The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-23

was as quiet as heretofore, and no re-
| able information was obtainaole rs
to the visit OF the sheriff and his dep
uties.
1t is claimed by the strikers that lew
of the imported switchmen Will be
willing to 20 to work today.
The Sheriff had not commenced 10 |
muster his men up to 9 O'Clock thls
forenoon.
Shortly after O'Clock this morning
a for,e Il twenty five regular Deputy
Shsr ffs assembled under orders a. the
Sher6-s office. They were wa'tlng
for the word TO march 10 the scene Of
the trouble at Forty first street. The
special deputies did lot show up OF
the Office, but were assembled at van.
GUS detective offices. A member OF
the SNitchmen's Brotherhood called
a. the Sherifl's flee this morning ana
ssk,d b be sworn in as deputy;
The men who are pulliOg pins and
throwing switches at Foriy-third
street." he said, "srs doing us great
deal OF harm, and the organic tlon has
no sympathy for them. They are
men who have hung around the place
for years and who are always ready
for fight With anybody and every
body.
10 10 III o'clock there we're no new
developments at Forty-6rst street. The
groups If men, composed OF strikers,
their sympathiz 4rs, idle men and b1ye,
aud curiosity seekers, stood discuss ny
the tuation and wondering what was
going TO he the next move on the part
of the railroad Officials. "When will
the Deputies GOMEZ was the burden
of the ialk. The later were expected
by 10 o'clock, but did not show up.
The Lake Shore Railroad Company
fled bill in the Superior Court this
| forenoon, citing that the company
owns certain lands, tracks and termi-
nal facil ties In the county which are
now being trespa5sed upon by sixty
men not nov in its employ, naming
the stI king switChmen.
The bill rectes that these men are
interfering with the movement of the
raj road companies aud are in other
ways trespssserf, aud praying for an
Injunction 10 prevent their further in
reference with the operations of the
company. Judgs GaInett issued writS
OF Injunction against the men this
forenoon and al 1910 O'Clock pm. a
train loaded with 200 deputy sherfis
left the Lake Shore depot for the scene
OF the strike TO arrest these men and
bring them into cOurt.
! Atll o'clock Deputy Sheriff Nor
gan REC lived his final Instructions
from Mr.. Hanchett and start d for the
Lake Shore yards at Forty.third street.
The deputies have all quietly gone in
small squads 10 the scene of the
trouble. The Pinkerton Detective
Agency has detailed 100 men in civil.
an dress to RS i't the sherifis and
Mooney and Boland have furnished
about 100 more. A telegram from
Eoglewood at 1890 O'Clock pm. re-
ports that everything has remained
quiet mp 10 that hour.
Ga board the same train carrying
the deOuty sheriffs were sixty switch
men who had been employed to take
the places OF the strikers. The depu-
tie all armed with hickory clubs, dis
playing no fire arms. The new switch
men hsd also been sworn in as depu-
ties. In addition TO the regular
depu lea there we're forty men from
Plnke,t1n's Agency and about sixty
men from three other detective
agencies A squad OF twenty five
p lice were taken from Twenty-second
street station and posted along the
track for some distance north of
rhirty-uinth street, within the city
limits.
w en- the train arrived at Forty
third street the officers began a once
tpsarve writs GU the committee and
the leading men Of the strikers, warn
log EN- not to interfere with the
company's pro, eTty. This process war
gone through with very quietly. The
strkers did not seem surprised, and
AZ cepted the papers from the hands Of
the deputies without word and put
them 10 their pockets, Then the
DE- pnties stood around and watched
the crowd.
A l:3) o'clock the crowd at Root
hNlfFN hhu luNlthbtA ~ lhlll bOu ~
surrounded the car IN which the new
swi chmen were and the strikera
pleaded with them TO leave, One of
the after responded and left the car.
He was greeted with cheers and borne
sway on the shoulders o. the strikers.
A 2 o'clock the crowd in the yards
n FnTty-third street had swelled H.
20 0 men which the deputies at this
3 our are trying b. drive away from
t yards preparatory to stardng out
train.
At 2:40 o'clock pm the crowd in
the Lake Shore Yards ia growing
ar aud the deputies appear to be
raklng very little Roadway. A col
isinn is iea ed II an attempt is actually
made to nave a train
. 40 p M-Au eng ne loaded with
deputies aud police wac run ont of the
rou' d house, but before it reached the
ma track 1t was surrounded with
men, and one of the strikers spoke 10
the epgineer He Immediately re-
YER, ed his engine and ran it back 10
he round house, amid the ysls OF the
inoua sing throng of oulookers and
sNmpA'h GERS. Another attempt to
ttArt rain will he msde shortly.