The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-18
PRosEoUrIoN OF sTRIKERs.
Alleged Rioter Indicted at Tacoma
The Csss OF Clerk Rarnes.

Tacoma, July ILL., Special - John
CELEBRITY wasjndicted today by the United
States grand jury for assaulting non-union
employees of the Northern Pacific railroad.
Cloherty had been employed as a wiper for
the company aud went out with the
Americas Railway Union. aud when seme
of the roundhsuse men who were en-
ployed turing the strike, were return
ing honyg, In the southern part of the
city, IL u alleged he Joined in brutally
/ beating them.
Judge GiItert has takeR the case of
Charles A. Barnes under advfsement, and
a DECISION Is looked for in three or four
days. In making a statements to the court
this morning, Mr.. Joab insisted that the
men who made the aftidayits on which
Barnes was arraigned for contempt had
either been gsFlty OF wicked and wiilfu'
PERJURY or were themselves in contempt
for ''wiilfulIY and wtckedly" stating to
the court that they had not made the
statements attributed 10 them I'm the afli-
davits. They stated on the stand.
he said, shat Barnes had not asked
them 70 qnit work. while in the
affidayits they statei that he had.
United States District Attorney Brinker
says the affidayits AMI testimony are sub.
stantially alike. Barnes bagiog asked the
men, as stated in the a d iSvita, not TO do
any other work except rel AZ which they
were employed, aud no&ded them that if
they did he would IRE every one of them
when the strike was Won and he Was re-
instated. Joab arraigssd the attorneys for
the government and the railroad for over
seriousness in prosecuting Barnes, aud
continued:
"And il seems TO me that, ia the light Of
all the evidence in thls case adduced a
motion on the part Of the prosecution 10
dismiss these proceedings would have been
tbs proper thing But Instead Of that.
although 10 plainly appears that be has
done no evil, unless IL be q crime to live
aud breathe and exercise the Gosi-given
right of free speech bv reasoning with his
fellows IN kindly and frAternAl spirit
they still cry unto your honor 90 cruelty
hlm. apparently preferrtng his punish
ment to that Of any Of the fugitive robbers
THAI have looted their property. From all
of whleh il appears "a De = Ease without a
parallel ia the history Of American juris-
prudence.
10 IA evident the prosecution expects
Barnes 20 be sentenced 90 ths penitenuary
for from thirty to sixty days
The extract from Cos. Joab's speech may
be taken IS an indication Of what the de-
Tense looks for.
Cloherty vas committed 20 Jail in De.
fault al s.. 90 bonds.
The case Of Allen Ankeny. Of Sprague.
charged With turning = sWitch, has been
transferred @ Seattle.
Three hundred aud 6fty-one new en-
ployes have been pat 20 work on the Pacific
division OF the NoFthern Pacific since the
strike began. Practically eH the old engi-
uesFs have returned 10 Wcvk Many Of
the sRltchmen, conductors. freight CLERKS
and some fremsn who quit have asked for
ghe.T positions. but rot al could be taken
back, IS ues men had been emuloved
The road would ba operated a. usual from
end 10 end. officials say. bot Tor the
guerrilla warfare thai IS being continued.
Che force Of deputies in thls state has
hcsa re3uee3 from - 30 sc All the
bridges are being guarded, but chiefly by
Regulars.
The American Railway Union men
CLAIM that Just As soon as tas coal supulv
IS exhausted the Northern Pacific viii
have more trouble. This statement i
made IN toe belief that ghe miners will re-
fuse - thine coal " hiie ths Americas Rail
way Union grievances ara not settled.
Northern Pscibc cf6c.a.s are satisfied they
esn Eee al the coal thas is wantsd