The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-07-05
LATEST TBEEGRAPHIC NEWS
american Railway Union Representative
interviewed BY 4 Herald Reporter.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR ORDERED OUT.
Pullman Dsesn,s Figure Any More,
II is Now Labor We. Captsai-The
Country 60 be Tied Up SIN Tight.
er-The Miiitau Break Camp.

TACOMA, July 6.-lSpecisl to The Her.
AID. mo trains have been moved for q
week, excepting the local passenger trains
between Portland, Seattle and Carlo
nado. No switching is being done and
perishable goods are being removed from
the cars by wagons. Superintendent Nc
Cabe. Of the Northern Pacific, says he has
crews engaged to fully man forty-three
trains, and applications for employment
are coming in all the time from old and
reliable railroad men who cannot uphold
the strike. Mr.. McCabe says that these
trains viii be running 10 few days. The
American Railway Union gave audience
to The HERALD reporter this morning,
and said that McCabe talked wildly and
could not get competent men to take the
place Of the strikers. They wanted
to caution the public that II
trains were moved the lives Of passengers
would be endangered through the en-
ployment of incompetent operatives. The
committee said that the sympathy OF the
public was strongly in favor Of the strik.
ers and that they had occasion to believe
that II the Washington state militia
was called out they would take the
same ground as the California militia at
Sacramento and refuse to act. The COM
mittee maintained that every labor or
ganization was with them; and that grad
ually all would be called out, and that
all business would be stopped until the
rights OF the lsboring man were fairly nd.
iusted. 1t is no longer a question be-
tween the A. R. U. and Pullman, but be-
tween capital and labor in general; and
this is to be the finish fight. When
asked what they would do II the govern.
ment troops were called out. they replied
that their plans were well matured, but
that they were not prepared to give them
to the public at the present time.
The Situation at Seattle.
SEATTLE, July 8.-[Special to THE HER
AID. THE Knights Of Labor were ordered
ont last night, and it is belle ,ed this will
tie M most of the boats on the Sound,
and the delegates Of the organization
openly say that this is the intention, but
at this writing the boats are still running
The freight handlers on the docks have
all struck, and bitter feeling exists, but
there have been no outbreaks and no
damage to property SO far. Stock feed
has already advanced several dollars a
ton, and the smelter at Tacoma and some
factories have been forced to close down
on account OF the scarcity of coal.
MarshaIs Refused Assistance.
PAsco, July 5.-[Special to THE HER
ADJ The merchants OF Pasco refused to
sell supplies to the deputy U. s. mar
shals who accompanied the first train
passing through here since the strike
The train left Ellensburgh Tuesday, and
owing to the road being blocksded west
Of Kennewick by three miles OF freight
cars many Of the passengers suffered for
food, from the great heat and the crowd
ed condition OF the cars. Business men
Of Pasco outwardly sympathizs with the
strikers, as their trade is largely depend
ent upon railroad employees.
Want Former Wages Restored.
TACOMA, July 6.--[Specisl to The HER
AID. 1.-The strikers are no longer consid-
ering the Pullman side OF the question
excepting in general way. Northern
Pacific employees who went out on the
22nd inst. now say they will not return
until the old schedule of wages is re-
stored. The report is current here that
several cars OF Dickinson's train were
ditched west OF Spokane. but that no one
was in jured.
Soldier Boys Coming Home.
OLYMPIA, July 6.-fSpecial to TIE HER
ALp.-The militia broke camp at Wood.
lawn last evening and v i'll leave for home
to- day, unless the strikers prohibit any
movement, but it is claimed that the
strikers have offered to run trains for the
troops and that they are suspiciousIy
anxious to have the militia dispersed.
Thirty thousand dollars was yesterday
paid out to the soldiers and for commits.
sary expenses during the encampment.
Dickinson's Train at Spokane.
SPOKANE, July 5. Especial to TEE
HERALD The east-bound special reached
this city at 4:l5 this afternoon. Assist
ant General Superintendent Dickinson, Of
Tacoma, is in charge and asserts that he
will take the train through. No passen-
ger trains which were on the road at the
Inauguration Of the strike but what are
now either at their destination or the end
OF the division.
The tariff bill has passed the senate
and will 90 back to the house and proba-
bly, be endorsed without much delay. II
is measure preferable to that one known
as the Mckinley bill, but hardly one that
democrats can take much pride in. The
party and the country plainly expressed
for tariff for revenue only and instead
OF that We are given one OF protection.
John Sherman came very near to express
ing the situation when ne said that in the
Wilson bill "a II finally 0naa hafnya tha