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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1894
Page
6
Governor Altgeld asks President Cleveland to withdraw federal troops from Chicago arguing state militiamen are ample to preserve order after a coal and railroad strike despite federal actions. Cleveland replies troops were sent to protect mail and enforce federal law per constitutional authority.
Chicago building trades council with 25 000 members urges all organized labor nationwide to strike. Report says General Master Workman Sovereign called out all members in New York and will base headquarters in Buffalo to manage the strike.
Washington June 7 President Cleveland presses for active effort to restore obedience to the law and protect life and property after Gov Altgeld’s message. Administration stands by federal authority and vows only to restore order allowing mails and federal court orders to prevail.
Springfield dispatch outlines Governor Altgeld's reply to President Cleveland condemning federal troop deployment in Chicago. He argues federal power overrides local self government, warns of executive overreach, and portrays troop orders as a threat to state authority and local governance.
In a letter, Governor John P. Altgeld warns that federal troops under a federal order ignite local resistance and urges their withdrawal. He argues state forces are capable of enforcing law and fears a military govern ment would set a dangerous precedent for self government.
A Chicago rail union meeting rebuked Governor Altgelds claim that train stoppages stemmed from lack of protection rather than violence. Debs asserts workers will win with or without violence and that many rails employes remain loyal if protected. The WCCTU notes a Gow of white ribbon emblem supports abstinence. A Virginia strike shuts freight on a Keowaska line at midnight. Charleston yard crew opt out.
Beyond the Great Western road bridge repair near St Paul, railroad labor calm returns with switchmen resuming work. In Spooner Wisconsin serious trouble arises as militia is summoned from Spooner Eau Claire and Mequon to quell mob actions. lines cut and details from Spooner emerge. Chris Evans predicts a nationwide labor strike in support of the unions.
Dunn Co notes railway strikes gut business signs with limited value for forecasts. Tariff bill passage uncertain. meat prices rise amid fears of spoilage in Chicago. Iron, textile, and woolen sectors dampened by strikes, with reduced demand and uncertain foreign competition. Farm prices low, wages cut, buying power constrained.
Amid a broad labor strike in Chicago, six people die and many are wounded. Mayor Hopkins requests five regiments of state militia to quell violence as police and federal and state troops reinforce the city. Grand Master Sovereign of the Knights of Labor arrives to aid the movement and Debs urges unity as union leadership considers nationwide action.
A mob attack at the stock yards ignites two hundred Grand Trunk stock cars as BK Ritch a watchman on the Fore Wayne is said to have died. Mayor Hopkins reports to Governor Altgeld that numerous bodies are present in the city.
The A R U union pushes a broad strike in Cleveland and across routes into Ohio. Yard crews on Lake Shore and other lines halt as committees mobilize to stop work. Conflicts and legal actions accompany the stoppage with trains largely idle and passenger movement disrupted.
Chicago July 9 mob violence flared at Union Stock Yards and along Lake Shore and Fort Wayne tracks. General Miles ordered troops to guard depots, while deputies and police cleared crowds near Forty-ninth Street. Debs warned of a streetcar walkout as federal injunctions and military patrols tightened control.
Out of town National Guardsmen arrive in squads to aid Sheriff Gilbert as disorder grows. The Chicago Hussars offer mounted support, with up to fifty men ready. A Panhandle line blaze destroys about 1000 cars between Twenty sixth and Sixty third streets, with losses nearing a million dollars. Cains Central reports four cars burned and two damaged at West Ports Histth Street.
In Moberly a mob of 200 plus strikers surrounded a Wabash passenger train and beat the fireman. authorities issued warrants for A. G Burdock and sent 200 blank informations to U S marshals. The strike disrupts freight and passenger service as trains run with new crews under patrols.
In Cleveland on July 9 strikers of the NYP O halt freight. ARU reps assure aiding Christian Endeavor delegates. The Monowai arrives with Samoa and Honolulu news. Pacific rail debts discussed in San Francisco. Mullane divorce case features alimony and alleged abuse. Hancock county seeks 25 percent county official salary cuts. Chinese treaty moves toward rapid vote.
Drs Stackhouse and Daniel publish personal statements from well known people cured by their treatment. They enter a fourth season of practice across three cities with 249 catarrh cases 751 throat and lungs 74 nervous diseases 413 skin and hair 34 ruptures 260 other chronic diseases. They claim a 95 percent permanent cure rate and note their leadership roles in a national expert association. A timely season to begin treatment is urged.
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