Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-13
MD POND. VT. FRIDAY. JULY 13. 1894.
not take place. Mr.. Wickes was present Al
his office, but the strikers COMMITTEES failed

not take place. Mr. Wickes was present Al
his office, but the strikers committee failed
to put In an appearance.
Ii is estimated that up to date the strike
has cost In the aggregate inclusive Of men :
wages lost as well as destruction OF railroad
property. some s6. 565 900.
There are now about I'd. $50 men out The
A. Il. U. has u membership q i25.OO0
The determination OF the : r'esident to use
has not been changed. II necessary all the
regulars In the east will be sant to Chicago
The Northern Pac iic railroad was declared o
military and post road, and orders to so re-
gard 1t were sent to Generals Merritt and
OTIS. The troops in all the Eastern forts are
held in readiness to proceed to Chicago i'm.
medateIy after orders may be received.
Chicago printers have asked President
Cleveland to withdraw federal troops
Iwo cars were ueraiIed at hoot street, neat
the Union Stock Yards. An attempt was
made to wreck the whole train OF 20 car
laden with coal.
Resolutions Of sympathy and encourage
ment to the strikers were passed by the Social
Economic Club on the Common. Boston. by
the Brockton G. L u. and the Boston Build
ing Trades Union. the Boston Garment Work
ers and other labor Organizations.
Los Angeles, Cal. bul. ness men have tele-
graphed their senator to protest against with
drawal OF troops.
Troops at Newport, RI. have been ordered
to prepare for duty at Chicago.
Buffalo, n. Y. has been ordered tied up
President Cleveland has issued proclama-
tion to citizens and military. Strikers on the
LOUISVILLE 4 Nashville are back at work. The
A. L. U, Is forming new branches anG gain
ing in membership NIL through the West
and is working eastward.
RIbnl and Nrl 4 IN Gtn NJ the hi,p mi
way strike. fton 300 to 1900 ears. including
many loaded with meat aud coal and some
Pullmans. have been burned at Chicago aud
suburbs 10y great mob. who ovrrran the
police. The stock yards were invaded by the
mob. signal tower and small depot are
in ashes. Part Of the destruction of ears was
in kensingtOn aud suburbs on the Illinois
Central, aud the militia came just in time to
save Pullman village. Twoskirmishes occurred
along the tracks, an unknown number OF
persons being wounded by the firing Of po-
lice aud United States deputies.
Besides the great fires just mentioned, the
sky was lii up with the glare Of flames
from the 500 or more freight ears that were
burning in the Edison yards on the Grand
Trunk road. A hun lred police went to the
scene with orders to shoot on sight Il they
were attacked. The loss to the Grand Trunk
will be enormous.
IL 10 ItHpllcb NJ NhS VI t'i'
American Railway Union In Chicago. that
General Master Workman Sovereign has is-
sued an order calii out all the knights ot
Labor in the State OF New York, where the
organization Is said TO have membership OF
200 900.
The members of the American Railway
Union In Buffalo. New York and Pittsburg
were ordered on strike by the board OF direr-
tors
a l-i. IL Of 80
police duty. The purpose Of the local and
state authorities Is to ignore the federal
troops, and General Miles says amen. His
mission IL merely to run trains