The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-07
GouId's Line May Settle with the
Strikers by Restoring the Old
Schedule Before the Cut.
CLOVER LEAF is SILENT
Entire System Tied Up from To-
led0 to st. Louis.
All Employees on the Airline 0ut-Pas-
sengers, but No Freight Trains,
Moving at Terre Haute.
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HAMMOND Ind, July 6.-The situation
was so serious here tonight that Sheriff
Frederick sent a call TO Governor Mat
thews for the militia, and the troops ara
expected here tomorrow. The sherin said
tonight that il was impossible for him to
move trains now lying at this point without
aid from the military. Several attempts
have been made to move the Nickel-plate
mail train which has been lying here
since s o'clock but without success.
All freight yards in Hammond were taken
possession OF by mobs OF strikers. Several
thousand were presumably gathered at Diff
ferent places and began TO play havoc
with the operation OF trains. 1t looks as
IL another great struggle were TO be made
at this point to assist Debs in delaying
traffic AT midnight the mail trains of the
Nckel-plate were tied up by the strikers
and the engines killed. Everything IS at
a standstill. The mob. while not very
demonstrative is in possession OF the yards
and the trains. Hammond is one OF the
most important railroad centers In this
section. Main trunk lines Of the Erie.
Fort Wayne Lake Shore, Nickel-plate.
Michigan Central, Monon and Wabash all
pass through this city.
trains from the East to Crown Point.
where they transfer all the passengers
and mail to a local train and bring them
10 this city and discharge them. sending
them TO Chicago over the electric lines
The Monon people have attempted to
send two trains into Chicago to-dsy, but
could get nc further than Eegewish and re-
turning to this place, transferred their pas
sengers to the electric lines. The Nickel
plate brought in it's first train tonight
that has arrived for three days. 1t could
get no further and many of it's passen-
gers abandoned the train and took the
electric cars. The Wabash & Calumet
Terminal have run no trains through here
for two days. Freight traffic
is suspended all the roads
The Michigan Central attempted TO run
a meat train east this evening with meat
for the @. II. Hammond Company packing
house in this city, but before the train had
reached the city limits it was stopped and
the engine killed" This train is made up
of eighteen cars of export and five cars OF
domestic beef Another meat train on tha
same road was stopped early this morning
about one mile west of town, and after
the freight cars had been run in on ths
siding the engine and caboose were allowed
to proceed. This train is loaded with meat
from Swift's Chicago packing house, con-
signed to Eastern parties, and has barely
enough ice to last twenty-four hours lon
ger.
The local A. r. L. men claim that they
had nothing TO do with stopping theSe
trains, but the strikers from South Chicago
did the work. The G. II. Hammond Com
pany will probably shut down tomorrow
on account Of being unable 10 get cattle.
For two days they have been compelled
to drive cattle from the Chicago stock
yards TO this city overland. II was ru-
mored to-day that the Calumet Terminal
would attempt to run trains tomorrow with
nonunion men.
Deputy United States Marshal DOoling
has been in the city three days. Early
this morning six deputies, made up princi-
pally of American Railway Union men,
were sworn in and will attempt 10 look
out for the governments interest 1T this
place Sheriff Frederick with posse OK
deputies is also on the ground
NJ z. Baylor, an alleged spotter who was
badly beaten by a crowd Of the strikers ,
day or two ago, is in a precarious condit
ton and will probably die.
A mass meeting Of the American Rail-
way Union is being held in East Chicago
tonight and speakers are in attendance
from Chicago and other points. AT meet
ing held by the local union OF the Butch
ers' Protective Union last night a resoiu-
ton was passed in sympathy with the
Pullman strikers and ordering a boycott
against the Chicago Daily Inter Ocean,
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