The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-12
A HALT N THE STRIKE
Knights Of Labor Fail to
Quit Work.
SHOOTING ON THE SLOPE.
Sacramento Strikers Fire on the
Soldiers.
MORE TRAINS ON The MOVE.
All the Roads Resuming Business
Rapidlyo
SHOOTING ON THE SLOPE.
MORE TRAINS ON THE MOVE.
All the Roads Resuming Business
Rapidlyo

Sovereign Still Boasts That He VIII
Have 100000 Men Out by satur-
day-The Claim Also Made That
100000 Trades Union Men Will
Stop Work at Chicago-California
the Scene ofthe Only Serious Trouble
During the Day-The Momentous
Meeting of the Federation of Labor
on the Tapis at Chicago To-day.
Chicago, July lit is reported that
when the federal grand jury concludes
its investigation of the American Rail
way Union it will begin an inquiry into
the policy and methods of the General
Managers Association. Among the lead
ers of the working men the charge has
been made openly and repeatedly that the
obstruction of United States mails
and the interruption of interstate
commerce were due quite as much to the
general managers as to the American
Railway Union. 1t has been stated that
the general managers agreed among the m
selves that no trains should be run on
either road till they had attained the
points in dispute with the men. This was
done, it is argued to hold back such
companies as showed an inclination to
treat with its employees and bring about
q resumption of traffic ON its own lines
1t is asserted by the men that they can
prove that kilograms were sent out from
the General Managers Association order
ing certain railroad lines to send out no
trains till designated scheme had been
accomplished. All this, the men assert,
is as clear case of conspiracy on the part
of the General Managers Association as
the acts of President Debs and his asso-
ciates which rendered them indictable
for conspiracy Judge Grosscup and Dis
trict Attorney Milchrist have said that
justice will be meted out impartially to
all violators of the federal statutes.
UNION HEADQUARTERS RAIDED.
Under a subpoena duces tecum. the
headquarters of the railway union, were
raided last evening while President Debs,
Howard Keither and others were waiting
in the district attorneys Office to COM
plete their bond, and all of the official pa
pers of the union were seized that could
be found. In the general sweep Presi-
dent Debs' personal mail was carried
away by the officers from the district at
torney's Office. President Debs' mail was
to-day returned to him by order-of Judge
Grosscup, who declared the seizure to be
illegal
The statutes under which the indict-
ments were yesterday found against
President Debs and the others provide,
in addition TO fine ranging from $1,000
to $4,000, imprisonment under one statute
for not more than two years, and
under another Imprisonment of not less
than six months, nor more than six
years.
Judge Grosscup, when questioned upon
the possible action of the grand jury
against the General Managers
doubt when the grand jury shall
have finished the particular mat
ter it is now investigating it
will turn its attention to others who may
have violated the law. 1t will widen the
scope of its inquiry so as to include all
persons who may have interfered with or
oostructed interstate commerce or the
United States mails in any way, or by any
means.n
"Will you give the grand jury addi-
uonal instructions on that poiut?'
~ cannot discuss that point now. /
Will do whatever is necessary TO enable
the grand jury to do its full duty"
But the labor men have little faith in
the special federal grand jury. They
stick TO their opinion that the grand jury
was drawn not TO investigate violations
OF the law, but TO return indictments
against the railway union men and their
sympathizers.
THE ORDER FOR A GENERAL STRIKE.
The ultimate effect of the appeal issued
last night by General Master Workman
Sovereign Of the Knights of Labor. call
ing on all knights throughout the coun-
Try and those in sympathy with them to
quit work, and the order issued at about
the same time by the representa- tives of
allied labor in Chicago to do likewise,
seen. Ali that is definitely known
Is that the Knights of Labor at all points
heard from, including nearly all the large
centers of population in the United States,
remained at work to-day with practical
unanimity and that in this city the mum
Der OF members Of the allied trades who
remained at work so far Out-numbered
those who quit as 10 make no appreciable
Vhange in the industrial appearance OF
the city.
Tho leaders. however say that there
Is nothing in the situation 10 cause them
n Encouragement, and that the public
rough lack Of knowledge Of the ma
A Winery Of industrial organization, has
.0 ~ led 70 expect results which were not
le tpntemplation when the strike orders
.ag issued. . ...-