The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-21
yFW ST RIKE IN SIGHT
Northern Road NAY
The Great
SooI
ECEIvES A DISPATCH.
BLONDE r
Is Accused OF Handling
hhfs Road ines With Which the
Union Ii at War.
Railwa

ie Great Northern railroad
Although q gel from the throes of
has just enc one is threatened Last
strike anothef ent Blonde. of the Ameri-
evening Presid Mon, received the follow
can Railway from James Hogan, of Chi
ing dispatch eorganizers of the American
cago. one OF th& Pn, who stepped into the
Railway UnI9 b. Debs when he went TO
shoes vacated
jail: Northern is assisting other
1.-THE Great Twin Cities. We have re-
roads at the dent Hill 10 stop this. 1t
Quested Pres you will be requested TO
he does not eF
strike. Answ londo received the message
President could not bring the matter
SO late that n local American Railway
up before tn meeting will be called today
Union. bat o matter and take action, at
to consider tn Mr.. Blonde will notify Mr..
which time |e. In speaking of the dis
Hogan by wiz ming. Mr.. Blonde said:
patch last eve Northern M the Twin Cities
THE Great ng the other roads to make
has been aiel Insferring cars, etc, and this
up trains, trf IN Hallway will not stand.
the America, ie tie Great Northern has
Here in Seatt 3 the Seattle, Lake Shore &
been assistin handle traffic by transferring
Eastern to bic. Inotlned Superin tendent
freight cars, - this must stop, and he
Copeland thl that it would | told him
promised me would probably be called out
that the boys lult handling the cars of the
II he did not citc except SUCH as We were
Northern I'd buld.
willing he shj NED the agent here, Mr.. VIII
Il also war you'd not countenance the
son, that We Lake Shore or the Northern
aiding of thd g told me that he had moth
Pacific and hi it and that would have to
ing 10 do wit and. Their transferring cars
see Mr.. CopeD1 TO another may now result
from one roa& the Great Northern. | tried
in tie-up or opeiand tonight but l learned
to find Mr.. u ut Of the city,"
that ne was that a strike on the Great
rumor is impending was ahoat two
Northern vi I'd a Posr lNTELLIGESeER re-
days ago al one of the trainmen if he had
porter asked of il. He replied in great
been notified
surprise: ye 20 out? 1t can't bel We
WHAT Vtike and got all we asked TOR.
just had st kick coming now"
We've got nc u told about the dispatch re-
He was tho Esident Blonde and the train
ceiyed by Pr nZz ed. His face assumed
man was ri preston. and he said
downcast ex bn't want to go out, but if the
well. Il that will settle 1t. | can't
order comes, 20 be called a 'scab.'"
allow myself igh tened up and laughed:
Then he hr old Jim Hill tear his hair
But won a strike, and if he has an
He's just ha% crazy. sure"
other he'll Il Eliminated that President Hill
But II is idea OF going crazy. A train
will have no st evening: Il believe it is
man said Id HUI lost his fight with US.
put-up job. we contended for and now
We got whd lie believes we are going to
he feels sore ke and is merely endeavoring
lose this strl 90 out again. Then, of course,
TO make US is lost his obligation to us will
IL the striket and he can employ whom
be abrngatet I'D pay them to suit himself"
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