The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-29

yoz cal On them Ias earsnes fcs tAs
trzsas we're ssaa1f5g IN the cepos ysr9s
today wastssg for trasns 90 - bseks1
9ova- They we're Eaaned By sne old
engineers and E-enen. Tbs cars were not
shsre because tEe-e ras roaofy 70 nandss
the switch engines"
Anosasr s:s~snys 20 sead . frsiga. train
vest from ST. Cso1d, Man. today Was
frr1sless-
The track II torn up txo niles east Of
Devils lake. y. D., AID the Grand Forks
train IL h~sd there
The employees Of the Eastern Msnseso.a
road hare gone cat In sympathy WITH he
G-e.s Northern strikers.
A general freighs sze-up h one Of tie
tnnnsaiass prospects OF ths strike. Ies
Gyess Northern. Tnsoa Depot Ccmpsny,
and Mlwa1kse Il Great Western OWE
most Of tie yard svaxksgs n 81
PsGI- The Grsas Northern switch
men refuse 70 turn . sxisxh in
she yards aad toe Ornahs and Darlington
freight trains are stalled in the yards here.
The Northern Pacific. In conBectAon With
;hs Minneapolis 4 80. Louis, owns it, Own
lines between 81 Paul aud Minneapolis.
ard cannot be put 70 serious fnconver-
fence With the exceptton Of these roads
and the NiIwsukee * Grea. Western the
problem Of moving freight IL q serious one
Regarding the Helena salt 20 com pei the
Great Northern 90 operate it, lines in
Monsans, samues Hill. son-In-iaw Of j. j.
Hill and prssiden. ofthe Montana Certra
road, branch Of The Grea. Northern,
says:
There 10 nothing in H. I dom. So how
II car affee. the company adversely. As
az attempt 20 iniure the company in she
minds Of the pubic i. will fail entirely la
its object.
We merely want the pcblic 70 know
thai this strike vas undertaken after two
propositions for arbitration had been made
by Mr.. Hill 20 the men and refused.
The main points in the consro-
very are these: The strike ia.
FIRST ordered on thirty-ons hours notice.
The schedules. instead Of being ar
bstrary. are based on mutual con-
sent. The average wages on the
road, excluding the president and
myself. who draw no salary. Is up
ward of $40 month. Mr. Hill twice
offered arbitration, and the second time
asked the men If they did not like his plan
70 suggest one themselves. They refused
20 arnitrate entirely"
MIssEAFoLIs, Apr! 2s.-Ths Brother
hood men a. Devils Lake are waiting to
hear from the judges before going out A.
present they will handle nothing bu:
mail trains. The strikers at Great Falls
report sums from few hundred 20 $1,000
from other organizations A Devil. Lake
special says the brotherhood OF engineers
and firemen had . meeting and resolved
tn sss q ka Re- L. IL
that they would not handle anything bat
mail cars. and were awaiting their arrival
In this city before going oct entirely.
DEyIL's LAKE, n. D.. April 2s.-Passen-
ger train No. 8. carrying the usual quota
OF deputy marshals in charge of Mar
shall Cronin was coming along NJ
rapid gait towards DEVILS Lake this
evening, when il was signalled
by farmer. The train vas stopped and
it vas discovered that some one had re-
moved 3 rat, spiking il down again
small space too wide, which would have
ditched the train.
81. PsUE. April 2a-Tonight at 1879
Col Svsine received . call from Marshal
Cronin, of North Dakota. for the assist
ance Of troops, and four companies OF the
Third infantry under command of Mai
Grand Forks. y. D., as O'clock in the
morning.
CHICAGO. April 23--The Knights of
Labor Will take q hand In the Great
Northern strike The general executive
board today ordered the men OF,
and Grand Master Workman Sovereign
LETT for ST. Paul tonight 10 give
his personal supervision 10 the initiation
If me IT, - s-,s b..
The order for the strike announces that IN
the opinion OF the board the cause o: the
American Railway L Mon 10 Justly entitled
20 the sGppor, OF the Knights of Labor.
Before leaving for So. Paul this evening
Mr.. Sovereign said:
We are going TO fight to the end. The
existence OF organized labor along
the line of the Grea. Northern is
AZ stake. IL has become necessary
for all labor organizations TO ioin
in with the railway union. / shall 60 to
si Paul and Duluth and personally see
that our order is obeyed and arrange for
the credit of the men. do not know how
many men We have IN the emf loy of the
company. Our assemblies include not
only men In the operating departments,
but IN the Offices and shops o; the com-
pany. They are scattered along the 9. 90
miles OF the road"
WHArcox. April Especial. Order.
are understood to have been received
from Superintendent. OF tue Grea,
Northern Copeland this morning
by Engineer Gander at Fairhaven TO start
out train, bat the order was
not obeyed, There is but one Great
Northern engine in this county, and that
Is IN the roundhouse a. Faixhayen. and
| indications are that IL will he moved
only when orders are received from the
brotherhood officers: though the engineer
And tremen do Rot belong to The Ameri-
can Railway Union, the employees of the
road IN this county are al in sympathy
vita the strikers. except Station Agent
Mills. 81 FAirhaven. who is a noa-unlon
man. and Is still Gu duty.
GREAT FIRE AT NEW oRLEaNS.
St Charles Hotel Once ,hs Fsr,., -