The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-21
and the commissioner Of labor. n

witnesses, and having Investigated the
causes, declare what should be done
| to settle the matter. The committee
has no power, however to enforce a
settlement.
The military authorities at Sscra-
mento were very aggressive and any
one offering insults to soldiers was ar
rested. A number OF suspicious char
acters were arrested along the railroad.
1t is believed that the leader Of the
men who wrecked the train Wednes-
day has been caught. Heavy rewards
have been offered by the railroad and
the government.
Strikers were riotous at Oakland,
and foiled any attempts to run trains.
In the evening $50 marines from Mare
Island arrived and the disturbance
ceased. Trains will probably be run
Friday.
The Federation Of Labor executive
committee, after being in session all
day and until midnight, adjourned un-
til Friday morning without reaching
an agreement. A dispatch was sent
to Mr. Cleveland asking him to come
to Chicago or send representative to
aid in settling the great contest.
Friday morning President Debs
submitted to the railroad managers a
proposition to declare the boycott off
if they would rc-employ all their men.
The managers refused to listen to Mr..
Debs, saying that as far as they were
concerned the strike was already
thing of the past.
Debs then said that the strike was
still on and that the Union would
make itself felt still more. Sovereign
says that he will stand by Debs.
The Federation of Labor this morn
ing decided tina it was inexpedient to
order strike at this time in support
of the A. r. U. They, however, ex-
pressed sympathy with the strike and
appropriated 81 900 to defend Mr..
Debs in his coming trial.
Judge Grosscup gave further in
struc,ions to the grand jury at Chica-
60 He directed them to investigate
the charges that the general managers
had conspired to run no trains until
the strike was crushed out He said
that if they did SO they were guilty of
conspiracy under the law.
The A. R. U. men at Albuquerque
have voted to return to work.
Regular soldiers at Sacramento were
fired upon Friday morning while
guarding train. They returned the
fire and one man in the crowd was
killed. Several were wounded.
United States Marshal Baldwin rode
through the streets at the head of
company Of cavalry and ordered the
citizens to their homes. Martial law
actually prevails. A few trains were
started out guarded by soldiers.
At Oakland the yards on the Mole
are now under the protection Of force
of 1000 United States marines, state
militiamen and deputies. The force
has been sufficient to overawe the
strikers and to-day there was no fur
ther violence.
Reports from San Francisco on the
10Th stated that trains were running to
all points, but most of them were
guarded by soldiers.
The officers of the American Rail
Union determined on the 18th to make
vigorous efforts to revive the strike
A number of men were sent out to
work with the men at various points
in the West.
At meeting of strike sympathizers
Debs said "The strike is now-right
now-more prosperous and more en-
couraging than ever before. We can
and must win. The men who have gone
to work will again come back to us and
victory is ours. Grand Chief Arthur
of the engineers is scab jobbcr, and
he will go down in history as traitor
to organized labor. He instructs his
men to work with scabs and tells them
that scabbing is honorable. He is a
tool is the hands of the general mana
gers"
Chief Arthur says that Brotherhood
men must not take the places Of A. R.
U. engineers, but if Brotherhood
man strikes another may take his
place.