Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-31
APPEAL
For Help to Move Coal Trains
in Indiana
MoBs ARE ORDERED TO D1sPERsE.

United States Judge Baker Refers Them
n Gov. Matthews and He Makes Sug-
sestion-Au Troops Leave LaSalle, HIS,
and the Miners Agree to Help Keep the
Pcace-CrippIe Creek Mine Owners Take
Action That oIay Bring Blnecoats on the
scene.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 3l.-Representatives
of the Evansville and Terre Haute and In
dianapolis and Terre Haute railroads
called on Judge Baker. of the United-
States court, and asked for a restraining
order to prevent the striking miners from
interfering with trains. Judge Baker said
he did not feel like taking upon himself
che duties of a peace officer, and that it
was the province of the state officials to
keep the peace and protect property. lie
suggested conference with Governor
Mathews, and went with the railway OIL
Gals to participate in it.
~ Governor Made Helpless by the Law.
The attorneys for the railroads when
they met the governor made the point
that the railroads Were entitled to relief
| IL some court, and as there was viola
ton of the interstate commerce law when
the strikers interfered with the move
| ment of cars from one state to another
| they certainly entitled to relief in the fed
eral court. The governor said he was will
| ing to do anything in his power, but he
could not under the law call upon the mil
| itia until he was appealed to be the local
officers which appeal had not as yet been
| made. He, however, instructed the rail-
| road attorneys to file written complaint
with him reciting the instances where the
| strikers have interiered with the running
| of the trains.
| Matthews Issues = Proclamation.
The railway men accepted the sugges-
ton and fled aiidavits with the governor
regarding the troubles of their respective
| lines and the governor issued the follow
| ing Proclamation:
Whereas, Ii has been made to appear
to me that large bodies of inen engaged in
| the occupation of mining coal have band
| ell themselves together in the counties of
| Clay, Parke, Nigo, Sullivan aud Nermil-
| lion and at other points in the state for
| the purpose of obstructing the passage Of
trains and seriously interfering with the
management aud operation Of the rail
way property in these sections and their
duties under the law as public carriers
and thereby putting n danger not only
the property, but the lives. OF our citizens;
and,
Whereas, Al citizens of the state are
| entitled to protection i'll respect to their
| property, and railroad companies. in COM
mon with our citizens. have the right to
expect protection in the conduct OF their
lawful business and in the shipment and
| transp ortation of the products of the coGn
try to market; and
Whereas, the acts herein before re-
fe-red to are in violation of the laws of the
state, and it Is Imperative that those be
enforced to The end that violent and ur-
| lawful acts be stopped, peace and order
restored, and the law indicated;
5Iobs Ordered to Disbapd.
"Now, therefore, /, Claude Matthews,
governor of Indiana, call upon all who
have been and are connected with such I'M
lawful proceedings to disband and cease
interference with the management and
conduct of the business OF the railways of
the state. as citizens you cannot afford
TO stand in the attitude of law-breakers
az also call upon the sheriffs of counties
and public officers and direct that they eN-
ert all the powers with which they are in
. vested to break up these combinations
and bring the violators of the law to pun
ishment. In maintainC the law and pre-
serving the public peace ! invoke the SEN
timent and the judgment of the people
against all combinations for unlawful pur-
poses.
'Given under my hand and under the
great seal at indianapolis, this, the 30th
cay of May 1894. CLAUDE MATTHEWS"
by the governor: W. X. MYERS.
Secretary Of State
Road Tied Up 1t BraziI.
y telegram from Brazil says: AN eff
Fort was made to move thirty cars of slack
from a Nandalia switch east of this city,
which the miners have been guarding for
several days. AS soon as the engine was
attached to the train a crowd of miners
| numbering 800 or 400 rushed forth and
blocked the track with ties in front of
the engine. Finding it was useless to at
tempt to move the train the engine was
detached amid cheering from the miners.
The strikers then dumped several cars OF
slack on the track, blocking the road. The
strikers were asked permission for the
brick and sewer pipe companies to operate
their own mines, but refused on instruc-
tions from Mcbride, they said, ito allow
no mines to work.