The morning call., 1894-06-29
MAY SETTLE 1T.
Judge Caldwell in the
Fight.
MEN MAY QUIT WORK.
But They Must Stop No
Trains.
UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL.
Position of the Roads Run by
the Courts.
LETTER TO SANTA FE RECEIVERS
Virtually an Order Which May Make
the Great Boycott Come
to Nothing.

CHICAGO. June 28.-The following mes
sage was received here tonight by Re-
ceiver Wilson OF the Atchison road from
Judge Caldwell of the United States
court. Judge Caldwell is now in Michi-
gan on pleasure trip:
WEQUELoNsING. Mich, June %. 1894.
j. w. Reinhdrt. Boston; John J McCook,
Boston Joseph T. Wilson, Chicago Re
ceiUerS of the AtchiSOn, Topeka and Santa
Fe Railroad, Chicago: The men in tue
employ of the receivers of the Atchison
railway system must discharge all their
usual and accustomed duties or quit the
service of the receivers altogether and
permit other men to take their places
who will discharge their duties. Any
or all the employees can quit the
service of the company if they
desire to do so, but when they quit they
must not interfere in any manner with the
property or the operation of the road or
men employed to take their places. Any
such interference will be promptly dealt
with as a contempt of court. The men
who wish to continue in the service of the
court must discharge all the duties appro-
priately and properly belonging to the
service. A refusal 10 perform any part of
Iho odIu Uuly Will COmpel LU0lT ulocUaTEe
and the employment of other men to take
their places. All the powers and authority
of the court will be vigorously exercised
to enforce these reasonable results. |
cannot believe the boycott order was in
tended to be put in operation on roads in
the custody of the United States courts
and operated by receivers appointed
by the court, but il such is the
case, the authors of the boycott order and
the men TO whom il is addressed must un-
derstand that the court will not tolerate
any interference with the operation Of the
roads by their receivers from any cause
whatever. The men must understand
that they cannot remain in the service of
the receivers and refuse to perform any
duty pertaining to that service. They
must make their selection whether they
will take their order as to the cars to be
switched and handled from President
Debs or the court. II they elect to obey
the orders of the former, they may do so,
but in that event they must understand dis
tinctly that they are no longer in the serv-
ice of the court for any purpose and that
other men will be employed to take their
places permanently, who will be guarded
and protected In the discharge of their
duties When the situation of your road
and the law applicable to this case is un-
derstood l do not believe there will be any
attempt to put the boycott order in force
upon it. Any effort to do so will be in di-
rect contempt of the court and must inev-
itably result disastrously to the men. As
soon as / learn that ii is the deliberate
purpose of those ordering the boycott to at
tempt to force il against the authority of
the court / will proceed to Topeka and
deal with the matter on the lines indi-
Gated in this dispatch.
HENRY c. CALDWELL,
United States Circuit Judge.
Judge Caldwell has jurisdiction over
such portions of the Northern Pacific as
are in Minnesota and the Dakotas and
over portions of the Union Pacific as well.
Vice-President Robinson of the Atchison
said tonight: 1--WE shall resume business
as usual tomorrow. and if any attempt is
made to stop US we will refer the matter
to Judge Caldwell and allow him TO arbi-
trate with Mr.. Debs.'
In an interview with him on the Judge
Caldwell decision. w. c. Lynch, organ
izer of the American Railway Union. To-
night said: " / sent an order tonight at
1870 to Bloomi gton and Roodhouse to tie
I'D the Chicago and Alton road. Pres
ident Debs authorized me to issue a per-
emutory order in his name, and this did
and the road is now effectually tied up.
They may run two passenger trains in the
morning. but the freight business is at a
standstilIv %