The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-07-07
Strikers and Railroads Use Their
Strongest Weapons.
RANKS OF THE IDLE GROW
While the Great Corporations Are Gather
ing an Army of hsrshaIs-Trouble
Brewing at Chicago.

aIism, the principal theater of action
being in Chicago and adjacent sub
urbs. Wild rumors were rife and
when It was announced that orders had
been issued for the Second regiment to
proceed at once to Blue Island extra
editions of evening papers with war
like headlines were eagerly scanned by
thousands of anxious people. This re-
port proved later to be unfounded.
When a bloody conflict seemed immi-
nent at Blue Island the deputies re-
tired to their barrack cars to await re-
Inducements.
The general managers of the Chicago
railroads this evening issued the fol-
lowing bulletin: 1.-THE worst reports
come from the Rock Island, which was
not able to move any trains OH account
of the crowd of 1000 people at Blue
Island, where they controlled the sit
uatlon, United States deputy mar
shals and Cook county deputy
sheriffs being powerless to ham
die the mob. On the Michigan
Central indications are that there will
be considerable trouble on account of
hiring new men in place of striking
switchmen. The Illinois Central is
still in bad shape regarding suburban
business and Is not moving through
trains. The Milwaukee & st. Paul
is also BADLY embarrassed. Seventeen
roads in Chicago are more or
less embarrassed by the strike and
many passenger trains ks being
moved, under a heavy guard of dep
uty marshals for mail trains and dep
uty sheriffs for other trains in order to
get them through the strikers and
sympathiZers who congregate along
the tracks. The railroads have not
altered their position" The bulletin
contains this:
1--WE will not parley with The strikers.
The places of the men who strike will be
filled as fast as possible, and force will be
met with force to the extent of asking the
state for troops to keep the reads open
wherever action becomes necessary. If the
state can not afford ample protection the
railroads will ask the United States govern
ment for troops"
Dispatches to the General Managers
Association up to p. m. are as fol-
lows:
Chicago & Northwestern-The rail-
road has abandoned all its suburban
business for the night.
Chicago, Milwaukee &c st. Paul-No
freight is being moved into or out OF
Chicago TODAY.
Baltimore & Ohio-All the passenger
trains, with full equipment, are nearly
on time.
The Chicago & Northwestern, Elgln,
Joliet & Eastern and Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul have issued notices to
connecting lines aud shippers that they
will not receive perishable freight or
live stock.
Wisconsin Central-All passenger
and freight trains are running.
Chicago & Northern Pacific-Suo-
urban trains on time, freight moving
without interruption.
Chicago 81 Calumet Terminal
Switch and transfer employees all out.
Chicago, Burlington d Quincy-The
situation is changed for the worse. A
large body of striking switchmen and
sympathizers are congregated on West
eru avenue and TO avoid an open COLI
fiict with the mob the yards have
closed. Passenger traffic is moving.
w. V. Powell, grand chief of the Or
der of Railway Trainmen. today said:
1--WE are not taking any part in the
strike. We are affiliated with the 9th
err railroad brotherhoods and will be
guided by any action taken by
the federation. We cannot af-
ford to come in a strike which
was ordered without consultation
with the other railroad organizations.
Ii would have been better all around
had Debs and his people called on us
before ordering the strike, then he
would have had some claims upon us.
but now 1t is presumptuous for him to
dream or demand of us to 60 out at his
bidding"
Business will necessarily be suspend
ed at the stock yards whether there is
"a formal strike of the packing house
employees or not. The pens are almost
empty and cars loaded with dressed
beef are standing on the tracks and the
beef is in danger of spelling, as the ice
has melted. The machinery must
soon stop running, owing to the lack
of coal.
Grand Trunk officials announced to-
day that they would be compelled to
abandon the funeral train service to
Mt Olive. Resolutions were passed
by the striking employees by which
they agreed to operate funeral trains
aud to prevent interference with
them. The committee waited on the
officials aud told them of the decision.
The committee reported that the COM
pany refused to operate funeral trains
until it was allowed TO run Pullman
sleepers on other trains.
Mayor Hopkins aud four member of
The city council will confer with Debs
and the General Managers Association
with view to adjusting the great rail-
way strike. This was decided upon by
lie council, a resolution to that effect |
having been unanimously adopted at
ts meeting. |