The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04

CHICAGO, July 2.-TOday'S develop
ments in the great Pullman A. r. L.
strike have been prolific in sensational
lsm, the principal theater Of action being
In Chicago and adjacent suburbs. Wild
'umors were rife. and when it was an
noUnced that orders had been issued for
ihe Second regiment to proceed at once
10 Blue Island. eighteen miles out. extra
editions Of all evening papers with war
ike headlines were eagerly scanned by
.housapds of anxious people. This re-
port proved later 10 be unfOunded.
The first serious clash occurred today
when 200 deputy United States marshals
were surrounded at Blue Island by 1000
strikers, who openly defed federal au-
Lhority. Weapons we're drawn by both
sides and Deputy Marshal John a. Lo-
gan was painfully cut with knife. but
when a bloody conflict seemed imminent
he deputies retired to their barracks
ears TO await reinforcements, leaving
the strikers masters of the situation.
This evening an injunction from the
United States court was read and bulle-
tined. The authorities of the United
States were openly ridicuIed, and after
a few minutes Of quietness the riotous
spirit Of the strikers teasserted itself.
At midnight reports Of ether disorders
were current, it being stated that the
strikers We're tearing down the bulletined
mandate of the court.
Fearing to precipitate bloodshed, the
Rock Island company decided. after its
5:30 express had gotten through, not TO
make any further efforts to move trains
tonight, but tomorrow can hardly. fail
TO bring crisis. The strikers have now
locked horns with the state and federal
authorities. The railway officials are
chatting under the continued embargo on
their business. which, the desperate con-
di5ion OF their late employees neither to
work themselves nor to allow others to
I'll their places, is evidenced by the food
Of reports of Individual conflicts here and
there coming from all over the city.
y number of trains have been derailed
by misplaced switches. A Panhandle
passenger train was partially derailed at
Kinzie and Canal-sts. tonight, but was
not seriously delayed. The strikers are
stealing brasses from the axle boxes Of
cars. and in some instances dropping
coupling pins into the cross head guides
Of locomotives, causing the destruction
OF cylinder heads.
Tons Of fruit, getables, ice meats
and other perishable goods stand in the
cars under a broiling sun, no one caring
or daring to move it to the destinat ton.
Dumb animals, crowded into stock cars,
suffer thirst and hunger, and prices of
vegetables and fruits are going up. 1t
is thought that no move likely to pre-
eipitate hosHlities will be made before
daylight
,t,r ha1
been ordered out from Ft. Sheridan,
said:
II do not think they will be called out
until the order of the courts has been
violated, and the judges recommend that
such a measure be taken to uphold the
dignity Of the court and Justice Unless
the trouble is brought to an end soon it
is my opinion that the strike will ter
inmate in bloOdshed."
The firemen of the Lake-st. elevated
road decided after midnight that they
would go on a strike to assist the A r.
L. The specific cause of the strike is
that the elevated roads received some
coal which was delivered by the Pan
Handle. which is one of the roads boy
cOtted by the A. X. u.
President Debs. when asked about his
conference with Mr.. p. E Studebaker
admitted that he and Mr.. Studebaker,
together with Vice-President Howard,
had been talking together.
And the result?''
There was no result. IT was an in
formal talk. Mr.. Studebaker proclaimed
that he was not authorized to act for
the Pullman company the railroad
managers; that he approached us as a
private citizen in his individual capacity
and proffered his services to bring about
a settlement If. as an individual, he could
do anything TO put stop to the troubles
existing. We concluded our talk by de-
claring there was no use of threshing
over old straw: that we had started out
with a proposition to arbitrate the diff
ferences between Mr.. Pullman and his
employees, but had been snubbed. We are
still ready to stand by tnat proposition,
but since il was made new complications
have arisen which must be considered
In any plan Of settlement on the one
plan that we will agree upon as the basis
Of a settlement"
Judges Grosscup and Woods, in the
United States court issued an injunction
today restraining the strikers, based
both upon the mail laws and the inter-
state commerce act 1t is a very sweep
ing order and aims to protect the roads
as common carriers to transport freight
4 well carry fha TTuffad noafIs