The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-02
General Solicitor Dye, of the Big Four,
Has Narrow Escape from Bullet
Fired Through Private Car.
SITUATION AT HAMMOND
All Trains Except One Running
on Schedule Time.
Marshal Accidentally Killed-ResOlu-
tiOns for Gov. Matthews-At Hnnting-
ton, Valparaiso and Evansville.

The local division of the American Rail-
way Union has declared a boycott against
those roads drawing Pullman cars out of
Indianapolis. The order went into effect at
10 o'clock last night. The session of the
union that declared a boycott against the
Pullmans at this point was prolonged yes
terday. The meeting was held at No. 40
East Washington street, and was attended
by delegates from nearly every labor organ
ization in Indianapolis. The meeting began
at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon and did not
adjourn until o'clock at night. Those who
attended the meeting were reticent and re-
fused to talk of the proceedings. The Pull
man boycott was discussed heatedly and in
all its various phases, many of the members
of the American Railway Union declaring
that there ought to be a general strike.
The switchmen were largely represented
and came from all the city yards For sew
eral days the local division of the American
Railway Union has been in communication
with the general officers of the organiza-
ton and it is understood that the order to
act came day or two ago.
The consensus of opinion yesterday IA
vored immediate action, and before the
meeting adjourned last night a vote was
taken. The ballot was favorable to those
who sought decisive steps, and the men,
bers of the union left the hall at o'clock
with the understanding that a general tie
up the roads handling Pullmans was to be
precipitated before midnight. The meeting
did not issue a general order TO strike,
but left it optional with the various en-
ployes of the city yeards. 1t decided
that after 10 o'clock last night any rail-
way employe should. where the opportunity
offered, cut off the Pullman sleepers. The
committee to which the question of ways
and means was relegated defined the fed
eral laws regarding the hindrance of the
mails, and impressed the fact on the minds
of the men that through trains were rot
to be molested. The operations of the strik-
ers were to be confined principally to the
yards where the trains were made up.
By 9 O'Clock last night the day switchmen
and sympathizers of the union began to
gather at the Union Station Before 10
O'Clock they were joined by some of The
night men who had left off work. The men
congregated chiefly at the east end of the
station and conversed in groups. Railway
officials learning of the action taken by the
railway union in the afternoon, fitted in
and out of the station, anxiously awaiting
the trouble, which they felt sure was to
come. Yardmaster Hicks. of the Big Four,
nervously paced the length of the sheds and
discussed the situation with station master
Lewis. Although the Big Four does not
handle Pullman cars Mr. Hicks had re-
ceived information that his men were to go
out at 10 O'Clock. 1t was reported that a
large number of men from the Moorfield
yards were expected at the station, but
they failed to arrive, and contrary TO the
expectations of the officials, the Big Four
switchmen made no demonstrate and it
was stated last night that they took no
part in yesterdays meeting. The first hos
tile action on the part of the men occurred
in the Pullman yards, at Tennessee street,
a few minutes after 10 o'clock. a dozen or
more agitators, headed by Jim Morarity, a
Big Four brakeman, entered the yards
as Yardmaster Riley's men were
preparing to attach a Vandalia Pullman to
the switch engine. The agitators under
took to dissuade the yard men from going
ahead with the work but failed. The en-
CINE was signaled, backed down against
the Pullman, but the engineer. at the or
der of one of the agitators, put on steam
and pulled away before the coupling pin
could be slipped into place. A moment lat
er the car was surrounded and the pin Sc
creted.
In fifteen minutes a squad of police ar
rived and the strikers withdrew TO an
other portion of the yards. During the ex-
citement created by the arrival of the police
the yardmaster was able to couple an en-
CINE on to the two Panhandle Pullmans and
the sleepers were swiftly run from the
yards and set in the proper position in the
sheds. n few minutes after the arrival of
the police, Yardmaster Riley explained to
Sergeant Laporte that he desired
to make another attempt to get
the Vandalia Pullman out of the yards
The sergeant informed him that his men
should be protected and the engine was
slowly backed into position. With an Off
Ger on either side OF him the yardmaster
slipped the coupling into place and the
Pullman was drawn from the yards. The
strikers kept at a safe distance and the
car was not molested. In the sheds both
the Vandalia and Panhandle sleepers were
attached to their respective trains without
interference At the east end of the shed
perhaps two hundred men congregated,
but ten policemen kept down everything
tending toward riot. 1t was thought that
perhaps the men would attempt TO cut
off the sleeDers as the trains drew out
OF the sheds. and squad OF police were
stationed at each end The Vandalia left
fo- St. Louis at 11:20 o'clock without mo-
lestation and passed the city limits safely.
The Panhandle bound for Chicago pulled
out a few minutes later. There was no
demonstration on the part of the strikers
as the Pullmans passed out of the east
end of the sheds.
A short time before the Panhandle train
left the station ii was reported that lot
OF strikers were maSsed about the Massa-
chusetts-avenue depot, and ii was feared
that an attempt would be made to detach
the Pullmans at this point. After hurried
consultation among the officials United