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strikers, and the town appeared to be'rap-
idly falling back into its original calm-
ness. The first move of the troops at the
Stockyards'was toward guarding a meat
train. Swift' 8:. Co. wished to make a
shipment. and the cars were loaded and
ready for movement. The company fe mod
that an attempt to start the train would
be defeated by the strike-rs. and a guard of
regulars was askedrfor. Lieutenant Bush
and 20 men of Company D were sent to the
train. They found’the cars surrounded
by a crowd of men, but no violence had
been threatened.
A striker Shot.
Deputy .United States Marshals Pick
and McGann, on duty at Grand Crossing,
claimed to see a striker approach a switch
on the Illinois Central tracks today with
the evident purpose of derailing an ap-
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preaching train. They called to him to
halt, but be ignored the command, and
they fired at him. One' shot took effect
in the man’s log. City policemen in the
vicinity heard the shooting, came up and
placed the deputy marshals under arrest.
Some conflict of authority is likely to en-
sue, as Grand Crossing is within the city
limits, and the police have been instruct-
ed that their authority is paramount. The
wounded striker was taken to a hospital.
At Dearborn station, the terminus of
the Erie, Wabash, Santa Fe, Monon,
Grand Trunk and Eastern Illinois, an
effort was made today to get through pas-
senger trains on all these roads. Most of
the trains got out on time.
The Illinois Central railroad renewed
its suburban service today, and a limited
number of trains were running with the
usual regularity. The officials believe the
complete service will be soon restored.
There was no troulbc in securing crews
for the engines. The suburban service of
the Illinois Central has been practically
suspended since last Saturday and was
seriously crippled for some days previous.
- General Miles' Views.
General Miles, at United States mili«
tary headquarters here, said this after-
noon that he considered the strike situa-
tion more favorable than was anticipated.
He was hoping that serious trouble or
bloodshed might be averted. The soldiers
from Fort Leavenworth, he said, would be
posted to good advantage. General Miles
went into conference with General Brooks
of Omaha. It is understood that the sub-‘
ject of discussion was the disposition of
troops along the Union Pacific.
General Miles said that with the troops
now on the way the forces in Chicago will
number 1,000 men. “If that is not enough
to maintain order, ” the general said, “the
government will furnish more. ” When
asked if General Brooks’ visit indicated
the calling of troops from the department
of the Platte, he replied emphatically,
‘ 6 No. i ’
General Miles received word at noon of
the charge of the mob at the Stockyards
and remarked significantly, “Somebody
will get hurt down there.”
Regular troops made their first charge
on the strikers at the yards this morning.
Ninety of the Fifteenth regiment, under
Major Hartz and Captains Chopin, Com-
pany B, and Mitchell, Company D, dis-
persed 3,000 men that were blocking the
passage of a meat train near the main en-
trance to the yards. Swift & Co. were
starting a. meat train for New York. It
was ready to leave the yards, but the
crowd prevented its departure and refused
to move from the tracks. Troops were sent
for, and the detachment under Major
Hartz was soon on the ground. A short
distance from the scene of trouble the or-
der to move on the double quick with 11x-
ed bayonets was given. Through the
crowd. the soldiers moved without resist-
ance, and the strikers and their sympathi-
zers fled without reforming.
Although the strikers were routed, this
did not make all plain sailing for the meat
train, and at 1 o’clock this aftemoon it
had moved as far onlv as the Fort Wayne
crossing, a short dist...ice outside the yards.
More Troops at the Stockyards.
The yards at Fifty-fourth street are full
of strikers. Another charge on the strik-
ers occurred when Companies 0 and G of
the Fifth infantry arrived from Blue Is-
land to re-enforce the troops already there.
The troops got off the cars at Fifty-third
street. Company C deployed, and the
troops marched through the yards at charge
bayonets. The mob disappeared before
them. Large crowds were on the tops of
the freight cars, but no stones were
thrown. A train on the Lake Shore was
stopped at 4:40 this morning. The engi-
neer and fireman refused to leave the en—
gine and were forcibly pulled off by the
strikers. The engine was cut from the
train, which was moved back into the
yards by the strikers. '
' strikers Upset Freight Cars.
Fifty freight cars were overturned on
i 'the Lake Shore road near Thirty-ninth
and Halstead streets, just at the entrance
to the Union stockyards, at 1:30 p. m. A
number of cars belonging to the Stock-
yards Switching assoolaiton were over-
, turned a. few moments before. The mob,
which numbered far up in the thousands,
ruched, by common impulse, at the
cars and pitChed them into the ditch. No
troops Were at the scene of the trouble
just then, the soliders from Blue Island
being at a point nearly half mile distant.
Ten thousand strikers congregated at
Fortieth street and Wentworth avenue
and tried to wreck the tower house on the
Lake Shore and Rock Island roads, but
Police Lieutenant Fitzpatrick was imme-
diately, dispatched to the scene with a
large force of police.
The order for‘ a special federal grand jury
to investigate violations of United States
statutes by the strike leaders was entered
on the records today in accordance with
the decision of J udgc Grosscup.
o'aklmm Under Sing-e.
SA)v FEAMJISUO, July fi—‘fhe striking
railroad men have plat-zed Oakland under
slog-e. ’l'hr‘y are abscluto masters of the
ferry system, They have stopped' the
trains on both lines, and connection by
mil with :2}? the. cities across the bay has _
“they have seized the rail-
road yards as west Oakland. They are in
possession at the Oakland Mole. Not a
whml is lflr‘lelg.’ The strikers comm
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pllshed their Work within an hour and a
half, and not a hand was raised against
them by the authorities. Several com-
panies of the national guard are under
arms and ready to inarch ate moment’s
notice. Three companies of the Fifth regi.
ment have arrived. . The city is in a state
of great excitement. When the railroad
officials knew that they could not run
their trains, they stopped all but the boats
on. the coast route and completed the
blockade. The day was the most sensa—
tional in its events of any in the great
strike. The trouble did not begin until 10
o’clock, when the strikers, in obedience to
orders, moved upon the yards and round-
house at west Oakland. Both were cap-
tured, neither officers of the city nor offi-
cials of the company making any resist-
ance. The Alameda, Berkeley and Oak-
land trains were seized and stalled. The
towers on the Mole Were captured and
held and the switches so arranged as t.)
be useless without repair. Bands of strik-
ers went on the run to the narrow gauge
line and at Fourth and Webster streets
signaled and seized the train, running one
of the coaches down the road until it
rested across the tracks of the Alameda
broad gauge. As the Alameda has not
been running for several days the block-
ade on the entire system is complete.
During the afternoon the strikers made
another raid on the roundhouse and. flu-
ished a small part of their work left undone
in the morning. They are determined
now to maintain the blockade as they
have established it.‘ The railroad is rely-
ing solely on the assistance of the militia
and United States troops, if it is possible
to obtain them. .
Intense excitement prevails here over
the strike situation at Sacramento and
Oakland. After the failure of the state
troops to dislodge the strikers in the depot
and the yards at Sacramento it is reported
that the United States marshal expressed
an intention to declare martial law and
dispatch United States regulars to the
scene. 7.: was currently reported and was
generally accepted in military circles that
in view or the action of the militia sol-
diers would he sent from the presidio. The
rumor included the statement that Gener-
al Roger would proceed'to the state capi-
tal and take personal command. General
Ru‘ger declined .to give any information
concerning the course he intended to pur-
€110.
No Break at Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, July 6.-The railroad
tieup shows no signs of breaking hero to-
day. It looks now as if there will be a
pretty general strike of switchmen at
once. The switchmcn of the Hannibal
and St. Joe railroad, a branch of the Bur-
lington, went out this morning, and that
road is now tied up at this point. One
hundred switchnm on the Fort Scott and
Memphis will undoubtedly quit. which
will stop traffic on that line, and also on
the M., K. and T. The Kansas City, St.
Joe and Council Bluffs switchmen also
decided to go out today. The Alton and
Wabash have done nothing today. The
Santa Fe moved a freight train west from
Argentine and managed to get out its reg-
ular passenger trains. All the passengers
for California and Mexico via the Santa
Fe who have departed from this city within
the past three days were brought back
here tod"? free by the railroad company.
They we. 9 unable to get beyond La. J un-
ta, Colo. The Burlington accepted this
morning 175 cars of dressed beef for New
York. Things looked better then than
now for moving this freight, and the meat
will probably rot in the yards.
The Situation at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, July 6.—In the railroad
yards and about the Union depot today a
more cheerful state of pflairs exists, and a
stronger effort is being made to handle
traffic. More switch engines are at work
than at any time this week, and more
freight cars are being moved. The pas-
senger service, which has been demoral-
ized the past 48 hours, is improving, and
all roads report a better movement in that
service. In spite of all this the situation
is still of a most serious character, for as
one gain is reported a loss is to be found
elsewhere to balance it. St. Louis is at
present suffering as much from the strikes
at outside points asthat at home. At
present, though, the roads have practical-
ly no yard forces. There is not enough
traffic in or out bound to keep even the
existing forces busy. In fact, St. Louis,
the gateway, is suffering for more than
St. Louis, the originating point.
A Marshal's Sweeping Orders.
DENVER, J uiy 6.—.United States Mar-
shal Israel has issued orders to his depu-
ties to arrest without warrants any man
, who by speech or act attempts to interfere.
with the operations of the trains on rail-
roadsthat are in recoivers’ hands and to
make particular effort to capture the strik-
’ers’ leaders. Under the protection of troops
and deputies the Santa Fe and Denver and
Gulf are attempting to run freight as well
as passenger trains. The executive com-
mittee of the strikers has ordered a strike
on the Colorado Midland, which became
efl'octive today. The' Denver and Rio
Grands is still prevented from sending
trains west by the strike of firemen at Sa-
iida. President Jeffery declares he will
tie up the road for six months rather than
break any contracts. The Union Pacific
sent out a passenger train this forenoon,
but will not attempt to run it beyond
Cheyenne.
PULLMAN WILL NOT ARBITRATE.
The Car Manufacturer at Last Gives Bis
Views of the Trouble.
LONG BRANCH, July 6.—Gecrgc M.
Pullman, the sleeping car magnate, is at
his cottage in Elberon.‘ Among the let-
ters and telegrams which came to him to-
day is one from a. friend in Passadena, who
advised him to hold-fast.
“Arbitration? There is nothing to ar-
bitrate, ”_ he said. “The workmen de-
mand the same wages they were receiving
in May, 1893, before the panic came. The
Pullman company, as a manufacturing
_ company, cannot pay those wages, because
oars made at those rates would cost more
than they can be sold for. That simply
cannot be done, and no arbitration can
make it possiblc,'bccause arbitration can-
not raise the selling price of cars.
“On the other hand,’ if the matter were .
settled between the Pullman company and '
its employees, that would not help the
railroad companies. They would still be
in the power of Debs and the American
Railway union. Should any otie‘r em-
ployer of labor have 3 din; to thin-
workmen the American Ra we uhiop
could .tlé up the railroads just as t huvi
done and are doing now. They ca ’y-
cott his wares and stop freight trains.
“Originally thefmon refused to handle
the trains which had Pullman cars in
them, but evidently they don’t pay atten-
tion to the original quarrel now, for the
Wabash, which runs Wagner cars, is tied
up, while the Illinois Central, which runs
Pullman cars, is partially open. ”
“How does the American Railway un-
ion come into the stikc?”
“I don’t know how logically,” an-
swered Pullman. “The workmen who
make the cars are not railroad men. I un-
derstand that the American Railway union
first made its appearance in August, 1893.-
Their first victory as an organization that
I know anything of was the tying up of
the Great Northern road and forcing set-
tlement. That encouraged them, and they
probably went into this as an advertise-
ment, with the hope of strengthening theil
union. .
His View of the Situation.
“The demand is absurd to begin with.
They asked the railroad companies to Stop
using Pullman cars. If that request had
been granted, the traveling public would
have had to sit up nights, for the Wagner
company have only about 700 cars. On the
other hand. many of the railroad com-
panies own most of their sleeping cars, so
that th American Railway union ask ed
them to oycott their own property.
“Beginning here, it has gone on now
until it is a simple rebellion of railroad
employees against their employers. They
have shut out CalifOrnia and the Pacific
coast in a way that is simply amazing.
“To go back to something near the be-
ginning of the strike, 21' is necessary to say
that in anticipation of the great travel to
the World’s fair in Chicago last year some
400 new sleeping cars were built. Many
of these ca are now stored in Pullman.
So you see there is no particular demand
for new cars.
“I may say that one of the advantages
of the plan of one company operating a
system of sleeping cars over that formerly
in vogue, where every road had its own
Ileeping cars, is that in case of an extra
demand the central company can supply
accommodations which individual roads
could not. It is a great cooperative com—
pany and not a monopoly.
“Well, when hard times began to come
on, was desirous of keeping as many em-
ployees at work as I could, for I had hoped
that the financial distress wéhld no , last
longer than a year. As much as p bible
of the work is done by the piece, so as to
facilitate figuring on the cost of cars.
“The selling prices of all kinds 0 cars
have fallen off about 24 per cent 11 the
last two years, so the schedule of place
work rates was reduced about the same
percentage. At the beginning of the very
serious depression we were employing
5, 861 men. Negotiations with intending
purchasers of cars had been stopped by
them and orders for new work canceled.
We had been obliged to lay off men, so
that by Nov. 1, 1898, there were only
about 2,000 employed. w”
Unprofltable Contracts.
“I determined that with the new sched-
ule of wages I would endeavor to get con-
tracts at a reduced price for what few cars
might be wanted. The manufacturing
department was anxious that as many
men as possible might be kept at work
even at a slight loss and was willing to
make contributions for that purpose. It
was partly from a desire to give the men
a. chance to earn a living and partly be-
cause I didn’t want to see Pullman and
the adjoining towns so deserted that prop-
erty values Would depreciate.
“The company put in bids for 55 cars
for the Long Island Railroad company at
a price which was $300 less than it cost the
company to build them. I learned after“
ward that we got the contract by about
$24, which shows how depressed the car
building industry is.
“The 300 stock cars built for the Chica-
go and Northwestern and the refrigerator
cars built for the same company will not
a. loss of $12 on each car. I could go on
and give other figures in plenty.
“The average wages of all employees,
skilled and unskilled, for the year ending
July, 1893, were a little over $600, and
there was deposited in the savings bank at
Pullman $688, 000, showing that the work-
ing people were prosperous. In the period
of depression, when we were running with
'a force of only 2,000, the deposit sunk to
$470,000. After we had got- thcse contracts
we increased our force to 4,900, and there
was on deposit $488,000, at. «rim: that.
money could still be saved on get; coed wa—
ges. That was May 11, when the strike be-
gan. Since then $32,000 has been with»
drawn from the deposit. Nine-tenths of
those who have money in the bank are
employees of the company.
“I went here to correct an impression
that the men who work in Pullman have
to live in Pullman and pay rent them.
Of the 5,800 employees we had, 2,200 lived
outside of the town. The property in Pull-
man comes into competition with outside
property in the matter of roots.
Ofl‘ered to Show Bis Books.
“The reduced wages were received with-
out complaint for several ontbs. May
7 last a committee called upon Mr. Wickes,
the vice president, to present some minor
grievances about shop administration and
to ask for a return to the old schedule of
prices. Two conferences were held, in
which the situation was explained. I even
ofiered to show them the books to prove
that it was impossible to pay any higher
wages.
“All seemed to be going well when on
the night of May 10 a large meeting of
~employees was held in Kensington, atown '
right next to Pullman. The committee
reported my statement of affairs 'to this
meeting, and the men decided not to
strike. The day following all seemed
happy at the thought that the threatened
strike had been averted. -
strike 15 Over at Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 6.—The strike in
Indianapolis is over. The Monon train at
noon went out on time, The Big Four
trains went west without obstruction or
difficulty of any kind. ‘
Benton Harbor Yard M‘en Strike.
BENTON HARBOR, Mich, July 6.—For-
ty-five yard employees of the Big Four
struck today, leaving trains tied up in the
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