The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-29

PORTLAND, Or. April 2S-The indus
trial army, numbering about 500 men,
which has been camped at Troutdale
eight miles east OF here, for the past three
days, captured Union Pacific train al
Gas this morning and started on its jour
ney to Washington. The train was q
special, bearing General Manager Dickin'
son, Assistant General Superintendent
people.
| The Industrials were expecting the
train and were ready to act. Immediately
upon arriving at the station the Common
wealers. by a concerted movement,
| took possession of the engine and
in a few minutes had run the
coaches on a switch, detached the
| locomotive, deposed the engineer and fire.
man. installed their own engineer and
fireman and within ten minutes had
coupled to the freight train which they
captured last night and sailed out east
ward with the army comfortably settled
| in the freight cars.
AT Bridal Veil the Union Pacific engin-
eer, who was taken along, was placed in
charge of the engine. United States mar
shall Grady, who spent the last night at
Troutdale, Immediately wired Brigadier
General Otis, at Vancouver, to furnish
troops to assist him in arresting
the Commonwealers The Union Pacific
officials here were at once notified, and At
torney General Cotton went before United
States District Judge Bellinger and pro-
cured warrant for the arrest of General
Scheffier and all members of the Industrial
army for violation of the restraining order
issued few days ago. Two engines were
then sent to Troutdale One of them was
RI Nf.r A,- ,hN wit !,
the warrant started in pursuit of the Com
monwealers. The other engine brought
General Manager Dickinson's special
train to this city. All trains on
the road were ordered side-tracked
and to give the Commouweslers the
right of way The captured train ran
slowly to Bridal Veil. where a stop was
made and engineers exchanged. From
this point the Commonwealers sent tele-
gram to he chief train dispatcher of the
Union Pacific saving they would cheer
fully take care of all local freight business
for the company along the iine if so de-
sired.
When Brigadier General Oils received
the message calling for troops he At once
wired an order to Fort Wnlla Walla to
prepare to Intercept the train at
Umatila Junction. A special train
left Walla Walla at o. m. with 122 men
of the Fourth cavalry under command of
Colonel Charles Z. Compton. The officers
with the command are Captain w. L.
Wilder, Captain J. r. Richards. Lieuten-
ant James Lockett, Adjutant George K.
Cres- aud Lieutenant WORMS. The COM
mand has ten days ratlous, ample camp
equipage and unlimited AMMUNITION. The
troops reached Umatilla at 40 and as the
IndustrIals had not yet arrived, left at 4:3O
for Willows. At Umatilla, Ii. G. Meeus,
deputy United States marshal, boarded the
train. The troops are instructed to cap
ture the Commonwealers without blood
shed if possible and await the coming of
Marshal Grady for further orders. Their
orders are not to fire first, and if necessary
to fire, to shoot to kill. The command
was accompanied from Walla Walla by
n. j. O'Brien, division superintendent of
the Union Pacific; A. h. Bissell, local
agent; W. d. Tyler, president Of the Wash
ington and Columbia River road, and p.
i. johnson of the Walla Walla Union.