The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-07


WASHINGTON, D. O.. July Cat the
cabinet meeting to-day the cntirc aitua.
tion was very carefully gonO over In tho
light Of recent developments, and pRrti.
cularly OF tho correspondence between
tho President and Governor AltGeld.
AZ result It is believed that thcre lie
now q stroug disposition to afford the
governor ample opportunity to make
good his claim Of entire ability to cope
with the present difficulty in his state.
Not that the regular troops will be re-
tired from the fold, for they will atill
continue their guard over the mail
trains aud tho government pro-
porty, but the militia will bo given
full opportunity to contend with tho
disorderly mobs outside Of the railroad
tracks and government property, and
tho regulars probably will be kept In
waiting to respond to any call to aid
them. The war department officials
were somewhat concerned at silly
story that came from Chicago TO the
effect that General Miles dare not order
his troops 10 fro upon tho disorderly
mobs without first seeking express per-
mission from tho President. Probably
this iden arose from tho fact that tho
troops have 30 far ncted with such OK
cellent discretion and moderation that
It has not been felt necessary to 20 to
the length Of shooting any one.
usbEp sraIKERs.
The concern felt by the department
officials on this score is not for the
troops, but rather for the deluded riot
ers who would bo sure to suffer II they
acted on the theory that tho troops will
not shoot in case OF need.
As matter Of fact General Miles Is
clothed with tho widest measure OF dis
cretiou In dealing with the disturb
auce. lie hos consulted fully with the
President, with Secretary Lamont and
with General schofeld. and has full
power to act as no secs ct. He Is u firm
believer in the efficacy Of tho cold Eteel
Of the Springfield bayonet In setting o
crowd on the run, and so far the eol-
diers have not found 1t necessary to 90
further than that But IL the timo
comes when tho regulars arc placed on
tho defensive, then 1t will fare III with
any crowd that faces them, for the big
Springfield bullets, the Calling projec-
tiie and the deadly bullet charged shells
of the steel field pieces will doubtless
mark such havoc as to mark bloody
page in Chicago's history.
Il is solely from compassion for the
excited and misled rioters that General
Miles has withheld the fatal word,
"lre."
CRAVE CONCERN.
Tho situation in tho lar west and es.
pecially on tho Pacific slope, Ia still q
matter Of grave concern to tho execu.
tive. Applications have come for relief
from tho complete blockade at sacra.
mento, Gala, but tho way Is not yet
clear to extend helping band. Tho
militia seems to have proved 10 be al
most worthless, tainted by sympathy
for tho lawleBs element that stops them
from the performance Of duty. The
only available troops are at tho Preside,
San Francisco, and tho war department
hesitates to order them away and leave
the valuable government property at
San Francisco exposed to attack. 1t Is
hoped that the situation at Los Angeles
will show such signs Of amelioration In
day or two that the troops there can
be released, in which case they will be
speedily transferred to Sacramento.
1sADEoUAcY OF THE ARMY.
Ono result Of tho great strike has been
to show In a startling manner the In
adequacy Of tho United States regular
army which has been reduced to nero
skeleton. At present twenty thousand
men arc expected to police tho whole
country. The Northwestern posts arO
depleted 10 small handsiul of men and
there is no adequate reserve torce.
General schoaeld has been obliged TO
exercise the most aubtlo ingenuity In
his small force 90 as to mako
one man as ctliclUnt a. ton, and to-day
1t would 10 difficult to transfer a single
in tho west without exposing
tho great trans. Continental limos OF trnl.
tic TO indefinite interruption. The gen.
oral says that 1t would require an army
OF four hundred thousand men TO quell
the disturbances and break up ut once
the blockadcs at the many points where
they exist, aud that Is why no is
Obliged to attack thom in dotaiI, always
an unsatisfactory military procedure.
cHEEnPUL VIEW.
omcials at tho postofIicc department
take a chOcrtul view Of tho situation.
"Tho backbone Of tho strike will bo
brokou tomorrow night, dcspito to-
DAVIS developments in and about
Chicago" said General Superintendent
White, Of tho railway mail service.
"The force hus not boon sufficient With
tho increase Of deputies, Of policemen
and OF troops, both national and state,
there will bO tomorrow m adequate
force for quclling tho disturbances at
Chicago Nnd maintaining order. That
done tho strikU will hD practically over,
ns Chicago ia, Of course, tho storm
csntcr Of tho movement don't mean,
however, that tho strikers will roturn
to their places"
A batch OF now mon engaged by a
local representative Of tho Baltimore &
Ohio road 10 work on its western linca