St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-19
TO Protect the Great North
ern and Its Business.
RESTRAINING ORDER ISSUED,
Which Will Make It Serious
to 0b3truct Traffic.
TRAINS STARTED FOR COAST,
With u. s. MarShaIS to Serve
Papers if Interference.
STATEMENTS BY BOTH SIDES.

The Great Northern has invoked the
Aid of the United States courts to pro-
tect its interstate commerce and the
transmission of the mails. This action
was taken Tuesday but was not made
public until yesterday.
United States Marshal j. Adam Bede
appointed eleven extra deputy lnarshals
yesterday afternoon to assist the four
regular deputies of his office in serving
OH the employees of the Great Northern
Railway company an injunction issued
yesterday by Judge Walter II. Sanborn.
OF the United States circuit court. which
restrains the employees from interfering
with the property of the road. The
regular deputies are Edward Brown.
Matt Shortall. Col. T. j. Shehan and
Edward Warner. The special deputies
are Charles E. Banker, Louis
J. CALVIN, Henry G. Reichow,
James Appleyard, f. &. Heingbaum,
w. F. Riddle. I. Burch. Capt. John P.
Walsh and p. j. Lavallee. Nine of
these deputies were sent oat last night
on the st. Cloud branch of the road. and
will cover the towns of ST. Cloud,
GAINESVILLE and Crookston. The other
BiX deputies will take in Breckenridge
and Wilmar. The deputies are loaded
with printed copies OF the order, and
were instructed to serve the notices OH
all employees who might be found inter.
fering with the terms of the injunction.
They will cover the towns mentioned,
as it is thought the majority of The men
are congregating there They will also
cover other towns on the divisions
named. The deputies are not empow-
cred to arrest any of the men, but
merely to serve the notices as a civil
proceeding.
Judge Sanborn was applied to by the
Great Northern officials OH Tuesday to
grant a restraining order both i'm this
state and in North Dakota, and he
granted the petitions in each case. Tine
petitions were sworn to by w. p.
ClOugh. vice president of the company.
before w. ID. Cornish as notary pub
lie. The, petitions for each state were
the same Ill general character. but the
differ.
For the state of Minnesota the petit
tions name Thomas Olson. Otto Olson,
j. j. McAvery, Patrick Mclaughlin,
Edward Barry. l.. b. Foster.
liz the North Dakota petition the
names are Richard c .Cavanaugh. R. j.
Williams. John Healy, Richard Rowles,
Tt,ti Vol IN
Case, j. E. Dunn, Charles w. Oswald,
Charles HOiton.
In addition to the names mentioned In
each petition the petition says: To all
engineers, hremen, trainmen, train dis
patchers, telegraphers, conductors,
switchmen and all other employees of
the Great Northern company who have
been or are obStructing or threatening
to ObStruct interstate commerce along
the railroad of said company, and to
each and every of you. and to all per-
sons, associations and combinations.
voluntary or otherwise, whether en-
ployes of said Great Northern Railway
company or not, and all persons who
have been or are obstructing or who
threaten to obstruct such interstate
commerce, and to each and every one of
you. greeting:
Whereas. 1t has been represented to
the Unilpd States circuit court for the
District of Minnesota OH the part of the
Great Northern Railway company, a
corporation, that the defendants are OBJ
structlng and interfering with interstate
commerce and the carry ing of the mails
and government supplies, troops and
munitions of war Oh its railroad by
force, threats and intimidation to its
irreparable injury, and are threatening
to continue so TO do unless restrained
by this court, and are preventing the
operation of its engines, cars, trains and
telegraph engaged in said interstate
commerce, and said company has
prayed this court to restrain the de-
PENDANTS from these acts by its writ of
injunction.
1t is hereby ordered, that the said de-
PENDANTS show cause, il any they have,
before this court. at the court house i'm
the city of st. Paul. Minnesota, at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon on the 9th day
of April, A. ID. 1894. why each of them
should not be enlOined and restrained
from disabling or rendering in any wise
unht Tor convenient and immediate use,
any engines, cars or other pro perty of
the Great Northern Railway company.
used by it or kept for use in interstate
commerce, the carrying of mails or gov
ernment supplies. and from interfering
In any manner with the possession of
any locomotive, cars or other property
of said Great Northern Railway COM
pany, used or In its custody for use in
such commerce or carrying, and from
interfering in any manner, by force,
threats or intimidation, with those
who desire to continue in the service
of the Great Northern Railway COM
pany for the purpose of assisting in
carrying the mails or supplies or in in
terstate commerce, and from interfer-
ing in any manner by force, threats or
intimidation with men employed by the
said Great Northern Railway company
In such commerce or carrying to take
the places OF those who quit the service
of said company, and from interfering
with or obstructing in any manner by
force. threats or intimidation the opera
fion of any portion of the said railway
engaged Ill such commerce and carry
ins, and the running of engines and
trGins thereon or thereover as usual, for
such purposes, and from any inter.
ference with any portion OF the tele-
graph line of said railway company
used to carry OH interstate commerce
along the line of railway operated by
Said company Or any portion thereof,
Rssi generally frsm interfering with the
officers and agents of said Great North.
ern Railway company or its employees
who are or may be engaged il such
commerce or carrying in any manner
by actual force, intimidation or threats,
Ind from interfering with any of the
property III the custody of said