Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14
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Troops have been sent to Las Vegas from
Fort Wingate.
A firernan's wife in Chicago. who was with
her husband when he was going to work,
shot and killed a striker who had attacked
him after failing to induce him not to go to
work.
The Kans supreme court has decided
that the statute is void which directs the dis
trict court of Leavenworth county to re-
sentence prisoners who escape from the
penitentitary and are recaptured for the tuu
term of their first sentence.
The three brotherhoods- Trainmen. Engi-
neers and Conductors-all say that members
of either brotherhood who join the Debs
strike will be expelled from the brotherhood
or that local lodges which refuse to expel
them will have their charters taken away.
Governor Stone, of Missouri, has ad-
dressed to President Cleveland very earn
est protest against what he terms an arbl-
trary and unnecessary misuse of federal au-
thority in his state.
President Egan. of the General Managers
association. said Monday morning that every
road in Chicago, without exception, was
moving trains. and most of them on time.
Several freight trains, he said, have departed.
delegation of the engineers called on
Superintendent Roraback, at Argentine, and
stated that they did not want to go out on
trains with inexperienced fremen. They
were told very plainly that if they did not
care to work for the Santa Fe road they
could quit.
United States troops are in actual service
against the strikers at Los Angeles, Trini-
dad, Ration and Chicago.
Grand Master Workman Sovereign has
issued his order to all knights of Labor,
calling out nearly 100000 men until the
strike is settled.
The report that a locomotive at Pueblo
had been blown up with dynamite is dlscred-
tied by the Santa Fe officials, who have not
been advised of any such occurrence.
The fact that the engineers and conductors
on the Santa Fe did not go out has been
source of much worry to the strikers. and
active efforts have. been, and are being made
to get them out.
Sovereign, the head of the Knights of La
Dor, commenced at noon of July 10 to send
out orders to all mem bers of that secret So
ciety, to quit work on the morning of July
IL. This is said to effect million men.
Large numbers of kilograms are daily re-
ceived at the White house and war depart
ment from Grand Army and Confederate
veterans offering their services to the gov
eminent should it be necessary to organize
a volunteer army.
United States Marshal Israel, at Pueblo,
has issued orders to his deputies to arrest with
out warrants any man who by speech or act
attempts to interfere with the operations OF
trains on railroads that are in the receivers
hands, and make particular effort to capture
the strikers leaders.
Two hundred men in all departments were
laid off on the Kansas division of the Frisco,
and like proportion on the other divisions.
Cause, lack of business occasioned by the
strike on other lines. Many more employees
of the line will doubtless be affected unless
the strike closes soon.
1t was solely from compassion for the ex-
cited and mislead Chicago rioters that Cen
eral Miles SO long withheld the fatal order
''f.e." The big Springfield bullets, the
Calling guns and the bullet charged shells
from the field pieces would make havoc in
the ranks of the mobs.
Eugene v Dehs has been twice cured of
drunkenness, the last time at the Keeley in
stitute at Dwight, III. He is now drinking
again. He is considered of unsouud mind
by the physicians who have treated him;
the result of long continued drunkenness
and a weak physical condition.
Eugene V. Debs, president; George W.
Howard, vice president; Sylvester Keleher,
secretary, and L. w. Rogers, one of the di-
rectors, of the A. r. T., arrested for
conspiracy to do an unla wful act, that is to
block the progress of the U. ,. mails. 1hey
were released on $4,000 bail each.
When the United States marshal read the
courts Injunction order to the mob at Blue
Island, Chicago, closing it with a command
to disperse in the name of the president. the
command was greeted with boots and jeers
and curses for the president of the United
States for interference with their business
The strikers and the state of Illinois came
together July and a pitched battle was the
result The number of killed and wounded
may never be known, as the mob carried off
a mum Der of men who were seen to fall, and
whether they were dead or wounded, or how
many of them fell it is impo sible at this time
to ascertain. Lieutenant Reed, of the Hi
nois National guard, was struck on the head
by stones and is in a critical condition
Governor Stone, of Missouri, with his mil
itary staff and Kansas City regiment,
together with crowds of people from all sur
rounding towns, were held up at Marshall
No, after celebrating the nations birthday.
The Chicago q Alton railroad could not sup
ply trains to take all these home. However,
Governor Stone wired the strikers at Slater.
twelve miles distant, that if train was not
made up for him he would send the militia
after one. train came towards morning.
After an all night meeting, ending Mon
day morning. of eighty-six labor organiza-
tions in Chicago a vote was carried giving
the Pullman company until p. m. tuesday
to come to an understanding with their men.
Failing in this the unions all to quit at Z a.
No. of July IL. 1t is claimed that number
of the unions, including the printers, the
marine engineers and the brickmakers will
refuse to be bound by the order; very large
percentage of the other men are already idle
because of the general shutdown, which has