The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-07-13

Strikers Arrested at Dodge City.
Night before last the U. S. deputy
marshals began making arrests, and by
yesterday afternoon five men were in
confinement BY their authority. The
parties arrested are Robert Lawrence,
(colored), Mr.. Lawson, fireman and
chairman A. r. Z. of Dodge City; Chas.
Wright, son of Hon. r. NJ. Wright; VIM.
Hubbard, brakeman, and another
young man, recently arrived in the city,
who has not been in any employment
since he came here. On learning of the
arrests the Globe man called on Deputy
Marshal Montgomery. at the Great
Western hotel, to learn what he had to
say about it. On our way we ran across
a substantial looking deputy who showed
US a scalp wound on top of his head,
which he claimed was received on the
fourth of July. This is the only case
where we have heard of blood being shed
since the strike in Dodge City.
We found Mr.. Montgomery quite dis
posed to be courteous to the press repre-
sentative. He said the deputy marshals
did not blame the better class of our
citizens, nor even the strikers, but that
the names of all who have violated L. S.
laws had been secured and recorded, and
it order is not maintained they will be
taken down to Topeka to answer such
charges. He says he tried to get along
without making any arrests land Wednes-
day evening told the mayor to tell Law
son that if no more disturbance occurred.
nobody would be arrested, but if any
violence should occur, arrests would be
made. He said mayor Gluck had talk
with Lawson on the matter, but that the
latter seemed to grow more defiant and
went around drinking and talking that
night, and some stone missiles were
thrown. He said the boy Robert Law
renee had been ridiculing new employees
L
marshals; that the brakeman Hubbard
applied insulting epithets to non-union
employees, and the stranger had made
himself so aggressive in the strike as to
be fined by Dodge City authority, but
that he was wanted at Topeka, just the
same. Mr.. Montgomery went on to say
it was sure thing whoever he took
along with him would 60 to the pen,
and that they were not at all likely to
give bail that would be acceptable. He
said bail from Ford county would Ger
tainly not be accepted.
The arrested men were next visited by
the scribe. All but the new arrival were
in the county Jail. They had employed
B. F. Milton, j. NJ. kirkpatrick and
young Herzer to get out writ of habeas
corpus, in Judge BursOn's court, but the
Santa Fe attorney warned the sheriff
that the probate court had no authority
to tamper with the sanctity of U. S. pris-
oners, and at last accounts the parties
were still squirming around in the base
ment of our temple of justice. They all
say they have not been notified of what
the charges are to be preferred against
them, and Lawson says he only took one
drink the night before his arrest.
1t is significant fact that three of the
five parties arrested were not strikers at
all, and that the most 1isOrderly of the
lot was stranger in the city.
LATER-The five prisoners started for
Topeka this morning. j. Lusk, who was
pelted with rocks, happened to be on the
street as they passed from the Jail to take
the train, and entertained the boys by
whistling the rogue's march.