St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-01
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Rock Island Train Wrecked
by a Striker.
o. S. DEPUTIES ARE P0WERLESS.
Six Hundred Strikers Capture
the Pan Handle Express.
PULLMAN CARS CUT LOOSE.
Deputies on the Train Make
No Resistance.
TDHnHc TOpM I'D EY H0R
TRACKS TORN UP BY A MOB
And the Station Agent at
130th Street Barely
ESCAPES WITH HIS LIFE.

CHICAGO, June 3O.-Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Train No. 19, OUT
bound, after picking its way success
fully over the city tracks this evening"
was ditched by striker at Blue Island
at 6:30 p. m. Trouble had been feared
at Blue Island all afternoon. The train
should have left the city at $3.50 p. m..
but it was delayed until about $50. 1t
was made up with Pullman car next the
engine. Following this were two day
coaches, two more Pullman cars, an
other day coach. and the baggage car on
the lear. AS the engine approached
the station at Blue Island the engineer
sounded his whistle. Yardmaster
Dustin, apprehensive of trouble.
fastened to the switch on the main
line in the town and took possession
of it. AS he did so a number of strik-
ers approached. and just before the
train reached the switch James Muir
vim. a striking switchman, rushed for
ward, threw Yardmaster Dustin to one
side, caught the switch and threw IT..
There was no time to stop the train, al
though its speed was materially de-
creased. The switch was so thrown
that the engine
LEFT THE TRACK,
slid part way down small embank-
ment and came to a standstill, thrown
to one side at an ngle of 45 degrees.
The Pullman car following the engine
only partly left the track, and
sustained no other damage than
pair of dismantled trucks.
Deputy Sheriff Nickerson at once placed
demonstration and the prisoner was
locked up. No one on the train was
injured. The track was. badly
torn up, but word was sent to the
city and the train men sat down
to await the arrival of assistance.
There has been a lawless crowd hang
ing around Blue Island all day, although
number of deputy sheritfs kept them
from committing any violence until the
throwing of the switch which ditched
the train. The United States deputies
have had great trouble in obtaining
anything to eat, two hotels refusing to
give them meals. The Black house
finally agreed to feed them, and boy
colt has been declared against it by the
strikers.
The cars of the ditched train. though
none of them were overturned, were
thrown across the main tracks, effectu-
ally blocking the system. Both Eu
gineer William Feehan and Fireman
George Clark. of the ditched engine, had
remained at their posts and to this wa
due that no greater damage was done
to tracks and cars. Assistant Supt
Nichols and Yardmaster Dustin, wht
were in charge of the company's affairs
began to devise means to
CLEAR THE TRACKS.
At Blue Island is the terminus of the
| suburban dummy line, but number of
passenger cars were standing OH the
tracks and blocked that outlet. Supt
| Nichols looked about for some one /,
assist him in switching til,
cars to open up the dummy line,
but could find nobody. Final.
through passenger No. IL bound ou
was stopped by the derailed cars. Supt
Nichols called upon the engineer ant
fireman to help him do the switching
They refused, and struck. Supt
Nichols, assisted by Yardmaster Dustir
and switch engine, began to clea
the dummy tracks for the purpose o
sending trains around that way to thu
city. Train No. IL left the city at
o'clock, and carried two Pullman car.
| Il,
milk train from the city, while long
freight train. every car filed with
perishable freight, and the Des Moiues
passenger with ouly day coaches, bu
carrying mail, were stopped on theii
way into the city. The mill
train carried suburban coaches
There were about 100 passenger
on board, mostly for Blue Island
avenue. this being the only train tha
had gotten through during the after
noon. AS the passengers left the trail
in the torrent OF rain which was the
falling, and proceeded to walk the mil,
across the tracks and through the mu'
of the freight yard to the station the
we're loud in their expressions of con
demnation of both strikers and railr0ai
officials.
Six hundred strikers were at River
dale this evening to meet the Pittsbur
and Washington express, on the Pan
handle railway, which leaves the cit
at $50 o'clock. This train drew tw
Pullman sleepers when it pulled out {
the depot, and it was the intention {
the strikers cungregated at Riverdale |
cur THESE LOOSE.
The couplings were bound wit
chains, and sixteen deputies, in chara
of. Deputy Sheriff McCustney, were 0
the train. When the engine pulle
into Riverdale the strikers al
tackled the train, aud the sleepin
cars were cut loose and side-traeket
The men sent out to protect the trai
saw that it would be useless to resi-
the men. and no force was used to DR.
vent them detaching the cars. Aftt
this was done the strikers became qdie
and the express train went on its jou
ney, leaving the two Pullman sleeps
behind.
General Superintendent Loree, of u
Pan Handle road, received dispate