Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-19
REVIEW of THE STRIKE.


REVIEW OF THE STRIKE.
IgThe Situation as Reported Franz Ina
portant Railroad Centers.
Chicago, July 11.-Knights Of Labor
throughout the entire country, number
ing nearly 100000 men, have been
called upon striAe for the cause of or
ganized labor. General Master Work
man Sovereign issued an order late last
evaning to all members of the organiza-
ti0G to cease work until the conflict
originating in the strike of the Pullman
employees shall have been settled.
Chicago. July 11-Grand Master Work
man Sovereign was engaged in writing
IN official order, which will call out to-
day esery member Of the knights of
Labor IN the United States.
THE present industrial crisis" said Mr..
Sovereign, demands drastic measures.
All true laboring men mrst rally to the
standard of union labor. This action on
the part of our organization has not been
taken without careful consideration, N
we are ready to abide by the result. This
order will probably effect about 100000
men. There arc thousands of working
men in the country who have been MEM
bers of our organization, but who are
rot now actively identified with it. 1
am confident that such men will rally to
Cur standard at this time. x
President Debs said that the industries
of Chicago would be completely tied up
to-day. Mr.. Debs made this statement:
This trouble has gone beyond my con-
troll completely and beyond the control
of the railway union. 1t is possible that
the committee that seeks to settle the
trcl BILE by arbitration may be able to do
something, but / very much doubt it.
1t certainly looks as if a gigantic strike
! was sure to come. So far as the cause
| of the American Railway union is con-
cerned, things look brighter to-day than
ever. The strike is on and there is now
| no violence. That is what we have most
to fear, the depredations of mobs, who
are really not connected with our strug-
gle. With so MANY cOn panies of MALTA
here, though, there will not be much vio-
lence. The greater strike is practically
sure to come .Iyw, but / hope il will be
ctr Quoted peaeeably and quietly"
The blockade at the stock yards was
raised to-day, when Armour, Swift 4
Morris sent out u train of nfty-6ye cars
of meat early this morning. The train
went through the yards without obstruc-
ton, being the first to leave since July
4. The stock yards c~ompany's tracks
were clear, and another train was pre-
pared for shipment East later. The re-
ceipts at the yards to-day consisted of
fifty cattle and 5000 sheep.
San Francisco, July 1.-THE crisis at
Sacramento will be reached in n day or
two, for United States troops left for
that city early this morning. The troops
were armed and equipped as if they We're
going out for a campaign that meant
much more than a display of their forms.
The purpose is to move trains at all
hazards when the regulars reach the cap
ital. Some of the strikers have deadly
weapons and an intention to use them, il
necessary, to prevent their plans from
being overcome. If resistance Is offered
to the United States soldiers the proba-
bilities are that there will be slaughter ut
Sacramento. The regulars will undoubt.
eddy obey orders and the orders will be
like those which resulted in death and
bloodshed at Chicago. The troops are
going prepared for. a seige.
Chicago, July 1.-THE federal grand
jury after receiving the instructions of
United States Judge Grosscup returned
indictments against Eugene v. Debs,
president of the American Railway
| union; George w. Howard, its vice pres
ident; Sylvester Keleher, secretary, and
l.. w. Rogers, one of it's directors, and
shortly thereafter the four men were ar
raigned. They are charged with con-
spirasy to commit an unlawful act, that
is, to block the progress of the United
States mails.
Joined in the indictment with the four
leaders of the railway union was James
Merwin, the Rock Island striker who
threw the switch which derailed a mail
train at Blue Island or the night of
June 80. Debs. Howard, Keleher and
Rogers were taken into the Office Of
District Attorney Milchrist Immediately
after their arrest, and, after a few hours
detention, were released on bail by Judge
Grosscup, their bonds being $4,000 each.
The federal grand jury spent but a
short time or the case of Debs and the
other leaders of the strike. The case
against them for conspiracy had been pre-
pared some days ago by Attorneys Mil
christ and Walker, and the grand jury
had not been at work two hours when
the indictment was ready to be presented
to the court. 1t was based on some of
the public utteranees of Debs and the
other leaders. and this was clinched by
the original orders in writing sent out by
Debs directing men on the different rail-
ways to quit their work and thus stop
ping the running of all mail trains. A
large number of kilograms sent by Debs
and from his headquarters giving direc-
tons which extended the blockade Of the