The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-23
Federal Troops
In Chicago
such intervention.


II not the present purpose to object
circumstances make desirable but the Advertiser has fallen into
number of of fact in its statements regarding events in
strike all the surprising because
Advertiser S usually we'll informed
The Advertiser after stating that "a small detail of United States
troops ordered that ended the strike not shot was
sight of these bonzed sturdy soldiers there obey
orders whatever they might be- enough
That would be pretty strong for calling
federal roopsf But happens that it is not The
commission appointed by President Cleveland investigate the
and of that strike of which Carroll Wright of the
makes its that almost all of the violence and
about Chicago occurred AFTER troops called
and enamped Chicago Up to the time Of calling out the
United troops there had been two locomotives deraied
Blue Island about fifteen miles from Chicago and there had been
freight tipped the Lake Shore and the Grand Trunk
Railways in the Stock Yards region and perhaps in other parts OF the
city At Island the had been daed by the strikers
and other damage had been done by them there The
ing of freight elsewhere this time undoubtedly the work
hoodums with the strikers least for the part
The only hoodsed this time had been the killing of track
laborers La Sale by United States Deputy Mahals
1t Immediately after the arrival of the United States troops
Chicago boodshed property
Incidentally also might be stated that "sma de
tail of United States troops either they brought from
of the frontier garrscn They brought from Fort Sheridan
only thirty miles from Chicago and consisted of regiment of nfan
try and several troops of cavalry
The greatest destruction of property along the lines OF
of way from Van Buren, Street south Trst the Stock
region affecting nearly all lines entering Chicago and
and the burning of thousands of which had been massed side
miles of the Stock Yards with
were brought to the
The greatest destruction of property the burning
roads afterwards the City of Chicago the loss of
the ground that the City failed in its police and fire protection duty
and allowed mob destroy property The City successfully
defended the ground that the Railroads had after the beginning
the strike and the strike trouble moved these from other portions
of the City where they could easily have been protected both from
mob violence and from fire. had massed them place where there
water to afford them protection from fire. and in such
protection after the destruction began though the
railroads had wacmen and other agents the call for either
police fire assistance made until the fire had gotten beyond
There scarcely destruction of property along the lines of
railway leading to Pullman and violence in this direction and
V1ar there
also no federal troops though there detachment of the Ma
iona Guard of Illinois at Burnside Pullman.
AS for the local authorities the County lanes
A. Gilbert Republican The Mayor John P Hopkins Demo
cra Governor Atged offered them the of National
Guard they should need long before either troops
called out Sheriff Gilbert and Mayor Hopkins reply
the Governor that they did that time assistance
they united request for state troops and something like
mens of infantry battery Of light artillery and troops cavalry
together with hospital and signal corps instantly ordered out
The and mobilization of these forces said have
eeded in celebrity similar Of state troops attempted