The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-03

Edwin Walker and Judge Grosscup, at
which It was decided to call for federal
troops aid from the authorities at Wash
lngton for the Blue Island crisis No
particular regiment was designated
Judge Grosscup expressed the opinion
that the strikers at Blue Island clearly
violated the injunction issued yesterday
BY the United States court
The strikers stopped the train on the
Nickel Plate road which left the city at
80 A. M. at. Ninety-second street and
Stony Avenue island The engineer
and hremen were compelled to leave
their engines. Tha train is now in the
hands of the strikers Twenty-Five depu-
ties were at once sent to the scene with
orders 10 recover the train and dispatch
it on its way east.
"A passenger train on the B. s. o. was
ditched at Rock Island Junction today
by strikers The engineer was badly
hurt in jumping and the road was com
pletely blocked BY the derailed train
Nickel Plate Tied Up
The Nickel Plate road caught it today
IN earnest All the engineers, tremen,
Drakemen and trackmen on the Chicago
end Of the line stopped work simultane-
oushy and without warning. leaving
things In a desperate state of confusion.
4 ne worst effect Of the walk out was in
the swampy regions several miles from
the City near Kensington.
Here whole train load of passengers
from the east were left to their own re-
sources near the Stony Island station.
They had been brought hundreds of
miles aud then left practically in will
derness though almost within sight of
their destination.
It was reported at the general mana
gers headquarters today that the strikers
had broken into freight car at Lansing,
Ills, and stole 6S kegs of powder. The
car stood on the Pan Handle side track.
First Tim n Claic1Ra,s Hisiorv
Today. for the first time in the history
OF the 1--we stock business Of Chicago, not
"A siugIe carload Of animals reached the
union stock yards by rail.
The effect of the Pullman boycott on
the railroads was overwhelmingly
complete that not one steer, not a sheep,
not solitary hog arrived by means Of
steam transportation. Absolutely the
only live stock received was one little
bunch of 13 hogs that came in wagons
from farm half a dozen miles out from
the city
Shipments were almost equally at a
standstiII. The thousands Of packing
house employees and other workmen who
go TO make up the population Of Pack
lngtOwn were made idle thoroughly
and suddenly as though all had quit az a
given signal from President Debs,
though only d comparatively insignlti-
cant fraction are members of the A k L.
Two attempts only at getting out
packing house products were made. The
Michigan Central tried TO make up and
start train load of dressed beef last
night The trainmen abandoned the cars
with scant notice, and the beef was left
10 rot on the tracks in the yards. The
Panhandle road got nineteen cars of
beef through to Brighton. distance of
two miles, What became of the train
between Brig htOn and Blue Island no
one seemed TO know.
T. &. e ssineeEs Eudorss the Strike.
F7iremen on the Rock Island met at
Forty and state streets today and
were instructed not to work with nom
union men. The Illinois Central engi-
neers met today and passed u resolution
the strike
sent Thor -E'APer by Tugs
CHICAGO, July 3-The railroad strike
induced the publishers of the morning
papers IN Chicago To send their papers
this morning to WAukegan, kenosha
and Racine by tugs.