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v. i 11. .... i EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. . VOL XLN, NO. 157, ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1894. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. ,11 Osgood The The Ooe Price Clothiers, 506 and 508 COMMERCIAL CALIFORNIA WINE TOUSE. fine lines and Mqao? s. I have made arrangements for supplying any brand of wines in quantities to suit at the lowest cash figures. The trade and families supplied. All orders delivered free In Astoria. A. W. UTZIJfGEfV v - Str. R P. (Hill Leave for Tillamook Every pour Days as flear - as the meather mill permit. The steamer R. P. EJmore connects with Union Pacific steamers for Portland and through tickets are issued from Portland to Tillamook Bay points by the Union Pacific Company. Ship freight v - by Union Pacific Steamers. ELHORE, SANBORN & CO., UNION PACIFIC R. R. $2 FOR fljl $80 LOT! BY BECOMING A YOU CAN GET A FIRST CLASS fO ASTORIA. 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Troops and Militia Hurrying iu Every Direction--Wastiing;ton Authorities Aroused. Associated Press. Cctoago, July 6. Six dead and an in- definite number injured is the record of ho ftaaitnlHoo In ifon nti'lUa fAn fltnf In' 3" ; " ZS' " . IJ "'w"" ,s.iciuj ..,. n shot in the leg. If the, blood-letting, tomorrow shall show a like Increase, the coroner will have a summer's work be- fore him. The developments of yeBter- day went far to convince all thinking people that the gravity of the situation' had not been appreciated by the author-j itle-s or the people at large. Persons who were here during the railroad riot of 1877 and who saw the atmosphere clear perceptibly when no more than 80 bronzed ana dusty regulars from the plains nwcneu uown jnauioon sirtei ana went Into camp on the Like Front, wagged their heads knowingly when three times the number were ordered from Fort Sheridan, and said they would make short work of Debs' followers. uui aiter iweivenoureoi as paueni ana persistent coolness and bravery under trying circumstances as was ever Been, the same citizens and officers in com- mand were forced to admit that things, were not as In '77, and that it was still a long way to peace and the resumption of traffic on any of the roads running out of Chicago. The developments of last night and those of today have led to a firm con viction that nothing short of an over whelming armed force with Instructions to shoot to kill can solve the trouble, or, as Colonel Crofton put it: "It has ceased to be a mere movement of troops. and had become a campaign." " The local and state authorities have fl.wnkpnprl in thp pHImI pravltv nt Aha situation, which is affecting the nation generally and Chicago particularly, and' are taking measures to apply adequate measure-s. The police force has already been recruited up to over 3,000 men, and at the request of Mayor Hopkins and by! the order of Gov. Altgeld, two brigades of state militia have been ordered here to help In quelllnj the disturbance. At the national capital, also, the fact is recognized that the prevailing con- dltlons are entirely out of the ordinary and that provision must be made for' such a number of fighting men as never, haa been seen in the history of this na- tlon In times of peace. The dignity of the United States and the processes of! Its courts are not to be laughed to scorn for an Indefinite time. The strike Infection Is so widespread and so menacing is It at many points that the president) and his advisors be- lieve U would be unwise to withdraw' wired-Governor Altgeld to call out five any more regular troops from the coun- regiments of militia to aid him In re try west of Chicago.. It Is therefore in storing the peace. The mob stretches contemplation, should tlie forces, federal along the' Illinois Centra for over a and municipal, .already here, be unequal' to the task of keeping order, to send here the companies stationed on the Canadian border In the state of New York, with the Intention, If the clrcum- stances demand, to coll for 2,000 mehj from the crack mllltla regiments of New. Tork and Pennsylvania. The day has been one of constant alarm and calls for the- police, deputy marshals and the soldiers here, and ev ery Where through the wide stretch of territory In the southern part of tire city, a riot haa been running rampant throughout the day, cars have been' overturned, switches broken, and tracks' obstructed in numerous ways; the torch' haa been applied in numerous instances' to cars, switch towers and Uie like, not; tn mnntlnn n attemnt to fire a Dart of - - . - . the great Armour Packing plant. In' facH at one time the Incendiary blaze followed each other In such quick sue-! cession that the fire department was put In straits to care for alL In general, the order of things com- noMwl oHth 1!h',t nt V(.u! crrl :i v wa rp-1 " ' versed. Then the railroads were trying' to break the blockade by sending trains out. Today they recognized the fu- tllity of that, method of procedure, and prdnicany &u.vv iwnnn uui-j ward movement. But there were some Inccming passenger trains on the several! roads together with a few of the regular milk trains, but besides this class of. traffic, the strikers managed to moke' trouble for nearly every road runnlngj In a southerly direction. Tho trick of; scaring the crew from a train, runnlngj of their tracks have'been ruined by the the engine up the track, and opening up' fierce heat, hundreds of switch and slg the throttle and letting It run full tilt! nal ' towers with their expensive on the standing train was a. neat one of a," character likely to be Imitated. Stoning Incoming trains was a common pastime, and several persons were more or less injured by flying milliles. One engineer on the Rock Island train was highest pit h of fury, and are parallel so badly injured that it was at first' ""8 the scenes of the commune, and at thought he was dead. I midnight it appears as though nothing Durlng the riot over an Incoming stock train at Kensington, a deputy marshal 'shot and killed two strikers and during the afternoon, the deputies guarding an Incoming Baltimore fnli of shots and stouea which the strikers showered upon them by turning their revolvers loose, killing four of their as sailants and wounding a number;" A new feature was added this afternoon when a meeting of the representatives of all bodies of organized labor In the city had a protracted discussion in which a general sympathetic strike was favored, and appointed a committee of three with full power to act Of the, situation in general it may be said to have broadened and strength ened its grip. The most significant fea ture of it is the carrying of the strike east to Cleveland, and tying up all the AnnAninno n y,a .1 ..i. n I rT. " mere wuu a piuuiiBu uiu-t uy uimorrowi it will reach the trunk lines themselves .nd B0 practically reach the Atlantic seaboard by tying up the railroads at' Buffalo. Thus the strike would be ex - tended from San Francisco to New. york. ," . Tnree p,, traJns were through the district where the blockade existed yesterday. The chief of police now has 3,300 men on duty. They are now massed on the IiLke Front wlth B,x hundrd regulars. Gen. mea Bald t,idnv: "If th m-rtr of Mayor Hopkins is carried 'out there will be no further trouble. It is a plain order to the police to suppress rioting, and rtop the destcmctlon of property. We certainly are not doing police duty, for the cItv of Chlraen. n.n.1 until thr. pollce fall we cannot disperse the mobs except when wo come In contact with them in protecting moving thalns. Our actIon now depends on the railroads, The troops are here to protect them when they a re ready to move trains." Chicago, July 6. The driver of an engine on the Fort Wayne road attached to a trnln entering the city was stoned to death today at 40th street, and the train left In the possession of the mob. At the same time a train on the Wa bash road at 40t,h street was also left in the hands of the mob. The mob broke open three cars loaded with general freight on the Wabash tracks at 4fth street. Eleven of the rioters were ar- rested. The Rock Island officials today closed all their offices and locked them up. At the stock yards today the rail- ways made no attempt to bring In live stock, The total receipts consisted of three wagon loads of lambs and two cows from adjacent farms. About mld- night the rioters cut the electrlo light wires near 47th street and plugged the fire alarm boxes. While working over a fire at 49th street the firemen were stoned. Patrolman Burk was shot at. A message was sent to General Miles warning him the situation promised to be more" serious today than yesterday, In the vicinity of 43d street and Ashland avenue this forenoon cars were over- turned, switch stands burned, and switches tampered with. The police and deputies put HtUe restraint on the law- less throng. There are no regular troops In the neighborhood Mayor Hopkins mile. At Kensington the marshals killed two men instead of one. The rioters overturned a milk train, detached the engine and took It a half mile down the tracks, then opened the throttle and et It run full tilt back on the wrecked train, smashing the engine and cars. A number of empty freight cars were burned on the Illinois Central tracks, Chicago, July 6. With flaming torch lawless hordes of firebugs are at work at' a ncore of nolnts in the south half of, Chicago. Fires are raging In every dl- reotlon among the numerous railroad1 yards, and hundreds of cars and tens! 0f thousands of dollars' worth of mer- chamllse have gone up In smoke or been carried away by the now frenzied, "uwu u.-nuim.on 10 remain nanam; T,n.iu -oJon the track. As the engine nai;d. mum. I iuici Oi iiKciiuiaiioui in j in n j p. AlaTm after alarm haa followed , qu,ck gUCC(ggi0ri all day. At midnight the reports of fresh fires followed each tYier with rapidity. On the Panhandle roa()a trom 55(,h trect to 63d street. tracks of cars are on tire. Tra ks con- . - . . l .. 1 ... . , uuning uiuuannu earn, nuu 01 inciu lolu,ed. will be a total loss. No water Wng at hanJ, the fire must burn itself " . out. The Panhandle station at 63d street waa Btao nred and destroyed. The Grand! xiTinn yorao a-i .iHion, are sea. oi flame. Five hundred box rvtrp are sun- posed to have been burned. Troojrfi are hurrying south company after company are on heavy marching orders, moving to tha turbulent district from the cen-' ter of the city. The aggregate losses of the railroads will be enormous. Miles mechanism are utterly ruined. Thou sands of cars and untold quantities of merchandise of every imaginable de scription have fed the'flamcs. The mad dened mobs are row worked up to the short of the miraculous can prevent a demonstration against them and the sacrifice of many lives, ' . , Ju, 6 We have the assur-! ance that wluuln flrty.oight hours every j labor organization In the country will I come to our rescue. The light is on ana our men are acquitting themselves like heroes. Here and there ne weakens, but our cause Is strengthened by a dozen gone out In hla place. Every true man must oult and remain out until the fight Is won. There can be no half way eround. The men must be for us or against us. Our cause is gaining ground dally, and our success Is only a ques tlon of a few days. Do not falter In this hour. Stand erect, and proclaim your manhood. Labor must win now cr never. Our victory, will be positive , and complete. Whatever happens, do not give credence to rumors and news WWer reports. (Signed) Eugene V. Debs. Washington," July 6. At a cabinet meeting today the entire situation was gone carefully over in the light, of recent 1 developments and particularly the cor respondence between the president and Governor Altgeld. As a result. It is believed there Is now a strong disposl tlon to afford the governor ample op portunity ta make good his claim of entire ability to cope with the present difficulty lu his state. Not that the reg ular troops will be retired from the field, for they will bUII continue their guard over mall trains and government prop erty, but the mllltla will be given a full opportunity to contend with the disor derly mobs outside of the railroad tracks, and government property,' and the regulars will probably be kept In waiting to respond to any call to aid them, . The situation In the far west, and especially on the Paciflo coast, Is still a matter of grave concern to the exec utive. Applications have conje for re lief from the complete blockade at Sac ramento, but the way Is not yet clear to help. ; v The militia seemed to' have proven almost worthless and so tainted by a sympathy for the lawless element that stops them from a performance of their duty. The only available troops are at Presidio, San Francisco, and the war department heeltatee to order them away and leave the valuable property of the government at San Francisco ex posed to attacks. One result of the big strike haa been to how In a startling manner the Inadequacy of the United States army, which haa been reduced to a mere skeleton. At present 20,000 men. are expected to police the whole coun try. Gen. Schofleld has been obliged to exercise great Ingenuity. In disposing of his small force. Portland, July 6. Governor Pennoyer, referring to the correspondence between Governor Altgeld and President Cleve land, today said: . ' . "When the president asserted tict federal troops we.re sent to Chicago In strict accordance with tha constitution and laws of the United State he prob ably forgot that by Section 6300 of the revised statutes, based upon an old com mon law rule, he is positively required to precede the use of troops by a procla mation. It was a like non-compliance with a like parliamentary requirement for which King Charles the Flret, of England, lost his head." At 5 o'clock this afternoon, a crowd of about 300 men gathered at tho Union depot and tried to persvade the engineer and firemen on the Southern Pacific McMlnnvllle Express to desert their pests. They refused and took the train out. The crowd then retired from the terminal grounds and waited until the California Express was ready to go out. A few minutes before the train was ready to start, they ' reformed and "-arched to the depot again. A few yards rrom tne nBlne they were stopped by a "quad of ,)ollce and deputy marshals, whll they were Parleying, tha time for the departure of the train arrived, and th0 engineer Pulled out, passing tnroueh 016 """'d- B,,me of who,n them' thfy contented themeelve with MV'lln the engineer. After the train had gone the crowd slowly dispersed As the train pulled out some one from the crowd threw a stone which struck the smokestack: Taooma. Julv Flflv nr iilvtv alril, J. thTrLnJ, Z 7 Z '"I I B KM 11 it , 17 X Deal a ii. ioa, one of the beat known mmm of Ta mkln th" bee gQ fw J. Highest of all in Leavening Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report I 1 CJJ eC since Wednesday noon. Todd wns tha founder of the Todd Foundry hml niachlne Co., but buslncxs being slack, accepted a position with the raflmad. He was an old engineer, and for several days has been pulling a train to nnd frcm Portland. He arrived back at 4 P. m., and walked up Pacific avenue. Several dozen strikers, wearing whlto ribbons, surrounded him and when near Thirteenth street, he was attacked on all sides, sandbags being freely used. Ho was pounded and kicked besides, Ha caught one sandbag in his hands, and pulled his revolver, but being dazed, shot Into the air Instead of Into the mob as he Intended. He ran Into a bank building, tlie strikers yelling, "Murder him," "Kill him!" The mob hung around the building for two hours, awaiting 1.1s appearance. H. A. Fair, field, a striker, was arrested tonight on the suspicion of being implicated in the assault. Washington, July 6. Attorney-General Olney today said regarding Altgeld's let ter to the president awklng him to with draw the federal troops: "The soil of Illinois Is the soil of the United States. , The paramount duty of the president of the United States is to see the laws of the United States faith fully executed, and In the discharge of. that duty he la not to be hampered or crippled by consulting any chief of po lice, mnyor, or governor. Nothing has been done and nothing ordered which the most captious criticism could con demn as an Invasion of state rights." The attorney-general further said ar- i. ,..!,, i-ui.-, were uemg maue to sena more federal troops to Chicago If neces sary, from the East, and If these were inadequate the president would call out the militia of New York and Pennsyl vania, numbering 20,000 men. Portland, July 6. The railroad situa tion Is unchanged. All the loenl trains departed on schedule, time. The South ern Poclfio also sent out a local freight. The longshoremen struck this morning, They refused to unload the steamer State of California, which arrived from Han Francisco last night. A crew of about eighty non-union men was ne. cured and .the steamer Is being unloaded without interference on the port of the striker ' The longshoremen have no grievance, but went out In obedience to un order received from General Master Workman Sovereign. Los Angeles, July 6. This afternoon Rev. Ravelin was arrested by a deputy United States marshal on the charge of having made an Incendiary and fiery speech tending to excite Btrlkors to Hot and rebellion, and colling; on them to disobey tha constitution and laws of tho United States. He was arrested at his residence and is now in Jail. Ills bond was placed at $7,000, Chicago, July . A conference of la bor leaders was called by President Debs today, and attended by the repre sentatives from every union In the city.. Tho tone of the talk was Btrongly In favor of supporting the striks. A com- i.-.'.uee was appointed with full power . to act Meetings of all the labor unions in the city will be held Sunday night San Francisco, July 6. Tonight the Southern Poclllo company seems to bo no netu-er regaining tho management of Us railways In California. The striking American Railway Union men are still In control of the situation. Cairo, 111., July 6 -Two freight sheds and twenty-three cars were burned ut the Mobile and Ohio yards today. It Is supposed the fire was of Incendlury or igin. Hammond, Ind., July 6. The strikers captured a milk train today and dumped the cars Into tho ditch. Fur ther rioting then followed. West Oakland, Cal., July 6. The fol lowing dlHiuitbh from E. V. Debs was received' this evening by T. J. Roberts, president of Oakland Lodge, American Railway Union: Penver, July 6. The threatened tie-up on the Rio Grande and Colorado Mid land has not yet materialized. The Union raelfio Is not sending trains west of Cheyenne. Chicago, July 7. With flaming torch, and firemen on the Chicago. Bt. Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha road In this city struck this morning. Ashland. Or., July . The overland train which arrived here from Portland this morning Is still lying here. 3 1