Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-13
ton of Labor conference:

The gravity or the industrial situation of the country demands extraordinary and exceptional action of . cnnciliatory char acter at the hands of all men. Recogniz- ing this fact the executive council of the American Federation of Labor and the undersigned executive officers of national and international trades unions and broth erhoods of railway organizations of Amer lea are in conference in this city. We ask you. in the name of tho working people and the entire citizenship of our country, to lend your influence and give us your aid, so that the present industrial crisis may be brought to an end, alike to the advantage of the people of our country and the institutions under which WIG live We therefore ask you to come to Chicago and meet this conference, or If the state of public business does not warrant such n course that you will deputiZe some one as your representative
 The union machinists throw down their tools and joined in the general sympathy strike which was inaugurated yestcriay. As usual in such cases, the strike affects the large shops far morc than the small concerns, where only few men arc employ ed.
 Deputy Marsha,s Killed In n Wreck.
 Two deputy United States marshals met their deaths and two others were moro or less seriously injured in n collision be- INEEn lEtlsnN bD InG W lsCOnSln Central tracks near tho Jackson strCct crossing Two locomotives and several cars were wrecked in the accident and the three story brick warehouse of Bur dett, smith x Co, stovc manufacturers, occupied jointly ny that firm and the Norton Brothers company. manufactur- CTS of tinwarc, was partly destroyed.
 The two men who met death were I. E. Bristol. deputy United States marshal, NaN~ dead. and W. A. ProsS, deputy United States marshal. both legs crushed and i'm jured internally, who died at the county hospital.
 The injured wcrc Andrew Blass, depu- ty United States marshal, loft foot and leg manglcd. leg amputatcd, condition critical, and Augustin" Wright, deputy United states marshal from Baltimore. who was not seriously hurt.
 The Baltimore and Ohio and Wiscon- sin Central jointly use this track, and by some misunderstanding of orders both trains were moving toward each other on | tho samc track. They met on n curve and the impact as the two engines came together was tremendous. Both engines were buried under the mass of shattered cars they were hauling and the haplcss deputies who were riding on top of the cars next to the engines were caught and l Crusneu nclleslIn lne ucDrlS. flfe DrOke out in the wreckage, but was soon con ] trolled by the fire department. The train crews, seeing that n collision was inevits- ! ble saved themselves by jumping. Debs Is Pleased.
 On being shown the telegram announc- ing President Clcveland's purpose to ap- | point an arbitration commission MT. Debs said: We arc very much gratilied over | the action of the committee and at the act of President Cleveland in appointing Il board of arbitration. We have no doubt that the board will bc composed of men 1 of high character and ability and that they will be able to locate the right or wrong involved in the existing contro. vcrsy, by virtue of which satisfactory settlement will be reached
 Ut is to be hoped that the board will be promptly appointed and organizcd; that 1 Its work will be prosecuted vigorously to the end of n speedy settlement of the OK isting conflict. We are of course for arbi. tration and have been from the very be ginning. and had this principle been rec. ognized this strike would have been avoided"
 Deputies wers EaitIed.
 United States Deputy Marshal Peter Fische and an ll-ycar old boy, Arthur | Gregory, were fatally wounded last night in n fusilladc between deputies in Ken sington. Some unknown person had plao ed on the Illinois Central tracks several torpcdoes, which were exploded by an out going train.
 When the explosions occurred, two par ties of deputy marshals rushed out from cars in which they werc sleeping on oppo site sides of the track. They seemed Tat tied by the unexpected incident and began discharging their rcvolvcrs recklessly, witt the result named above. The boy Gregory was one of n number of residents of tn, vicinity who rushed out at the sound o the shooting. Several other people hat narrow escapes.
 Tho deputies assert that they werc firing at three men seen running away iron where tho torpctlOcs exploded, but people in the vicinity say there was no one about Five of the deputies were arrcsted by tn, police.
 Tclcgrams sent hy Eugene Y. Dcbs t' his aids ordering strikes on various road were rad to the federal grand jury. ] reporter for an evening paper testified t' several spccchcs and interviews in whicl DCbs Is alleged to have outlined his plan to tic up tho rhads and stop traffic.
 F.. M. MulfOrd manager of the W".'rrI Union, produced a large package Of tel" grams written by Debs to agents "f 'h American Railway union on dil, rc'' roads. and part sular attention WIS l'nt' to the dispatches sent after Judge, V u..ii and Grosscup had issued their Injunction ordering strikers md rioters not tO inter fere with the roads taken at that mOmCn under the protection of the government