The strike in Chicago continues.
May 4.—The Federal Grand Jury, at Jackson, Miss., indicts 300 for whitecapping, the specific charges being the intimidation of Government homesteaders.
Police of Chicago ask the Sheriff of Cook County to aid them in quelling riots.
International congress of railways formally opened at Washington by Vice-President Fairbanks.
May 5.—On account of the teamsters’ strike, a food and fuel famine is feared in Chicago.
May 6.—Employers in Chicago accuse the police of siding with the union men in the present strike.
The largest floating drydock in the world is completed at the Maryland Steel Works yards for the United States Government. The dock will be towed to the Philippines after it is tested.
May 7.—Twelve thousand and thirty-nine immigrants, chiefly Italians, reach New York.
Russo-Japanese War
April 8.—The Russian Baltic fleet, in command of Admiral Rojestvensky, reaches the China Sea.