The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-06-30

go luuO partnership WIN Une L Iullludu COLl-
pany, so to speak, and stand by him in
his devilish work of starving his employees
to death
"The American Railway union accepted
the gauge of war and thus the contest is
now on between the railway corporations
united solidly upon the one hand and the
labor forces upon the other
II appeal to strikers everywhere to re
frain from any act Of violence. There
must be no Interference with the affairs of
the companies involved, and above all,
let there be no act Of depreciation. A man
who will destroy property or violate law
is an enemy and not a friend of the cause
Of labor Inc general public is with us
and we need only to maintain a dignified,
honest, straightforward policy to achieve
victory
II have faith in the great body of rail
way employees of the country, and am con
fident they will maintain an unbrOken
front in spite of any opposition that may
be brought to bear against them. am
perfectly confident of success. We cannot
fail"
In an interview President Deos said,
concerning the possibility of his arrest by
order of the United States courts:
81 anticipate no trouble with the courts
and hardly see how can be arrested un-
/ til commit or cause to be committed
some overt act of violence against the
lines which the courts now operate. You
will notice that Judge Caldwell says that
we have a right to order out the men on
the Santa Fe, He says, though, that as
soon as the men leave the company's or
the courts employ they must in no way
| interfere with the running of trains. Ger
! tainly they will not do that, for they are
under orders to resort to no violence.
Judge Caldwell admits that the men have
| a right to quit work That is what we
contend for, and we are, therefore, justi-
fled by the courts ruling.
We've adopted the cause of the other
! side and opened up strong and vigorous
measures against the strikers, which we
| intend to push with all the strength and
power at our command from this time on "
So spoke John NJ. Egan, Of ST. Paul,
| who has been made commander of the
railroad forces in Chicago in the fight
| against the boycott. Mr.. Egan further
said that several new firemen had been
| put to work on three different roads, and
the places left vacant by the strikers on
all roads centering in Chicago would be
rapidly filed from among the hundreds
of men who are making applications for
work. Mr.. Egan has the reputation of
being one of the greatest single handed
fighters in the country.
John NJ. Eagan, representing the Gen
eral Managers association, furnishes an
estimate of the number of men who have
struck so far in the whole country, on the
best information he could obtain: North
western, l,025; Illinois Central, 5000
Eastern Illinois, 800; Santa Fe, 1O, 1000; Chi
cago and Nor hern Pacific, IS; Wisconsin
Central, so; Great Western, 800; Baltimore
and Ohio, 400; Pennsylvania, 2,400; West
ern Indiana, POO; total, 1850.
George NJ. Pullman, president of the
Palace Car company, said in an interview
The strike is no longer a fight against
the Pullman company alone. 1t has
spread and grown beyond us, until now
the Pullman strikers are subordinate
feature. The railroads are now trying tC
see whether or not they have the right tC
control their own roads and manage theil
own property. While the strike was con
fined TO our company we at no time asked
the railroads to assist us and when tn,
general managers of the railroads decided
to oppose the American Railway untor
they asked neither advice nor assstanc,
from the Pullman company, These rail
ways are now lighting for the right t,
conduct the management of their owl
lines That is the point at stake, and il
may.as well be settled at the present tint
as al any other"
The first overt act of violence in tn,
railroad strike occurred yesterday after
noon, when the engineer and fireman o
an Illinois Central suburban train wer
driven from their engine by a mob of 2O
, men, They were pelted with rocks auC
bricks and chased away, The train wa
stopped just north of the crossing a
Burnside station, The engineer and fire
man fled for their lives, pursued by
portion Of the mob, while others backe,
the engine into the round house, leaving
the cars standing on the main track
When, a short time later, a north boun,
suburban train appeared it, too, wa
stopped the engine detached and taken q
the round house, and the cars left stand
ing on the tracks A force of twenty-fv
, policemen hastened to the scene aud scat
1 tarad th. mob