The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-01
CAPITAL AND
LABOR WARS
United States Troops Guarding the Great
Northern Line.
ENGINEERS IN SECRET SESSION
Soldiers from Fort Smelling Aiding
the Marshals to Keep the Peace on
the Tied-Up Railroad-Ths Situa-
ton in the Soft Coal Regions.
Trouble Threatened at Coal Greek.
Marrow Escape from Riot.
ST. PAUL. April 80.


| n n NITED STATES TROOPS are on
III the move to preserve order ana
I'll aid in the arrest of riotous strlk
W ers along the Great NOrtbern
rsiway. Yesterday morning Fort
Smelling WAS all in hustle. and to the
uninitiated it looked like the beginning
of a campaign against the Indians
Shortly before midnight last nigut
Colonel Sayne. acting under orders
from the president, had directed Colo
mel Mason, in charge Of the post at Fort
Smelling, TO send portion Of the Third
regiment to North Dakota to assist
United States Marshal Cronin in serv-
ing warrants and making arrests.
Fifty United States Msrsnals re-
turned here yesterday from Minnesota
points. They report the strikers at
Barnesvile, ST. Cloud, Wilmar and
Morehead more inclined to obey the
law, and it is hoped the cutting Of
trains will entirely cease.
The mass meeting at Labor hall last
evening was attended by nearly 1000
men, most Of them ST. Paul and MIN
neapois strikers. Mayor Eustis, Of
Minneapolis, appeared and delivered An
address urging the men to accept the
proposition OF the 81. Paul aud Minne-
npolis commercial bodies, that the
whole question Of wages bs placed in
the hands Of five arbitrators.
This proposition WAS discussed with
bitterness BY the strikers, who. upon n
vote, rejected it unanimously, and ia.
sued an ultimatum thst they would ae-
cept nothing but complete restora-
ton OF wages to tbs August schedules
Grand Master Workman Sovereign, Of
the Knights of Labor, confirmed the
report that hs hsd ordered all Knights
ol Labor on the Great Northern system
to quit their places aud aid the Ameri-
can Railway Union in winning its
Npoint.
N Dispatches to the Great Northern
general Offices say that the engineers
md firemen at Wilmar St Cloud, aud
Brauesvills have reported to their su.
)perintendents at those points that they
Dare ready for duty today. 1t was
/ ssrnsd also that all brakemen on the
three branches centering At Crookston
have announced their willingness to 10
to work today.
ACTION OF THE ENGINEERS.
ST. PAUL, MINI, April 30-The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
held q secret session here last evening
and, IL IL said. came 20 some definite
conclusion regarding the strike. The
general belief ia that they decided to
return to work on the Great Northern
at the increased pay. The American
Railway union had been basing great
hopes on keeping the engineers with
them.
MINNEAPOLIS. April 30 The si'ua-
ton in the strike locality was un
changed yesterday. At q meeting last
night l. w. Rogers. OF the RsilwAy
Times, read number of kilograms
from engineers and fremen along the
line condemuing the action Of Nolan
and Updegrove. the brotherhood repre-
sentatives, in accepting the restoration
OF the old schedules Mucn feeling
was manifested against the men. The
strikers are still holding steadily out
against any proposal to arbitrate.
INufTNl AiNrlfl W VI n lilhl bNFlTtNit
Of the Knights OF Labor announced
that tho general executive board Of the
Knights of Labor would today declare
. boycott on all flour manufactured by
the Washburn- Crosby company. of
this city, whose packers and nsilers
are now out on strike. The boycott
he stated, would be especially pushed
in Pittsburg, Chicago and New York
City.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM A SERIOUS RIOT.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 30, 10 30 4.
m. "A bloody fight has just been pre-
vented in the Great Northern yards
The road has secured some men to
work its switches some of the strikers
endeavored to persuade the men from
'scabbing." They refused TO quit
work, and some OF the more hot headed
strikers began to use threats.
One of them eventually attacked one
OF the non-union men, when instantly
revolvers were drawn on both sides.
The timely appearance of q yardmas-
ter ended the trouble. the switcbmen
at work being temporarily called off
A guard of policemen has been prom
ised, and the strikers who are in pos
session of the yards will be driven out.