The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17
No Trains Running Betw cen CrOOkston
OH the Fergus Falls Division, and
the Western Terminus.
MINERS READY TO GO OUT
Organizers Busy in the Indiana
and Illinois Coal Fields.
Three Hundred Miners Quit Work at
Observation-Disclosures Leaders Pre-
pairing for Saturday.

ST. PAUL Mimi, April 1.-THE Great
Northern strike at dark tonight has
reached within one division of this city,
and il is probable that it will be nearer be-
fore morning. On Sunday Grand Forks n.
D., was the most eastern point of the
strike, but since then it has extended 10
Crookston, on the Fergus Falls division,
and to Breckenridge, on the Breckenridge
division. East of these points there was
interruption to traffic to-day and west
there was a complete tie-up. General Man.
ager Case said to-day that this end of this
line was working usual, but he had no
knowledge whatever from the other end.
Friends of the strikers do not favor the
extension of the strike to this division, for
the reason that they believe the company
would have a certain advantage near it's
headquarters that it would not have any
where else Everything has been quiet
here to-day both at the Great Northern
offices and the headquarters of the Amer
lean Union. Trains were running sched-
ule time from this city to the boundary Of
the strike territory. The report received
last night from the West that the Northern
Pacific employees there would probably
strike in sympathy cannot be verified here,
and it is generally discredited.
Meetings of the American Railway Union
are being held at Crookston st. Cloud and
Minneapolis at which meetings it will be
decided whether the men at the points
named will join the strike. There
some doubt as to what action would be
taken at these meetings. At St Cloud the
men tonight decided to strike and all
members OF the union went out at mid
night. Everybody. including conductors
and brakemen, went out. There is no sign
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nonarrival of trains from the west. The
Great Northern employees at that point
did not think they would go out to-day.
and the railroad men there did not think
the strike could possibly win. West of
these points the reports are rather mea-
ger. but are all of one kind. Trains are
tied up everywhere, and the strikers are
confident of victory. AT a few points trou-
bic is feared, but generally the men are
quiet and no trouble is looked for.
At Grand Forks the officials wanted to
get out train this evening and swore
In twenty deputies to protect them, but
three hundred men assembled at the spot
and declared that no train could be made
up there. Trouble is feared before the
at Devils Lake, this afternoon, to take
out train, but 1t failed, as had both
previous attempts during the past three
days. There was rioting but the one
hundred strikers at that point stood their
ground and the train was not started. One
day, but no mails have arrived since Sat
urday and everything is said to be tied
"A report has reached Great Falls from
kalispel that a scab who was strung up
on saturday night in order to scare him
was allowed to hang too long and did not
survive; The, report has not been verified,
although said to have ccme from a reiia-
bic source in the first place.
SUPERINTENDENT Of
called on the sheriff for protection at
Great Falls. The only change in the situa-
ton there is the Endorsement of the strike
by the assemblies of the Knights of Labor
located in thai city.
Mr.. Hogan, who ordered the strike. is at
Butte. and declares that, the disapproval
of the brotherhood officials cuts no figure
road the strike He i9tmates that the rail
expresses the belief that the strikers will
Nearly all the brotherhoods are now rep-
resented in this city by officers. Grand
Chief Clark, of the conductors, said that
their organization taking a vote on
legally have ordered a strike. He has
advices whether any of his order had gone
out, but added if they had there was no
question they would be punished. p. II. Nor
rissey said he had advices from the
West as TO how many firemen were thrown
out by the strike, but he knew that locally
strike
Vice President George Howard. of the
American Railway Union, arrived to-day
and has been studying the field thoroughiy,'
he denied emphatically that there was any
trouble between the union and the brother
hoods. and insisted that the railroads were
trying to keep the two organizations apart.
He added that there would probably be no
strike on the eastern division of the Great
Northern. but there would be unless the
demands OF the men are compiled with.
Apparently the strikers have gone out,
then sent notice of their demands to the
r rar0ad' o and now are waiting for the
for a conference. Just what the outcome
Will be is yet unsettled and so far as
any announcement is concerned the rail-
road has not yet made any attempt to
start trains. Just when or how they NAV
try 70 fill the places of the strikers is un-
certain
A statement signed by representatives of
the trainmen and conductors addressed to
announcement OF the grievances and the
hearing thereon, and adds that the organi-
cations. under their rules, could not &C
quleSce In this strike. A mass meeting Of
citizens of Havre, Mont, this afternoon,
adopted resolutions Of sympathy with the
strikers and Endorsed their good behavior
The citizens at that point are reported al
most unanimous in support Of the strike.
Chief Arthur VIII INVESTIGATE.
CHICAGO, April 16-Chief p NJ Arthur
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, and Chief Sargent, of the Firemen's
order, passed through Chicago to-day, the
former route to ST Paul Il am going
10 st. Paul to investigate the Great North
ern strike" said Chief Arthur when
was up there some weeks ago the engineers
entered into contract with the company
which was a settlement of their differences
| with the company. The strike in so far as
the engineers are engaged in il, is a YiO-
| latl0n OF that agreement and a violation of
| the laws Of the engineers brotherhood.
Some Of the engineers have struck but
whether the ones who have gone out are
members of the brotherhood not L don't
know. If they are they have violated the
a nd q W 10
! object in going to st. Paul is to meet the
executive committee of the engineers, the
chairman Of which teiegraphed for me yes
| terday."
"WiIl you order the engineers who are