New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-29
STRIKERS STILL ACTIVE.
THEY DEVOTE THEIR ATTENTION TO
INTERFERING WITH TRAINS.


TROOPS KEEP THEM QUIET IN ILLINOIS
THEY ARE STILL UGLY AND MAKE
MANY THREATS.
tBY TELEGRAPH 10 THE TRIDCNEl
Indianapolis May 2S.-Judge Baker Oh the
Federal Court to-day granted an injunction re-
stranng the strikers in Western Indiana from
damaging the property Of the Chicago ana
Eastern Illinois Railroad. The petition was hleu
bv Solicitor-General Lyford and Byron h. ELL
ott of this city. who cited the provisions Oh the
Interstate Commerce law, and alleged tha' 'he
strikers are side-tracking trains, pulling cou-
ping pins and interfering with Interstate coih-
rrerce. as we'll as damaging the railroad COM
panv. The writ was made returnable June I.
Terre Haute, Ind. May 2S (specaD-W H. Ly-
ford of Chicago. general solicitor of the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, arrived
in this city at o'clock tonight with the re-
straining order which he secured at indianapolis
today United States Marshal Hawkins also ar
rived this evening Tomorrow morning armed
with this writ and with reasonable FORCE he
will make an effort to move the coal tram Sue
tracked at Clinton Locks. The writ Is issued
under the provisions Of the Interstate CoiiiiciOo
law The train is in the heart or the uoupcu
Indiana mining district and trouble Is leareu'
Tho Federal Government being behind the WRIT
all tho force necessary to move the train VIII ne
used Saturday posse Of Terre Hau'e ponce
men who were trying to move the traIn were
driven off, barely escaping with theT liVes' i"c
coal Is partly owned by the Chicago ana Eastern
Illinois Company and partly by Chicago dealers
The miners have sworn the coal shah no' o'
moved and mos; of them are armed
Mnonk. H.. May 2S.-The strike situation al
this usually quiet city is at fever heat. The
ppaCCahle
fore but are now determined to stop all trains
from hauling coal through here If possible. Al'er
tho strrkers stopped trains yesterday the Mayor
ood tho Sheriff found themselves unable 10 COPE
u.,,b rho thoroughly organized strikers ana aP-
nea,ed 10 Governor .Altgeld for troops. company
NJ of Canton. under command of captain ''''-
latte with fifty men, and Company H. ol ieo''''
under command Of Captain Couch wi'h Hl,S
mon. arrived On a special train at O'CLOCK ''''
morning. At o'clock Company n olso5 ol D',' nr a
with CaDtain Watkins commanding; ~, a., Sar,n
frniqht train Major Cabinist AdJutan. 'iib
bell and Surgeon Keeley are on rne 81 he bat
Nator Fred. g. Nichols, in charge OF -" all
talon. and Colonel Colver IN coii'ii""' -
uV,pS o,cIocE this morning train pulled IN
-, The south with several cars OF codl Is az
the strikers sent runners TO meet H. II IL tIa -
v-ith seventy deputies, marched on ',''' orI
the train. and the militia mar mal ~ ~. s,r,lers
snar9ed the cross roads. driving the SUI ,ru'n
Taok The train SLOWLY pulled 'li o"H', -,,. -
"a ,,han a, the end Of the sWitch d P''
-. noarded the cars 10 pull pins. but OeIls
unable to do 50 two Of them james 9''d,,' I sf
Henry Meyers, ran ahead oi inc CI.t'.'0 do',.Ies
tarn;ed II throw the switch lac u,'"
,ar,ed for them and the men ran acres a
Gel5 several shots being hrod oeioie 'ne> "ncd
hroupht TO a halt. They were theh ma 80,
Gnwntown and placed in jail, guaru also OV'''e
This excited the strikers and they soon soon gan,
cred in groups 10 discuss the matter lheS ti,' %
oo4d he
liberated before night At a little after ci5'H
another coal train, carrying eleh'e.n ~,'b
cars pulled Into the station from, rom ',e ce,.'.I nv
The strikers having been th0rouehY c""Vu -
,ba dfsnlav Of military force, mace no e!i"'t -
molest the train. and allowed II 10 pun Wre ~
town with about twenty-five depules "d M g., a.
4, the city limits the deputies leil .H' 1"'''
and marched back to headquarters al me Ni iH't
opera House. The strikers are 'iraIIE al az l',-
the soldiers and have s2e 10 Ircli ,roi,ns r0 The
the exception Of a few scattering sipuPs LA
citizcns are greatly alarm I'd at the slluduU" an
foar trouble tonight under cover OF % udI -
vii knowing the revenseful nature oI 'ie ,
crs sheriff Tool IS busy swearing IN ""o'"0'''''
deputies ,.. - "a
Gallo In rcsponso TO a call from Mayor Ma''Dles-
sen. met in the Mayors office at O'CLOCK '''''
morning for the purpose OF discusSihF ''c '''
alton and deciding upon some me'hoo 81 P'o
,oc,inp life and property in case the Hiilla IA, -
.o,,n,,ed and also to provide Tor the s'd' '''.s
i,ars r. Ia Salle The business men were oA
mna voice In their fear for their safety whch lns
militia IS removed az The Leaders % 3,,,,or ,,rv
ar. sfir al large and threatening cesFucu""'
Pomerov. Ohio. May 2S.-Five hundred miners
ct,r.cred a steamboat here this morning anu
started down the river with brass Dahu o''
thoir mission Of drawing miners out OF me wo' ~ ~
in nperation They win visit the coal w@rSS ISS,. -.
Galia C2uhy, nv W. Va to-day.
parkersburg W Va. May 2S-OTders nave
ho,r received here by hardware merchants -
send all the available arms and ammunition u
snflrnan. where The Camd'n COMPANY Is ope,-
ai,ng It's mines. The company iears f', ar ar to-
tack from ricting Ohio miners 'o'"'s"' -