Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-18
TnE srnIIlr sItUArION.
Petty AnnoyRnccs Instead OF foruiid-
Rbic Hioting.


Rbic nioting.
WAHuNGrON, July l7.-Erly re-
ports received at the war department
from troops engaged In preventing
disturbances o. tue railroads IN the
West show Aat the resistance n the
strikera has generally diminished from
Formidable noting q petty au oyaucc
nud obstruction. General Merritt, at
81. Paul. reports that distractions have
been encountered on tbs Gfoht North.
oru oni running north from st. Pau,
likewise ut Livingstoui Montana,
There Is friction Ou all tue Pacific
roads.
From San Francisco General Ruger
reports that II will be necessary 10 send
trains uhdtr guard fer some time.
General Miles reported to hendquar.
tiers tho itigntiul accident at Chicago
yesterday. General Miles will take
steps IN ascertain how u ouuurio 4, anu
lao may appoint q board for this pur.
pose.
AZ soon as Ia General Mlles's JuIg.
mont II will bu Bdyisablo 10 DO 70, the
regular troops now In Chicago viii be
Withdrawn, tut until General Miles IN
recommends, no suggestion or outside
request viii have any OBJECT with the
authorities here. Toe history o. the
Chicago riots has confirmed In official
circles here the belief In the Hoununest
OF General 5chofleld's iavJrito policy
VI consolidating the troops az great cen
trnl posts near the large cities,
IL II the intention now 20 carry out
tits idea A. far ~ practicable. The
hitt m luiicststion o. this decision will
d, Chicag' for although tue troops viii
be withdr wn from tho city, tnry Will
80 ~ Ort Sheridan, fifteen miles dis
talt, and luU Of the companies, bat.
trfius anu troops tina, have been
brought 10 Chicago from eastern anu
western points Will hO Hunt back 10
their posts. rbey will constitute the
permanent garrison q Font Sheridan,
which with this powerful force 70 10.
Gated ~ 10 be easily and quickly
marched 10 Chicago or to Huy point OF
disturbance, viii become ono u the
first units OF tho new system o. army
posts.
Unless Congress shall provide for u
substantial Increase OF the regular AT
my, this may iuvolys the practical
abandonment Of many OF the smaller
posts In the West.
~ CALIFORNIA.
SAN FRANCISCO, July IL. - The
S0ut fern Pacific company continues
to run passenger tfAins more OF less
regularly during the hours Of day light,
but all night trains arc still being
abandoned.
AZ Sacramento tho only exciting
incident OF today was the dispatching
OF train bearing sixty United States
regulars 10 Duusmuir, On the Oregon
branch. The cUmpany's agent At
Dunsmuir reported that the strikerl
were becoming ugly. The strikers at
Sacramento continue active, however.
Yesterday several hundred men who
had Obeytd the order 10 strike returned
TO work la the machine shops. THIS
morning most OF them remained away.
| rhe men havh been illuminated ty tins
strikers AMI feared violence at the
hands of A. II, U, men n they went
back 10 work this morning.
A. a. IOwue, vice prCsiinnt and
general manager Of tho Southern Pa
/ oiiic, posted a notice today that the
Sacramento shops would be tcopened
! tomorrow ana that protection would be
| Afforded nil men who desired 10 return
| 10 work. Mr. TOwue also publicly dc.
MES the published statements that men
returning 10 work win be compelled 10
sign an agreement to stand Hloof from
all labor unions. lie declares that tho
company simply insists that it, ON.
ployes snail have nothing 10 do with
the a. H. u.
| Uln Oakland az well ns IN BacrA.
montO, the railroad officials are meet.
ing with dlhionlty In getting enough
men TO run their shops aad man their
| trains.
This strikers today Instituted hnbras
corpus proceedings 10 recover Edward
JOsi, one OF their leaders, who IL
| locked up Ia n box car ON the mole
aud guarded by soldiers. Josl, dis.
/ guised ~ a tRii1r, was arrested last
night. Tho soldiers found him crouch.
ing under Pullman car In the railroad
yATds.
rhe railroad company's pay car,
bearing over $4,000, passed down the
Oakland mole To-Day ana through the
city, dIsbureing wages for May aud
June. Strikers who came 10 the car
were told 10 decide whether they
would Return 10 work or not II they
elected to return their May wages were
paid.
BURNING az nRIDGEs.