The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-04-27
THE GREAT STRIKE.
EMPLOYEES OF THE GREAT NORTH
ERN LEAVE THEIR POSTS.
Tbc Men Refuse to Acccde to the
Reduction in Wages Recently Made
The Whole Great Northern sys-
fem IL Completely Tied Up.

Helena. Mont, Spccial.-Ihc strike on
the Great Northern and Montana Central
system was peacefully inaugurated by an
order issued from Butte by James Hogan,
organizer of the American Railway union.
The situation is explained by }. L.
Dunn. of the American Railway union,
as follows:
Some time since the officials OF the
Great Northern issued a new schedule TO
govern various employees This was to
70 into effect April |, and it made sweep
ing reductions in the wages ot all eil-
ployes. The men would not accept II and
il was hung up awaiting the return OF
President iiill from Europe. Since his
return he has ordered that the schedule
be enforced, and rather than acceie TO
the demands. which they consider un-
just, the men have quit work.
St Paul. April 19.-The Great North
ern company has made application to the
United States courts in the disttl is
through which its lines run for a ten
Icrary injunction restraining the strik rs
from disabling any of the engines. ears
or other prop 'rty of the company, or
from interfering in any manner with
men who des ire tG continue in the serylct
of the company or with men who may be
en- plcyed to take the places of those no
qlit its service. and from interfering
with or obstructng in any wise with the
operation of the railway. The courts
are petitioned TO issue an order to the
lnarshals and their deputies to properly
ci force the injunction when issued The
complaint upon which the application WAS
made was sworn TO hy w. t. Clouch,
vice president of the Great Northern, be-
fcre w. ID. Cornish. notary public, in this
city, on Monday, April IL.
To-day the counsel for the Great North
ern road applied to his honor Judge San
born, of the United States circuit court,
for restraining orders, which ne granted
both for the district Of Minnesota and
for the district of North Dakota. which
is within his circuit. The application
made here was substantially the sane as
that made for North Dakota. and the
restraining order is about the same in
both cases. BY its teriss it rcstrains the
employees of the road from interfering
with the operations Of the road by any
violence. This morning Deputy United
States marshals We're sent out 10 serve
the order.
Mr.. Clough. counsel for the Great
was proposed to serve the order. and
answered upon any one who was likely
to interfere with the operation of the
line. The remedy has several times been
granted by eminent judges. and prece-
dent Las been set, SO that there was no
long delay in securing the order Should
the strike spread to the st Paul division,
as now seems likely, the order will be
served here as we'll
REPORTS from along the line in Mime
sofa and Dakota say the injunction was
served on the strikers and caused con-
siderable excitement. Several trains be-
gan moving.
Fargo, n. D.. April 19-The injunc-
ueE on the Great Northern strikers was
served to-day. No trains have. however.
been run, and the effort TO get a special
out from here to Grand Forks proved n
failure, as the men put it back into the
round house each time, and finally killed
the engine by drawing off the water.
The read officials say they will run q
tam tomorrow, but the strikers insist
they cannot. Eserthing is quiet here
breckenridge, Mimi, April 2O.-No. 9
tarrived here from St Paul this morning
az aeout '4o under the protection Of four
United States rshals The strikers
we're at first in lined to interfere with
81. but the mail car, but were advised to
TIC Contrary. lnjunctions were served on
seme Of the leaders of the strike, restrain
ing them from interfering with the road.
Two passenger trains went east this aft
erncon. There is no probability of any
lCrther resistance TO Passenger trains
here.
Ban lnesS lie, MINI, April oO.-The mail
train in charge Of United States Marshal
brown and six other deputies. arrived
here at this morning. The switches
mad been turned and spiked. but after
the reading by Marshal Brown Of IN.
II junction from the United States dis
trlct court, of which he was the bearer
ana discussion among the men, the train
was allowed to proceed at 10 o'clock TO
Fargo
Mora, Mimi. April 2O.-Two men. dis
charged from the tie train crew. atteInnt
ed TO wreck a Great Northern train.
Iney put push car on the track and n
veloclpede on top. The men started to
walk to Hinckley. The obstruction was
discovered by Agent Long, who, with
Two assistants, overhauled the men and
brought them back. They confessed and
are IN Jail awaiting trial They are not
connected with the strike.
washington, April 90 Representative
Johnson Of North Dakota is indignant at
tne action OF Judge Sanborn in ordering
me srmmoning of strikers on the Great
Northern road and compelling them to
snow cause why an injunction should not
De issued against them to insure their
future good behavior. He intends to in
lroduce resolution in the house looking
10 the impeachment Of Sanborn for this.
as ne claims, unwarrantcd inteAerence.