Oxford eagle., 1894-07-05

All y the engineers On the liiiuo,-
Central pledged themselves - obey
call 70 strike Whenever issued \ re-
quest for cooperation was sent out %
them from headquarters this evening.
and u was announced that beginning
Tomorrow the Orders would refuse %
handle traiaS with Pullman cars or
operated by >ubStitu;es. Included in
a later meeting Of Illinois Central en-
ployes were the suburban trlinmen.
and il wa announced A. headquarters
that strike was Immediately iuauru-
rated
The engineers on the Chicags L
Northwe~fsru ais, held a meeting ~
dsv to discuss the ca,.-s ~ tn. four en-
xIueer~ discharged frr carrying the.
striker committee through th., yar,is
II was de,.ii,.,i e. max. q demand f,s
their reinstatement AMI - ,,riixe n
eas. the demand was ns,s ass'-ssss,i "a
Two hundr,,i hralSernen on the r,,ads
out of the folk->;reet s;ation and snG
engineers aud hrrEuen IN the Chicago
Great Western were either made u,~ru-
b~rs q the union W affiliated this
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the ranks ofthe strikers In addition
at the PclS-strect station twenty bag
gagemen walked out in sympathy with
the uni-u men seventy cuaeh clean.
ers On the Santa -. incIu.iinx four
women al~.s struck this afternoon
Two hundred and sftv engineers
met - T~eifth street ami oy-!-a ave
nue this afterna.sa ant a.rrrs-s 10 SIP
Port the sfril-srs hy refusing - work
with substitutes They rvPrr~ens four
.lr sv, roasiS.
The Fort WAYNE Is suf~rinr hut a;
one puiRt in it, ys-rt~. altbouEh the
strike has h.-~n declared in eject fnr
tvsrutw four hour~ past Al >ixfcrnth
street to-day the sn.n Nrrr ss1r. bat a.
other points o-vis-rs v-rr not reasirssi
untii ta-aiEht The sa-lc = tg71- - ths.
Rock Island Euriiugton auai other
rnasi> whirA arr rrp.rrf-.,i a. tis-l M.
when ouIy thr~r or frar crews were
uosifissi - quit an,i the Others were
keps waiting f1r er,i~rs frslsn uubsn
headquarters
- fsr the ppl.'s have had Iittle or
no trauhis in keeping the pearc Tlss
strikers a. rule have hseu orderly
and well-b~havr.i In trrs or thres in
-tans-e- individual eosnhars have &C.
cu-rr'i. but uothiug approaching a rio-
has h--~n started squads - p.ili.---
men guard all important p.,int~ n the
yards aad At the stations and Iar.re
uunf-rs q railr,'aA sp-.yiai urfi.--rs a-~
constantly Patrotius the tra-k<
The Mouon warts were ti.,i up this
afternoon ali yar,im~n- truin ansI sig
nal men quitting vv"rlc- Th-- si~nal
men and switch t~r,l,.rS On the Bar
lingtsn quIt at --sn O'Clock withssut ar-
ders~ The e,ach eIranerS an,i ear ~
pairvrs on the Chicags & Northern Pa
/ cific who rrtursls.,t To work this ui1rn-
ing were again induced - strike late
this afteruoon-
y mob IF 1000 people. e'smp-s=srd %
strikers aud their sympathizers.
stopped the New York and Chicazo
limited. on the Chicago \ Erie ruad.
near the state line at Hammond. Ind
at $40 this evening and compelled the
crew To- sidetrack the two Pullman
sleepers carried by the train The
limited was due there at 3.59 ami the
crowd which had gathered by tina,
time waited patiently until ~ arrival
at 5-fo- their purpose b,sing - prevent
f the passage of any Pullman ears
through that place The train Wa
stopped a. soon a. it had crossed the
state line
The Pullman ears were next - the
engine The leaders ~ the crowd or
dere,i the crew to ds.tach the PuIlmans
from the rest II the train and the IN
gin~~F was compelled - haul them
about 90 feet tn a siding. where the
engine Wa unepu pied. and the Pull
man ears werr Pu>hed onto the siding
by ths- crowd Then the crew was
nntitis-i that they might prs--es-si with
the rr>t - the train but at n o'clock
u.s such mo,e had bssen made
The sheriff was on hand with twenty
dePutiss, bat he was povveriess 10 pro
tsct the train Tonight he wired giov,
Matthews for trooP> - prevent inter
ference With the pn-ration of the
rna,ls- No reply has yet been recrivy,i
The whole town i in sympathy with
the strikers and ienounce the sheriff.
assrI~u