The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-06-30
AT LIVINGSTON.
One Man Hauled Over the Goals and Ex-
onerated Mt Last.

onerated Mt Last.
Special Dispa,ch TO the standard.
LIVINGSTON. June 29.-Althongh there
Gre quite number of Northern Pacific
employees in this city. especially within
the ranks Of the Brotherhood OF Locomo-
tive Engineers, who aro not MEN,
are with the union in this, the greatest
railroad strike in the history OF this coun-
try. While the engineers, as body, may
not be in perfect accord with the strike,
yet they will take no action calculated to
interfere IN any manner with the success
Of the strike movement.
As the engineers havo not yet gonc out,
the strikers committee in this city ar
ranged for a conference with q committee
Of engineers this afternoon. Ii being
secret conference. nothing could be
learned with regard TO the meeting, moro
than that the engineers declared them
selves TO be in sympathy with the A. X. U.
in their fight with organized capital.
This morning Night Dispatcher Elliott
refused TO perform a certain piece Of work
assigned him by Chief Dispatcher Nc
Cune, the work in question consisting in
performing the duties deyolving upon op-
orators. Mr.. Elliott was Immediately told
that he could take lay off. This evening,
however, he was sent for by Supcrintend-
ent Finn and told that he could
go to work Notwithstanding the fact
that he still refused 10 take the
work of operators. This illustrates tho
feeling all the dispatchers entertain OF tho
strike. They are willing 10 do dispatch
ers' work but they won't perform the du-
ties of the striking operators.
The stranded passengers are being pro-
vided with meals and sleeping quar-
tiers by the company free OF charge,
these arrangements having been made
this morning. The National Park Trans
portation company has put on q limo OF
stage coaches between this city and Hell
cna. Two four horse Concord coaches,
loaded with 20 stranded passengers, lef,
this afternoon for Helena and will make
the run in As hours.
At q meeting of the strikers executive
committee, arrangements were made for
taking care of number of stranded
passengers riding on passes, and whom
the company refused to supply with
meals. Cow Coroner Williams, who ar
rived hero tonight from Helena on q
handcar, was given permission by tho
strikers TO continue his journey to Glen
dive.
The populist club of Livingston, COM
posed largely of A. II. U. men, hold a
special meeting 10 consider the action
of the president, L. Phinney, in
declining TO quit work in Master
Mechanic Browns Office and Join
tho strikers. A committee was appointed
to wait Oh the gentleman and inform him
that, as president of the club, his action
had caused pravo doubts in the minds Of
the members as to his loyalty to tho club
and friendship for the laboring classes.
Mr.. Phinney appeared and explained
his reasons for not joining the strikers.
He SAID he had not taken the place of any
striker, neither had he done any strikers
work. Finally he said hc had concluded
to 60 out and would not report for work
again until the strike was settled. Upon
motion, vote Of confidence was extended
Mr.. Phinney.
President Phinney then briefly reviewed
the action of the populist state conven-
ton at Deer Lodge, to which he went as q
delegate. Ho denounced the action OF tho
convention in nominating Robert Smith
as congressman. and said that he would
not support the nominee.
A stormy scene then ensued, some of
the members of the club taking sides with
Mr.. Phinney and others denouncing his
action as traitorous TO tho populist party.