The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-01
DEAD TRAINS AT TERRE HAUTE.
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Has Not
Turned n Wheel.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June 30.-The Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois management did
not get train into the city from the north
during last night or to-day, and the
through trains delivered to it by the
Evansville & Terre Haute remain in the
train sheds. Engineers were found who
willing to take out the stranded
trains if they were provided with engines,
but there was no one who would do the
work of getting up steam in any of six
engines that have been dead here since
yesterday afternoon. The E. & T. II. peo-
pie made up trains here to-day to go
south. Many Normal students spent the
night at the depot awaiting a train to
carry them away north and south. Most
of the passengers for Chicago went by the
Michigan division of the Vandalia to st.
joseph and took the boat from there to
Chicago. There is considerable perishable
freight in the yards here. mostly vege-
tables for Chicago or ice for the South.
One of the local wholesale houses tried TO
get some freight that was in the yards,
but met with objection, which, for the
time being at least, was effectual
Mr.. ]. A Para, of the United States of
Colombia, who formerly attended the Rose
Polytechnic Institute here. was to have
been married this morning to Miss Ebel,
daughter of Charles Ebel. but he was
caught at Danville aboard the tied-up
Nashville train due here last night at 10
round about route Another passenger on
that train was Grand Master Sargent Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
This evening the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois company is awaiting reply to
messages sent to the United States dis
trct attorney and the United States
marshal at Indianapolis asking If the
action of the strikers does not bring them
under the instruction of Attorney-general
,f.aer rtr~n
the local committee of the American Rail-
way Union~and asked if there would be
any interference if an effort were made
to take the trains out. The committee
said they would not interfere, but added
that they would not be responsible for
what might happen. The result was that
any of the engines. Attorney Beavey of
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, tele-
graphed the facts to District Attorney
Burke
This afternoon Master Mechanic Tor
renee as engineer, travelling freight agent
Wymond as fireman and Superntend ent
Corbett as conductor stole an Evansville
q Terre Haute train of nine cars out of
the yard and were flying out of the city
realized what had happened. Six of the
cars had perishable freight. four of them
they would not get into Evansville be-
cause they claimed that the men there
had gone on strike this afternoon.
An employe who threw a switch to- day
was roughly handled by the strikers 1t
is a fact that brotherhood fremen are in
the strike as individuals almost 20 man,
especially on the Chicago & Eastern Illi-
nois. They are radical because it was on
this road that they voted to strike against
a reduction of wages and Sargent refused
to sanction the strike.
1t is understood that the question of in
reference with the mails has been referred
to the superintendent of the railway mail
service and he, probably, Will refer il to
the Attorney-generdl 1t is not likely
therefore. that there will be any change in
the situation on the Chicago & Eastern IL
linos before Monday.