The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-05
Business Houses Closed and
People Are Required to Keep
To Their Homes in Obey
ance to Governors Order.
HANDWRITING ON THE WALL
BOTH CITY AND COUNTY OFF.
GALS DETERMINED TO CHECK
ALL LAWLESsNEsS AND SET
MUDDLED AFFAIRS Alright.

Muncie, Ind, Jan 4.-Muncie. for
a riOt-stricken city, the result of out
breaks of mob sympathizers with the
striking mOtormen and conductors of
the Muncie street car lines operated
by the Indiana Union Traction COM
painy. is in joint conarol of the Indi-
ana national guard and the municipal
government. Five hundred citizens
have been sworn III as special officers
OF the law. and will try to preserve or
der without the active aid of the mil
itary. The troops, however. have the
effect of awing the mob spirit.
Proclamation by the Mayor.
The new order of affairs brought
forth another proclamation from May
or Guthrie in which he ordered that all
women and children remain off the
streets except when their presence
there is necessary. lie also ordered
al saloons To remain closed until he
should issue an order opening them.
Persons standing in the streets will be
promptly arrested. The spirit of the
proclamation is one of determination
to restore Muncie to a state OF good or
der
The work OF swearing In 500 busi-
ness and professional men command
ed to serve as deputy sheriffs by Sher-
iff Perdieu proceeded as Saturday
wore on. Attaches OF tho office of
Sheriff Perdieu hurried over the city
and summoned the men to appear at
police headquarters to be sworn In.
These men are the most prominent in
town and the list probably includes
tho entire roster of the Commercial
club. They left their stores, banks.
and Offices 10 stand about the streets
in the cold, January rain, wearing the
badge Of the law, a white brassard on
the left arm.
Has Already Had q Good Moral Effect.
At first many of them took the nat-
ter lightly. but the real seriousness of
the situation soon dawned upon them
and the business men assumed the du-
" of trying to restore Muncie to its
normal quietude. These deputy sher-
ifs and the police will try to control
the situation, assisted only when nee
essary by the soldiers. II they can
do so successfully the soldiers Will
take no part in the affair. Their
presence here has already had a good
moral effect
General Mckee put the matter of
se!f control up to the city and county
authorities in strong terms at a con-
ference. He told them what martial
law meant. He said that It would
mean that all business houses would
have 10 be closed and citizens remain
in their homes. This statement fol-
owed the call for the business men to
serve as deputy sheriffs. Muncie
aces the hanGwritin gon the wall now
hat the soldiers have finally come.
The city has had quiet Saturday, the
first it has known since the new year
came in.
Governor Sets Out Reasons.
In the proclamation issued, the Gov
ernor sets out his reasons for pro-
claiming Muncie and adjacent terri
tory under martial Law. He calls al
tention to the lawlessness and to the
effective efforts of the local authori-
ties TO queIl the riots, and declares the
city and its immediate environments
TO be in a state Of riot and insurrec-
ton.
The Governor has waited in the
hope that the local authorities Of
Muncie, supported by the law-abiding
citizens, would 'be able to maintain
order, preserve peace, and protect life
and property" was the executive state
ment made today. The inability and
failure Of the local authorities To cope
with the situation leaves the executive
no choice
The law in Muncie win be Ell
forced: order will be restored: peace
will be maintained. and life and prop
eTty will be protected. even though IL
require the full resources Of the State.
Martial law will not be continued one
day beyond the necessity for II. It's
duration will depend entirely upon the
action of the citizens of the city Of
Iuncie"
The martial law proclamation and
the order TO General Mckee were is-
sued by the Governor In his double ca
pacity IS Governor OF Indiana and
commander-in-chief Of its Jmilitarx
forces.