St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-01
WITHDRAW THE TROOPS.

Pullman Company and City Off
Gals Believe All Trouble is Over.
CHICAGO, July 31.-Mayor Hopkins
wired Gov.Altgeld at noon today asking
him to recall eight companies of the
First regiment, l. n. q. This order re-
moves three of the six companies now
at Pullman and leaves but one company
| on the Illinois Central tracks. that at
West Hammond. The mayor said that
he felt satisfied that the three COM
panies left at Pullman could maintain
order. The Second regiment, stationed
at the stock yards, will be left there for
the present, and the mayor refused to
say when the remaining companies at
Pullman will be Withdrawn. The action
on the part of the mayor was the result
Of conference between him, Vice
President Wickes, of the Pullman COM
pany, and Adjt. Gen. Orendorff. of the
/. n. G.
Vice President Wickes did not antici-
pate trouble, stating that the company
was making no effort to secure new
men, and that he expected the old en-
ployes to eventually go back to their
ence the mayor stated that the action
taken was the result Of careful delibera-
ton on the part of the representatives
of the city, state and the Pullman COM
panv.
"Vice President Wickes stated to us, :"
said the mayor, that the reports re-
ceived by the company from Pullman
this morning showed that everything is
very quiet there, and that no evidence
of impending trouble could be detected
on the surface. AS to the intentions of
the company, he stated that they eX-
5pected to open portion of the works at
least in few days, and. owing to the
property Of the Illinois Central and
Michigan Central roads. as we'll as
other property III The district. it was de-
cided that portion of the troops, at
least, should be retained. MI. Wickes
/ agreed with US that there was no use in
keeping all of the troops there at the
present stage. and it was finally agreed
by all of us that a portion of the troops
should be called in at once.
1.-THE twelve companies of the First
regiment now in the Pullman district
are protecting the territory adjacent.
including the property from Fordham
TO riverside, and three companies will
be retained there until the Pullman
company does or fails to do something.
1t has not been decided as yet which
companies will be kept on the scene or
which will be sent home. Three of the
companies that remain will cover the
district now covered by the regiment,
and the fourth, which is under tine or
ders of Sheriff Gilbert, will probably be
retained where 1t now is. at West Ham
mond, but that, of course, is matter
for the sheriff to decide.
''Mr. Wickes, representing the Pull.
man company, was very fair, agreeing
with us that there was no necessity for
keeping the troops in the field any
longer. The decision was wholly sat
Isfactoly to all parties concerned. Mr..
Wickes evinced no desire to meet any
committee OF employees, but stated that
they would not attempt to bring in out
side men to take the places of the
strikers. Their plan is to simply wait
for the old men to return to work, ana
when sufficient force is secured
in this way to open up as much of the
plant as is possible. However, he ac-
kDowledged that SO far they had reck-
oned without their host"