the most prominent citi-
Zens, merchants and other business men
were called on this evening, and asked to
act as deputies. Many signified their
willingness, and met this afternoon and
were sworn IN.
Mavor Johnson and Sheriff Drexel
visited the various avenues leading to
the different packing houses tonight.
They both report that the strikers are in
an angry frame OF mind. They said the
entrances to the packing-house were
guarded by strik ers with an armed force
of men with clubs, revolvers and stones,
and efforts were made to prevent the
strikers ana the men going to work, in
which the latter were more or less
bruised.
Mayor johnson predicts serious trouble
and unless the militia is brought into ac-
ton at once he says the regular army
will have to be brought into action to pre-
vent bloodshed on large scale. Sheriff
Drexel is inclined to think the police and
Deputy SheriffS can preserve the Apeace,
unless something unforeseen occurs, but
he does not favor the idea of calling out
the militia at once.
Captain Mostyn, in charge of the special
deputies, received telepone message
from Sheely this morning that mob of
:, 900 had assem- bled along the tracks to
sidetrack the refrigerator cars containing
meat shipped East from the packing
houses. The patrol wagon loaded with
police was sent to Sheely, but before they
arrived the meat had passed there unmo-
Tested.
The regular dummy train which left
Omaha for South Omaha with the pack
ing-house employees was stopped at
Sheely, and a derisive howl greeted the
train as it passed through the suburban
station.
CARROLL-BOWEN FIGHT.
Declared Draw at the End of the
Twenty Fifth Round.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. S.-Jimmy Car