The record-union., 1894-04-19
THE GREAT NORTHERN STRIKE
employees AT MINNEAPOLIS WILL
STRIKE TO-DAY.
The Whole System VIII Then be Tied
Up, Unless Restraining Order Can
be Got to Running at Once.
Special to the REcoRp-UN1oN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
ST. PAUL, April 19.-The order for the
Great Northern employees to strike al
Minneapolis has been issued for O'Clock
this Thursday morning. That will
mean the entire road will be tied up, un-
less the restraining order of the court can
get it running at once.
The reports received in this city from
points along the line of the Great North
ern road are much of the same tenor
The men are announcing their peaceable
intention, and at the same time. without
any violence, preventing the running OF
any trains and making up of any new
trains.
North Dakota points supplied with
mails and provisions over the Great
Northern are complaining vigorously over
their position. At Wilmar, the firemen
surrendered their charter in the Brother
| hood, and ali joined the American Rail
way Union, and the correspondents al
that place say that the engineers may
follow in their footsteps. 1t is just the
other way at Crookston, where the men
refuse to have anything to do with the
strike until ordered by their Brother
hood. Three unsuccessful attempts were
made to start a train at Moorhead. AT
Grand Forks all was quiet to-day. The
Spokane strikers have patrol along the
line at that point which does double duty,
and while protecting tho company's prop
erty, they also watch their own interests.
At Seattle the strikers are in full con-
troll and are very confident.
RESTRAINING ORDER.
ST. PAUL, April lS.--In the Circuit
Court of the United States for Minnesota
and North Dakota Judge Sanborn has
issued orders enjoining the strikers and
others from interfering with the business
of the Great Northern or its property, and
United States Marshals were sent out on
to-day's trains, with large forces OF
Deputy Marshals, to preserve order.
The temporary restraining order issued
by Judge SanbOrn to-day calls for hear
ing in this city on April 9th, at which
the leaders of the strike are to show cause
why they should not be permanently re-
strained from disabling, or rendering in
any way unfit for immediate use, any
property of the company used in inter-
state commerce." and in obstructing the
operation of said railroad engaged in such
commerce or its telegraph system.
This restraining order was turned over
to United States deputies by the United
States Marshal, and they went out in
force on two trains to-day. These trains
strikers wished to interfere they would
find some difficulty i'll doing SO.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
SEATTLE (Wash.), April 1S.-Secretary
w. p. G. Adams of the American Rail-
way Union went out along the main line
of the Great n Northern on a hand-car to-
day to organize unions at Snohomish. /.
Skyhomish and other points. He will
probably work as far east as Spokane,
stopping at every point where the Great
Northern has men stationed. The con-
ductors held a meeting this afternoon,
the result of which has not yet been given
out. 1t is thought that the Northern
Pacific officials are afraid their men are to
strike through sympathy with the Great
Northern men, and they have been
quietly trying to make arrangements
with local company for the switching OF
their cars in the event of strike on their
road.
SITUATION AT BUTTE UNCHANGED.
BUTTE (Mont.), April 18.-The situa-
ton here is unchanged. Director James
Hogan, who is conducting the strike at
this point, is in receipt of telegrams from
numerous towns on the Northern Pacific
indorsing the American Railway Union
and condemning the action of Chiefs
Brainard and Clarke of the old depart
mental railway organization. The COM
pany's local agent here met Hogan and
produced telegram signed by Clarke of
the Order of Railway Trainmen and by
Brainard, Chief of the Order of Railway
Conductors. asking the strikers to allow
the difficulty to be settled through the old
organizations. Hogan replied that the
difficulty would be adjusted by the
American Railway Union only, and all
other railway organizations would be ig-
nored. Hogan is very indignant at the
action of Chiefs Bralnard and Clarke,
whose only motive, he says, in keeping
up their organizations is to retain their
official positions on fat salaries. Super
intendent w. w. Currier cf the Great
Northern was arrested at Great Falls by
the United States Marshal for refusing to
carry the mail.