Telegram-herald., 1886-04-22
THE FIGHT STILL ON
No Attempt by the Lake Shore
10 Move Trains.
0Gl[S8I STILL On The GROUNDS.
Crowds About the Railroad Odices
Men seek Wors and Then Are
Persuaded Not 10 Work
no Dec aston tor
the Militia.

CHieAeo. April zl--The sii lagion in the
strike o9 the lAke shore s@ilchmen j. un-
unchanged No attempt was made 60 run
trains and the men simply stood around
idle al 6Ay long GOV. oglesDy still re-
mains Ia the eity 90 Match the situation
Around the office OF the division superin-
teudeat Of the Lake Shore road crowd
stood al the morning Il Ma composed
principally OF men seeking employ ment.
They vent into the superintendent 0iiiee
in LWos aud threes by one door and were let
Out by another and when they eame out
were more reticent than before they went
in La the same crowd of which they
formed part were other men " ho made no
effort 10 interview the officials. They
we're men OF different trade aud labor
unions IA the city who symnatbise
with the strikers who are doing detective
work tor them spOtting those who take
employment The object of this Was 10
save the strikers from any prejudice con-
necged with the work in the ewes of the
railway officials in case Ot any attempted
az astment Of the difficulties Ii was
rumored today that the eight men about
whom all the trouble Is had gone 10 the
cOmpanys offices and taken their time
The rumors. however, was not generally
believed. Sheriff Hanchett said this after
noon that he had sworn in no deputies To
preserve the peace at the yard. but he hai
list selected and would swear them in on
the shortest notice if il became apparent
that their services would be needed
In his opinion however. that cOntin-
gency would not arise As he Was it.clined TO
believe the strike would be settled peace-
ably.
Ats o'clock tonight GOV. Oglesby said no
course had been decided upon, and that he
would be guided entirely by Che course of
events. AT present he saw no reason for
interference. either on his part or the
sheritfs The state troops were, however.
subject 10 the call of the sheriff
The Lake Shore officials succeeded in
securing fortv-eight switchmen from To-
edo, Elkhart, Detroit and other points but
the strikers have been able 10 persuade
them all from doing duty. the last man 10
yield to their wishes being one from White
Pigeon They all left for their homes this
evening.
No freight ears were handled on the Lake
Shore road at South Chicago today. al
though an effort was made to do 80. This
morning freight car was found thrown
across the track leading from the rolling
mills to the Lake Shore track. At noon
the railroad company sent an order To Elk
hart Ind To have local freight stopped at
South Chicago and switch all cars loaded
with coke consigned TO the rolling mills
into the mill Yards When the local ar
rived the engineer was requested to side
track his train which he did without
murmur When the dummy reached
South Chicago with a few Lake Shore
officials word was given TO commence switch
ing coke cars. The engineer of the local
freight ran his engine to where the freight
car was off the track and with
aid succeeded in making the track clear.
but no sooner had the difficulty been over
come than il was learned that train of six
freight cars had mysteriously been switched
across the track leading To- the mills. where
il crosses a track near Eighty-third-st. 1t
was rumOred that one of the strikers had
borrowed a Pittsburgh & Fort Wayne en-
gine and did the work himself. One of the
strikers who was asked how the cars got
there, said: They dropped IN" No further
attempts were made To move cars today but
il is expected tomorrow will see trouble.
Notwithstanding the dormant condition of
affairs which has prevailed i'm the strike
today il is asserted tonight that
the Lake Shore officials have not
been idle. They have been engaging
their men, and tomorrow il is believed an
attempt will be made to resume business.
The sheriff il is understood, has secured
number of deputies. and will protect the
company in its efforts To move its cars. The
Governor is still ON the ground and will,
upon request of the sheriff, furnish State
troops, should the conditions warrant such
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