The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-12
CHICAGO. ,1uly II.

L1rHE most important u9HelOpmSnIs
in the labor situation during the
past twenty-four hours is the am
u nOuncement made tonight from
the headquarters Of the American Rail.
way Union that a determined effort is
10 be made to invoke the federal laws
AGAINST the members of the General
Managers Association, and that, with
tlis end in view, a conference will be
held tomorrow between w. W. Irwin
OF Minneapolis. the principal counsel
for the men arrested for participation
H. the Homestead riots, aud number
o. local attorneys who have made the
laws OF the United States relative TO g
legal com bination and conspiracy q
special study.
Mr.. Irwin, 80 it is authoritatively
stated. is row on his way 10 Chicago in
company with a prominent member OF
tie Knights of Labor who was sent
from this city in order to enlist his ser.
vices in behalf of the union. This
move ON behalf of the striking element
receives additional weight from the
general impression that prevailed
around the federal court section of the
government building today, and which
was tentatively indorsed by Julge
Grosscup and District Attorney Mil
christ, that Justice would be meted out
inIpartially to all violators of the fed
sral statutes, whether they were rail-
road presidents or railroad braksmen.
JUDICIAL HINT.
When Judge Grosscup was asked to-
day whether the special grand jury
was impanelled simply to inquire into
the offenses of the employees or whether
1t was within Its scope to inquire into
probable violations of the law by rail.
road managers, Judge Grosscup signifl-
cantly replied that he had no doubt
that when the body should have fin
lshed the particular matter it is now
vestigating, it would turn its atten.
tiOn to others who may have vio-
lated the law, and that it would so
widen the scope of its inquiry as to in
clude all persons who may have inter
rered with or obstructed state com
nerce or the United States mails in any
way or by any means. This reply is
regarded as diplomatic hintso framed
rs not to violate the judicial dignity
that the grand jury has only commenced
lis work and that it may be sealed to
consider the question as to
whether or not railroad mana.
gers have committed any offense
bringing them within the pale of the
statutes that have been invoked against
the leaders Of the strike 1t is known,
moreover, that this question was very
vigorously debated in the session of
The grand jury yesterday that preceded
the return Of the true bills against
Dsbs and his associates. and that at
least two of the body insisted vigorous .
ly that George NJ. Pullman himself
Ihould be included in the indictment.
Counsel for the strikers, as we'll as
MIR. Dsss and his colleagues are secret
concerning the actual grounds upon
which process will be sought against
those whom they characterize IA their
opponents" in general way. how
ever, the claim Is made that the Oh.
struction Of the United States mails
and the interruption to interstate com
merce has been due, quite as much to
The general managers. as to the men re-
pp0nsible for the ordering of the strike,
and that while 1t is true that the boycott
was ordered, it is also true that the
general managers agreed among them.
selves that no trains should be run on
any Of the roads until all had gained
lhe points in dispute, and that. as a
consequence, many roads that we're in-
clined to deal direct with their en-
ployes, and thus bring about a resump-
ion of the traffic on their own lines
were whipped into the traces
MANAGERS COURT INVESTIGATION.
The indictments returned yesterday
against the union men, were. 1t is un
aorstood, based almost entirely upon
the contents OF certain kilograms that
telegraph company was com
PEELED 10 produce. and charge
Is made, and this form por.
lion OF the statement to be made by the
federal authorities in behalf of the ar.
rested mon, that another enforcement
Of similar order will bring to light
kilograms sent out by the gen.
sral managers association. that on
their face points to legal methods, II
any such methods have existed, as
tho dispatches which were produced
before the grand jury yesterday. These
ire the straws, as they come from the
strikers headquarters, but which have
not been embodied in an official state
nent. The members Of the general
managers association claim that they