The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-07
THE STRIKERS QUIET
Local RaiIroaders Resort Only
10 Persuasion.
AWAITING RESULT ELSEWHERE,
Many Needy Men Anxious for Employ
ment-Passenger Trains but No
Freight Trains Running

Saore depot or the arrival OF the pasosh-
GER train from snoaaaimie and s1mas AZ ;
o'clock last evening. The usual body
81 30 TO 30 strikers and their
avsnpathizers. with large mixture
Of Idle curiosity had assem-
bIed there and spread out over Rail-
road avenue towards the track on
which the train was 20 come 81, and,
when the train arrived. many OF them
ieered and booied al the engineer and
fireman. Tie four police officers under
Capt. Hogse formed in line and pashed
them back with their hands 70 the east
line Of Railroad avenue. The crowd fell
back very unwiiliagly, and offered more
resistance the further back to 1as pushed,
until finally IL was too much for the slight
force brought against IT, Chief Rogers.
who was on the ground, teiephoned 20
headquarters for eight more men. and
they came harFylng down in the patrol
wagon, having just assembled for the
night patrol.
The sight of the patrol wagon with so
many officers on board was the signal Tor
the evening strolleTs on the streets 10 rush
from al directions to the depot. and the
crowd was quadrupled in size by the time
the additional force was lined up on the
street. They. however, formed platoon
across Columbia street and steadily forced
the crowd back from the railroad aud then
from the ropes marking the boundary OF
the platform. First they got the people
back to the wire which runs along the
middle Of the sidewalk as a sort OF dead
line for hotel runners, then pushed
them clear into the middle of the street,
and at last got them up to Front street.
There most OF them scattered, but a large
enough crowd remained TO block the cross
ing as il listened 10 sons of its number
arguing about politics. Then the four
police who remained on duty there scat
tered that crowd also, aud the remnants
% IL adjourned TO Pioneer Place, where
they held an impromptu indignation
meeting without chairman and with half
dozen simultaneous speakers, TO when
very few listened. No arrests were made
and the police confined their efforts to dis
persIng the crowd, which at no time be-
came violent enough TO be called mob.
Indeed, the orderly conduct of the strikers
themselves is making for them personally
many friends, even among those who con-
slider the stfike so far as this road is con-
serned, 10 be without cause.
roads both came nearer running their full
number of trains on schedule time than at
any time since the strike began. All
trains were within an hour of schedule
time. except the one for Portland, which
should have left at a. m, but did not get
away till 40 a. m, and the one for Ia
coma. which left at 3 35 instead of 2:10 p.
m. The Lake Shore ran all its trains with
copies OF Judge Honford's order posted
on the cars. and all the regular trains on
she Northern Pacific were run except the
one which should have left at 1910 p. m,
which was annulled. No freight trains
we're run. chiefly because there was no
freight to haul.
Just as the train due to leave for Ia
Coma at 2:i0p. m. was about to leave, a
big man in the crowd spied Jack Egan,
the saloonkeeper, on IL and shouted to
him: "Jack. don't ride on q scab train. +"
Officer Steppler picked the man out.
walked him away quietly and warned him
to keep quiet. Egan and his wife got oil,
but waiked~around 70 the other side and,
after some hesitation, got on again. When
the engine had gone as tar rs Yesler ave-
nue. il stopped and the crowd rushed along
West street 90 IL. bnt was held back by the
deputies. There was very little shouting
ut the non-union men except by small
boy with large voice. who "joshed"
them without being noticed by them.
Both sides 20 the struggle gained some
recruits, but generally speaking the rail-
roads hired more new men than they lost
TO the strikers ranks. l.. J. Lamere, n
Lake Shore conductor, has been replaced
by man named Foreman. c. +. Gegax
telephoned hts resignation 70 superinlend-
ent Kline about O'clock. and when he
went 10 the Office few minutes later was
handed his time check. Ills place on the
Sga y. IN. tram Tor Woolley was filed by a
man named Mclaughlin, an old conductor
on the Milwaukee road. George Brookes.
who was formerly an engineer on the Lake
Shore road was put Ia work yesterday.
and took oHt the Snmas train. Tho strik-
ers say that he was discharged for ineom-
petcacy when formerly on the road. his
sight being poor and that he has lately
been employed at the McMurray
mill Mr.. Kline says that Brookes LET,
the road before he took charge of it, bat
a. as the records do net show that he was
discharged aud that. as sar rs he can ascrr-
tain, the man leit 81 hgs own sccord. lie
sRys hrookes Is a widely known, eofnpe.
tent and trustworthy engineer and that
his sight IS good. The Lake Shore is
organizing a new yard crew. aud II. Mid
daugh. ths superintendent Of bridges aud
buildings. has become roadmas;er also in
succession 90 A. ncusmare. Chief Dis.
patcher Mills has Scut about seventy.five
men from here 30 Tacoma 10 work on the
Northern Pacific. The strikers say TIA,
al the car repaircTs, shopmea and track.
men Un the Lake Shore have gone out.
aud have a man up the road Organizing
them, bus the officials say the ear rcpalrers
aud all the section gangs but one are a,
WORK
An oFen meeting Of the local American
Railway uaioa Was held in Central Labor
Union hall last night and Vas attended hv
shout 10 men. who showed undated con
t4ence ia their ultimate success The fol.
lowing statement Of the position Of the
men was prepared by 3 committee and
adopted unanimously.
SFArrtE. July 6. 1894
10 tAs F,.hiic' lthavlag been frequently
stated io tae press throughout the eoun.
~ that sac striking railway employees are
g. Blame 'or the dcnr~tatioas 81 all kinds
committed since the Pullman hoycntt Has
tnSuguratcd, ne do hereby. al a nestine
81 rstlwav employees assembled az thr
esieTn Central Laboy hal in the city al
Seattle. on Friday evening. 1uly 6. resolve
SHAT ae - . body - railway efllploves
eKp1ess Gar willingness 10 stand ready at
al times 20 protect theraglway eonspanv' :
property, and thsi ~e wish gAls 90 he dis.
Nncgiv understood IS TIE puhlic. We
wocld refer - the instances ii this even.
ara in regsEd 80 ths mildly gathered crowd
q shouting men as sac foot Ct CslumhiA