Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-07-21
LATEST STRIKE ITEMS.

Debs is In Jail at Chicago, for alleged
violstion OF the Injunction issued BY
Judges Wood and Grosscup.
A telegram signed by Debs was pro
duced in court In which he advises Mon
tana strikers 10 save their money and buy
guns.
A San Francisco dispatch Of the i7sh
has the following: The railroad strike in
Oakland has assumed g moro serious as
pect since sunday. The strikers gathered
in force yesterday and attempted to stop a
freight train. They we're charged By the
military and many were trampled upon
by the cavalry and prioked by the bsyo-
nets Of the infantry before they gave way
70 the soldiers. Several OF the crowd were
arrested, but when taken 10 the City
Hall they were only charged with obstruo'-
ing the streets.
Last evening . dynamite bomb was
placed upon the rail just before 9 passen-
ger train approached. The explosion
caused some damage to the locomotive,
but fortunately nothing more serious re-
suited.
The strikers are still determined TO win
their battle against the railroad company,
and present a more formidable front than
they have for several days.
On the other hand, the Southern Pacific
officials announce that trains will run reg
ularly hereafter. asd that they will not be
limited 70 the hours OF ~1sylight.
At Sacramento the only exciting Incl
dent Of the day was the dispstching Of
a train bearing sixty United States regu-
lars TO Dunsmuir. on the Oregon branch.
The compsny's agent at Dunsmuir re-
ported that the strikers were becoming
ugly.
The strikers q. Sacramento continue &C.
tive. Yesterday several hundred men
who had obeyed the order TO strike re-
| turned 10 work in the machine shops.
This morning most Of them remained
away. The men have been intimidated by
the strikers aud feared violence at the
hands OF the A. II. U. men il they went
back 10 work this morning.
A. N. Towne, Vice President and Gen.
eral Manager OF the Southern Pacific.
posted a notice to-day that the Sacramento
shops would be reopened tomorrow and
that protection would be afforded all men
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CHICAGO. July 1.-THE Western roads
are just beginning TO resume business nm.
der normal conditions, although II will be
some time before business. particularly in
the passenger department.. will be what IL
was before the strike.
A Butte. Montana. dispatch OF July II
says: Fully 5000 members Of different
labor organizations here sympsthize
with the strikers. Several bridges
between this city and Lima were burned
to-day, and n was blown up with dyna-
mite.
An Ogden dispatch Of the 18th says that
an attempt has been made by the men to
wreck the Union Pacific mail train, and
that the perpetrators Of the outrage had
been caught in the act and arrested.
MIssoULA, Mont, July 17.-An east
bound Northern Pacific train. the first In
sixteen days. was wrecked to-day alta point
about two miles east OF here by adynsmite
cartridge concealed In the track. The
engine had barely struck the spot when q
terrific explosion was heard, the shock
SCATTERING the pilot and right cylinder and
piston rod. 1. also broke the windows OF
the cab and mail car.
Had the engine gone fairly over the
cartridge the result would have been more
disastrous. as some eight coaches consti-
tuted the train, which was loaded with
troops and passengers. The strikers de-
nounced the act In unmessured terms.