The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-27
WAR TO THE KNIFE.
Jim Hill Breaks OF Negotia-
tons With the Men.
DECLARES he WILL RUN TRAINS.
The First Freight starssd-A Bitter
Struggle Locked fer In
AontanA.

Sr. PAIL April :7.-All efforts for .
peaceful settlement Of the Great Northern
strike have been declared oil. and the
company and the American Railway
Union have begun TO test their strength.
The fact that the Great Northern
runs through much new country
whore no other means Of travel 10 10 b
had. and that . somewhat rough element
controls affairs. 10 believed to have been
the principal cause of the company's &C.
ton in not heretofore putting on new
men. The result in that section when
the road begins to run its trains
with new men will be sh at there viii be
war TO the knife and bicodshed perhaps
with it The company started the first
freight train in two weeks today. and the
battle may be said to have just begun.
Deputies will Be sent out on sll trains
Late this afternoon the s,rikers sent .
brief communication to President Hill.
Internationally rejecting his propose! for
arbitration and renewing their demand
for the old schedules. and giving him
to understand that this is their usti-
matum. Mr.. Hill sent reply to the men
tonight in which be says the action
of the men ends all conferences and ne
gotiations as far As he Is concerned. and
he will no longer recognize the Americ an
Railway Union. and will proceed to operate
the Great Northern road without regard to
that organization.
Hill today said he had waited long
enough for the men. People along The
road demanded service, and he proposed
to give il to them. II have men enough
TO man the road" he ,aid. land the
militia have been ordered to hold them
selves in readiness" Hill had q confer
ence with Gov. Nelson this afternoon.
The governor sent for Brig. Gen. Bend.
and it is expected the National Guard will
be called out.
HELENA. April a6-News Of the ultima
tum Of President Hill was surprise to the
strikers in this city. 1t is conceded
that the greatest struggle between
the men and railroad will be on the Mon
tana Central from Great Falls to Butte.
LEAvEswoRrH, April 26.-tSpecial. An
act showing the conservativene ss and big
heartedness Of the railroad men Of Leav-
enworth and the Cascade division Of the
Great Northern railway, backed by
the kindness of Superintendent Van
Cleve, was performed tonight. Miss Nellie
Guion Of this place has been Ill for the
past week or ten days with . malady
which baffied local medical talent. Today
it was announced that an operation would
have to be performed in the next few
hours or she would lese her life. Mr..
Van Cieve rendered his private car,
the American Railway Union the services
of train men gratuitously to take the lady
to Spokane. where proper treatment could
be procured, and the train will leave here
in . very few moments.
There was no change in the local sisua-
ton last night, both parties awaiting the
result of the conference In ST Paul. When
the news arrived that negotiations had
been broken of the opinion was
expressed that the Eastern lines
would be put in operation first under the
protection Of the Minnesota militia, and
that then he would fight out the battle in
the West at his leisure, Is the Pacific ex-
tension 10 not paying anyhow.