The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-07-12
GUERILLA WARFARE.
Dastardly Act Charged to Strikers
in California.
TRAIN WRECKED AND FOUR KILLED

Two Deputy MarshaIs Killed In = Fight
with Rioters at whiting, Ind.-At Chi
cago the Outlook Is More Peaceful and
the Strike Broken.
CHICAGO, July 12-The great railway
strike is practically at an end in Chicago
Trains oil all roads are moving, passenger
trains are almost without exception on
time and freight traffic is rapidly becom
ing regular. "The backbone Of the strike
Is not only broken" said Manager Egan,
Of the General Managers association,
"but the backbone has entirely disap
pcared. The blockade is raised, and II
will require but short time to get the
railroad business of the city back into its
regular routine"
The ultimate effect of the appeal issued
Tuesday night by Grand Master Work.
man Sovereign, of the knights of Labor,
calling on all Knights throughout the
country and those in sympathy with them
to quit work, and the order issued al
about the same time by the representa-.
tives of allied labor in Chicago to do like
wise, cannot yet be certainly foreseen.
All that is definitely known is that the
X. of l., at all points heard from. includ.
ing nearly all of the large centers Of pop
III Lut SHlttu DthteS, T6Iuulhtu Nv
work yesterday with practical unanimity,
and that in this city the number of mem.
bers of the allied trades who remained al
work so far outnumbered those who quit
as to make no appreciable change in the
industrial appearance of the city.
The leaders, however, say that there Is
nothing in the situation to cause them
encouragement. Mr.. Sovereign, for in
stance, points cut that his appeal was not
an order to strike; that, in fact, he has no
power to order wallkout; but that the
persons acquainted with the working OF
the organization would know that in ef
feet it would be the same as IN order. In
short, he was perfectly confident that by
Saturday next, after the various local and
district assemblies had time to meet and
take formal action on the appeal and to
rally their friends outside of the order, the
result would show million men idle.
The local strike leaders also claimed
that a little time was the only necessary
condition to a walkout of the hundred
thousand men whom they represent, aud
that by Saturday, after the various sub
organizations had had time to consult TO-
gether, the proposed tie up of business
would be fully as effective as they had
predicted.
Surface indications so far, however, do
not bear out the claims of either Mr.. Sow.
ereign or Chicago men. 1t is not recorded
yet that any district assembly of the
knights of Labor has voted on the strike.
On the other hand. the Brooklyn district
which is composed of railroad men and
tn herefore naturally supposedly in sympa-
thy with their fellows in the west-at
meeting yesterday confined their expires.
sion of sympathy to tender of financial
aid, but declined to strike. Locally sew
eral Of the organizations, members of the
federated trades, have given 1t to be uus
derstood that they do not Intend to go out.
The general public, as well as organized
labor, is looking forward with marked in
'terest to the meeting of the executive
board of the American Federation of La-
Dor, perhaps the most powerful organiza-
tion of the kind in this country, which
met in this city today, and its action is
expected to have marked effect on the
outcome of the present industrial strug-
gle 1t is known that the position of
Samuel Gompers, its president, has been
one of opposition to a sympathetic strike
of Federation men at this time.
1t is reported that when the federal
grand jury concludes it's investigation of
the A. II. U. it will begin an inquiry into
the policy and methods of the General
Managers association. Among the lead
ers of the workingmen the charge has
been made openly and repeatedly that the
obstruction of United States mails and
the interruption of interstate commerce
wns due quito as much to the general
managers as to the railway union. 1t haa
been stated that the general managers
agreed among themselves that no trains
should be run on any of the roads until
| all have gained their points In disputes
until lat D = fl..,..
lis as clear u case of conspiracy on the part
of the general managers us the acts Of
| Debs and his associates rendered them in
| dictable for conspiracy. Judge Grosscup
| aud District Attorney Milchrist have said
| that justice will be meted out impartially
| to all violators Of the federal statutes.
| ! The federal officials from Judge Gross
cup down are not little annoyed over
the blunder made by the over Jealous
| deputy marshals and postoflice inspectors
| who illegally seized President Debs' pa
pers. The seizure was wholly illegal, un-
| justinable and unwarranted. 1t was an
outrage against the rights of the citizen,
committed by ignorant petty officials in
| their zeal to serve the corporations which
are prosecuting Debs and his associates
1t was fragrant violation of law, decency
| and everything else that makes up the lib
erty of the individual So gross was this
crime that Judge Grosscup, in open court
/ yesterday, virtually apologiZed to Debs,
and ordered that his papers be returned
| to him.
Private William j. Downing, of COM
pany X, Second regiment, Illinois Ma
! tional Guard, while walking down Hal
| Bted street was jeered and hooted by a
crowd of men, women and children. Ir-
ritated at their persistence Downing
drew his bayonet and turned on the
crowd Patrick O'Connor laborer,
clinched with Downing, and while the
two were struggling in the gutter Down
ing drew his pistol and shot O'Connor
through the head. He died on the way
to the hospital, and the private was res
cued from the now infuriated crowd by q
detachment of police.
Mayor Pingree, of Detroit, Mayor Hop
kins, OF Chicago, Hon. Erskin NJ Phelps,
of this city, and Vice President Wickes,
Of the Pullman company, were in confer
ence late yesterday afternoon discussing
arbitration. Mr.. Wickes again refused to
srbitrate.
General Master Workman Sovereign, of
the Knights of Labor, said in an inter
view: proceedings will be commenced
In Washington, under direction of the
members of the executive committee Of
the Knights of Labor, who are in that
city, to impeach Attorney General Olney."
THE CALIFORNIA GUERILLAs.
They Cause the Wreck of n Train and the
Death of Four Men.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 = For over
twenty-four hours United States regulars
have been OF. the field in northern Cali
IL a