The Dickinson press., 1894-07-21
STRIKERS SENTENCED
A DULUTH MAN GIVEN 90 DAYS IN
THE ST. PAUL JAIL,
The Grand Jury Said to Have Found
Number OF Indictmcnts gainst
StFikers-Great Western Mem Ar.
rested.

st. Paul, July 17.-John O'Brien. at
Duluth, an ex-railway cmp:oye, formerly
with the Duluth Il Iron Range road, and
at enc time with The Northern Pacific
reed, was before Judge Williams, Of the
United States circrit court, ti,s morn
ing ON the charge of contemps of court
IN hIving assaulted fireman on the
Northern Pacific ut Duluth He acknowl-
edged having made the assault ard said
that he was not aware 1T the time that
the road was III the LaEds of a receiver.
Judge Williams geve him telling rep
rimtrd upon his conduct and then SEN
fenced him to ninety days in the coul,-
ty Jail and to pay tine costs Of his prose-
cGtion.
Ills lICrning seven employees of the
Great Western road, rrres,cl at Dodge
Center for interfering with the United
States mails, were brought before Judge
Nelson for the purpose of having their
bail fixed. Judge Nelson named $1,000
rs the penal sum. The ncn believe that
they will be able to secure suretics, and
pending the time when they secure them
were committed to the county Jail. Their
nj mes are Z. Kennedy, G. l.. Fowler. w.
J. DiGby, W. l.. Armstrong, Il. w.
Flynn, Thomas Hanlon and Lewis Ey-
e'ts. The grand jury found large num-
ber of indictments against railroad strik-
ers and others.
The lnll in the local strike situation
continues. All lines are running pas
senger and freight trains and the North
crn Pacific is gradually pcrfecting its
overland service. The passenger train
which left here on Saturday passed
Billings this morning on time, making
much better progress than any of its
predecessors. Another overland train
will be sent out this afternoon, as there
seems to be no obvious reason why all
through trains should not go to Portland
without difficulty. For the present
through freight is not being moved west
of Mandan. The only element of inter-
est in the situation, aside from the kill
ing of Engineer Luth, lays in the pros
pect of trouble on the Great Northern,
owing to the lifting of the blockade by
the acceptance of through freight and
cars direct from lines involved in the
strike. 1t was generally stated ye. tcrtlay
that trouble was inevitable and that
strike would be ordered, sorle SAID at 1
o'clock and others said Mt D O'clock, hut
General Manager Case is authority for
the statement that the on agreed to
handle the Objectionable cars. If all re-
ports are true in advance of the report
of the grand jury now in session large
number of the men arrested during the
Great Northern strike have been in
dicted. 1t is said that one indictment
contains the names of forty-scyen strik-
ers who were guilty of violence at
Barresville, aAd another against seven
st. Cloud strikers. in addition to in.lict-
mcnts against individuals and twos and
threes. 1t had been expected that these
indictments would be reported to-day,
but they have not yet been handed in to
the court.
Minneapolis, July 17.-The Milwaukee
officials report five switch engines at
work this morning, and that freight is
moving on all lines as before the strike.
No switching is being done at night as
yet. All the night work, for the most
part consists in transferring cars of
wheat, and as the mills cannot receive
any grain on account of the inability of
the transfer company to do business,
night switching has been abandoned.
Supt. Williams says that none Of the
switclmen have offered to return to work.
and only portion Of the tircmcn. He
states that mn,. work is being done in
the yards than for six months past, be-
cause the lumber and flour mills are load.
ing their products into cars in the yarls
instead of ut the mills, AS formerly.
Chicago, July lit is said that Debs,
Howard and Kcliher will be arrested on
the charge of contempt of court, and that
they will be refused bail and will be COM
PEELED to remain in Jail until their trial.
There was no trouble in the city to-day.
The strike situation ut the town Of Pull
Elan appears to be growing more serious
for the strikers. 1t is the general opiil-
ion that if the works of the Pullman
company are opened Tomorrow there will
be stampede Of the men to get their
old positions. During the last twenty
four hours the views of the strikers have
undergone marked change, and where
previously they were talking about how
the fight was won to-day little groups of
wOrkingnlcn talked of how they had lost
the fight.
San Francisco, July 17.-Strikers inter-
fered with u train today and were
charged by regulars, who used their
sabers and bayOncts, severely cutting and
bruising number of men. The strikers
were routed and number of them ar
rested.