The herald., 1894-04-29
THE GREAT NORTHERN STRIKE
Knights Of Labor take a Hand
in 1t.
President Hill Confident VI Being
Able to Run Trains.
So Far He Has Not Succeeded in DOIn &
so-TrOOps Ordered Out to AS
sist the Marshal in North
Dakota.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 2S.--The Knights OF
Labor will take hand in the Crest
Northern strike. The general executive
board today ordered the men out and
Grand Master Workman Sovereign left
for st. Paul tonight to give
his personal supervision to the
initiation of the knights part
in the general strike. The order
for the strike announces that in the
opinion of the board the cause OF the
American Railroad union is Justly en-
titled to the support of the Knights
| OF Labor. Before leaving for st. Paul
this evening, Mr.. Sovereign said.
1--WE are going to fight to tho end.
The existence of organized labor along
the line of the Great Northern is at
stake. 1t has become necessary for all
labor organizations to join in with the
Railway union. l shall go to st. Paul
and Duluth and personally see that our
order is obeyed, and arrange for the care
OF the men. | do not know how many
men we have in the employ of the COM
pany. Our assemblies include not only
men in the operating departments, but
in the offices and shops of the company
that are scattered along the 1000 miles
Of road"
ST. PAUL, April 2S..-No trains moved
on the Great Northern today. The tie
up of 4495 miles of track in half dozen
states is complete. Roads in this city
using the Great Northern tracks for
terminals are allowed to switch with
their own train crews. No regular
switchmen are OF work. The men
avow they will do no violence,
and will do all in their power to keep
others from iBjuring the compsny's
property. The Brotherhood men have
apparently not joined in the strike act
ually, further than to refuse to work
with other awitchmen. President Hill
claims to have plenty of men ready to
work. He said today he would make no
movement until he was ready to start
train through to the coast.
President Hill received the following
telegram from Superintendent j. ID.
Farrell OF Spokane: "All engineers,
firemen, conductors and brakemsn here
ready to work when you call on them."
Engines for branch line trains were
standing in the depot yards today
waiting for the trains to be backed
down. They were manned by old engi-
neers and fremen. The cars were not
there, because there was nobody to
handle the switch engines.
The brotherhood men at DEVILS Lake
are waiting to hear from the judges bs-
fore going out. At present they will
strikers at Great Falls, Mont, report
sums from d few hundred to $4,000
from other organizations. A DEVILS Lake
special seys the Brotherhood of Loco
uIeUIInK- 11OS44L-A---
Bsrnesville and Minot lodges that they
would not handle anything but mail
cars and were awaiting their arrival In
this city before going out entirely.
Tonight at 0:30 O'Clock Colonel
Swayner received call from Marshal
Cronin OF North Dakota for assistance
OF troops, and four regiments OF the First
battalion of the Third infantry, under
command of Major Patterson. have been
ordered to start for Grand Forks, n. u,
at O'Clock in the morning,
DEvLL's LAKE, N. D., April 2S.-Pas.
senger train No. 8, carrying the usual
Quota OF deputy marshals in charge OF
Deputy Cronin, was coming along at
rapid gait towards DeviPs Lake this
evening when it was signalied by farm
or. The train was stopped, and it was
discovered that someone had removed
rail. epiking it down again, a smsll space
too wide, which would have ditcned the
| train had it not been discovered.
Wrsr SUPERIOR, Wis, April 2S.-At
9 80 tonight q message was received
bv II. L. Grant, of the Mschinists', +,
and d, Lantry, OF the Engineers divi-
sion. saving the schedule had been
signed and telling them to return to
work. A regular message WIGS received by
the firemen. The men will not go TO
wo.k. however, unless the schedule 10
aigned with the brakemen, section men
and Others of the American Railway
! union. and wired to st. Paul to that
effect. They received a message from
President Debs, telling them not to go
to work, unless they heard from him.
Not a wheel moved on the road today.
The employees of the Eastern Min
nesote have gone out in sympathy
with the Great Northern strikers.
Sr. CLOUD, Mimi, April 28.-AnOther
attempt to send freight west proved
MINNEApoLrs, April 2S.-The track
has been torn up two miles east o.
DEVILS Lake, N. d. The Grand Forks
train is held there.
sr. PAUL, April %. Regarding the
Helena euit to compel the Great North
err to operate it's lines in Montana, Mr.
Hill. president of the Montana Centra
road. a branch line Of the Great North
ern, and eon-in-lsw OF President Hill
says:
''rhere is nothing in it. [ don't se'
how it can affect the company adverse
ly. AZ an attempt to injure the com
pany in the minds of the public, it will
fail entirely in it's object"
He iurther said: "We merely wan
the public to know that this strike wa
undertaken after two propositions fol
arbitration had been made by j. j, Hill
to the men and refused. The mali
points in tho controversy are these:
The strike was first ordered on 81
hours' notice The schedules, instea
of being arbitrary, are based on mutus
consent. The average wages on the road
excluding the president and myself, VIII
draw no salary, is upward of $lOO
month. Mr.. Hill twice offered arbitrt
tion and the second time asked the me
if they did not like his plan to suggel
one themselves. They refused to arb
trste entirely.
Los Angeles Electric Sued.
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