St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-03

CHICAGO, July 2.-Today's develop
ments in the great Pullman A. R. U.
strike have been prolific in sensational
Ism, the principal theater of action
being in Chicago and adjacent suburbs.
Wild rumors were rife, and when It
was announced that orders had been
Isued for the Second regiment to pro-
ceed at once 10 Blue Island, eight
cen miles out, extra editions Of
all evening papers, with warllke
headlines, were eagerly scanned
by thousands of anxious people.
This report proved later to be un-
founded. The first serious clash oc-
CURED tonight when 200 deputy United
States marshals were surrounded at
Blue Island by 1000 strikers, who
openly defed federal authority. Weap-
Ems were drawn by both sides, and
Deputy Marshal John A. Logan was
painfully cut with knife, but when a
bloody conflict seemed imminent the
deputies retired to their barrack cars to
await reinforcements. leaving the strik-
rrs masters of the situation.
This evening an injunction from the
United States court was read and
Sulletined. The authority of the United
States was openly ridiculed. and after
lew minutes quietness the riotous spirit
of the strikers reasserted itself. At
midnight reports of further disorder
were current, it being stated that the
strikers were tearing down the bulle-
Iined mandate of the court.
Fearing to precipHate bloodshed. the
Rock Island company decided after Its
$50 express had been gotten through
not to make any further efforts to move
trains tonight, but tomorrow can hardly
fail to bring a crisis. The strikers have
now locked horns with the state and
federal authorities; the railway Off
Eials are chafng under the con-
Linued embargo on their busi-
ness, while the. desperate deter
mination of their late employees
neither to work themselves or to allow
others to fill their places is evidenced
by the flood Of reports of individual con-
dicts here and there coming from all
over the city. A number of trains have
been derailed by misplaced switches.
A Panhandle passenger train was
partially derailed at Kinzie and Canal
etreets tonight, but was not seriously
Helayed. The strikers are steal
Ing braces 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, vegetables. ice, meats and other
perishable goods stand in the cars un-
der boiling sun, no one caring or dar
Ing to move them to destination. Dumb
animals crowded into stock cars suffer
thirst and hunger, and prices of vege-
tables and fruits are going up. 1t is
thought that no move likely to precipi-
tate hostilities will be made before day
light. At midnight District Attorney
Milchrlst, when asked if troops have
yet been ordered out from Fort Sherl-
dan said:
81 do not think they will be called out
until the order of the court has been
violated, and the judges recommend
that such measure be taken to uphold
the dignity of the court and justice.
Unless the trouble is brought to an end
Boon it is my opinion that the strike
will terminate in bloodshed."
The firemen of Lake street elevated
road decided after midnight that they
would go on strike to assist the A, r
U. The specific cause of the strike i:
that the elevated road received some
coal which was delivered by the Pan
handle, which is one of the roads boy
totted by the A. r. U.