Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-07-05

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ly identify himself with the strike as
to become by deputies factor on every
road boycotted.
Militia Ordered Out.
SPRINGFIELD, H., July Gov. Alt
geld has ordered six companies of the
Fifth infantry to Danville and three to
Decatur to assist in liberating Chicago
& Eastern Illinois and Wabash
trains now held there by strikers,
and to protect property.
Trouble in Colorado.
WASHINGTON, July 2. - Dispatches
were received by Attorney General
Olney Sunday evening from Judge
Hallett, of the United States
court. Colorado, and United States
Marshal Israel, stating that the
strikers were refusing to allow
trains to run from Trinidad,
Col. on the Atchison, Topeka
g. Santa Fe, and the Gulf, Colorado 81
Santa Fe railroads and asking that
United States troops be sent from the
command of Gen. McCook at Fort
Logan. Mr. Olney Immediately con-
veyed the dispatches to the white
house, and Secretary of War Lamont,
Gen. Schofeld, the attorney general
and the president held con-
ference. After the conference
Gen. Schofield telegraphed to Gen.
McCook ordering him to proceed at
once to Trinidad with troops. The
granting of the request was also tele-
graphed to the United States officials.
Both the railroads mentioned in the
dispatches are at present in the Gus
tody of United States courts, and this
is the ground on which the action of
the authorities here is taken.
Notes from Various Points.
Boycotters ditched Rock Island train at
Blue Island. No one was hurt James Murl1in
was arrested for the crime.
Forty-fve special officers taken to Cairo by
the Illinois Central we're held prisoners all day
by the strikers, and finally consented to leave
town.
Firemen and engineers on the Illinois Cen
trail road went on a strike Sunday afternoon.
This was followed by the announcement that
the switchmen and hremen on the Wabash. a
Wagner line, had struck and that the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul employees had voted to
go out
The Michigan Central switchmen held meet
ing and asked that road not to interchange
freight with the boycOtted roads The ofncials
declined 20 accede to the demand and the
switohmen walked out
The soldiers in Fort Sheridan are prepared
to advance on Chicago at moments notice.
Ten cars are ready to bring them in when the
expected order is received.
Indianapolis was thrown into the strike by
the action Of the local branches of the A. r. U.
Sunday night The switehmen refused to al
low the Vandalia sleepers to be taken from tn e
Pullman car yards
At Cincinnati non-union men we're stoned by
mob before the police could disperse the
crowd. Violence is also reported from DAN
vile, Ill, Emporia Kan, and Ludlow, KY.
The 502 miles of the Chicago & Eastern nli-
nois railroad is almost completely tied up
The engineers on the Gould lines refuse 10
haul trains to which Pullman cars are attached.
Passenger trains on the Northern Pacific are
run pretty regularly from St. Paul. but freight
traffic IS still tied up.
Employees Of the Queen & Crescent, Louis
vile & Nashville Big -Four. c.. II. & d., 3. s
! O., Southwestern Chesapeake 4 Ohio and Penn
syfyania lines are out.
Grand Master Sargent, Of the Brotherhood q
Firemen, declares that organization will give
no sanction TO the boycott.
Despite the ominous reports from the west
there are no signs Of impending strikes on amy
OF the eastern terIaini OF the roads running into
New York
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