The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-03
ECHOES Of The
CHICAGO STRIKE
Concluded from First Pag2,l

were also attached
Tho officers eff the Railway Unian
es 8hHahea he3daear iu tue city
AZ Chicago ana from there gave al.
recsions fer the maintenance and man
asement Of the strike ReH1rss soon
came from various quarters that the
mails were completely ohs,ructed,
trains we're seized ana destroyed ana
7,her violent disorders committed
/ Thoreupan the attorney general i'm.
mcdiately sent a dispatch to tho
United States distric, attorneys in
strncting them to see hat thu passage
Of regular trains, carrying United
States mails in III, usual ana ordinary
way, were not distracted
Wherever there was interference
with the mails or restraint of com.
merce the United States c arts were
appealed to for relief In Chicago
the United States marshall was ap-
thorized to employ special deputies
and special counsel fer the govern
ment In letter to this special caun.
lei. the attorney general. in making
suggestions concerning legal procaei
ings, wrote II has seemed to mo
that ii the rights 81 tho UaiteI States
were vigorously asserted in Chicam
The origin and center OF the demon
stratiGn. the result would be to make
/ a failure everywhere else, and to
prevent its spread over he entire
country, and ia that connection he in-
dicatod that Il might tie advisable I'M
stead of relying entirely upon war
rants. issued upon criminal atautoa
lgainst pers rs actually guilty d tbs
offensc of obstructing United States
nails, that tho courts should be ask,
AL To grant injunctions which would
restrain AMI proven; any attempt te
commit such offence
Mr. Cleveland then described tho
repeated but Intellectual attempts by
z. : court injunctioncs ami the use
II deputy marshalls 70 prevent riots
and the obstruction of commerce and
nails.
THE desperate and far reaching
character Of this disturbance was
not in the lea underestimate by
executive officials at Washington, -
Mr. Cleveland said, "and 1t must be
Borne in mind that, while menacing
nditians were moving swiftly am
1ecumuladag at Chicago, like condi-
lions inspired and supported from that
central point existed in many other
places within the area of the strikes
e1nlagion
"0f course ii was hoped by thos1
CHARGED with the responsibility II
dealing with the situation. that d.
rect assertion Of authority By the mar.
snail or a resort to the restraining
11wer Of tho courts would prove SUI
Goient for the emergency. Notwith.
andiag. however, an anxious desire
% avoid measures more radical. the
flci had not been overlooked that a
contingency mIsat occur which would
Compel a report to military force. The
key 10 dispatches 10 The federal off.
GERS at Chicae from tho Attorney
general may be found in self dcfcn.
ye authority of cur nation 10 di-
rr.B overcome resistance 70 the OK
a-cisa Of its legitimate AMI con THU
i5aaI fame ions MS related to the
TRANSFORMATION If mails. the opara.f n
Of interstate commerce and fha nrat
asyatlun Of the property of the uaEed
States. AMI I'm certain constitutional
and statutory provisions. It was the
intention of the attorney general e..
suggest in thcsc Glspa .ches iha i'm.
mediate authoritative information
saoala he given 10 the Washington
aath3riies if q time should arrive
whom. under the sanction of general
executive authority or the constfiu.
ticnaI aroyirf MS n military fore
eoud b. naco sary ut The er.no Of
disturbance
The e.riLe sitna.tcu grew rnudlv
wer,e t4er fefapre IF eaHrt err
ders. ll.,.erne-e and Fiotina culmina.
tod IN to fprr7l reauesf n ire
United state marebau =uppor.eI by