The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-07-13


of sight of the starting point.
Aside from the immediate neighborhood
where tue troops were operating there
was plenty of excitement and disorder,
Great mobs gathered on the Lake Shore,
Rock Island, Alton and Western In
diana tracks aud proceeded TO obstrucl
them by overturning box cars. breaking
switches and the like AT one point they
set fire to a switch tower and the inter
locking switch box though the flames
were extnguished before serious damage
was done In two Instances there was
bloohshea On the Western Indiana
tracks hardpressed special policeman
fired at his pursuers. wounding Il striker
in the leg On the Lake Shore road an
official Of that company in charge of j
train which he was endeavoring to force
through. amptied his revolver point blank
into the maSsed strikers about him.
wounding two or three it is believed. de
was saved from the fury of the mob by
bis fireman who put on steam and ran
back to the point of starting
mob numbering 1000 started north
on the Lake Shore tracks at Thirty
savonth street nyartrrning cH.- III
stt tucting the Inc III every possible way.
They were not checked until they reached
Twenty y-seeond street where heavy
force Of police was massed and succeeded
in turning them back. During the day
Mayor Hopkins and Chief of Police Bren-
nan went down the Lake Shore road,
ii tending 70 20 to the stock yards. Thei
pass; ge was obstructad and they were
compelled to finish the journey on foot.
OF the strike. in general, il. may be
said that it has broadened during the
day The Big Four on which it was
nndcrstoo! traffic Y as to be resumed by
agreement. is practically tied up, At
Joliet everything is at a standstill be-
ca, Sc the yardmen have gone out. and
tn, city water works have shut down for
lack Of coal Kansas City is again tied
up pretty completely. The federal troops
quickly put an end to the tronble at
Ration, n. NJ. arresting lot of strikers
and starting them for Denver. Paralysis
continues on the Pacific coast. There
are federal troops at Los Angeles. but
none have been sent to Sacramento and
Oakland. pending a decision of the qucs-
ton whether or not the state troops and
United States marshals can cope with the
situation.
The embargo which was put on the
Canadian Pacific railway from London
west to Chicago Oh account Of the using
of Pullman cars, III addition to their own
sleepers, was raised to-day upon the COM
pany agreeing to do without the Pull
mans 1t was announced at the general
managers association headquarters the
information had been received of an or
der issued to-day by General Master
Workman Sovereign, of the knights OF
Labor, for a strike of all Knights be-
~ Iva ho
strike order, it was stated, included all
Il. of l.. employees in all lines Of busl-
ness, not merely those working for the
railroads The information came to the
general managers in dispatch from
Des Moines.
| st. Paul. MINI, July 6. According
to railway officials the backbone OF
| the graf strike is broken. 1t is
confidently asserted that by Satur-
day night the whole thing will be called
off or the men will tumble over each
other in an effort to get back to their old
positions They say this il not an idle
statement but a clear presentation Of
| fact based upon the situation. They
point to the fact that passenger trains
continue to run as usual. the volume Of
/ freight business is inc-eas sing daily. and
that new men are taking the places of
the old On the other hand the men
/ claim that they are gaining instead Of
/ losing ground aud that they will yet win.
| There is no disorder III st. Paul
The condition of supplies in the city is
still a question Of considerable interest
among commission and wholesale dealers
The prospects of a meat famine were
lessened this morning by the arrival of
some eight cars Of beef provisions which
we're consigned to the various packing
house agencies in the city. Nearly 200
carcasses We're received and placed at
once OH ice. The wholesale price Of
meats has not changed, except in the
cf Sc of one or two concerns, who have
rt ised their prices since the strike. I'm
| less there should be coEsilerab. extra
csptr Sc and risk in handling meats in
the next few days the whole sale men
tire not disposed, as class. to raise the
frees on the pablc.
Spakane. Wash, July G. A special
trim over the Northern Pacific from the
| West is expected here this afternoon. The
train is manned by non-union crew and
is carefully guarded by deputy marshals
The train is hauling the private car Of
A: sistant General Manager A. w. Dick
inscn. Tyouble is anticipated when
Sprague is reached, as the town is
sWarmins with strikers and their friends.
Chief Dispatcher Finnisan and assistants
have arrived here from Sprague, and
onened temporary headquarters in the
Northern Pacific depot here Union Pa.
c'hc trains arriyin: and departing on
time alternately pulling Wagner and
| Pullman coaches.
Chicago, July 0.-The present strike Of
railroad employees in Chicago and the
entire country according to recent re-
ports. is not to be confined to settle
ment Of the strike Of the employees of
the Pullman Palace Car company 1t is