Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-07-28
LOOKING FOR WORK
The Strike Is Practically Ended
in California.
TRIAL OF LEADERS IN CHICAGO

f Montana Union Strike Is on and En-
pleyes Decide to Return to Work
> Today If They Can.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23.-The rail
road strike in California presents ALSO
lutely no new features. The Southern
Pacific Gtfici as now insist that they
; are conducting regular business with
out hiEdrance. 1t is true. too, that all
kor nearly all of their trains are running
pretty regular. a. X. L. men at Oak
land insist, however, that the strike is
still on in all lis force and hat they are
bound 10 win, or, at least, be taken
back on their own terms.
In Sacramento the strikers continue
to- quarrel among themselves, the
trouble having arisen over a public
meeting of the strikers, at whic, a ma
jorliy of those attending voted to return
10 work and so notified the railroad
company. A large number Of strikers
at sacramento claim this action was
without authority. They insist that
The strike is still on.
Troops so to Dunsmuir.
The most Important move today was
the ordering of Com pany i, state
militia, from Woodland to Dunsmuir,
on the Oregon branch. The strikers Ut
Dunsmuir arc said to threaten trouble.
Company H, al Grass Valley, has also
"A
the Fifth regiment. at Oakland have
been released and allowed TO return to
| their homes. The situation there is
consIt.e cd dangerous no longer.
MONTANA UNION STRIKE IS oYE
Employees Decide Return to Work
lay If They Can.
BUTTE, July 23.-The employees of
the Montana Union today declared the
strike off and will report for work to-
morrow. Superintendent Burns says
! that all except those who have made
/ Themselves particularly obnoxious Will
| be rsinstated. The strike now is con-
! fined TO employees on the Union
! Pacific. Passenger trains are moving
under guard of regulars. No resistance
has been offered or violence threatened
by the strikers. The crews operating
the trains were brought from district
div sions OF the Union Pacific road
Ncrthern Pacific employees reported
! for work yesterday, about 25 per cent
+, being reinstated.
President CaIderhead Of the local
/ American Railway Union admits that
| he strike is broken; that he strikers
| have lost. He attributes the defeat of
| the American Railway..U to gov
! efriiitental interference Hns: states that
| had not the strong arm of the cavern
rnent been felt the stfi: ers would nave
| won easily.
| SACRAMENT SHOPS FILLING UP.
Ei.h; Hundred at Work ami Thousand
applications Fi:e.
SACRAMENTO, July 23.-Eight hum
dred and 20 men went TO work in the
shops today and 1000 applications
We're received. The boiler and mould
ers' shops were oIened for the first
time since the strike.
George w. Rice, vice. president Of the
A. r. T., was arrested today by Z ulted
States Marshal Baldwin on charges OF
&bstructing United States mails, con-
spracy and insurrection. Rice is u
! candidate for the assembly on the
ticket of the reofganized democracy.
He was released on So, GOO bonds.
Ii LOOKS BLACK FOR WoRDEN.
All Evidence Snow, That He Lad the
a leEe.l Wreckers.
WOODLAND, Cal, July %. The pre-
liminary examination ot the five A. Il.
U men, charged with murder and
train wrecking, is still dragging alonv.
Today's proceedings were devoid OF eX
citing incident. Nearly ali the test
mony taken tended to identify Prisoner
Worden :,s The nan who conducted
the parry Of supposed train wfeckers to
the trestle Whele the disaster occurred.
TRIAL OF THE Ar. c. LEADERS,.
Noted Action Now On'in the United
States Court at Chicago.
CHICAGO, July 235.-A great crowd
oIspecta,ors tLronged the corridors of
the federal building and struggled for
places in tie courtroom where what is
considered BY labor leaders one Of the
mos. important battles III The natloi.'s
I history was begun in the United Sta es
circuit court today President Debs.
Vice President Howard, Secretary
Keliher and Director Rogers Of tile A.
| r. T., by their attorneys, w. w. En-
win, S. S. Gregory and {. S. barrow,
filed an answer in the contempt cases.
The defense proposes TO carry the case
! to the sup,eme court in the event OF
! an adverse decision iiere. and il de-
/ feated to appeal to congress.
United States Judges Wood aud
/ Grcsscup Occur pied the bench, and i'm
| me.liatplv after taking their seats
ordered the courtroom cleared of the
crowd which stood in the aislss. TIE
prosecution was represented by Dis
trict Attorney AIilchri,t, Speclai Loun-
.el Edwin Walker and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Band, While the Sant;.
Fe railroad was represented by eX-Eor-
| poratlon Counsel John Miller and +. \.
Bancroft. ="
Attorney Gregory opened The case
with tie suggestion that the hearing
OF Dels and others be pos'poned until
after their trial uncer indictments
pending against them, but tae suggea-
ton was not maintained by the court.
"A Motion to Dismiss D. f-ndants.
After the reading OF the information
against the prisoners aud tie hearing
of tie answer by defendants lawyer,
Attorney Eru i'll moved formally thai
defendants be dismissed. He also
:.ske,i chat The covet n:rent { lect who
avrr 1T N1tIilif 10 tTy the prisoners III
the original indictments on violating
the Injunction. Judge Woods replied
that the government would elect
by going on now and Attorney Greg
ory uegan his argument in support of
the motion to dismiss the bill Mr.
Gregory was followed by Mr. Walker
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