The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-07-20
STRIKERS SENTENCED
4 DULUTH MAN GIVEN so DAYS IN
THE ST. PAUL JAIL.
The Grand Jury Said to Have Found
Number of Indictments gainst
strikers-Greut Western Men Ar
rested.

| ST Paul, July 11-.John OBrinn, at
| Duluth, an eX-railway employ formerly
with the Duluth & Iron Range road, and
1t cnc time with he Northern Pacific
e tad, was before Judge Williams, Of the
United States circrit court, this morn
ing on the charge of contempt of court
| n having assaulted fireman IN the
Northern Pacific at Duluth. He acknowl
edged having made the assault ard said
| that he was not aw. II ;,C the time that
! the read was i. the l.HrdS of n receiver.
Judge Williams, g@yn linn telling rep
| rimTId upon his conduct and then SEN
| fenced him to ninety days in the coun-
! ty jail and To pay the costs of his prose-
1Eton.
| IEis mernlng se-cn employees Of the
| Great Western road, crested ut Dodge
| Center for interfering with the United
States mails, were Drought before Judge
| Nelson for the purpose of having their
bail fixed. Judge Nelson named $1,000
IS the penal sum. The men believe that
| they will be able to secure sureties, and
pending the time when they secure them
were committed to the county Jail. Their
na mes are e.. Kennedy, e. l.. Fowler. w
| ]. Digby, w L. Armstrong. T.. w
| Flynn. Thomas Hanlon and Lewis Ev
aIts. The grand jury found a large num-
Der of indictments against railroad strik
ars and others.
| The lull in the local strike situation
continues. All lines are running pas
| S"nger and freight trains and the North
ern Pacific is gradually perfecting its
overland service. The passenger train
which left here on Saturday passed
Billings this morning on time. making
much better progress than any Of its
predecessors Another overland train
will be sent out this afternoon, as there
| seems to be no obvious reason why all
| through trains should not 80 to Portland
without difficulty. For the present
through freight is not being moved west
Of Manlan The only element of inter
est in the situation aside from the kill
| ing of Engineer Luth. lays in the pros
| pect of trouble on the Great Northern,
| owing tc the lifting of the blockade by
! the acceptance Of through freight and
cars direct from lines involved IL the
| strike. 1t was generally stated yes terday
| that trouble was inevitable and that 4
| strike would be ord .red. Soiac sad at 1
! o'clock ard others said at O'clock, hnt
! General Manager Case is authority for
the statement that the II on agreed TO
handle the Objectionable ears LII all re-
ports are true in advance Of the report
of the grand jury now in session large
number of the men arrested during the
Great Northern strike have been in
dlcted It is said that one Indictment
contains the names Of forty-sesen st"ik-
er3 who were guilty of violence at
Barresville AID another against seven
st Cloud strikers, in addition to naict-
ments against individuals and twos and
threes. 1t had been expected that these
indictments would be reported to-day,
but they have not yet been handed i'll to
the court.
Minneapolis. July l7-The Milwaukee
officials report FIVE switch engines at
work this morning, aud that freight is
moving on all lines as before the strike.
No switching is being done at night as
get All the night work, for the most
part consists in transferring ears of
wheat, and as the mills cannot receive
any grain on account Of the inability OF
the transfer company to do business,
night switching has been abandoned,
Supt Williams SAYS that none of the
>witcl men have offered to retl TN to work.
and only portion Of the firemen. He
states that more work is being done in
the wards than for six months past. be-
cause the lumber and tour mills are load
llg their products tito cars III The yarls
instead of at The mills. a., formerly.
Chicago July 17.-It il said that Debs.
Howard and Keliher will be arrested on
the charge Of contempt of court. and that
they will be refused bail and will be com
PEELED 10 remain in jail until their trial.
There was no trouble in the city to-day.
The strike situation At the town of Pull
lan appears 10 be growing more serious
ior the strikers. 1T Is the general Opin-
ion that If the works Of the Pullman
company are opened Tomorrow there will
be Il stampede of the men to get their
Eold positions During the last twenty
four hours the views of the strikers have
Undergone a marked change. and where
previously they were talking about now
the fight was won to-day little groups OF
workngmen talked of how they had lost
the fight
san Francisco, July l7-Strikers inter
fered with il train to-daS and Were
charged by regulars. who used their
sahers and bayonets, severely cutting anu
brn,ing a number Of men The strikers
were routed and il number Of them az.
rested
Death to Three Robbers.
Dallas. Tex. July Ii Advices tron
the posse of deputy United States nas-
shals who have been in pursuit OF the
Lon.view Tex bank robbers gu th
Trinity river country. near Clarhsvile
Tex. state the posse came upon four OF
the band to-day. and ii 1 battle following