The evening world., 1894-07-21

but the Pullman Co npqny has not
missed dividend.
Pullman stock rose half q point on the
Stock Exchange Yesterday on the
strength OF the dividend. being quoted at
80. Transactions amounted to 80 shares
Ii was said by brokers that the company
would pay the dividend ont of the sur
plus rather than lower the stock 10y pass
Ing 1t.
CHICAGO, July 20.--For II week the
Pullman Company has asserted that l,tm
OF the old men We're ready To so to work
IN the shops when the whistle sounded.
The whistle sounded this morning at )
o'clock. sixty men and women all Of
them non union, RESPONDED and started
To work in the laundry. This was the
only department In which an attempt
TO resume business was made. Before
the strike 800 men and womsn were en-
ployed in the laundry.
1t was an insignificant beginning 50
insignificant that the strikers paid no
attention to II. y; midday 4 crowd Of
women and children gathered In front of
the laundry and began haunting the
operatives. For time they were con-
fent with this method of procedure. but
soon noise became too tame for them
stones. The workers inside became ter
rihed and sought refuge behind any thing
that Afforded a shelter. The militia was
summoned and the crowd dispersed
Only half the morning force reported
for laundry work III the afternoon.
All reports to the contrary. the strikers
are ,still firm The only applications for
work were from labOrers who are not
organized, and of the 5000 that quit only
go all laborers. have signiiied u willing
ness TO return. The Pullman Company
Is now anxious TO reopen the works. 1t
is willing TO make concessions to the
men, in fact will grant them all they
ask If they will return to work as indi-
viduals and abandon the union. This
a crowd of strikers overturned two
! loaded stock cars in the stock yards to-
day, and II striker threw switch in
front of "A Northwestern freight, derall-
ing the engine. The strikers continued
their threats against worhmen and sew
erql outbreaks occurred, but all were
quickly suppressed by the police.
Only two Of the men indicted by the
Federal Grand Jury gave bail in the
United States Court to-day. Most OF
the day was consumed in making out
bench warrants against the indicted.
The men who gave bail Were j. j. Han
nahan, Vice Grand Master Of the Broth
erhood of Firemcn, and August Hodges,
one OF the Brighton Park strikers This
afternoon bench warrants for all the
men included in the indictments were
handed to tho marshal to he served.
They numbered scYenty-three. Hanna
han is charged with intimidating and en-
deavoring to induce fireman to leave
his cab.
Debs. Howard. Keiiher and Rogers
of them they are charged with con
spring with Hannahan. In another
they are charged with conspring to
obstruct interstate commerce, and In
4 the other three they are Joined as con-
spirators with other persons who COM
mitted lawless acts. Debs and the other
officers are .lready under $4,000 bail
each under the original indictment re-
turned against them. Their bail under
the I'VE new indictments has been fixed
at $1,000 upon each charge, in all S2j,-
The members of the General Executive
Board of the knights of Labor are in
| Chicago and tomorrow will begin n
several days session. Routine business
| Is said to be the cause of the meeting.
though the strike will be taken up and
measures will be adopted to push for
ward an Impeachment of Attorney Gen
| eral Olney.
| Regarding report from Hammond,
| Ind. that "A mob attacked Lake Shore
| freight tram last night at Whiting, Mr..
| WILDER. Western passenger AGENT of the
| Lake Shore, says "a freight train was
sidetracked at Whiting, as a meeting
point with another train. Two men were
| seen to pull the coupling pins. They
| have since been apprehended and are
now under arrest. There was not a gun
| discharged. There was no great crowd
| and 1t would seem unnecessary for us
to deny the statement that all of our
| trains are going out under guard, for
as matter of fact, during the worst OF
the trouble our trains were not accom-.
panied by armed men except through
the yards. and there was no time a
which We considered that there was any
danger of interference as far as Whit
ing"