The record-union., 1894-07-18
SITUATION IN MsNTANA.


HELENA. July 17.-Hsports from all
portions of Montana are TO the effect that
trains are running on the Northern Pa
cific main line close to schedule time and
that the company has enough applicants
TO fill every vacancy. AL engineers and
conductors, with few G. ceptions, have
applied for work, and ID twenty-iour
hours the company will be able to handle
| freight. The only delay now comes from
the destruction of bridges. Since the
road first began to operate under military
| protection more than twenty bridges
| have been destroyed by fire. In the last
| twenty-four hours three bridges have
been burned on the Rocky Mountain di-
vision. People of the whole State are be-
coming aroused over the burning of
| bridges, and volunteers are coming for
ward with offers to guard bridges and to
shoot any man caught in any act that
will endanger life. The State has offered
a reward OF $1,000 for the capture OF any
criminal of this sort.
| TRAIN WRECKED WITH DYNAMITE.
| MIssoULA (Mont.), July 17.-An east
bound Northern Pacific train, the first in
sixteen days. was wrecked about twenty
| five miles from here by dynamite con-
cealed in the track. The engine had
| barely struck the spot when terrific ex-
| plosion was heard, the shock shattering
the pilot and right cylinder and piston
rod. 1t also broke the windows of the
cab and mail car. Had the engine gone
| fairly over the cartridge the result would
| have been more disastrous as some eight
coaches constituted the train, which was
loaded with troops and passengers. The
strikers denounce the act in unmeasnred
terms. There is considerable feeling over
the return to work of some engineers
and conductors, and it is believed some
one in sympathy with the strikers
adopted this method of deterring fur, y or
progress. A treStle 100 feet long, three
miles west of here, and 150 feet long on
the Coeur d'Alene branch, were burned
last night.
THE STRIKE CONDEMNED.
| SAN Francisco, July 1.-THE Cham
| ber of Commerce met to-day and adopted
resolutions condemning the strike, and
urge that all persons arrested for con-
| spracy, arson, felony and other crimes
in obstructing the railroad traffic of the
country be brought to speedy trial. The
| resolutions are as follows:
WHEREAS, the commerce, manufacture
| ing and industrial interest of our whole
country is suffering fearful depression,
which means ruin to many in no way
connected or directly interested in the
present strike of the American Railway
| Union; and whereas, the present strike
has brought additional disaster and dis
tress upon the country, destroying con-
| fidence, paralyzing business and ruin
| ing the prospect Of the future,
unless the conspirators and felons
who are daily committing outrages
upon the public are promptly dealt
with as the law directs. Our codes de-
| clare it a felony to obstruct railroad
with the intention of wrecking a train,
which is punishable by death or impris-
onment for life; and yet it is almost a
| daily occurrence, notwithstanding the
army of the Federal, State and local
forces employed to keep the peace and
prevent depredations; and, whereas. the
greatest sufferers of all are the people de-
pending upon their own labor for the
support of themselves and their families.
Yet they blindly follow the dictations of
unscrupuious, designing demagogues.
who are mostly anarchistic in their teach
! ings, and instead OF helping the cause of
| labor are working its ruin as we'll as that
of the country. Is it not time to appeal to
the business men, taxpayers ana all good
! citizens, AS well as the press, to call halt
upon all strikers, and 10 urge all the
friends of good government to lend their
united influence in support of the laws
of the land in suppressing all acts OF
violence and destruction of property :?
| Therefore
| ReSolped, That we are pronounced in
| 1aVOr OF SUSTAINING Lne olato anu Eeu0rdl
| authorities in executing the laws and
maintaining good order and for the pre-
servation OF property against all lawless
organizations, and that we urge all good
! citizens to use their best efforts to prevent
any further depredations and ask that
! they stand by the laws of the land and
render the officers of the Federal, State
and local Governments their support in
suppressing all unlawful acts against
persons or property.
ReSolUed, That we appeal to the execu-
tive officers and the judiciary and urge
upon them that they act promptly in
bringing to trial all persons arrested for
conspiracy. arson, felony or other crimes
in obstructing the railway traffic of the
| country.
The resolution were adopted upon mo-
tion of l. E. Thayer, the motion being
seconded by w. Il. Merry. Both spoke
at some length in favor of the resolutions.
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