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mmmwtcmmm •SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH­ FULLY RECORDED* !£ WJ Wind Does DMB*(» to Haildlaipi and Crop*--I)*ath of Wm. G. Greene--Whisky Hen Stirred Up-OU Xv Sot** •moke Problem. Fnriom Storm at Oakland, H|» A wind, rain and hail storm visited Oakland Sunday morning, doing con- *iderab!e damage to the wheat and, «orn crops and blowing down a,nm>*l ber of trees and fences. The rain and hail fell so fast it was impossible to see a£r0-<s 1he street. At Brockton, a small village, the "wind proved the ihost destructive, unroofing- several barns, demolishing a number of out­ buildings, and blowing down a great deal of fencing. Many dwellings suf­ fered from the loss ,of broken-down doors and window panes. The storm presented the appearance of a cyclone When the clouds first became visible. Victory for the Oil Horner. The tugs Black Ball and Bob Teed ittade a run from Chicago to Waukegan •id return for the purpose of ascer­ taining the comparative cost of oil and coal as fuel on tugboats. On the sev­ enty-five mile run the Bob Teed con­ sumed four and three-quarters tons of croal, worth in ordinary times, at the regular price, 115.72. The Black Ball burned <inO gallons of oil, worth $11. «2. The Bob Teed is a much faster boat than the Black Ball, aad made the run to Waukegan in exactly three hours, and the return trip in two hours and lilty-five minutes. The Black Ball was About fifteen minutes slower, but beat its own records for the distance. A lull pressure of steam was maintained without the slightest difficulty, aad the series of squalls and choppy seas were enconntered without any trouble. The engineers on board regarded the test as a highly satisfactory one. Nearly S4.000.000 Short. •.The last internal revenue collections at Peoria were $111,585.73. The col­ lections for the year fell off more than $4.0 0,000 from that of the year before, b?ing $18,68^,000 for the year ending June 30, 1893, a • against $14,034,000 for the year just closing. There will prob­ ably be a tremendous boom in the re­ ceipts for the next few weeks, as the trust and the outride distillers will all peek to take advantage of the advance in the tax before the law gees into ef­ fect. The collections Fi iday ani Sat­ urday were more than double the av- « age. and some idea of what they are likely to be in the future may. be gained from the fact that the trust is said to have 60,000 barrels <ol spirits in at :>re in Peoria alone, Wm. G. Greene, of Tallaln. Win. G. Gresne, a lifelong associate of Lincoln and Yates and an old and honored citizen of Illinois, aied at his home in Taliula Saturday evening. He was a classmate of Richard Yates at Jacksonville, a 4 with Yates he helped to organize and c mplete th3 Jackson­ ville b anch of the Chicago and Alton Railroad and was at one time its presi­ dent. He also helped to organize the Springfield and Northwestern Read and was its first president He was appointed by President Lincoln Collec­ tor of his district during the war. Bnrglara Set Fire to a Store. Fire, Sunday morning, did great dam­ age to the getleral merchandise stock of W. J. Bethard. who occupies the ground floor of the Fairburv Opera House Building. The loss is fully covered by insurance. The indi ations are that the fire was the work of burg­ lars, as a blacksmith shop was found to have been robbed of tools, which were found in the basement of the building after the fire. Two men and a woman are now locked up on a charge of having stolen the tools. I Record of the Week. JMRS. ELLA MITCHELL, a widow, ^ ^committed sui. i ie at Genoa by cutting her throat. JOHN HELM, residing at St. James, Fayette County, was ttruck by light­ ning and killed. IKA C. COVEY, of Peoria, and Miss Alta Linnell were married at the bride's home at Belvidere. AT Bloomington, Wm. Schausten died unexpec edly. He was one of the oldest residents of the city. THE postoftice at Hampshire, was entered by burglars and $21 in money and $20 in stamps were stolen. MICHAEL, AND TAMES STEINE, broth era, and Martin Terian were drowned while bathing in Lake Calumet. WM. STONF, a tramp, fell from moving freight train at Washburn, and was run over and instantly killed. JOHN ISAACSON, a Rockford Salva­ tion soldier, was, it is as-erted, cured of serious illness within half an horn- by prayer. OWING to the freight embargo and the light supply of fuel oil, the Chicago cable i oads may be compelled to return to horse power. C. H. BLOW, of**<&icago, the State Game Warden, had several Peoria tish- erm,en arrested and fined for spearing fish with a light. SEVERAL Woodford County farmers lost horses from the heat. The mer­ cury at Minonk stood at 1J4 in the shade the other day. HAZEL YOUNT, aged 3, died of by- drjphobia at St. John's hospital at .. Spr.ngtield. She was bitten by a vi­ cious do * thioe weeks before. EMANUEL HAINES, of Chicago, play­ fully pointed a revolver he supposed wa* unloaded at his sister Nellie. She i6 dead and he is insane from grief. THE Sylvan Liquor Cure Company is being organized at Modne, with a capitil ot »J00,fe0a It will build an institute to treat inebriates, probably at Fulton. A MAN who secured $5,000 from the Continental Bank of Chicago on a raised checx was traced into a iorger's den by Vite President Perry and the money recovered. THE steamer Virginia and the whale- back Christopher Columbus raced from Milwaukee to Chicago, but neith­ er was able to show superiority over tbe other. JOSEPH CORNELIUS, a colored barber at Chicago, shot and almost instantly killed James Simmons, another col­ ored man, and then resumed shaving a customer. ABOUT one hundred and fifty men employed by the Gregory Reed Com­ pany, of Chicago, contractors of the new" water works at Ottawa, have struck for an advance of wages. THE Paoria City 'ouncil has so amended the Sunday-closing ordinance that any place Gi business may be kept open on Sunday in that city that doas not disturb the peace. Saloons are ex­ cepted. THE Governor has restored the riarhts of citiidnship Mount Vernon, the penitentiary larv, and \Vitiia,' Iralia, who for larceny, Badgett, of sentenced to year for burg- mber, of Carf* " to one y^ar HENRY Vamtts, aged <41. was drowned at Qulncy while bathing in the river. HIRAM BRISTOL, the oldest man in that • ectlon, died in Aurora, in his 95th year. A JURY in Judge Dunne's court at Chicago was discharged for acquitting alleged thieves. FIRE did $20,000 worth of damage 'to the brewery of Jonathan Peacock at Rockford. No insurance. A CONTROLLING interest in the Chi-; cago Lake Street Elevated Road was sold, ani it is thought Mr. Yerkes is the buyer. f*> ̂ FIFTY employes of the Scandia Plow Cgm rainy at Rockford struck on ac­ count of a decrease of wages from 15 to 25 per cent. SAMUEL J. KVNDALL, aged 66, of Cover, was run over and killed by ad train on theChicago. Burlington and* Qttincy Railroad. THE cigar factory in the Northern Illinois State Penitentiary has again started. fifteen convicts are em­ ployed at present, but soon at least fifty will ba working. " _ THE Maccabees will hold a conven­ tion at Elgin August 1 to decide about- organizing a picnic association t*>r Northern Illinois after ttie style ot the Modern Woodmen. BECAUSE of inability to ship goods during the strike scores of Chicago manufacturers of perishable merchan­ dise stopped operations. Many others closed for lack of fuel. A STRANGELY fatal disease has bro­ ken out among the milch cows in Hen­ ry Having's dairy, near Effingham, and the State Veterinarian has been asked to make an investigation. GEORGE BALL, a farmer living near Toluea, fell from a boat while fishing in Lake Snachwin©, and was drowned. He was 32 years of age and leaves a widow and four children. THOMAS JOHNSON was held for trial for burglary at Fairbury, and W. H. and Mabel Smith were committed to bail as witnesses, being unable to give jail for t heir appearance when needed. COOK COUNTY coal contracts have been made for Indiana or Brazil block at $2.75 per ton delivered; screen­ ings, $1.63; hard coal, $5.14, and $5.23 for I ange and nut; $4.89 and $4.98 for large egg. JACOB LICKERT, one of the most wealthy citizens of Clark County, re­ siding five miles south of Marshall, was found dead on Wednesday morn­ ing. His throat was cut. It is supposed to be a case of suicide. AT Springfield the corner stone of the main building on the State Fair grounds was laid with Masonic cere­ monies. State otf-cials participated in the parade, which was an imposing affair. The strike detained many from ooming who had intended to go. Among others were several members of the Stata Board of .Agriculture. All the local and county societies partici­ pated in the exercises. AT Free port the safe in the office of M. H. Wilcoxon was entered by re­ moving the brick over the outer door. Thomas D. Wilcoxon, a brother, says he broke it open, and claims he has an equal right to the safe with his bro­ ther, and that it contains papers be­ longing to him. He took nothing away. There has been a litigation be­ tween the brothers oyer their father's estate, which is worth about $50,000. FULLY 13,000 people we^e in Clinton Wedne day attending the dedicatory ceremonies of the new courthouse. Most of the residences were decorated and all the public buildings were fes­ tooned wi'h flags and banners. The oration of the forenoon was delivered by M. Donahue. Goodman s band, of Decatur, and German's Orchestra, of Clinton, with 10 J trained voices, fur- uished the most splendid musical en­ tertainment ever known in Clinton. The dedicatory address of Henry G. Green was read in the afternoon. CHARLES F. PEASE, one of the stock­ holders of the Elgin watch factory, who is interested in the Illinois Iron and Bolt Works and Star Works at Carpentersville, made an assignment to prevent a sacrifice of. his property. He scheduled $59,0) > assets and has others up as collateral wiiich will in- ci ease the total to above $110,000. His liabilities are about $30,000. Mr. Pease has valuable mining property in Colorado and a good sized holding in the Chicago Masonic Temple, besides real estate. A TERRIBLE accident ended the races at toliet Wednesday afternoon, which will doubtless cost a jife. Professor .lenas, of Bloomington, was to make a balloon ascension and parachute fall. He made a successful fall Tuesday, but Wedne-day afternoon the balloon was anchored 'between two trees. The wind was blowing strong and the ropes broke. Jones held to the balloon, which went up, dragging him through a tree, tearing his clothes off. At a height of forty feet he was forced to let go, owing 10 hurts, and fell to the ground, b -eaking both arms and one leg, the bones pro.ecting in every di­ rection. A doctor in the grand stand was called and pronounced Jones in­ jured internally. Blood was running from his nose and mouth. THE State Board of Agriculture issued the following bulletin; The re­ ports received at the Department of Agriculture indicate that the winter wheat crop of the State will be excel­ lent, both as to yield per acre and quality. Chinch bugs are reported in wheat in the counties of Winnebago, Christian, Clark, Douglas. Hancock, Mason, Menard, Bond, Edwards, Effing­ ham. Marion, and Perry, and Hesian fly in Clark, Tazewell. Edwards, and j^tfing-ham counties. The condition of spring wheat in Northern Illinois i-i ten points below a seasonao'e average. The rye condition was 9 i per cent, of an average in Northern Illinois, !>4 per cent, in Central, and 97 per cent, in Southern Illinois. While the area de­ voted to cats is nearly as large as in 18v>3 the condition of the crop is en­ couraging for but 83 per c$nfc of an average yie'd per acre. THE great strike, 'Which tied up every road in Chicago and stopped tralic at many important railroad cen­ ters throughout the State, has caused enormous osses to farmers, as well as to mercnant». Just at the seasoii when native fruits and vegetables were riponing fa-t it was impossible to land them in market, and v#st quantities spoiled o-i the growers' hinds. With hundreds of cars of produce in the yards, Chicago commission merchants we:e unable to supply orders. Short­ age of potatoes created the most se­ rious trouble.. Chicago alone uses thirty carloads each day. THE Eohn-Metheny case at Mount Carroll is closed, and' the question as to whether 12-year-old Charlie Bohn is a legitimate or false heir to a third share of the $-50,000 estate left by Sam­ uel Bohn has been submitted to Judge Shaw for decision. He will not give an opinion in the matter until the third week in July. THE Decatur Brewing Company wiied a special requisition to Spring­ field for st veral thousand dollars' worth of revenue stamps, with orders to forward them at all hazards in the absence of trains. Dr. J. L. Wilcox, Internal Revenue Collector, started a messenger with them on a bicycta at i o'plock Tuesday morning. Strikers Now Confront " r United States Army. :p. FTFAEOFBLOTOYWAE Qr&at Excitement Prevails Through- V5ir outthe Country. -'--w. *A.:. PMMnger and PrMi'c *lfjr •t • Standstill--Train C*#r#-lng BoMJers to Seem* of Disorder Is tfkoppotl br tike Strikers--Train* Will Be Moved If t Be- qalr«m Alt of (Jnde Stm'i Forces to l>o It--Roads tinder Federal Protection-- Sweeping Federal Injunction I is u nil. Two thousand railr at striked at Blue Island, near Chica jo, openly de­ fied the United States authorities. The mob attacked the United fctites depu­ ty marshals, and stabbad one of thom. Placards informing the strikers that the United States Court had issued an order enjoining- them from interfering with trains were torn up, and when the United States District Attorney appealed to. them, they cureed the President and all the Federal authori • ties. The riotous demonstrations "made it evident that Uncle Sam would have to take the matter in hand, and the President, the Attor­ ney General and the Secretary of war held a consultation the outcome of which was a declaration that if necessary the who?e military force of the U nited States would be used to aid 1 TRAIN UNDER GUARD- ff RIOT AT BLUB ISLAND, ILL in the running of trains and to enforce the observance of law and order. Ac* cordingly the Fifteenth Infantry, United States army, stationed at Fort Sheridan, was placed under arms and hurried to Chicago, while four com­ panies of reenfo cements ware oi> dered from Fort Leavenworth. The Fifteenth Infantry was accompanied by troops B and K of the Seventh Cav­ alry, made famous at the battle of Wounded Knee, and a battery of light artillery. United States troops were also ordered to take the field in Cali­ fornia and Colorado. Major General Miles, who had been on leave of ab­ sence, was summoned to Washington, and affcer a long conference with the President and Secretaries Gresham nies of soldiers were thundering " * * >mel _ near the scene of from Blue Island. Somebody' a telegraphed from the disturbance. upon tb* demand ot tte Poetoffloe Departm that obetrnctlon at tbe mails shoald be .. - * mob of <lhi«Hfr-«trikers at 11 o'clock Thursdav morning. Nobodv was killed, but fo/a ttaneit looked as if a pitched battle would result, and a pitched 1 at­ tic between soldiers and a mob of men armed only with /stones could end in nothing but carnage. The encounter took place at: the •44th street crossing of th-i Lake Shore and Michigan South­ ern Railway. The officials of the road hai determine^ tjsend out the limited train for New York at any cost, and it left the Van Buren station on schedule tinJe. It consisted of online, baggage car, mail car and five Wagner sleepers. No obstruction was encountered until Forty-fourth street was reached. At that point there was a mi b of several thousand turbulent strikers, who had evidently been notified of the railway company's intention and wero prepared to fctop the train at all hazards. The engineer slowed down as he approached the mob. though he i-aid that his only chance of getting through the crowd was to plow i ight ahead at top speed. B\it to do that would have meant the mangling of hundreds of human be­ ings, for the track on which the train was running was black wi^h people, and the engineer s nerve w as not strong enough ft r slaughter As s >on as the train stooped it was closed in upon by the mob, which at once tonk possession of the engine The engineer attempted to reason with his assailants but they were obdurate and would not listen to him. "This is a mail train," he said, "and I'm re­ sponsible tr» the Government for " "To h--11 with the Government," shouted a burly fellow, ani almost in­ stantly the cry was echoed from every part of the mob. "But,"the ergineer persisted, "this mail train has got to go through if it takes Gatling guns to do it" He was leaning out of the window of the cab as ho said this. He said nothing more. Somebody whipped out a large ban­ dana handkerchief, noosed it around the engineer's neck, and drew his head down until he was gasping for breath. Pini >ned thus it was impossible to move or to speak. Now the engine was uncoupled from the train, one of the strikers pushed the lever, and the engine was run down the tracks a distance of fifty yards. In the meantime two conpa- r*-tr­ ill Chicago, bound for BlutfTsl- OIM) Hundred and twenty-five Deputy United States Marshals and forty Deputy Sheriffs were on board. All were armed, and instructed to open the ljne at all hazards. Some of the Marshals were armed with riot guns, of which Uniled States Marshal Ar­ nold had secured 1(X>. These weapons a:e awful in execution, scattering a dozen shells at each shot. Three trains with 300 passengers had been detained at Blue Island all night. As soon as the train came to a stand­ still several hundred strikers and sym­ pathizers, re-enforced by a large num­ ber of bi ick-makers, surrounded the cars and engine. United States Mar­ shal Arnold stood in the open door of the mail car and read the injunction granted by Judges Grosscupand Woods of the United States Court/ While m BLOCKING THE TRACKS and Lamont, Major General Schofield and Attorney General Olney, started for Chicago to direct the movements of troops. \ The Brotherh'ocw of Railway Train­ men, thirty thousand strong, declared war on the American Railway Union, and members of the Brotherhood were threatened with expul ion if they took any part in the strike. Chief Arthur, of the Locomotive Engineers" Brother­ hood, cautioned the engineers against contracting the strike fever. Presi­ dent Debs, ot the A. R. U,, however, continued to order out men on the Western railroad?, and also issued a mani'esto declaring that the only terms upon whicn the strike could be settled and peace be restored would be a satisfactory com­ promise with the Pullman Company, under which all the employes would be taken back, and a guarantee from the railroads, in case a compromise was effected with the Pullman Company, to restore all the strikers to their old positions. The labor dictator received a telegram from Grand Master Work­ man Sovereign, of the Knights of La­ bor, offering ti ordir out all the men of that organization if Mr. Lebs desired it. But while Mr. Debs wa< ordering strikes, and the strikers were interfering with the running of trains at various point3, the United States au­ thorities at Chicago, act'ng under ad­ vice from the officials at Washington, were taking steps to protect the trav­ eling public and the mails from incon­ venience and delay. The court, on aD- plication of the United States at­ torneys, issued a general o dar cover­ ing every road running into Chicago, and through Illinois, enjoining the strikers hot onlv from interfering with the mails, but from interfer ing with any train, this latter protection being granted the railroads under the Inter­ state Commerce act * u_ Tru Titniisiin I M#n Hooting. United States troops were forced to vuae their bayonets against a frenzied CHARGE THE STKIKEB8. Troops Disperse a Mob of 3,000 at the Chicago Stock Yards. Regular troops made their first charge on the strikers at the Chicago Stock Yards Thursday morning. Ninety men of the Fifteenth Regi­ ment, under Major Hartz and Captains Chapin, Company B, and Mitchell, Company D, dispersed 3,000 men who were blocking the passage of a meat train near the main entrance to the Yards. Swift & Company were start­ ing a meat train for New York. It was ready to leave the Yards, but the crowd prevented its departure and re­ fused to move from the tracks. Troops were sent for and the detach­ ment under Major Hartz was soon on the ground. A short distance from the scene of troub'e the order to move on the double quick with fixed bay­ onets was given. Through the crowd the soldiers moved without resistance, and the strikers and their sympathiz­ ers fled without re-forming. Not a striker came in contact with the soldiers. The appearance of the 6olid line of glittering bayonets bear­ ing down on the crowd was as effectual as a direct encounter and the disorder-4 ly crowd turned tail in a hurry before the ninety soldiers. Maj. Hartz formed his men in a protecting line along the train, occupying both sides of the track. The work of preparing the oars for departure was completed with­ out further show of opposition. In face of the fixed bayonets of United States troops red-handed an­ archy, with torch and fagot, reigned kin? at the Chicago Stock Yards Thursday night. It defied the law, Government and United States army all day, and when the sun dropped be­ hind the smokeless chimneys of the giant packing-houses the railroad tracks were hidden under wrecked and burning cars. Twenty thousand people blessed the sight; a third wives, a third children and a third rioters. They fought a six-hour batt'e without bullets and faced bayonets with bricks, stones ani coupling pins. And the poioemen laughed. Under the crowd listened respectfully, half "a dozen outsiders who were drunk begin hooting and yelling so that at times the Marshal's voice could not be heard. The train backed up to the crossing while the crowd cheered. Deputy Marshal Arnold climbed on to the rear platform < f one of the stalled trains and read the general injunction grant­ ed by the Circuit Court. His voice was also at times drowned out I y the hoots and yells of the more radical ones. One of the leaders of the strik­ ers made his way to the platforfa Of the car and told "the crowd to keep off the right of way They obeyed at once. The Rock I-land officials imme­ diately proceeded to clear the dummy tracks, and no attempt was made to stop the work. Soon irain Nfr I, with mail cars attache!, pulled out of Blue Island amid the strikers' cheeking. As the iast car went ovec the switch one of the strikers yelled: "We won t both­ er Unclo'Sara, put Lord help Puilman :" The blockade was raised only tempo­ rarily, however, for none ,put. PD9w trains were allowed to paa^- : V r--i ,1 GOV. ALTOELtt PROTESTS. Demand* the Withdrawal tit Federal Troop* from Chicago.' Gov. Altgeld of Illinois sent a tele­ gram to President Cleveland demand­ ing the removal of Federal troops from Illinois. The Governor says: I am advised that you have ordered Federal troops to go Into service in the State of Illi­ nois. This step is entirely unnecesary, and, as it BeeniB to me, unjustifiable. Waiving all Questions ot courtesy, I will say that the State of Illinois is not only able to take care Of Itself but lt stands ready to-day to furnish the Federal Government any assistance it may need elsewhere. We have stationed in Chicago alone three regiments of infantry, one battery, and one troop of cavalry, and no better soldiers can be found. They have been ready every moment to go on duty, and have been and are now eager to RO into service. But they have not been ordered out because nobody in Cook County, whether official or private citizen, asked to have their assistance or eveu intimated In any way that their assist­ ance w*f» desired or necessary. So far as I have been advised the local offi­ cials have been able to handle the situation, but if any assis ance were needed the State stood ready to furnish loo men for every on6 man required, and *tood ready to do so at a momentv notice. Notwithstanding these facts, the Federal Government has been applied to by men who had political and selfish motives for wentinff to ignore the State Government. We have now had ten days of the railroad strike, and we have promptly furnished military aid wherever the local officials needed it. If the Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois or the authorities of Cook County needed military assistance, they had but to ask for it in order to get it from the State. At present some of oat railroads are para­ lysed, not by reason of obstructions bnt be- the representations of the judicial otfioers ot Ow United States fcftat the process of the Fedora! eoncts oonld not be exe­ cuted through tie ordinary mesas, and neon competent proof that conspiracies existed against commerce between the States. To' nieft these conditions, which are clearly with­ in the province of Federal authority, ihe pres­ ence of Federal troops in the oity "of Chicago was dcenie 1 not only proper, but necessary, and there ba» been no intention of thereby in­ terfering with the p ain dutv of the local an-"-, thorlties to preserve the peace of the city. GROVES CLEVELAND. ~ PROGRESS OF TrtE STR1KJE. Boycott Spreading and with No Indica­ tions of a Settlement. Thera was but one train north fitom Terre Haute over the Chicago and Eastern Illinois in thiee days. An east-baund Rock Island passen­ ger tram was held up by a body of strikers just outside of Kansas City and permitted to go no farther. At a meeting of 600 members of tt)e American Railway tlnion and other railway employes in Detroit it was unanimously decided to inaugurate a strike on all the railroads in the city. The Cftion Pacific is no longer free from the Pullman boycott. It ha; ex­ tended over the line and the men are now spreading it with as great effect as possible. i\Tot a wheel is turning? west of Cheyenne and few in Xebryka, Twelve thousand men are affected? Indianapolis is deeply involvedin the Pullman boycott. Confusion reigns in railroad circles and the ramifications of the Araeric&n Railway Union have shown themselves so ̂ umerqus that no one knows wnere the next outbreak will occur. The boycott is being felt seriously in the St. Paul markets. Prices of meats went up one-third and fruits jrere in many cases doubled. Nothing what­ ever was doing in South St. Paul ani at the Minnesota transfer Not a car of tneat, alive or dead, was moved. When the Kansas City train from Chicago puPed into the Union depot at Bloomington no fireman could be ob­ tained to go on the engine and the train was sidetracked. It consisted of nine cars. Two of them were Pull­ mans. There were, perhaps, L00 pas­ sengers on the train. At the close of th6 fourth day's' struggle batween the Southern Pacitic Company and the American Rail wav tJnion, at Sa i Francisco, the strikers fepueared to have the upper hand. Their blockade o, the entire system was practically complete. The First Rpgitaent, United States Infantry, was Ordered out. In SIOJX City all roads are practical­ ly tied-up as a result of tfce A. R. U. strike. Not a; passenger or freight train' had le t the city since Sunday night. The switclaes i'n the yard wero all spiked and nothii^g could he moved. •911) GUARDING TBI SIGNAL TOWKR Is Shed in the Railroad Strike. MOBS IN A WILD FUR State Troops Called >to Stop Thousands of Soldiers and Police Will Op- P*EE tfco IAW-Breaker*--Deadly Cori testa Have Already Taken Place -- Striken Hadlr Desperate -- Authorities Deter­ mined--Pres ident Cleve land Reso lved f Crash Oat9 the Rebellion--MiUlla from Other States Will Be Ordered to Chl- > ea*0 If Saeh a *ore Be Heewaaary. m The long-expected armed conflict "be- y gan in Chicago Friday morning. Hu­ man lives have been sacrificed. Blood stains the grouhd at the suburb Ken- ' I singtoh. and the mob, in a frenzy of rage, rioted throughout the Illinois Central yards,, tommitting unheard- of depredations cn the property ,of the company. A great force of police was dispatched to the, as­ sistance of the. deputy, marshals and § deputy sheriffs, wb^ though using f' their revivors -With deadly effect, were unable t'6bieak the spirit of the mob. Four of the strikers are report* ed killed and' many others wounded. t, "• ** Engineer Geeeim, of an incoming Ft. „ , Fayne train, was hell up at 31st street '» '< ahd stoned almost to de?th. The riot- , " . 4 ing broke out early in the morning. ' • With the opening of day returned the ' . fury of the strikers which manifested , •* itself so viciously at flUnstackyards Thursday night. , > But the scene of the principal tumalfc 7*3 changed from Lake to Kensington. In the town which lies over*a^il!flln- the Town of Puilman and is inhabited , ^ principally by laboring-men and their - i families the mob began to gathef in :* force. Before the morning was half * | * % over it hai grown to such size as al- * - mo3t to overshadow the large foroe of " deputies on the ground. Then ^. the outrages began. The offi- oejrj stood in a. frightful hail of stcnea and coupling-pins. Bodies of ^ the rioters charged repeatedly on the " marshals and the Sheriffs men. J? reia ht trains > were derailed and satm The authorities whb endeavorefl ftt pull the spikes were driven away and several policemen quite badly cut. The status of the strika in St. Louis is that of complete interruption of freight traffic, while passenger trains made up by yardmasters are moving practically on time. On both sides of the river all switchmen have struck except those of the Wabash and the St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern. In all about 1,000 men have gone out in all the yard:?. Cincinnati railroad yards are prao] / * * CK YARDS-- MOB FACES BAYONETR SITUATION AT THE SI THK INJUNCTION BEAD TO STRIKERS cover of darkness the riotous work was kept up unceasinglv. The tie-up has caiif-ed such a scarcity of coal and ice in Chicago that the packers will all h$ve t> close down. The grain trade on the lakes is com- ^ pletely paralyzed, as the railroads are i snci/time f"proteswith a'lT due deference, cause they cannot (ft mpff-to operate their trains. 1' or some reason they arennxtous to keep this fact from the public, and for this purpose are making an outcry about obstruc­ tions in order to divert attention. It is true that in several instances a road made efforts to work a few green men and a crowd standing around Insulted them and tried to drive them away, and in a few otber cases they cut off Pullman sleepers from trains. Bat all these troubles were local in character and could easily he handled by the State authorities. Illinois has more railroad men than any other State in the Union, but as fc rule they are orderly and well-behaved. This fai.ahl>wn by the fact that so very little actual violeiioe has been committed. Only a very small per cent, of these men have been guilty of any infrac­ tion of tbe law. The newspaper accounts have in Biauy csses been pure fabrications, and in others wild ex­ aggerations. 1 have gone thus into detrfUtn •how that it is not soldiers that the railroads need so much as it is meu to operatatraina. and that the conditions do not exist' here which bring the case within the Federal statute, a statute that was passedln isfil, and was in reility s war m'eAsnre. This statute authorized the use of Federal troops in a State whenever it shall he imprcottcable to enforce the laws of the United States within such States by the ordinary judicial proceedings Such a condition does not exist in Illinois. I repent that you have been imposed open in this matter, but even if by a forced construc­ tion it were held that the conditions here came within the letter of the statute, then I submit that local self-dovernment is a fundamental principle of our constitution. To absolutely Ignore a local government Mb -inatters of this kind, when the local govern­ ment ready to furnish assistance needed and is amply able to enforce tbe Jaw, not only insults the people of this State by imputing to them an inability to govern themselves or an unwillingness to enforce the law. but is in violation of a basic principle of our institu­ tions. As Governor of the State of Illinois I protest against this and ask ;lie immediate withdrawal of the Fedetal tloops from active duty in this State. Should the situation at any time get so serious that we carttiot control it with the State forces we will promptly and freely ask for Federal assistance, but until "ftnran teed to do just what is claimed tfr - - - -them and tbe dealer whose name is SJL unable to get any corn or oats to the elevators. / . If ROUBLE AT llLUfc ISLAND. Squad'of IIS Deputy Marshals and SlHMP- Iffi Try to C^eir thn Track*. ̂ A. special train deft the Forty-s Bf- eath street shops- 4f th&iMock against this uncalled-for reflection upon our people and again ask the immediate withdrawal ot iiiese troops. 1 have the honor to be, yours respectfuttjr,- JOHN V. ALTGEW). Governor of Illinois. 1 President Cleveland replied as fol­ lows: HON. JOHN P. ALTG| ILLINOIS, SPRINGFIELD/ were sent to Chlcairoi ticallyundei4 martial law, so clils^fy'ls the property guarded. At the Cin­ cinnati, Hamltton and Dayton espe- ciall/ all intruders arte met by armed men. Officers also go in and out of the city on every traih, while rifles held by [brawny arms are ..to he seen on OVG^*" v • •- *»- .otjr lOT vOUbuiuptit/fi der«Kbs and Colds, each bottle guaran- cit,d--Electric Bitters, the great remedy fer" liver, stomach and kidneys--Buck- > fs Arnica Salve, the best in the worla, „ Dr. King's New Life Pills, which are .^perfect pill. All these remedies are "6 W ijO ill =but, the company refused to let the mail cars go except in connection with the >rest of the train. The three companies of militia fropa Jacksonville, Peters­ burg and Springfield .which were or­ dered to Decatur w>er6 delayed fifteen hours at Springfield for the season: that no engineers would null the train. The first attempt of the Grand Truftk officials to start a train with green hands out of Battle Creek came very near proving fatal td a number of the passengers on the Central Road: Hoadmastar Hamilton turned the f witch to let the engine on the main lin3 and turned the wrong switch! The Michigan Central Express wav coming down the main line at about thifty miles an hour, and the target- keeDert threw the target just iti time to ditch the engine and savo the two trains from coming together ̂ Ten trains are standing on the track at Battle Crsek. thrown across,,the tracks. Thousand*,* % ox strikers came, oyer .frptn Pullman ̂ -J- and engaged in the work pf destruc- 1 tion.. At 11 o'clock there was riot- [ .* * ing and, fighting from the Pullman buildings to the Chicago, and Extern Illinois crossina^-a territory a mile and a half in extent. The mob seized the milk train of 'the Illlnpis Central and upset the care after de­ taching the engine. Then a dare-devil switchman leaped into the engine-cab, pu.lei the throttle wide open and sent the locomotive (lying with frightful force into the wreck. After this all trains were blocked. At this point the position of officars became unbearable. - They were struck with heavy missiles. They drew their revolvers and fired into the mob. The firing became general, ' many of the rioters retaliating with Bhots from pistols. In a me^ee on the v Cincinnati express four strikers were fatally shot by special officers of the * Michigan Central. 1 -it Mayor Hopkins was appealed ttf | early, and he sent Inspector Hunt to I the battie-groand. He also" united f With Sheriff Gilbert in wiring Gov. Altgeld, appriafn > him of ths-alarmin^ V situation. The Governor promptly'de­ sponded b; callin r out the entire f' Mrst Brigade, L N.G. Two other regiments were also ordered to Chi- ca&o in case re-enforcements were • ' necessarr. Local authorities also made : a vi;orous appeal to Gen. Miles, in command of the Federal troops, to send an adequate force to Kensington. Will Mol> In Control. i The mob was in "eomple e control along the lines of 1h3 railways and in the Stock Yards district. In Packing- town 10,000 men congregated and swoi that not a tra.n ot any Kind should pa them. And they kept their caths. fortieth street an engine3r wh tempt 3d t> drive his loconi . through the crazy tfiultitude was ch ; y ged from the cab of the machine au< teaten nearly to death. Along the Rock Island and Lake Shore track thousands of men congregated, over­ turning cars, wteckin^- switches and doing everything in their power to prevent the passage of train#. The few saldiers on duty at thoae points were jeered and hooted at and ;th^,mcb dared them to shoot, ^.ith most admirabie patience the soldiers endured all this , in si J eiiee and the crowd became merrjr,at their expense. So much had the troops endured that some of the more turbulent of the rioters thought the soldiers would never turn their guns on their tdr*- mentors. At (5 o'clock Friday evening soma 10,00) a-meel men were in the* tie d against the strikers, with orders to - "shoot to kil'." r«shington dispatches say that the linistration regards the situation hica^o a* serious in the extreme. President i* in constant orumuni- Da wit!i General Mile*. The law t be obeyed, and President Cleve- will see that it is obey ?d if it every tokLer in the regular to compel obedience. v /, - m TBE Turkish authorities have seized th'j^Engli h steamer Scfekbe. which was tarrving guns for the British war­ ship Ccckatrice, which is stationed at Salina. The o.Hcers refuse to allow the vessel to pats thrcugh the Eos- phorus un'eii the guns a.*e delivei ed to Turkey •-v.; > " "Caterpillars Dtn a Crm. Cripple Creek (Colo.) district is suf­ fering fr m a caterpillar p'ague. In the vicinity of Four Mile they have eaten all the leaves off the aspen trees. Toe cuts in the wagon roads are tilled up level with them. At the bottom of abandoned prospect holes they lie (wo feet deep, and iSpring Creek hai in places been turned out of its course by the caterpillars at points where tixey are crossing on logs. The army & flowjyf making ita way eaatwa*ik-:/:s- , • jS- mt '9 • - f*5MStho Wkre*> ' T? <?. r. JOHNSO^ was nominated to* Governor by Maine Democrat^ , HERMANJSEITZ, AG^D 42, A BUSLNEM matt of Anoerson, Ind., wa^ Xilled bjjr the cars. THE Vale athletes "arrived 'in, gland in good condition and wjjL^ oegia light practice at once. E. D. FULFORD, the champion wing shot, was acquitted of farf -bribing a* Indianapolis, Ind^ - Miss Mviei'fJi PAKSOKS was killed at East M lair, O., by thar- roof of a building falling on her. ^ •-•-A NOB troops T? r •