4 VOL. LXVII. LABOR TROUBLES |: CHICAGO IN A STATE OF RECTION. Wild Scenes Enacted in the Windy City, - Railroads Tied Up and Property De stroyed. ~The Government takes a Hold — Anarchism Afloat, Chicago for the past week has been the scene of the wildest disorder and riot, which had its parallel only in the great fire which destroyed the city. Riot after riot has followed and much valuable property has been destroyed. The city is the center of one of the greatest strikes in the history of the country. Business and inter-state commerce is paralyzed, the mails de- layed, and disorder in general pre- vails. The trouble dates back to May 6th, when the employees of the Pullman car shops at Pullman, Ill, struck for higher wages. The wages of the men had been reduced several months pre- vious by the company, with the un- derstanding that when business im- proved, the company would restore the old rate of wages. The men sub- mitted to this, until last April, when a wave of unrest swept over the men, and they demanded a restoration of wages, claiming the improvement per- mitted it. The company refused, about 4,000 men struck. For several weeks the battle between the strikers and the company waged, each side remaining firm, and refusing to concede a point to the other. The Pullman shops were closed down and the strike finally assumed a favorable phase for the company. At this stage the American Railway Union, a labor order at the head of which is a man by name of Debs, be- came interested in the strike, and the union determined to bring the Pull man company to terms, by ordering members of the order to refuse to han- dle or go out on trains to which were attached Pullman cars. The A. R. U. has great strength in Chicago and the west. The railroad employes refused to handle trains carrying Pullman cars, and struck rather than The railroads were obdurate took a and do and 80, out on a strike, and for several few trains were moving in or day s| out est two locks, to where sever] bs freight cars stood on the main track. The mob needed neither ma- chinery or tools or battering rams for its purpose. Its leaders possessed the strength born of frenzy. There was a rush for the freight cars and in the twinkling of an eye two of them had been turned over completely, trucks upwards, effectually blocking the track over which the approaching cattle train was making its way. The train was not in sight and so the mob re- traced its steps to the tracks of the Rock Island and Lake Shore. Hereit proceeded to overturn cars by whole- sale. Two were placed across the cros- sing of the belt line in order to rivet the obstructions to the cattle train in the event of the blockade farther west being raised. Then other cars were turned over on the Lake Shore and Rock Island tracks at the rate of two to a block for nearly a mile southward, while the mob hooted and yelled and cherred the crash made by each car as it turned a somersault, The seat of war in the great railroad strike was transferred on Sunday to Hammond, Indiana, just across the border line and where, from an early hour, mob violence reigned supreme. Two companies of regulars were dis- patched to the scene. One man was killed and several fa- tally wounded in a pitched battle which followed. Shortly after daybreak the north bound train on the Monon road reach- ed the depot. It was surrounded by a crowd of strikers, boys and women, and the engineer and fireman were peremptorily ordered to get down from the cab, and they were quick to obey. One of the strikers then took posses- sion of the engine and the train was gide tracked. A telegram was sent to Chicago asking for military assistance to get the train out. At 11.30 o'clock company D, of the Fifteenth infantry, thirty-five strong, arrived in two coaches. The crowd was now nearly 2,000 strong and realizing the fact that rein- forcements were necessary, a detail was sent to the telegraph office with in- structions to wire to Chicago for more troops. In the meantime Major Reilly or- i to the side walks with fixed bayonets. The regulars advanced, the mob re- treated and for the time being was This condition of affairs continued intermittantly until four o'clock when if a settlement was not immediately | made, which would put over 100,000 | Tuesday a warrant was sworn out | for the arrest of Debs and the strike | leaders, and they were taken before a | | Justice on the charge of interfering | with the business of the United States, | obstructing the mails and also of pre- | venting and hindering the execution | of the laws of the United States They are out on $10,000 bail. i The strike leaders say they will call | out every union man in the United States if a settlement is not secured. A committee called on the Pullman | company requesting an arbitration, but the company said they had noth-| ing to arbitrate. | a The Strike Broken, The strike in Chicago and the west | is broken. Trains, freight and passen- | ger, are departing from Chicago and other points, on time. The only trouble seems to be in Bac- | ramento, Cal., where there Is a dispo- | sition to oppose the troops. Debs and other strike been arrested, and will their misdeeds. The President's action had a good | effect. leaders have | be tried for ms fA A RO CANADA THISTLES. Law Imposes a FPonalty for Fermitting | Them to Grow, Complaint is made that the C woud | thistle is being permitted to grow | along fences in several portions of this | valley. All who have had to contend | with this troublesome and fast grow | ing weed know the great difficulty | there is to get rid of it. While nearly | all our readers know that it is against | the law to permit this weed to grow | the little effost that is being made to | exterminate the thistle indicates that the memories of the owners of land on which these weeds are allowed to thrive have become somewhat rusty as to their duty. For the benefit of such we herewith print the law and the penalty on the subject. It shall be the duty of every person or persons and of every corporation | holding lands in this commonwealth, either by lease or otherwise, on which any Canada thistle or weed commonly known as Canada thistle, may be grow- | ing, to cut the same, 0 ss 10 prevent | such weeds or thistles from going fo] same from | ripening. Any owner of land refus | ing to comply with the foregoing shall war times. The broad expanse lawn on the historic lake front, from | the Chicago club far south of the Aud- detachment of regulars was run into dollars. the Monon yards. Just as it was | brought to a standstill several box cars | If any person, persons or Ccorpora- | | tions so holding land as aforesaid, on | of the regular army from Forts Sheri- | dan, Leavenworth and Brady, while | sentries patrol the sidewalk to compel the crowds of on-lookers to keep at respectful distance. The regulars number 1,200 men and | the National Guard 5,000 men. In ad-| dition to this the entire police force, including the reserve substitutes and new men, a total of 3,300, is available for special emergency call. This makes a total of 10,000 armed men that at less than an hour's notice can be placed in the field against the mob. The town of Pullman is guarded by a company of the state militia in an- on the company’s shops. Thursday the sky about Chicago was lighted up with the glare of the flames from 200 or more freight cars that were burned in the Ellison yards on the Grand | Trunk by the strikers The loss to the different roads from property destroy- ed will be enormous. It is thought that 500 freight cars were destroyed by the strikers. Wild scenes were enacted on Thurs day on a stretch of railroad territory occupied by the tracks of the Lake Shore and Rock Island, and running south for some three miles from the board of trade structure in the heart of the business district of Chicago. With- in this strip, hardly more than a block in width, and fringed on either side with tenements or the humble homes of railroad men and other wage work- ers, a mob that aggregated not less than 25,000 men, women and children had complete control. Nearly a score of cars were overturned on the nmin tracks, others were fired, switches were unlocked and rendered useless, worst. The riotous demonstrations began aid of the cavalry and deputy mar- mob, numbering 300 moved {a half to the north. About the same | time the Monon mail train came in| from the south, carrying mail matter. i likely to ripen seed thereon, shall neg- | lect or refuse to cut and destroy the | same, any aggrieved party that may | before the mob assembled at the State | street crossing, when a rope was thrown {around a Pullman ear standing on a evident intention of throwing it over on the main track and preventing the further passage of the train. There were regulars on the engine, regulars on the roof and regulars at the car such a condition as was now immi- inent. An officer on ‘the locomotive gave the word and toward west and toward east 8 volley was poured from engine, roof and windows. Some of the bullets went overhead, many more | ploughed the ground, a few took ef- | feet. Without waiting for further or- | ders the regulars made for solid earth and with bayonets fixed made a dash for the mob on both sides of the track. This manuevre, however, was hardly necessary. Obscured by the smoke, the mob had taken to its heels like frightened geese. Not a few threw themselves headlong on the prairie where they laid flat so thoroughly scared that i was a matter of indiffer- ence to then whether the soldiers trampled them down in the charge or not, The shediing of blood was in obedi- ence to ordirs issued by General Miles to shoot any person caught in the act of blockingthe highway of interstate commerce dr of destroying railroad property usd in the carriage of Uni- ted States rails. On Mondiy President Cleveland is- sued a prclamation ordering the strikers and mobs to disperse to their homes, and discontinue the riot and violence, md allow trains to run. This has dine more towards clearing the » and bringing the mob element to | sense of its responsibility than could have been accomplished by all the pelf projected conciliation and meditatio ncommittees in a month. The prociagation was printed in the English, Blhemian and Polish lan. guages. The city pas comparatively quiet on 1 Tuesday. Trains were $418 [13 days’ notice in writing to such per- sons, to destroy such weeds; if the the thistles destroyed, the aggrieved party may enter upon or hire other persons to en- ter upon such premises and cut down and destroy such Canada thistles, and the person doing the work can recover from the the owner by law compensa- —— ———— Got His Finger Smashed, On Friday, Professar Clarence Da- vis, who is serving a term in “Fort Condo’ on the hill, was fooling around his cell door and accidentally pushed the same shut on the middle finger of his right hand, smashing that mem- ber so badly that the only thing that could be done was to amputate it. Drs. Seibert and Hayes performed the operation. While the same was being done Davis was put under the influ ence of ether, and it is said that when he regained consciousness he first laughed, then sang, and then began to ery and pray, fearing that he was going to die, and it required five min- utes’ time and the most eloquently persuasive powers of the two doctors to convince him that he wouldn't and get the man quieted down. — Daily News Marriage Licenses. The followi marriage licenses have been iy 3 the past week: Stephen Kaserak and Elizabeth Ue- aky, of Philipsburg. Samuel L. Condo, of Rebersburg, and Mary Jane Kleckner, of Mifflin- burg, Unian Co, Walter H, Weaver, of Clearfield, and Mary A. Baney, of Snow Shoe, Elmer E. Owens and Lizzie Swarts, of PLlipies. . Watson, of and Stel aa 0 Clarence, Harry BE. Fleisher and Ellen M. Confer, of Potter twp. Harry Hull, of eidtontd, and Ma Rs Glyn yf Sao and Melissa Barger, of gh phi CAPITOL GOSSIP STRIKE COMMENDED. { The Authority of the Federal Government to be Maintained at any Cost The Tarif Before the House. WasniNaroN, July Grover | C leveland’s marvelous backbone was | never more creditably displayed than in the crisis now upon the country, 9. the Presi- dent of the United States is at all times Fed- eral government, which was defled by the stopping of mail facilities guaran- | ernment, and by the refusal of rioters | to obey the judicial orders regularly is- sued by the United States courts, he did not hesitate to order that {army be used to uphold the authority | i of the government. i more than he that men i been killed by the militia, but | not blind to the fact that it and No one can regret should have he better in is for a week past and he has not yet suf- ficiently recovered to actively resume his duties at the Treasury, but he at tends the cabinet conferences which are daily held at the White House with President Cleveland to decide upon the telegraph reports hourly made to General Schofield of the movements of the army and the con- dition of affairs at Chicago and other places where there are disturbances, es es pl ACHURCH BARRED TO MOURNERS, The Deacons Refased to Allow Preacher tv Enter. a Strange A funeral barred out of a church at Pottstown was the result of an old row in the congregation. A child of Ephrimn Brunner, of Glasgow, was to be buried at the Hill Chureh ce metery, and Rev. 1... K. Evans, of Pottstown, was engaged to conduct the The Brunner family was notified by Deacon Jacob D. Weller that they could not have the church if Rev. Mishler, the regular pastor, did not conduet the When the cortege arrived Church the the mourn- services, ceremonies, Hill doors were locked against at that men who openly defy {should be shot down than that | handed anarchy should be in control | | even for a single day of any portion of | |our country. He intends that the peo- | enjoy their mail facilities the laws red- | ithe UU. 8. Courts shall | no matter what money or blood, maintained | | be may i the cost in| and his entire cabinet | and an overwhelming majority of ( on- | be , are behind him. It is a matter for regret that | Pat smocratic governors of states and | few Democrats Congress | have confused the of i rights with the patriotic policy which | the President has It mistake. There is be connection in should | question states | adopted, f | there can the the in no | between Noth-| administra- | two. ing bas been done by tion to interfere with the rights of any | state, and nothing will be done. It is | for the preservation of the rights of the National government that the President has ordered that the tied up | Pacific railroad shall operated provided for in their charters tary post roads, and that U, troops | the mails are not! obstructed upon any railroad and that be as i i ame mili =, be used to see that The government that does not main. tain its own authority cannot retain of its peo- iple. The United States government | i claims no authority to interfere with or any other strikers, but the means for and the! | defiance of National authority it may | be relied upon to act, as long as Presi- | dent Cleveland is at its There is nothing in common between a pa-! triotic American and the teachings of anarchy, and there cannot be a doubt | that President Cleveland will receive | the thanks of all good Americans for | the promptness and decisiveness with which he has acted in suppressing an- archist tendencies, There is no mistaking the sentiment | which caused the Democrats of the | House to vigorously applaud the plain | words of Chairman Wilson concern- | ing the Senate amendments to the tar | | iff bill, which the House refused to! concur in and which are now being! considered by a Conference committee | of fourteen members—seven Senators and seven Representatives. Mr. Wil son said concerning the work of the Ways and Means committee of the House: ‘the committee performed their work honestly, deliberately and to the best of their ability. The bill was based upon the principle that, in gathering revenues, taxes should be levied upon finished products and not upon raw material, which was in ac- cordance with a great fundamental Democratic idea. The bill comes back from the Senate and does not recog- nize that principle. Only wool and lumber have come back undisturbed by the Senate amendments.’ The Conference committee held its first meeting today. Daily meetings will be held and progress will probably from time to time be reported to the House and Senate, but it is hardly possible that the committee can conclude its labors inside of two weeks, although there are not more than twenty-five of the amendments over which there will be any serious difficulty in coming to an agreement, It can be stated on the authority of leading Democratic Senators that there is no foundation for the stories sent out from Washington, that Senator Hill was to be read out of the party by a Democratic caucus. There is a gen- eral feeling of regret among Democtat- ic Henators that Mr. Hill should have voted against the tariff bill, and a few of them have said harsh things of him, but there is no disposition to force him out of the Democratic . On the contrary, the disposition is to treat head. i take himself out of the party. ers, lev, Evans told { that he would hold the services at the grave, which he did. Goshenhoppen classis and this congregation have for time had difficulties the deacons between able Reformed minister, a native of Gregg township, | where his parents still reside. Rev. Evaus is an WM One Profession that is not Crowded. Amid the of announce ments of collegiate graduation one fact The multitude stands out in bold relief: contin- While the other leaf and professson, and medicine, crowded, are already the new output of over- graduates doctors and yn ministers of the Gospel as in the preceding years. Most of their hopeful young fledglings know, dimly, that there are from five to f flerce and unremunerative them ere they practice that will make them independent, and that the is as long on lawyers and at least Can a chances from the beginning are ten to that they will reach that coveted eminence. And most of these when they chose their professions that there was plenty and that the ble living far smoother and shorter in that A majority of the denomi- nations lack for ministers and offer No one can say that the harder than the Why, then, our young men so unanimously pass it by. The reason will probably found | in the ruling chamcteristic of the age. h. The possibilities of extreme wealth that exist in a commercial or professional the min- istry. Hence, the young man passes the latter by, though by choosing the ministry he would in all probability never oellege boys know is do be {as a lawyer or physician, or a large business in trade or manufacturing. An Power of the Press. The immense power a local news- the town in which it is published or hardly be estimated. Further, it is a matter that is seldom considered as an important factor in a town’s prosperi- ty, for the simple reason that business men generally do not give it a thought. He who will partially consider this as sertion will be convinced of the truth of it. The local paper is very natural ly biased in favor of the place of its publication and if given a fair living patronage by home business men will guard well their interests just as the merchant guards the interests of his individual customer. Bat if a niggard- ly support is doled out tb it, and it is compelled to solicit custom from neighboring cities, it cannot in justice to those patrons exert itself in behalf of its own town as it otherwise would. Try a system of liberality in the mat- ter of advertising expenditure and mark the result. The Canse of Fainting. fainting proceeds from different causes, the most common being a dis turbance of the circulation of the blood in the brain. Foran ordinary faint- ing fit lay the patient flat. Great harm has often resulted from the treatment by ignorant people in trying to make the patient sit Up OF propping up the head on pillows. To send the blood back from the heart to the brain, the flat posture is at thie patient lie bo JULY PREDICTION. Rev. Ir] BK. Hicks Tells the People What to Expect, Rev. Irl R. Hscks in his July num- ber of the World and Works gives a forecast of the July weather. The month will open with storm move- ments intensified by the equinox of Venus and the moon. The 2nd and 8rd will be centers of the storm movements, Violent storms will prob- ably appear from the 2nd to the 4th. These storms will be attended by a very warm wave that will be followed by a cooler one. A severe warm wave is due from the 7th to the 1lth, and this wave will culminate in heavy storms with rain, hail and wind. Unless storms appear about the 8th, 9th and 10th the heat will con- tinue until the 13th or 14th. disturbances are expected in many of the globe, Many storms, much cloudiness, local cloudbursts and heavy downpours will figure in the storm period from the 17th to Zist Heavy hail storms may also come in this storm period. Great heat may be expected on the 25th and 26th, er weather will follow this brief hot wave. The last July period runs from the 20th to August 3, and hot weather is promised at thistime. The greatest general heat will reached in the last days of July and the first week in August. new electrical Beismic paris Cool- but be cs — A —————— Racy and Rich. The Montgomery News, of Hillsho- ro, TIL, thus expresses its views on Irl R. Hicks’ refusal to permit his weath- er forecasts to be published in the pers. Rev Irl R. Hicks in the June num- ber of Word and Works has given no- tice that hereafter he will not permit publishers of newspapers to reprint his weather forecasts. He claims that by allowing the papers to publish them they have filled the land with the products of his unrelenting toil at the sacrifice of his only means of sup- port. can of course prosecute any paper that publishes his forecasts without permis- gion, Hence the readers of the Mont- gomery News will have no more Hicks weather unless they for Word and Works. No morestorm pe- riods, no more earthquakes, no more reactionary disturbances, no more equinoxes, no “unlooked for down- pours,” no more conjunctions, adverbs, adjectives or prepositions of Jupiter and Neptune. Hereafter our readers will have to be contented with mon, old-fashioned North Carolina weather. The cyclone may crack its tail around our homes but it will pass by unheeded. Earthquakes may shake the dishes off the cupboard shelves, spill the molasses and scare the cat in the dead hour of night, but we will think it is the mules kicking in the barn. The rumble and roar of the thunder may sour the milk in the cel lar. but the children will imaging it's the old man snoring. Spots on the sun may come and go and create no ripple on the surface of our tranquility. Comets may sail around in the sky as thick as buzzards in hog cholera time, but we will heed them not. Meteoric stones may pelt us in the back of the peck and we will cuss the neighbor's children for throwing rocks. Siars may shoot athwart the heavens in flocks and herds and droves, bul we think they are lightning bugs and go to bed undisturbed. We are sorry for some of our readers who have been in the habit of buying umbrellas when Hicks predicted rain and building storm cellars when he said there would be cyclones, but as far as we are individually concerned, Hicks can take his old weather and go to thunder with it. It don’t suit us anyhow. ——————— tf — A New Coin Needed, The Detroit Journal favors the coin- ing of a ninecent piece, in deference to modern business usage, which has apparently abandoned the dollar and half-dollar as standards of value in the price list of commodities, and adopted in their stead the more alluring nine- ty-nine cents and forty-nine cents. That the mark-down figures have be- come factors in retail business is cer- tain; and that their use is destined to become more general is likely enough. The idea of cutting rates on the deci- mal system hardly grates upon conserv- ative sensibilities; yet if shopping wo- men can shape the economic policy of the country itis not at all unlikely that she may yet dictate its system of coinage in accord with her sweet will. me ——— i SS A postal card to the Registrar, will con Aca departments—College, Acade- pa As his journal is copyrighted he subscribe oom-
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