St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-01

Wniie III attendance at the meeting of
the general managers association, stat
Ing that strikers were tearing up the
tracks at One Hundred and Thirtieth
street. he at once took special engine
to the scene of the riot. Mr.. Loree in
sists that the company is not given ade-
qnate police protection at that point.
The general managers have issued
call on United States Marshal Arnold
for more ueputies.
At tbs meeting this afternoon the
general = anagerS considered the Ques-
lion OF arresting Debs aud prosecuting
him under the United States laws re.
lating to the detention of the mails. 1t
was finally decided not to arrest him,
thus forestalling any
CLAIM TO MARTYDOM.
The Ann street trouble on the Pan
handle was precipitated by brakeman
drawing a revolver where strikers un-
dertook to Interfere with him.
The fellow was badly handled before
he was rescued by the police.
General Superintendent Loree, on his
arrival at 130th street. telegraphed that
the mob drove the station agent at Riv-
erdale, which is at 1S0th street, frcm his
office just as be summoned Loree by
telegraph. and then began a general
demolition of the tracks. The station
agent barely escaped with his life.
Loree, of the Panhandle, wired from
Rlyerdale at 8 o'clock tonight that a
mob has seized its Freight Train No. 70,
chased the engineer and fremen off the
engine, took the train crew away from
the train and put all of them under
guard.
The mob then ran the train into a
sldetrack, cut off the engine and ca
ooose, put the engineer and fireman
back on the engine, the crew in the ca
Ooose and ordered them to pull out.
Ihey did not care where, but to &c ct
out OF there" saying that they would
Kill any man who came down there and
wanted to run any trains while this
STRIKE WA S ON.
Riverdale IS practically in the hands
of a mob without protection from tn e
authorities. The Panhandle fast train
from New York, the Panhandle fast
train from Cincinnati, the Panhandle
fast train from Louisville and Indianap-
oils are all 6own i'll this vicinity in the
hands Of the mob. A special train h as
been made up to carry thirty deputy
sheritfS to the scene, and it will reach
Riverdale at about IL o'clock. Serio us
trouble is expected.
About 2 O'clock this afternoon mum.
Der OF men In the employ of the Belt
X
road crosses the illinois Central, turned
the gates across the tracks and
struck. The, crossing is an impor-
taut one, and many trains pass
each way every hour, and before word
could be sent to the Belt Line
offices new blockade was established
at this point, while the gatemen stood
by and refused to liberate the accumu.
lating trains. Within two hours Train
| Ne. "a. on the Wabash roads, bound for
Detroit, which left the city at 8 O'Clock,
I stood waiting for the signal. A short
time after it arrived the Baltimore
Ohio z assenger TRAM No. 6, on its way
| to Baltimore, stopped behind it. The
| latter trains had mail Car at the real
! end. Lafayette accommodation on the
| Monon soon Joined the other trains.
There was no disposition on the part OF
the trainmen to move. the signals, anG
for an hour and half the three trains,
all carrying passengers and one of them
with mail car attached, stood idly
steaming. Tralnmaster Warner, with
some detectives and Capt. Powers with
number of police officers hurried to
the spot and raised the blockade in a
few moments. The mob was ugly, but
| offered no open violence.