The Troops Are There

Chicago, July 4. - Amid theexplosion of the harmlass eugines of inimic warfare on the eve of the nation's einancip ition a sterner tragedy into which the oieruents oí' actual military power play the leading part, was being enacted. The iron hand of the federal governnient has been raised against those who have not only trespassed against its vested rights. but have scoffed at the mandates o its courts and used violence toward its representatives. Not against the railways are the American Bailway unión strikers and their syinpathizers contending for the glittering steel in the hands of men whose trade is only to Mil, is interposed to the end that United States mails and iuterstatecoimnerce shatl once more resume its normal moveraent. Traffic by rail in thia city is in a most deplorable condition, every effort to raise the embargo having been met with every form of obstruction. Men who would, dare not lift a hand to set aturning the wheels of commerce, the puny eft'orts of the haiidful of offlcers of the courts being laughed to scoru by thousands of strikers and their friends. President Cleveland decided that. a show of military force must be made. A portion of the Seventh cavalry and the Fifteenth infantry, U. S. A., from Fort Sheridan, divided into detachuients of 100 to 150 men and having a nuruber of Gatling and Hotchkiss guns are deployed at different pointsthroughout the city and suburbs, where tronble has been more frequent, and this f act seems to have exercised a quieting effect on the strikers, though occasionally some hot head announces in loud tones the awful fate in store for the troops. By common consent the strikers, it is hinted, have called off their dogs until afti r the Fovr:h. Cuntrary to expeotation the threatened riots at Blue Island did not niaterialize. no radic'aliy aggressive action being taken by either side, the railroads preferring to await the arrival of the federal troops, and at a late hour all was quiet there. The usual gist of minor casualties and deviltry punctuated the day's events, includinir the chasing away from the stockyards by strikers of a party of Lake Shore officials, among whoin was President Newell, who was attempting to get out a train load of ineat. President Debs said last night that the settlement of the strike on a basis sadsfactory to all concerned will be made by Saturday. It is probable that a meeting between the officers of the American Railwaj' union and the General Managers' association will be held within 48 hours. .Mayor Hopkins has been quietly negotiatitiii with both sides, and the meeting will be the result of his efforts.