Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-07


tnulf tracks having been blockaded by
wret ked cars strewn along miles u the
two lines by the mob which for days
have had possession OF the property.
The &. II. aud y. aystem alone IL doing
a comparatively uninterrupted busi'
ness.
Freight traffic Is absolutely at a
stand still. Win tho exception Of
car or two moved by the militia not a
wheel IA turning. Such IL the situa.
ton this morning.
WILL RVS UNDER GUARD.
u. s. Marshal Arnold, General Miles
and officers oil tue blockaded railroads
have decided 81 start train under
guard OF U. 3. regulars and run them
TO the stock yards.
MORE STRIKES PROMISED,
Debs said today he had no int ut ton
to leave the city. A call for a general
by General Master Workman Bow
erolgn and himself Sovereign, after
visiting the stock yards, said the hood.
lums, not the strikers, were doing the
rloting. He IL In communication with
Labor, In regard to striking.
TROOPS AT 81. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, July lin the event Of
serious trouble In this city resulting
from the strike, a force Of 200 reRu.
lars, state militia and police eau be
concentrated at any place In this city
at short notice. As ths,e IL n possible
NY that trouble may result when the
railroads try TO run their trains with
new men, an Investigation was set on
foot 10 ascertain the force at hand that
could be called upon for protection.
While Chief Harrlgau OF the police
department, Col. Edward BAldori, Of the
First regiment VI Missouri National
Guar, dand Lieut.. Col. 5ummeT,in com.
mnnd OF the L. 3. iroopsAt Jetieraon
barracks are not much alarmed over
tue existing state VI affairs, they
have the means at command
to afford ample protection tor a
time until more Uouid be sent In
anu would use It when called upon for
nid.
Chief HarrigAn's force numbers 700
men; there are 5OD men In the First
regiment National Guard, while at tbs
barracks there arc four tr0ops OF 6O0
cAvnlfymen.
James Nestor, JAmt1 Thompson,
WIliism Hartigan, Thomas q. Fox
and John Fiiher, OF Birds POM,
Mississippi county, who are charger
with oOnspirlng to interfere with in-
tefstaie commrrce, appeared before
United States Com missioner Crawford.
Waving n preliminary examination
they were released on bonus Of 81, 900
eacn, subject to the action OF the next
federal grand jury. The defendants
were Ia the employ Of the Cotton Belt
road until they went out on q strike.
Nestor was yard master. The others
were Awitchmen.
There has been n ylSlble increase la
the traffic ON the river, 10 which busl.
ness has been largely diverted from
tue railroads, who are unable 10 handle
the trade. The levee IL assuming a
state OF activity not seen Tor many
years aud river men expect to do az
large a business as mas been done At
any time since the boats Lost their
supremacy over the railroads.
AZ yet the increase In the trade has
been confined largely n the lower
river boats, and the wharf boats Of the
Anchor Inns AMI the Eagle packet
company are taxed TO the utmost. The
Anchor line has had TO store In bATges
n large part Of tho freight rendered
them, while string OF wagons heavily
laden extends back on the levee
for several blocks from the Eagle COM
pany's wharf boat, each awaiting It's
turn to unload. Most OF the shipments
are perishable goOds but large cJnulgn.
menls OF groceries anu provisions Of all
Kinds are being taken. Some Of the
larger hhippers are trying to contract
tor the entire boat loads.
Tue balk Of the new wheat crop,
which had just become ready to move
when the strike started, has 20 far been
handled by the boats, as very little can
be brought In by rail.
THE CURSE OF THE COUNTRY.
Governor Hogg, OF Texas, who
stopped here yesterday ON his way
home from the East, made an address
to the members OF the merchant en-.
change. In the course Of his remarks,
which were OF a general character, he
saiu:
"Even what there Ia now trauspir.
ing makes me shudder for the safety OF
cur country. Texas, thank GOi, Ia Tree
from strikes and riot aud blo0dshed.
Our municipal laws protect US from
such calamity. The curse OF this
country today is tho system OF water.
ing stocks aud bond,--A System,
which " much Logger listed, will
dIonch this continent In blood
anu cause the very foundations Of
the republic 10 tfemUle. The aim OF
Texas law makers was TO protect the
people alike from the COTmorant and
the Commune. The stupendous crime
Vt watering stocks cannot DO peTpe.
uAtec In Texas. Our laws are so rigid
In their provisions that not dollar
more In stocks aud bonds can be issued
ny corporations than an inventory
made under the supervision OF Oui
state officers shows the actual value Of
the property. This 10 n problem tina
American naahoOd must solve. Tn,
masses cannot longer be robbed by
means Of fictitious bonds and stocks
the degradation and crime OF iorcinl
the people to pay interest on nothinl
N the most monstrous outrage OF tn
century, The corporate abuse must b.
che czed II we hope to preserve the ire,
intti .utiOnB handed down to US iron
| ggtrlJtic ancestors"
VIOLENCE ny A MISSOURI MOB.
Tho first decided dinplay OF vic
lence In connection with ths rRllwal
| strike IN Missouri was made al MObef