St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-27
In THE MORNING.
An Injunction Secured.-NHen Badly
BeateE bY Strikers.

Beaten by Strikers.
CHICAGO, June 26.-In the superior
court this morning Judge Shepard issued
an injunction against seventy of the Lake
Shore striking switchmen on an affidavit
signed by P. P. Wright, general superin-
tendent. In his affidavit Mr.. Wright
| charges that on April 10, 1886, the de-
PENDANTS made request in writing, which
they presented to the company, asking for
| the discharge of eight men. The company
refused to grant the request, on the ground
that with one exception, the eight men had
been IN the employ of the company from
ten to eighteen years. The only complaint
made by the defendants against the objec-
tionable men was that they had remained
III the employ of the company during the
strike OF 1871. The affidavit goes on to say
that the company cannot discharge the eight
men. They cannot take them out of the
employ Of the road as switchmen and yard
masters without sending them out of the
state They are all men who
HAVE FAMILIES TO SUPPORT,
and the company cannot put them in any
other line of employmentin which they can
make so much money. 1t is then charged
that the strikers are interfering with the
business of the company in its capacity of a
common carrier; that the railroad is ready
to pay the strikers what money is due them.
They have no right on the premises of the
company except to collect what money is
due them. and that they can get the amount
through the cashier in Chicago. The court
is asked to restrain the strikers from inter-
fering with trains, pulling out coupling
pins or trying to induce the men now at
work to quit the employ of the road. The
railroad company was engaged this morning
in endeavoring to clear the tracks south of
FOrty-third street of the wrecked trains
which remained there over night. Nearly
all the tracks from FOrty-third street to
Fifty-ffth street were blocked this morning
with partially overturned cars All traffic
on both the Rock Island roads was delayed
in consequence of the blockade. By 10
o'clock the tracks had been pretty thor
oughly cleared.
DURING THE NIGHT
the round houses and other property of the
Lake Shore road were guarded by Pinker-
toms police and members of the Town of
Lake police force.
Five men stood in Supt. Wrght's office
this morning. Two Of them were terribly
battered up. One had bad cut over his
eye; his cheek was swollen and he bore
bruises all over his body They were de-
handing their transportation back home.
1--WE were taken into rat-hole yesterday
said the worst used-up of the men, land left
to be killed. 1 was taken, with five or six
! others, and left in the round house yesterday
afternoon. There was fellow left with us
| who was called a detective About twenty
| of the strikers came in and made a rush at
| u.s. The detective skedaddled. There was
| no chance for US. The mob was armed with
| monkey wrenches, iron bars, coupling pins
and with iron ore. They threw me down,
| hammered me and nearly killed me. finally
got away bleeding freely. l met apoliceman.
| who stopped me, turned me around and asked
| me if my throat was cut. L told him I had
| been mobbed at Forty-third street. He asked
me if 1 had taken the place of the strikers.
1 said yes. He kicked me and said, 7 wish
! they'd killed you 1 am going to my home,
| twenty miles the other side Of Toledo
WARNING THE SHERIFF..
The Lake Shore officials this forenoon,
anticipating trouble. served written no.
tice on the sheriff of Cook county of the
condition of affairs existing along the line
of the road and notifying him that he and
his sureties would be held responsible for
| any damage which might be inflicted by
the strikers. Up to 2 p. III. the railroad
officials had made no demand on the gov
ernor for protection, but are expected
hourly to do so.