The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-07-13

FURTHER STRIKE NOTES.

Chief Arthur of the brotherhood of loco
motive engineers has charac eriZed Debs's
, strike rs high-handed and causeless, and
Grand Master Wilkinson of the brotherhood
of railway trainmen instructs the members of
that order that the strikers are without q
grievance, that the fight was precipitated by
only 2G0 delegates, representing less than one
thirtieth of the employees in the train service
of the country. and that if they join in the
fight they must do so on their own individual
responsibility. The head of the switchmen's
union at st. Louis replies to Il request from
Debs to strike asking why this should be done
when the men have no grievance against their
employers.
The Northern Pacific road has been placed
in the hands of the military as military
highway. DESPITE the manner in which
trains are tied up mails are being received
from the west. through with no regularity.
One train left Chicago on Saturday with
tons of matter which had accumulated there.
There was another battle at Danvlle, H.,
and Grape Creek. The militia fired into the
mob and two women were killed and two
fatally wounded. Two men were killed and
! five wounded in the Burea County Ull.) coat
fields, when a train bearing United States
| troops was attacked by anarchists.
| The president and secretary of war have
received a large number of letters and tele-
grams from all parts of the country, tender
| ing the government the support of large
Douits VI HICll tHC thCut VI III CHCISCuNts
One such was from G.. A. r. post, offering
200 of its members who, the letter said, had
chad experience" Commander Branch of
the Vermont G. A. X. tecgraphed pledging
1000 veterans from Vermont if necessary.
A Charlottesville 0nd.) dispatch says that
Gen. Lew Wallace has organized several
large military companies in view of the
threatened trouble by strikers. Gen. Wallace
believes that unless the strike is put down u
civil war will ensre. lie orga lied his conf
panes to offer them to the service of the state
should there be any call for them. People of
central Indiana, especially in the rural dis
tricts and towns are bitter against the strike.
A delegation of 1900 striking cookers were
passing the Summit plant of the Prick com
pany early Tuesday morning GA the way to
Scottsdale, Pa. when a shot was fire,i at
them by an imported negro from the coke
yard. A moment later another shot Was
fired from the delivery wagon of the Union
supply company and Albert Palchlnski of
Adelaide, marcher, was wounded IN his
left arm. The entire delegation started for
the yards to clear out the negroes. The latter
fired on the strikers and then with the dep
uties ran for their lives. Several hundred
shots were exchanged and it Is reported that
two negroes We're fatally wounded. a
stranger near by was shot through the hand.
After the strikers resumed their march 100
negroes armed with Winehe>ters, followed
short distance and returned TO work.
Indictments having been found by the grand
jury against Debs aud four of his satellites for
conspiracy to interfere with United States
mails, they were arrested in Chicago Tues
day. Bail was fixed ut $4,000 and it was
furnished.
About Debs.
We gave last week the chief biographical
facts about Eugene Debs, the leader of the
strike. This Debs is about 80 years of age.
and his bump of self esteem is said to be alb
normally developed. He was a locomotive
fireman half dozen years ago living at Terre
Haute and Is interested in apublishing house
which issues inflammable and incendiary liter
ature. He became sprominent As p labor agi-
tator few years ago and has since male a
fine living out of it. His last and biggest stIoAa
was the organization of the railway union a
short time ago. and il was Debs who entlea-
Vored 10 inaugurate railroad strike at the
time Of the opening of the Worlds Fair. The
timely discovery of the infamous plot effectu-
ally put quietus upon it. and saved the Fair
from irreparable losses. \ wear hence the
name of Debs viii probably lie but dete~ta-
bic memory. II develops that he is victim
II alcoholism and has several times been
through cures