New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-18
MANY TRAINS IMPERILLED.
ATTEMPTS AT WRECKING BY MISCRE-
ANTS ON VARIOUS ROADS.

A STRIKER ARRESTED FOR THROWING s"lI'h
N cu,cAGo-rHREE UNION PACIFIC STRIKERS
CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF TEARING tP RAILS
IN ORDER TO WRECK THE OVERLAND
FLYER 49, TRAINMEN ASSAULTED
Chicago Julv 17-As passenger train OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Road was passing through
,h Northern Pacific yards al Westcrn-ave thls
af,ernoon at 3 o'clock switch was thrown ana
tho train narrowly escaped being wrecked WIN
nrohable loss Of life A large number OF raiiroau
strikers and sympathizers were on the tracks VI
the time and the act IL attributed 10 one OF '"''e
Of them A Pullman sleeper In the middle Oh 'ne
train. carrying United States soldiers 10 ro'eS'
Hin. caught the point Of the frog ana jumping
oY the rails pulled the engine OF the track Inc
trucks Of the sleeper were broken. ou' inc loco
motive was not damaged. None OF the p1"S'nR VS.
uore hurt The train proceeded with tho soldiers
after the sleeper had been detached
T. + Morris. Deputy United states Marshal
vho wos on the train jumped Of and caught 7.
Moran. n striking switchman. whom the deputy
alleges he saw throw the switch Three other
strikers are said - have been standing AT IN"
switch and parties II the crime. An effort VIII Do
made to effect their capture tomorrow. Moran
was brought II the Government building. In
the morning his case will come before the ''rhnd
Jury The railroad promises other witnesses VINO
are expected 10 prove his guilt.
Salt Lake City Utah. July l7-Thrce strikers
were caught this morning just before dnylight'
4, tho act Of removing rails on the Union Pacific
Railroad track two miles out OF ORdcn Inc
Overland flyer was due in few minutes later,
and terrible catastrophe could not have been
averted had not the dastardly act been detected
linz no
ccalment while the strikers tore mp the rails
and as soon az the fellows had finished their
work they were covered with Winchcs'ers fna
ordered 10 throw mp their hands. All complied
though they were heavily armed The mon Were
taken 10 Ogden and lodged In Jail They were
identified "a Frank De Camp. BIZ King ana
Sam" Mcconnell All are ex-empoycs 81 the
Union Pacific Railroad. and strikers Two OF
them had Jus, been released under bonds. on the
charge Of beating a non-unon fireman. In
digna ton runs high in ogden.
Dubrque, Iowa. July 1.-THE morning pas
senger train on the Chicago and Great Western
came near being wrecked by an open switch In
the yards here yesterday. and the afternoon train
coming south the same road Narrowly e'-
c,pea danger. being stopped jus, in time 70
keep from running into large number 81 rail-
road tics which had been placed On The track be-
| upon as the work Of the strikers. ana there IL
| much feeling I'm business circles here over these
attempts 70 wreck trains.
| Cincinnati July l7.-Track-wak"rs AZ RIVERSIDE,
,even miles on, Or the 1919 Four. las, night dis
covered a pile o., ties spiked :, the track. The
tics were got ont u the way jas, AS thc l'g our
| passenger train FOR Chicago dashed by had they
| been struck the unusually heavy train. CARRYING
! two crowded Pulimans. would have been huF''i
| into the river. thirty feet bei""
Puisburg. July 1.-THE passengers ani train
crew on the eastbound P.,isourg. Fort Wayne
| and Chicago Railway limited. which arrived IN
Plt,sburg IN time this morning. reported an as
saut on that train last nigh; Just as y puneI
on, Of the Fort Wayne yards wolfe; - stones
struck the cars several windows being broken
| and tho side. Of the coaches badly scratched ana
| damaged 80 one The train was hurt me
attack caused much excitement among the f""
| passengers on .Jarl
| Fort WAYNE Ind. July I7-Th" now men en-
| ployed on the Fort Wayr" Railroad In the YARDS
ard as tralnmen are hourly submitted 10 bruta
| assaults from discharged men. Last night Arthur
| Baldwin. a Nickel Plate switchman. was iound
| in the wards inscn.ble Three OTTER switchmer
| ard a call boy were violently stoned TINS morn
| ing Conductor Mulcahy. Of the Pennsylvania wai
| knocked dOwn with n large ston" ana h'keh II
| the face Three swiichmcn in the Pennsy !~inla
| wards were dubbed and their lanterns were
| stolen Both Nickel Plate and wabash pass'n
| ger trains were stoned Christian Hess. the onI,
| rioter arrested. fired two shots at Captain Borg
| man Of the city police. before he surrendered
Brazil Ind. July l7-Last night some mis-
crcant fired into Pullman sleeper on an east
bound train barely mlsHng a woman ana no.
little daughter
Memphis July 17.-Strikers at O'Clock th'
morning set fire To the Illinois Central round
house and machine-shop nj Fort Pickering Tn
| prompt action OF the Are department preNente'
The loss ~ the buildings. Severa. freight car
| we're burned
| ST Louis July l7.-Therc Is deep disappoint
| mcnt among the idle railroad men AT the iailur'
| Of the strike and this has already shown iacl
| I'm acts OF violence. ON sunday nght three mel
| were assaulted and yesterday TWO received IN
| iurles for going back to work. An attempt u
| wreck a train on the Iron Mountain ROAD wa
made Yesterday in the suburbs.
| Omaha July l7-One Of tho swtchmen VIII
| went out - Laramie died to-day from a beatini
| administered by the strikers there. The mar
came from North Platte. The strikers nj Lara
mic CHEYENNE ana Rawlins are bitter agans
| the mon who have taken their plac's. many o
| whom are members OF the OLD organization
| ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY BE ARRESTED
sTANDIsI ALLEGED TO HAVE AIDED &OKTi IA