Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-30
Passengers Detained by Strikers at
Hammond, Ind.
NO WATER AND MUCH DISTRESS EXISTS
Progress of the Fight on Pullman
at Chicago.
NOTES OF THE BOYCOTT


ger train No. 2. which left Chicago at s82
last night Is In the hands Of the strikers.
manned by l4o Of them. at Hammond, Ind.
When they heard Of the avowed inten-
ton Of the Monon officials TO take the train
to indianapolis. IL IL had TO be run over
! the bodies of 1859 strikers. they held a
meeting and decided TO protest When the
train reached the state line at 1912, II was
| signaled 10 stop. The engineer had scarce
ly done so when the crowd surrounded him.
| Then an engineer took the place of the
regular Monon man, and while the strikers
yelled. the train went into a switch and
then pulled slowly into Hammond The
mob controlled IL. 1t was run down on a
switch and will be left there until the
strike is ended 1t carried four sleepers,
two mail cars, two baggage cars and four
Sheriff Fredericks Of Lake county, IND,
has asked Gov. Matthews to send troops 70
| Hammond
The Western Indiana tracks at the state
! Hhe are completely blocked. Five passen-
ger trains are standing there one behind
the other. -Four OF the trains belong 70 the
Erie and one TO the Monon road. The frst
tram has been there since 4:90 Friday
| afternoon.
The mob which stopped the trains held a
meeting along the tracks last night and
| settled.
There is considerable suffering among the
pa ssengers on the trains at Hammond and
| "hloh nave not been moved today There
- nc water on the trains. nor any 20 be
Sr.,l dueno near the trains Women and chill
dren are complaining bitterly Six trains
| including one mail train, are held here
Ihere Is large crowd standing about but
no violence
Sheriff Gilbert today sent forty deputies
ana many regular deputies 70 Hammond
| Inc she:lH said he did not anticipate
trouble there. His men were Instructed not
,O,,p 20 MD up IA any way In the strike. and to
| interfere only when violence and lawless-
| ness are threatened. Sheriff Gilbert was in
ms Office at daylight and from now on until
the END OF the strike will keep in communi-
cauon With the railroads and the points
| where trouble is apt to occur. and hold him
SELF In readiness to qaell any outbreak
Strike on the Rock Island.
Five hundred employees of the Rock Island
railroad struck at am. today. Switches
were spiked and other threatening demon
strations made. and police protection was
called for by the company.
| The Illinois Central suburban service IN
completely tied up. The engineers and fire.
men today refused to take out their engines
Employees OF the Fort Wayne railroad be-
gan quitting work In the suburban district
today. IL was impossible to run trains, ana
the engines were run into the round house
al 18th street. One or two trains were
manned by officers of the road and kept IA
service, but traffic was practically sus-
pended.
The Pan Handle train which was stalled
by mob OF LOO men at Riverdale last night
reached the city today. The Pullmans,
which were cut out by the mob. were
coupled on about daylight, when the mob.
| for some reason, suddenly left the little
| town. The train did not attempt TO pro
| ceed until IL could come with PuiimanB.
Tying Up More Liues.
Vice President Howard Of the Amerscan
| Railway Union today issued an order ty-
ing W the Milwaukee and 81. Paul road An
| all branches Of the service at Q o'clock this
| evening. An order was issued TO tie up
the Big -Four at Cairo this afternoon.
The Chicago and Northwestern reports
today that It's passenger service is moving
! without interruption.
General Manager Egan of the General
| Managers Association bureau and General
Manager ST. John Of the Rock Island road
/ were Ia consultation today with Sheriff Gil
| bert at the latters Office. The result wes
! that the sheriff soon began swearing in
deputies. This action, IL was stated, was
| the result Of the strike on the Rock Island
| road.
President Egan OF the Railway Managers
| Association called on United States Marshal
| Arnold today TO ask for twenty deputies
| 10 protect mail trains. District Attorney
Miichrist telegraphed to Attorney General
| Olney for instructions. Meanwhile the
| marshals were sworn in ana held In readi-
| ness
L
| Officials CT the Illinois Central telegraph
| ed its agent at Cairo at a late hour last
night 10 cut of the Pullman coaches from
| one Of the eight trains held there by the
| strikers and start 81 at ol.ce forChicago. The
rea: on given FOR this action was that q
| large number OF oelated passengers, many
OF whom were women and children, de-
| mande1 Immediate transportation. and the
| tram vas put on wholly 10 relieve Distress.
The strikers, on the othe- hand viewed the
1 II after in = different light. They insisted
1 that il was the nrst sign OF weakening.
l which they had predicted must come within
/ a day OF Two. Alth 50 many trains tied up
in Cairo they said that the company would
/ econ have 70 step its passenger traffic out
Of Cnicago from the lack OF cars.
! Progress OF the Strike Elsewhere.
! The strike OF the American Railway
| Union is on at ST. Louis in all its force. and
traffic is rapidly coming TO a stanistiu.
Several hundred strikers gathered at the
upper end Of the city al Cairo today ana
| surrouna.d e car hiiei with detectives that
| arrived th.s morning. NJ trains have mov-
Ell on the Illinois Central since yesterday
| afternoon.
The railroads are paying OF strikers at
| Cincinnati ana employing new men. But
| onAy Passenger trans are moving. The
. slriAe-s attacked new s~itehmen in tie
1 Big -Four yards there today.
] \on-uniOH men were nasly beaten. The
| str.Ae situation At Indianapolis Is un-
changed, ana the prospects are that there
/ VIII be EO serious -S~ble. The a. II. L.
( men today successfully maintained Tie
/ blockade instituted at san Francisco YES
;erday Oh the southern PacIllc ~ stem
There was no change at omaha today
with Reference - tae strike, except the
declaration oi the president of the local
I union Ihat they Dc not propose to mix I'D
I IN the trouble, and that IL the president
! persists H. ordering S,iem TO strike they
viii surrender their charter.
| needing VIII be held at Battle Creek
: Mich, this Afternoon ~ the \. * L and
! employees Of the Grand Trunk 10 take some
acton rSsar1ing the boycott
! Both the Nor,hern Pacinc and Southern
s Pacific are operating loca! trains at Port
land, Greg, but no through trains.
C0"e Without tac PuttGaas
| Noon.-The New orleans express Of the
liiin Dis Central was bi,ckaded II Cairo for
thirty-six hours. reaching here this morning
minus its Pullman slvepers.
! milk fannie is threatened here as one
result Of the strike
Noon.-Twenty del uty shVriffs who start
ed Tor Blue isiaEd were sls!Icl aiosig The
Ike this morning al 10Th street. Superin-
tsadef.t HubDcll threw the switch but the
strikers threw u back ana forbade any
j Interference by officers Of the road. The
deputies walked around ..Ei viewed the Sit
uatiC2. but tDDk Ho action. 4 large crowd
gathered, but ny gillenCc was offered. The
last train u reach ;hS blockade was mail