St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-29
COLLARED A TRAIN.
Oregon Coxeyites Coming East.
ward Toward Soldiers.

PORTLAND. Or. April 2S.-The in
dusfrlai army. numbering about 900,
which has camped at Troutdale, eight
miles east of here. for six days. captured
a Union Pacific train at 9:45 this morn
Ing and started on its journey to WASH
lngfon. The train was special bearing
General Manager Dickinson. Assistant
Superintendent Baxter and a party OF
the Union Pacific. The industrials were
expecting the train and were ready
TO act. Immediately upon ar.
irving at the station the COM
mOnWealerS. by concerted move
ment, took possession of the engine, and
In few moments had run the coaches
Oh switch, detached the locomotive,
depoSed the engineer and fireman. in
stalled their own engineer and fireman,
and within ten minutes had coupled to
their own train, which they captured
last night, and sailed out eastward, with
the army comfortably settled in the
freit Int cars.
At Bridal Veil the Union Pacific en-
gineer. who was taken along. was placed
III charge Of the engine. United States
Marshal Grady. who spent last night at
Iroutdale. wired Brig. Gen. Otis at
vancouver 10 furnish troops to assist
him in arresting the cOmmonwealers.
The Union Pacific officials here were at
once notified, and Attorney General
Cotton went before United States Dis.
trict Judge Beliinger and procured a
warrant for the arrest of Gen. Schetfel-
er and all members of the indus
restraining order issued a few days
ago. Two engines were sent to
Troutnale. One of them was turned
over to Marshal Grady, who started
posse in pursuit OF the cUmmOnwealerS.
The other train brought General Mana
ger Dicklnsons special to this city. All
trains on the road were ordered side
tracked, and to give the commonweal-
ers the right OF way. The captured
train ran Slowly to Bridal Veil, where a
stop was made and the engineers
changed. From this point the common-
wealers sent telegram TO the chief
they would cheerfully take care of all
local freight business for the company
along the line if they so desired.
When Brig. Gen. Otis received the
message calling for troops he at once
wired an order to Fort Walla Walla to
prepare to intercept the train at Una
tilla junction. A special train left
Walla " ALA at p. III. with 122 men of
the Fourth cavalry under command or
Col. charles r. Compton. The troops
reached Umatilla at 4:l0, and, as the
industrialS had not sEet arrived, left at
4:30 for Willows. At Umatilla Ii. G.
Means. deputy United States mar
shall, boarded the train. The
troops are Instructed to capture the
cOmmOnwealerS without bloOdShed if
possible. and await the coming of Mar
shall Grady for further orders. Their
orders are not to fire first, and if neces-
sary to fire, to shoot to kill. The COM
mand was accompanied from Walla
Walla 10y j: ID. O'Brien, division super
intendent of the Union Pacific; A. K.
Bissell. local agent; W. ID. Tyler, presi-
deut of the Washington & Columbia
River road. and p. B. Johnson. of the
Walia Walla Union.
1HE DAI.LES. Or, April 2S.-Indus-
trials arrived at this place at 3:l5 This
evening after an uueventful run from
Troutdale OH their stolen Union Pacific
train. The engine, which was run this
far tender first, was turned. and they
hurrie dly took water and coal, and
started east without stopping TOR pro-
visions. United States Marshal Grady
Is now ten miles behind them with a
special train.