Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-04-26

Crcokston. April 81. - There are nj
trains on the main line, but the branches
are running to-day.
Wiilmar. Mimi, April %. A mass
meeting of citizens al d strikers was held
On tie platform of the depot, and the
result of good council is that all mail
trains will hereafter be allowed TO pass
without any interfer, nee. Archie Bogart,
J.. Il. Carruthers and other leaders made
this statement as the result of a brief
C inference shortly sitter the mass meet
ing. Five shrill blasts of a locomotive
whistle aroused the town and called the
reople to the depot. The crowd numbered
fully 5000. A platform was hastily ar
raLged of trucks and boards and the rep
resentatives were invited TO take seats
thereon with the speakers. Rev. FIR.
Boland, the leading Catholic priest of this
s~ecticn, presented the railway mems side
of the case, and said he was with them
in their struggle to maintain their rights.
lie was with them only as long as they
observed The rules of law and order.
He counseled moderation ADD urged the a
to commit no wrong and to cease inter
fering with rail cars. He read a tele-
gram from President Debs saying u mail
train is construed TO mean the train in
it's entirety as usually made up. This
cltned the eyes of the strikers and they
ief lied that they had been violating the
government law.
Marshal j. Adam Bede was the next
Speaker. He laid down the law as it
exists; said he was here as a govern
IL ent officer to enforce the law as he
found it. If he could not enforce it
peaceably he would call on the army TO
do it. He was witty at times and worked
up a good feeling among the men, though
they were inclined to resent his admoni-
lions TO keep their hands off the trains.
Whether Carruthers and Bogart can
control the impulsive spirits in the crowd
remains to be seen. At any rate they
viii, try. Bogart and Carruthers will
leave for st. Paul for q consultation with
President Debs. Mr.. Bogart said that
N freight trains or freight cars will be
allowed to move from Willmar and none
will be allowed to pass through. Any
TRIMS that may reach here will be caught
and sidetracked. Mr.. Bogart and Mr..
Carruthers say the strike is even more
earnest than before, and that the men
positively will not Iecede beyond the
concessions granted concerning mail
trains by reason of existing laws, and
President Debs' construction thereof.
Saturday night Marshal Bede and a
number of deputies attempted to take a
Great Northern train through this town.
The strikers took the train away from
the marshal. who arrested several men.
The marshal finally recaptured the train.
1t looked at one time as though the Of
fcers would be mobbed, but cooler judg-
mont prevailed.
st. Paul, April 23.-The conference be-
tween j. j. Hill and the representatives
of the strikers did not occur Saturday, as
was reported. A committee is now on
the way from the West, and the con-
ference will not be held until it arrives.
This will be some time during the week.
j.. ID. Foster and III. +. Egbert, the two
Great Northern strikers who were ar
rested Friday at st. Cloud on the charge
of interfering with the mails and con-
spiracy to interfere with the mails, ap-
peared before Commissioners Spencer. but
hearing the case was continued until to-
morrow. though it was expected that il
would be given Immediately. The decis-
ion to continue brought up the question
of bail, and Foster stated that he had
plenty of friends in st. Cloud with plenty
OF money back of them and could get
all the bail that was required. He thought
that bail might be arranged through one
of the banks, and was told that in that
case cash would have to be deposited.
He was bright and cheerful while the
matter was being adjusted, but his COM
panion, Egbert, was t~aciturn and looked
lrhappy. Both men were held to bail
in the sum of $500, the amount fixed by
the COMMISSIONS for both charges. 500
for conspiracy to delay the mails and
300 for the charge of delaying the nails.
The road is now oren for passenger trims
from st. Paul To Minot, n. u.