The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-31
WHENSSHE RED FLAG WAVED
nEy ur1 ESMAPPR0pEs A TRUE RE.
crra1 oESCHIOAGo RIOTS.

GEN. mrnENAPrRovEs A TRUE RE.
crrAz oioH1oAeo RIOTS.
United States TrooiS pia MOI interfere
Between Capital ANN AaOor--ooVerno1
Aitgeldt's Assertions siSown to Do raise
Concise History Of ths Authorities
break-Attitude of Federas A''no'A'''S
Washington. Oct. SO-InM fepis -
statements in Governor MAi'seio
speech in Cooper Union. New YNZNtA' =
October II. in relation to the DebsTSNt - 6
in Chicago. wherein he said that UnNklNe'
States troops We're ordered to be IN
readiness five days in advance of any
trouble, with a view to force employees
to work for their employers, the follow
ing statement is made with the approv-
al of General Miles, who commanded
the United States forces on the occa-
sion in question:
The hordes, or so-called armies Oh
Coxey, were organized in Kansas, Col
orado, Oregon and other states and
sWarmed across the country, in soma
cases selling trains for their transport
alton and living upon the people of
towns, villages and communities in
their route. Following this, the en-
ployes OF the Northern Pacific struck
and practically held possession Of the
road when it was not earning its rum
ming expenses. The same thing was
done on the Great Northern, the strik-
ers holding possession Of the property
for weeks regardless of the rights NJ
owners Then strikes occurred in near
nies and the Rockies.
I'm many instances the property was
seized and unlawfully held, regardless
of the civil authorities. Following this,
in May 1894, a strike was ordered il
the Pullman works in Chicago, and
when that business was paralyzed s-~
sympathetic strike was ordered on az
the railroads over which the Pullman
cars moved. This was in June, and ac-
cording to Governor Altgeld's own
statement, published in his Cooper
Union speech, all freight trains in GER
tain portions Of Illinois were abandon
ed by the employees and prohibited from
moving by the strikers. Trains were
ordered side tracked by the hundreds,
and the passengers were practically
held prisoners for weeks.
"The interstate commerce of the en-
tire country west of Chicago was sus-
pended by the end of June. A few mail
trains were allowed to run, but in many
instances every window was smashed.
In some instances the operators were
brutally treated.
"This was the condition OF affairs on
the last of June. Under the laws Of
congress it was the duty Of the presi-F
dent to protect the interstate comn1erce,
the mail routes, the sub-treasury at
Chicago, containing twenty millions OF
government money, and other United
States property. When the mail and
interstate commerce lines were OBJ
structed and paralyzed it became the
duty Of the United States court to take
action, which it did, although the lives
of it's marshals were threatened and
they were unable to carry out the orr
ders of the court.
"It was then, and not until then, June
2, that President Cleveland ordered
troops to protect marshals in the exc
cution of their duties and also to pro-
tect property under the jurisdiction Of
the United States authorities. AT the
same time the leaders publicly declared
that it was no longer a strike, but q re-
bellion.' When the United States mar
shals under the protection Of the fed
eral troops had opened the lines of in
terstate commerce and mail routes, and
protection had been obtained for the
property under the jurisdiction Of the
United States, the troops were remov-
ed to their former stations July Is.
Hence they were in Chicago only
fifteen days, and did not in any way
interfere with the municipal or state
authorities. The strike, however, was
not ordered off until two weeks later.
This demonstrates clearly that the fed
eral authorities had nothing whatever
to do with the so-called strike. Neither
had they anything whatever to do with
the questions between capital and la
bor."