The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-04
THE STRIKE CONTINUES.
Serious Conditions Reported in
Western Cities.
THE REGULAR TROOPS CALLED
OUT TO SUBDUE THE MOBS.

Both SIDES GIaim the Advantage But Nc
! Settlement Is In Sight-President
Arthur of the Brotherhood of Engineers
Takes<a Manly Stand Against the
senseless strike-The Strikers Are
Resorting to Violence and Find the
Government Taking a Hand.
Washington, July 3.-Attorney General
| Olne received a telegram from the United
States Associate Justice Edward P. Seeds
this morning, stating the condition OF
affairs at Ration. N. NJ, is very serious and
advising that troops be dispatched there at
once. Two days ago United States troops
1 were ordered to Ration, New Mexico, and
| Trinidad, Colorado, and since that time
/ no news has been received here of the
movement of the United States troops in
| that vicinity. 1t is not known whether
| they started. A telegram from Ration made
no mention of United States troops being
| there or on the way, and it is assumed
none have arrived. The matter was laid
by Attorney General Olney before the
Cabinet meeting this morning, together
with press dispatches received from all Sec
tions in which the strike is in operation.
The Northwestern Disabled.
Chicago July 3-The Northwestern is tied
up tight as a drum. 1t was unable to
get its fast overland mail ont this morning
and not wheel is stirring on that system in
| Chicago.
| At the stock yards this morning every
thing was quiet. With the exception of a
| few hundred employees at work in the pack
| ing houses, no work was being done in the
| district. No trains have arrived at the
| yards since yesterday and not since the big
| strike of 'T6 has such compete tie-up
| been in force. The officials of the packing
| houses claim to have enough coal on hand
| to last for several days to come and will
| continue making ice for the refrigerators,
until the coal supply is exhausted. Eigh-
| teen cars of dressed beef consigned to De-
| troit and fifteen cars containing lard, ba-
| con and hams have been side.sfacked on
| the Wabash tracks at Forty-fifth street for
| three days and the contents are spelling for
want of ice. Nelson, Morris & Co., have
eleven cars of beef at Forty ty-seventh street,
which is now far advanced to pu trefaction.
Troops For the Grand Trunk.
| Lansing, Mich, July Ex-Governor Rich
| this morning received a amessage from the
| Sheriff at Battle Creek announcing that
| the strikers had full con troll of the Chicago
and Grand Trunk railroad at Battle Creek
| and refused to let trains pass
Governor Rich at once sent notice to the
entire First Regiment to assemble at the
armories and be ready to proceed to Battle
Creek at a moments notice.
Theatrical Companies Tied Up.
Salt Lake, Utah, July 3-No train came
into or ran out of Salt Lake OF Ogden yes
terday except on one or two of the Lake
roads which are purely local. Overland
traffic is suspended and the dopots in both
cities are crowded with belated baggage
and mail bags. Several theatrical compa-
nies are held at various points in Utah
among them being one of 1Frohman's compa-
nies On the application of the attorney for
Union Pacific railway receivers, Chief JUS
tice Merritt yesterday made an order re-
quiring all men on that road who have
struck to report for duty this morning.
All who fail are ordered permanently dis
charged. 1t is feared this will precipitate
trouble.
Strike Broken on North Western.
Northwestern are stopping at all suburban
freight trains were run today. The situa-
tion on that road is much better and over
twenty trains were sent out jammed to the
limit. Some old employees have returned to
work and new men are being employed.
The officials say that tomorrow they will
| handle freight. A general order from Man
ager Whitcomb authorizes .the cutting down
of the entire force of all descriptions from
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| strike settlement. This order affects. Il, 900
| employees temporarily.
A Million Dollars Damage.
San Francisco, July 3.-W. G. Curtis,
assistant to General Manager Towne of
| the Southern Pacific Railroad company,
| estimates the company's loss in the five
| days the roads have been blocked, ag-
| grega6ingsmore than a million dollars.
The fruit business will be seriously
hurt if way out of the difficulty is not
| found. There are 200 cars of fruit be-
| tween here and Ogden, valued at S4OO
each. The fruit is rapidly ripening and
within the next ten days sixty addition
al cars will be ready for shipment.
Five Hundred More Strikers.
| Port Huron, Mich, July 3.-About five
hundred Chicago and Grand Trunk employ
| es went. on strike here yesterday morn
| ing. The local lodges of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen determined to
stand by the American Railway Union men
and the engineers and conductors hay Q
taken similar action. Not a Chicago and
Grand Trunk train of any kind has left
here since yesterday morning. The Grand
Trunk railway is not yet affected and the
officials hope their road will escape. Only
three men on the entire local force of the
Chicago and Grand Trunk at Flint are
working today d.they.have nothing to do.
Shops Shut Down.
: Toledo, O., July 5.-This morning when
the employees at the Wabash shops gathered
to commence the days work they were in
formed by the officers of the road that the
shops would be shut dowI for an indefinite
period on account of the strike. Some 355
men are thrown out of employment. On
account of the strike on the Hooking Val
ley road no coal is being received here and
500 handlers on the docks are without work.
They Had Grievance.
Columbus, Ohio, July ga committee
representing the engineers of the Hooking
bo hoJ