The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-25
IT'S WORK DONE.
The Federal Grand Jury
Dismissed.
MANY STRIKERS INDICTED.
The Railroad Managers Escaped
UnsCathed.
WAS THE CHARGE FORGOTTEN ?
Judge Morrow Tells the Jurors They
Did Their Duty as Good Citi-
zens-Their Report.

The July term of the United States Dis
trict Court ended yesterday and the Fed
eral Grand Jury presented It's final report
and was discharged.
The jury was impaneled on July Is,
while the wires from ocean to ocean were
burning with tidings Of the great strike,
and traffic lay bound hand and foot by the
American Railway Union and it's SYM
pathizers. Judge Morrow's charge was
one of the longest ever delivered in the
United States District Court. He called
upon the jurors in forceful terms to take
cognizance of the fact that the United
States mails were delayed. Interstate COM
merce at Standstill and the community
diSmayed at the prospect. They were
charged to determine who was RESPONSE
BILE for the existing state of affairs and
bring the offenders TO the bar of justice.
His Honor intimated that the railroad
owners and managers might be as resp0n-
Sbi5 for the reign of chaos as the strikers,
and declared that 1t was their duty to in
dict without regard TO persons.
The jury indicted 1877 strikers, but no
manager or owner of railroad has been
cited TO appear for conspiracy to delay
mails or interfere with interstate COM
MERGE. On a certain day United States
Attorney Garter appeared in court and
prayed for an order commanding the tele-
graph com panies to produce copies of the
dispatches that passed between the strk-
ers and their leaders. He pleaded with
great earnestDess for the kilograms, which
he said we're needed by the Grand Jury to
enable it to obtain evidence against the re-
bellious WOrkingmen.
Senator Carpenter. attorney for the
companies and other corporations, op-
nj hnf hn
ruled, and the dispatches sent from. Debs
and Knox and Roberts and Mullen when
the strife was hottest were placed in the
jurors hands
The strikers, remem bering the Judges
charge, thought the attorney would also
call for the dispatches that passed be-
tween the Southern Pacific and the Pull
man companies, Mr.. Huntington and Mr..
Oiney, but in this they were mistaken.
These dispatches were not demanded and
were not produced.
Mr.. Monteith, who represents the strik-
ers, will call for these dispatches which
Mr.. Garter forgot to demand, but be fears
that the Governments attorney will object
on the ground that they are privileged
communications.
With the report handed in by the fore
man of the Grand Jury yesterday were
three indictments against leaders of the
strike who have not vet been arrested
These were placed on the secret file. Ac-
cOrding to the report the jury held fifty-six
sessions and Indicted 1877 strikers, of whom
So were charged with conspiracy. Four iu-
dlctments for perjury were found, one for
smuggling, seven for violation of the pos
bal laws, Two for manufacturing opium,
four for countsrfeiting aud one for alter
ing silver certificate.
Judge Morrow thanked the jurors for
the service they had rendered the country.
While good citizens could be found 10 do
duty as jurors. he said the laws would be
upheld aud pure republican form of
government would be preserved.