The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-21
Jim Hills Road Soon to
Run Trains.
GUARDED BY DEPUTIES.
Used to Break the Backbone OF
the Strike.
MEN HURRYiNG TO CONFERENCE
1t Is Believed Everywhere That a
Settlement of the Trouble Cannot
Be Long Deferred.

ST. PAUL, April 20.-The storm center
in the Great Northern strike is al st. Cloud.
Wednesday and yesterday United States
Deputy Marshals were interfered with and
the restraining order of the court resisted,
trains being stopped as on the previous
DAYS. There are now in that vicinity be-
tween fifteen and twenty United States
deputies and Marshal Bode started to that
place to-day with an additional force.
Warrants have been sworn out against the
strikers active in opposing and threaten
ing the deputies.
There were few local developments in
the Great Northern strike to-day. Presi-
dent Dsbs receved a telegram from Organ
lzsr Hogan at Butte, Mont, stating that
he would start from there with commit.
tee OF men this afternoon to come to ST.
Paul to confer with the officials of the
road. Similar messages have been re-
ceived from other points. and Mr.. Debs is
still confident of the result of the strike.
He Is especially pleased over the confer
ence he had with the brotherhood chiefs
before their departure. The railroad
off ias also received many messages and
showed few from men along the line say
ing Lney regretted the Str1Ke.
ST. CLOUD. April 20-The train bringing
more Deputy Marshals was stopped on the
edge OF the town by strikers and returned
toward st. Paul. The strikers are still
aggressive.
At Crookston. Mimi, no main line trains
were run to-day, but the branches are
running as usual.
The regular passenger train from the
West arrived at 40 this afternoon loaded
with baggage and express matter, and
started for ST. PAUL, being guarded by the
deputies. The arrests of the strikers who
resisted the deputies were made this after
noon.
President Debs and VIce-presdent
Howard addressed a meeting in the opera
house tonight. Two trains have gone
out since z o'clock and Marshal Bede will
leave with ten deputies and the arrested
strikers. Foster, McLaughlin, Egbert,
Bordeau. two Olsens and two others dur
ing the night. Other arrests will follow
as fast as the men are located. The
presence of the marshals seem to have the
desired effect. A citizens meeting has
been called for tomorrow to assist in
quellng the strike.
SEATTLE, Wash, April 20.-The Ameri-
can Railway Union is taking advantage of
the interest aroused by the Great Northern
strike TO extend its organization. At a
meeting held tonight 154 members were
added to the rolls and 100 others were
held over to the next meeting when nearly
every railway employe in the city will
have joined.
The new members include fully half of
the local membership of the railroad
brotLerho0ds. Secretary Adams received
a dispatch to-day from President Debs,
stating that he had learned that men
had been employed at various points to
commit violence and cause trouble In order
to injure the strikers. and instructing him.
if any were caught, to report their names
to him.
Superintendent Van Cleve and Assist
ant Superintendent lew of the Cascade
division arrived in the city to-day. After
being imprisoned in the mountains by the
strike for the last week they crossed the
Cascades and travelled seven miles on
veocipede. then fired up an engine and
ran IL themselves to Snohomisn, where
they took Lake Shore train. They were
not disturbed in any way. Their mission
here is to get news Of the strike. but as the
wires were in possession of the strikers
they could not communicate with st. Paul.
Mr.. Van Cieve says positively that the
company had no intention of importing
men, and that the strike was complete
surprise to him. as no intimation had been
made of any demand by any of the en-
ployes.
HELENA. Mont. April 2O.-The COM
mittee of Great Northern strikers left at
o'clock this afternoon by special train
over the Northern Pacific for st. Paul to
attend the conference of President Hill.
WASHINGTON, April 20.-The Postofice
Department officials are confident that all
the regular mail-earrying trains on the
Great Northern will be again running 10 a
few days. Dispatches received from en-
ployes along the line announced that the
first train billed through since the nstiga-
ton of the strike left ST. Paul to-day and
is now passing through North Dakota.
The roads schedule provides for only one
through train from each direction each
day, and 1t is believed at the department
that one will start out from ST. Paul to-
morrow morning. 1t is also expected that
local passenger trains will be run over the
road within day or two.