The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-01
is RUNNING HIS OWN ROAD
And Has Plenty of Men on Hand
to Do 1t.
NATIONAL TROOPS FIRED UPON.
There Will Probably Be Very Serious
Trouble on the Montana
Central.


President Hill of the Great Northern is
more determined than at any time since
the strike began, two and half weeks
ago. Mr.. Debs said he had to-day told the
committee from the commercial bodies of
the two cities that the employees would
like to meet Mr.. Hill and talk matters over
in their presence, having them act some
how in the way of au arbitration board.
He made no formal proposal. but suggested
this plan, not promising TO be pound by
their decision.
When Mr.. Hill was asked about it he
promptly insisted that the suggestion was
not formal proposition and that he could
not consider anything until 1t came
in more formal way before him. He an
nounced that he proposed to continue his
work Of running his own road, that the old
men would be ordered to work. and when
one of them failed to respond promptly
his place would be Immediately filed by
some OF the large number of men he has
heard of along the line ready to work.
1--WE expect to win the fight within forty
eight hours" President Debs said. He
said he made the statement on the author
ity of the general manager of another
road. who told him Hill would grant the
dem ands of all employees within that time.
Passenger trains we're sent out as usual to-
day. One hundred deputies were sent to
Breckenridge. President Debs claims that
the firemen and engineers will stay by the
union and are not standing for the In
creased wages promised by the brother
hood committee. The company claims to
have kilograms from engineers and 1remen
announcing their determination to stand
by the company.
Samuel Hill, president of the Montana
Central. said to-day: 81 wish to deny the
ISLANDERS circulated about the people of
Montana. l know the people there quite
as well as the gentlemen from the white
cap district of Indiana. The Montana
paople are not ruffians, thugs or towards,
as the American Railway Union calls
them. They do not resort to dynamite or
burning bridges at night"
GRAND FORKS, n. OAK, April 30.-A
special train bearing four companies Of
United States troops from Fort Smelling
arrived to-day. There are POI men. under
the command of Major J. FL. Peters. Sew
eral missiles were thrown at the train. At
ST. Cloud one soldier was hit in the head
with brick and another in the pit of the
stomach with coupling-pin. At Crooks
ton some one fired shot at the engineer.
The .rain brought piledriver and two
bridge crews to rebuild the burned bridges
west of Minot. As soon as these are re-
placed it is believed train will be sent
through to the coast. Serious trouble is
feared on the Montana Central and posi-
bly, at Devils Lake, n. Oak. A special
from Hlnckley. Mimi. the junction of the
Great Northern and Eastern Minnesota.
says mob of 200 is waiting to prevent any
train from going through.
SALT LAKE, April 30.-A special to the
Tribune from Helena, Mont. says: The
Montana Supreme Court to-day refused to
issue writ of mandamus ordering the
Great Northern 10 operate Its line of rail-
way in this State, as it had been accus-
toned to prior to the strike of all its train
men. The court held that the proceeding
was equivalent to asking the court to in
Quire and determine what would be rea-
s0nable scale of wages for the men re-
quired to operate the road and then
ascertain whether the requisite number
of men could be employed at the wages
determined. The court said it was not
certain it had jurisdiction Of the arbitra-
ment of these questions and power to en-
force its decision should it decide them.
Furthermore. the court is not sure that it
has jurisdiction to issue such writ by
reason of the relations of the railway
property to interstate Jurisdiction.
In the United States court the attorneys
for the Great Northern read afidavits in
support of their petition for an injunction
restraining the strikers from in any way
interfering with the operation of the road.
The men were given week to make an
swer.