Omaha daily bee., 1894-04-17
Attempts of the Great Northern Company
to Move Trains Defeated.
STRIKE EXTENDS TO EASTERN DIVISIONS
First Section West of st. Paul the Only One
Running.
POSTAL OPTICIANS WATCHING THE STRIKE
Company Rejects Offers of the Men 70
Run Mail Cara without Passenger
Coachcs-It is Whole Train
or Nothing.

ST.PAUL. April 16.-Thc Great NomhcrrE
strike at darl, tonight has reached within
| one division of this city and it is probaho
| it will be here before morning.
On Sunday Grand Forks, n. D., was tho
most eastern point, but since then it has
! extended to Crookston. on the Fergus Falla
division, and to Breckenridge, on the Breck-
| inridge division. East of these points there
was no interruption of traffic today, and west
! there was a complete tie-up. General MAN.
| ager Case today said this end of the line
| was working as usual, but he had no knowl-
| edge whatever from the other end of tho
| line Friends of the strikers In this city
| do not favor the extension of the strike
| to this division, for the reason they be-
| lieve the company would have certain
| advantage near its headquarters that it
| would not have anywhere else. -
Things have been quiet here today both
| at the Great Northern offices and the head
| quarters of the American Railway union.
| Everything was running on schedule tlme
| from this city to the boundary OF the strike
| territory. The report received last night,
| from the west that the Northern Pacific
| employees out there would probably strike
| in sympathy cannot be verified here and it
! is generally discredited. Meetings OF the
| American Railway union are being held at
| Crookston, St Cloud and Minneapolis at
| which it will be decided whether the men
| at the points named will join the strike.
| There was some doubt what action would
be taken at these meetings. At St Cloud
the men tonight decided to strike, ana all
the members of the union went out at mid
night. Everybody including conductors
and brakemen, struck. The men at Crooks
ton are at the dividing line, all west OF,
there being out ana those east not having
gone out yet At their meeting toniSho
they will decide, but at the meeting this
afternoon it seemed they would not faNor
the matter
They will be much influenced by the actlOn
of the men east of them. At a few points
trouble is feared, but generally the men ara
quiet and no trouble is looked for. AT Grand
Forks, the officials wanted TO get out. Il train
this evening, and twenty deputlesN were
sworn in, but 800 men assembled AT the
depot and declared that no train could be
made up there. Another attempt was made
at Devils Lake hits afternoon to take out
a train, but 1t failed, as had both previous
attempts during the past three days. There
was no struggle, but the 100 strikers there
stood their ground and the train was not
started.
One train was moved at Larimore, N. d..
but no mails arrived since Saturday, and
everything is said to be tied up.
HUNG A SCAB.
report ha s reached Great Falls from
Kallspiel that a scab who was strung up on
Saturday night in order to scare him, was
The report has not been verified, although
said to have come from reliable source
The only change in the situation Is tbs
endorsement of the strike by the assemblies
of the knights of Labor, located in that city.
Mr. Hogan who ordered the strike, Is at
Butte and declares that the disapproval OF
the brotherhood officials cuts no figure In the
strike. He intimates that the railroad mas
pulled off" those leaders, and expressed the
belief that the strikers will be victorious
Nearly all the brotherhoods are now rep-
resented in this city by officers
Grand Chief Clark OF the Conductors said
the organization was taking a vote on the
proposed new schedule and could not legally
have ordered a strike. He has no advices
whether any of his order have gone out, but
added that If they had, there was no ques-
tion but they would be punished.
Chief Morrssey of the Firemen said he had
no advices from the west as to how many
hremen were thrown out by the strike but
he knew that locally they do not appear IN
favor of the strike.
George Howard of the American Railway
union arrived today and has been studying
the field thoroughly. He denied emphaticaHY
there was any trouble between the Union
and the brotherhoods and insisted that the
railroads were trying to keep the two organi-
cations apart. A circular signed by repre-
sentatves of the trainmen and conductors
addressed to General Manager Case, en-
dorses the official announcement OF inc
grievances and the hearing thereon, and
could not acQuiescc in this strike. a mass
meeting of citizens of Havre, Mont ms
afternoon adopted resolutions OF HNmpathy
with the strikers ana end lrseu t'riI R'ou
behavior The citizens at that point ave
reported almost unanimous In SUPPORT % tP1
ALL QUIET AT SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, Wash, April lG.-The Great
Northern railway yards were as qule' ns
a graveyard today, not a wheel turning nor
any freight being hauled. An offer was
made by the strikers to take out the man
cars but the offer was declined Local Of
hcers made no attempt to get men 10 'ahe
the strikers places and apparently none
will be made until after the conference in
st Paul tomorrow with the chief OF lhe
railway employees unions. There Is a smaIi
landslide the coast line, DuI SupeIl-
tendent Copeland could not get a crew 10
20 out and clear it away At general meet
ing of railway employees on all lines 1t was
determined to uphold ana support the
Great Northern men in their strlke' II ~
confidently expected here that general
strike on the tTanscontineutal lines, except
the Union Pacific will be ordered before the
end of the week unless the managers OK
the roads restore their schedule TO the ono
In force on the Union Pacific.
POSTAL AUTHORITIES INTERESTED.
WASHINGTON April 1G.-PostoHlce de-
paTtment officials are watching with great
interest the progress Of the strike on inc
Great Northern, owing to IT'S serious eHecI
on the transmission of mails. There are
few connections from other lines to points
on the Great Northern and Efforts ara
being made by the department to carry lhS
mails to and from these places Tho estsb-
lishment Of a temporary mail service be-
tween several points where possible has
been adopted The extension OF the Strike
to Seattle has resulted In temporary
steamboat mail service between New What
com to Seattle.
A. II. U. STRONG ENOUGH
ST. PAUL, April 1G-Vice President
Howard Of tho American Railway union ar
rived In the city today and told an Asso-
ciated press representative that the strike
on the Great Northern would not be ex-
tended to this end Of the line for day or
two yet Meetings Of the local unLSns Will
be held ln this city and Minneapolis Tonight
and tomorrow night. until which time tTains