The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-20
Railroad Men at the Chicago Stock Yards
DlSObey Strike Orders.
SITUATION At The PULLMAN SHOPS
Three Hundred and Twenty APP
plications for Work Received-New
Workmen Are Mostly Hollanders.
Efforts of Strikers to Persuade Ap-
plicants to Desert the Pullmans Are
Unsuccessful-Notes of the Strike
at Other Points.
CHICAGO, July 1{

III
the stock yards to desist from
u work. seemed to have little ef.
feet on the men to whom it was ad
dressed. Rsiiroad employees returned
ia their work as usual; switching was
continued, and the packers seem in
cllned to treat the matter as o Joke.
The Pullman shops at Pullman. Ill,
Will probably reopen early next week.
Vice President Wickes states that he
has received 32j applications. from
workmen desiring to return to work
and that he anticipates no trouble in
securing a sufficient number of opera
tives to work all the departments
Three hundred men are engaged in oil
Ing the machinery, cleaning the shops
ana doing other preliminary work
While 100 of these men, who are Hol-
landers living at Roseand, were On
their way to Pullman this morning.
they were stopped short distance
west Of Pullman by strikers or their
sympathizers and an all.round fight en-.
sued, which terminated in the new
men agreeing to go home.
After nearly reaching Roselaud,
however, the Hollanders separated in
groups Of two or three and by a cir
cuitous route returned to Pullman and
went to work. Most of the Hollanders
are iron founders. but all were pressed
into service at cleaning up
PULLING THE DRAG NET.
The drag nat Of the federal law was
cast into the waters today and when
the ropes were drawn taut, and it was
pulled ashore. it was found to contain
no less than twenty-nins indictments
charging otfenses against the interstate
commerce act and the laws relating to
the transportation of the United States
mails against forty. three individuals
The grand jury announced at 4
o'clock this afternoon that it had con.
cluded its labors and the foreman
handed to Judge Seaman a batch of
manuscript two feet high, which it was
said contained indictments for syery-
body connected with the railroad strike
in this district
The court fixed the bail on each of
the indictments In the sum of $4,000
against each and every individual con-
cerned. No warrants OF arrest were
issued this evening ami District Attor-
ney Milchrist and his associates mani
tested an unusual retieence regarding
the identity of the parties indicted.
The clerk was instructed that
the indictments should not be
made a matter of record until
the morning. with the under
standing that at s o'clock or soon there
after the warrants would be pressed
and entrusted to deputy marshals for
immediate service. 1t is stated on
good authority that not only were there
cumulative indictments against presi-
dent Debs. vice president Howard,
secretary Keliher and Editor Rogers, of
the Railway Journal, but that every
other member of the board of directors
had been scooped in and put on trial.
1t is also hinted that Organizer Phe.
Ian, who on Monday was committed hy
Judge Taft, of Cincinnati, for coh-
tempt Of court, was among those
against whom the indictments had been
found. In one indictment, and which,
so 1t was stated in the dis.
trict attorneys office, is one of
the strongest yet found no less than
nineteen defendants are named. Ssv-
eral Of the directory OF the Railway
union have lectured during the past
week to organize lodges east and west.
but they are equally liable to arrest as
they remained within this jurisdiction.
TROOPS ARE WITHDRAWN.
WASHINGTON, July 10 Secretary
Lamont tonight made the following
statement concerning the situation at
Chicago; "The federal troops, having
the purposes for which
they were ordered to Chicago, they
have been withdrawn from the city
proper. With the exception of the
infantry sent from Sacketps Harbor,
all Of the troops recently concentrated
at Chicago. including the artillery
and cavalry from Forts Riley and
Nlobrara, have been ordered
to take station at Fort Sheridan for the
This will nut very much
larger garrison at that point ready for
service than when the troops were
called into action. They were with
drawn on the assurance of the local
authorities responsible for the peace Of
the city, that the situation was com
pletely under control and that the laws
could be enforced and order preserved |
without the further employment of the |
federal troops
while there is no reason to believe
that their services will be required,
should such contingency arise they
are but two hours from any part of the
'ity, and can be easily and quickly |
called TO the scene of the distur bance"