The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-13


wharf 90 Join him IN quitting he Is ar-
deTstood 80 be member Of the American
Esslway Union. and vas one Of the nrSt
men here = quit. TIE grand JgrY has
finished sork on some cases Of smuggling
! and selling lieaor 70 Indians. and IL IS ex-
pected that indictments against others OF
| the strikers all be returned tomorrow.
TAcoaA. July L - lspeeiai. Charles A.
1 Barnes. assistant Northern Pacific freight
agent here. who was indicted today By the
United States grand jury for approaching
| Master Mechanic II. II. Warner aud. t,-ii-
ing him to draw the fires from the loco
/ motives then in use, is = member Of the
/ ex eentiEe committee Of the local branch
Of the American Railway Union, and the
| other members OF the COMMITTEES claim
thai he acfed on his own responsibility in
visiting Warner. lie has been inclined 10
talkativeness since the strike was ordered
lie says.
~ approached Warner on the ground Of
humanity. and asked him 10 draw the
fir@s. | told him he knew a certain class.
known also 10 me. that vas being iEcited
20 violence By the fires being kept M. IL
1 they were not drawn / feared bloodshed,
and did not want 20 see any lives lost IN
this city"
Barnes was charged with threatening to
draw the fires If Warner did not order il
done. and tina. the work should be done
peaceably If possible, and II not, then
young men, unarmed. would be put for
ward 10 draw the fires. and that the old
men, fully armed. would meet any resist
ance with force OF arms.
Barnes was also arraiened for contempt
in trying TO persuade non-union employees
Of the road 70 quit work, and threatening
that when he was reinstated he would dis
charge those who did,not quit work. His
salary has been 500 per month since the
reduction Of wages. 81 of which Was as
sessed for hospital dues. He is unmarried
and has teen very prominent in the local
branch Of the American Railway Union.
liz was evident that be became slightly
ratified" during the troubles in Chicago.
and, fearing trouble ana violence here. he
appealed. to Warner to draw the fires.
While most of the American Railway
Union men refrain from comment, they
were plainly displeased with Barnes ac-
ton In approaching Warner. He was
accompanied by several strikers. His
bonds were fixed in 81 0O0 the bond being
for both cases. p. Is. Egbert. Otto kaizer
and Chairman Gleason, of the switchmen,
responded TO a call for bondsmen.
All the cases of violence reported here.
including the assaults upon Northern
Pacific employees, are being looked into by
the grand jury. and more arrests are
looked for. The cases in which deputy
marshals were insulted and interfered
with are also being investigated. In some
OF these cases 10 is claimed the hoodlum
element alone was responsible. and in
order To avoid conviction il is said some of
them have already fed.
The magazine Of the bush hackers who
have been firing upon the Northern Pacific
passenger trains from ambush in the Puy-
allup reservatlo n has been discovered by
Sheriff Matthews. Two rifles and a shot
gun were found slowed away behind some
logs and brush, and every effort is now be-
ing made to identify the owners of the
guns. The guns were found in the exact
location where the firing bryan Sunday
when the Seattle local passed the reserva-
tion. One of the barrels OF the shotgun
was badly bent. and showed that one or
more of the bullets from the marshals,
when returning the fire from the train,
had hit 1t. There was no blood about. and
IL is assumed that none of the bushwhack-
ers we're injured or killed.
J. E. Mekeogh and John Foster. for
merry yard foreman and brakeman, re-
spectiyely, were arrested this evening
by deputy marshal. charged with
assaulting Ed MeGill. a car checker,
early yesterday morning, aud there
by violating the order of the
Federal court by ohstructing the opera
ton of the railroad. II turned out that
AZ. IL, a.
men shook hands after IL was over, so that
no serious consequences are expected.
Neither OF the men belong TO the Ameri-
can Railway Union. They will have a
hearing tom rrow.
TACOMA. July L. Especial. THE Loco
motive Firemen's union by resolution to-
night arraigned the conductors who are
doing enginemne's work for incompetent
Northern Pacific men as the worst enc
miss of organized labor Ii is claimed that
Fireman Hal Baird. one of the United
States soldiers on duty here. who was for
merry an engineer and is still a member of
the brotherhood. had 20 take the locomo-
tive 20 replace a non-union engineer,
while running a train to Stampede tunnel.
ELtESsBURG. July l2.-tSpecial. Two
trains came in from the East today, one
luz oAcftahut Ah1AuuAuS humans, AHu
another with lA3 militiamen ia command
OF Col. Green. Both are still held here on
account of the burned bridge on the
Yakima river. seven miles north. Col.
Green sent out \ detachment OF twenty
men 10 assist in repairing the bridge. sub
iect 20 the orders OF the railroad officials
fhe same number will report tomorrow
morning for duty. Fortunately good
many mechanics are among the troops. and
their services come in good play. Every
man on board is we'll and has been well
treated all the way from Spokane Switch
ing has been going on all the morning. A
detachment OF regulars being on the
engine The machine shops have been in
full blast today. Everything Is quiet.
railroad men generally keeping of the
streets more than usual There is no
drinking among them, but many begin TO
feel dubious about the success OF the strike.
Quite a number have reported for work,
aith no worse consequences than being
chalked on the sidewalks as "scabs"
SNoHoNisH. July ia Special. A non.
union crew Of section men has taken the
place Of the strikers here. Roadmnsrer
/ Msddauga viii be in the city tomorrow
and in all probability will put the old men
at work again. a. they generally did not
W tsh 20 strike. tut were forced into il by
the Union leaders.
FAEGo, Iuly 1.-THE Northern Pacific
men are fast returning 10 work. The OF
tclals are picking % enough men 10 I'll
all places II jamestown the American