Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-07-02
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The Railway Strike.


road, six thousand men and four hun
dred girls employed in the big packing
houses were laid of this morning. The
Burlington road have 463 cars of live
stock between Chicago and Galesburg;
the Rock Island road have turned 90
900 head of live stock into pasturage,
and the Northwestern road report hay
ing 5000 head in pasture. Gangs of
strikers are congregated along the stock
Yards railroad and trouble is expected
If any more trains attempt to come into
the yards. The Wabash and Santa Fe
roads will attempt TO run trains into
the stock yards before noon. Firemen
and engineers on the Illinois Central
road went on strike yesterday. The
switchmen and fremcn on the Wabash
have struck and the Chicago, blilwau-
kce and st. Paul employees have voted
to 60 out. Rumors of violence have
reached the city from islated crossings
and out of the way points. The man
gers are preparing to meet violence
with force and the strikers are antici-
pating legal complications which
may compel new line of action.
Two hundred marshals left for Blue
I-land this morning to aid the Rock
Island to raise the embargo on the four
mail trains held at that point. All the
men are armed to the teeth. Another
party of siXty-three men arrived last
night by the Baltimore and Ohio road
to take the place of strikers.
Railway managers are inclined to
credit the statement that oyertures for
settlement have been made on the
part of the Pullman company.
CLEVELAND, o., July Chief Ar
thur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers said yesterday that the &C.
ton of the Illinois Central engineers in
joining the army of strikers had not
been caused by any action taken by
the brotherhood. Chief Arthur was
satisfied that the brotherhood would
not be drawn into the strike.
DENVER, Col, July 2.-Five compa-
MES of infantry left this morning for
Trinidad, Their presence is deemed
necessary to prevent rioting.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.-The tele-
graph operators on the Southern Cali
fornia have gone out. They refuse to
handle orders except for mail trains.
At Los Angeles the engineers have de-
cided to go to work Tuesday morning,
CHICAGO, July -Four hundred
United States deputy marshals have
been distributed among the various de-
pots since q. m. New men are being
sworn in at the rate Of ten minute.
United States District Attorney Mil
christ has completed an omnibus bill
for an injunction against the strikers.
Judges Woods and Grosscup are in the
chambers examining the document. It's
issue is asked for in the name of the
United States. After a conference
judges Woods and Grosscup referred
back the bill! for an injunction to the
United States District Attorney for
amendment Attorney General Olney
wires that the bill is to be drawn under
the provisions of the interstate COM
MERGE act, which will make it sweep
ing in the extreme. Judge Woods said:
"The bill will be as broad as the con-
tinent and the order Of the court will
correspond" 1t is stated that the
United States courts have advised the
government at Washington that the
United States marshal here is unable to
cope with the situation and has made
formal call for the United States
troops ct Fort Sheridan.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. ,..July2 The three
companies Of infantry who were order
ed to Danville are on Wabash train
in this city and cannot get out. The
brotherhood of locomotive engineers
have decided not TO allow any union
engineer to run the engine. The morn
ing mail train on the Wabash arrived
five hours late.
The train finally got away at IL
o'clock. Local militiamen handled the
engine to the city limits where Charles
Lundholm, general foreman of the
shops, jumped aboard and took charge
of the throttle.
CHICAGO, July 2.-The $50 deputy
marshals and 10 deputy shcrils sent
to Blue Island to raise tho embargo
on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific |
railroad traffic were overrowered and whip
ped by mob of over 1000 strikers and sym.
pathizers and are still in the hands of the
lawless element. The Second Regiment has
been ordered to the scene and will leave on a
train as soon as possible.
Foreign News.
LONDON, July 2.-Prof. Dean, of Ok