The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-07-07

Ders OF tue American feueralOn OF La
Dor. resolutions were adopted pledging
the latter organization TO aid in the
present strike. The brotherhoods of
locomotive engineers and tiremeD, con-
ductors, trainmen and telegraph opera
tors were asked TO give their assistance.
Attorney General Olney was con-
! demned for his action In reference to
the hauling of trains carrying mails as
beyond the province of his Office. The
railroads were condemned for refusing
to haul mail cars when detached from
Pullman cars, and committee was
| appointed to ask Governor Altgeld to
revoke the charters of such roads on
the ground that they were obstructlng
mails of the United States.
Marshal Arnold received the follow
ing reply this afternoon from Attorney
General Olney to the telegram sent by
the marshal:
You are authorized to employ sufficient
deputies to prevent obstruction of the
mails and to arrest all persons who may at
tempt such obstruction"
"The amount of it all is" said the
! marshal, 'that the time has come for
| the government to take a hand in all
roads which are in the hands of the re-
ceivers Mails must be allowed to run.
l will appoint as many deputies as
may be necessary"
The marshals swore in so more dep
uties today for the Santa Fe. This makes
over 100 federal officers on duty at the
depot and 10 the yards of that company.
The General Managers Association
has issued a call to the United States
marshal for more deputies. At their
| meeting this afternoon the general
managers considered the question of
arresting Debs and prosecuting him
under United States laws relating to
the detention of mails. 1t was finally
decided not TO arrest him, thus fore
stalling any claim to martyrdom.
The Ann street trouble on the Pam
handle, which was reported as a riot,
was precipitated by brakeman draw
ing revolver when the strikers under
took to interfere with him. The fellow
was badly handled before he was res
cued by the police. General Superin-
tendeht Lore of the Panhandle road,
on his arrival at One Hundred and
Ihirtieth street, telegraphed that IL
mob drove Station Agent Riverside
from his Office just as he had sum-
InOned Lore by telegraph and then be.
gun general demolition of the tracks.
The station agent barely escaped with
his life.
Twenty deputy sheriffs who started
for Blue Island were stalled u long
time at Fifty-tifth street. Superintend-
ent Hubell threw the switches, but the
strikers threw them back and forbade
any interference. The last train to
reach the blockade was a mail train.
Some strikers advised that il be allowed
to proceed, but the switchmen were
firm and the train was held.
The tie-up OH the Rock Island was
almost complete at the Chicago end to-
day. Switchmen, switch tenders and
lower tenders went out almost to
man. The switchmen at Englewood
threw the switch and locked it. A
heavy train was brought to staudstill
In time to avoid wreck. After some
delay the switches We're set and the
train pulled into the depot carrying
Pullmans. The strikers swarmed
through the yards, unhitching cars as
fast as they were attached to engines.
Officials of the road were compelled TO
man the switches and towers.
The Post say OF the strike: "Vio-
lence has become the feature of the
American Railway Union strike on al
most all the roads centering ia Chica-
go. President Debs from headquarters
talks peace, while the men are derail-
ing trains, smashing windows and
stoning trainmen and passengers.
There is the most com plete tie-up known
at any time in the country since strikes
were begun. In many instances no at
tempt is made To take out trains that |
IRE made up by officials and protected |
for passengers and crews, but there has |
ftnnt 4 1
General Managers Association. 1t real |
zes that the supreme test of strength |
mas come, but IL claims that the test
is now between the government and |
,he rioters. II is ready to run its trains |
If protection is given them, and that is |
matter for regularly constituted Of !
hcials To attend To. IL is no longer "A |
matter of handling trains, but of OBJ |
serving peace, and Sheriff Gilbert and |
United States Marshal Arnold are the |
ones who are ut work today. Both are |
alarmed at the situation aud claim to ,
be doing all in their power to main |
tain order. They have sworn in a |
large number of deputies, but are fear |
full that they may have To call OIL other |
higher authority for assistance before |
morning"
Superintendent Lore of the Pan |
handle had advices from Riverdale at
8 O'clock tonight which said u mob has
seized freight No. 20, chased off the
engineer and fireman, took the crew
away from the train and put all of
them under guard. The mob then
ran the train on a side track, cut of |
the engine and caboose aud put the
engineer and fireman back on the en-
CINE and the crew in the caboose and
ordered them TO pull out, saving thew