New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-03

No coal has been received at the Stock YARDS
since last THURSDAY and orders were issued th@
morning for a general cleanup preparatory TO
shutting down the packing houses Tonight
The Burlington road has 463 cars OF 1--we STOCK
on the road between Chicago and Galesburg: anu
The Rock Island has turned 10000 head 81 I'VE
stock into pasturage at Geneseo III. Inc H",nmo
western road reports having S'ooo head III pasture
few miles east Of Clinton. a.,
\ gang If strikers attacked nOn-union sWl'ch-
man shortly before dsybreak this morning IN lh'
SICK Yards district and beat him severely. IheY
dragged him from the railroad tracks ana 'hrew
him into the river. The swichman was rescued
by police. who drove the mob from the yarGS,
GANGS # strikers are congrcgated along the
stock Yards railroad and trouble Is expected II
any more trains attempt 10 come into me yafuS.
The Wabash and Santa Ft roads earh nave
train Of live stock standing on the main Inc ana
say they will attempt 10 run them into the Sio'H
Yards. ,,-..
At noon 1000 more employees Of the packing
houses were lail off. making fully SO per cent II
ihe employees now ont. There is nothing Tor mem
to d. ana the houses have shut down Indefinitely
INCIDENTS or THE STRIKE
The strikers at Grand Crossing have rrialated
in legal war Since the gates were removed
they aIcgc that the Illinois Central trains have
been humping over the crossings without stop
ming as they are required to do by law on
Sc turday Thomas Dowd striking conductor
had Dwight Davis. travelling engineer Tor me
company. arrested and brought before JuusS
Foley charged with this offence. He was heid
I'm bonds Of $500 until this morning AT ~ clocN'
The say that conviction is certain 90,
When the beated Eastern express on the ball-
more and ohio road arrived at the Grand Central
Depot at midnight sixty-three stalwart ra!'t"hu
men marched out Of the cars and up the stairs
10 the superintendent Office. They carried
valises and bundles Of clothing ana some vI
them had the heavy gloves used by lreisht
switchmen in the yards. They were one OF thr
several lots of men which the Baltimore ana
Ohio has brought into the city 10 take the places
Of the strikers. one of the men was asked II
he did not think he was running consuerd"'c
risk in taking the place Of a striker. lie shook
his head and suggestiycy showed the handle oil
a revolver In his pistol pocket
Yesterday morning a Wrecking train was OF
ganized by the Central people manned almost
wholly by officers Of the road The train crew
consisted OF Master Mechanic J. Luttrell. en-
ginecr; Local Freight Agent Daniel Howard nre-
man. Division Superintendent J. w. Higgins
and Master Of Transportation \. H. Egah
When the train reached Hyde Park 1t wa,
| boarded by Sergeant Mullen and fifteen picked
men. From Hyde Park the train ran without
stop 10 the point below Grand Crossing whete
| before. The damage was repaired and the engine
| placed upon the track. Hundreds ut strikers
and others congregated about me men uulins w.
work. There was no Interference ana win 'HY
| dead engine in front the wrecking train pushel
on 10 Homewood. Ii Was at this POINT thS.
| Engine No. 22O left the rails Saturday nign'
and the work at Grand Crossing was successfully
! duplicated Superintendent Higgins and his as
| s0ciates then went to Kens.ngton where suDur-
| ban engine was placed on the track, ana prul'I
repairs having been made the three engines
! We're pushed forward % Burnside ana h"uScI.
| The tracks having been cleared. the NeW-'rIeauS
/ Limited was free 10 proceed south. Nheh thIS
| train reached Hyde Park ii was met by Lieu,
| tenant Healey with thirty officers ana al P'aln
| Crossing Lieutenant Larkin boarded me c'iS
! with fifteen more mon They saw II satrY
through Riverdale. Nothing appearing TO hinder
the progress Of the train the police left it at the
city limits.
DRAWING TIE LINE AT THE DEAD
Grand Trunk officers announced today
that they would be compelled q aoah-
don the funeral train service to MOUNT
Onvet This decision was conveyed - the s'lN-
ers and meeting was called to consider the SUI,
! iect Resolutions We're passed 10y the enp"Ie S
| bv which they agreed TO operate iuneral U"lIlS
| and 10 prevent interference with mem ,'',-
| r,it,ae was appointed t. wait upon the oilclA'"
| .1 an tb..n az this decision. The committee
! TeDorted that the company refused - opTih't"
| funeral trains until Il was allowed - run l""-
| NAN sleepers on it's other trains.
| p + Studebaker the South Bend manuiactur-
| or was seen last night regarding MS Interview
with President Debs and Nice-Prcsidehl ho"u'u'
| He said e.. ,,,r.
| sentei either Mr. Pullman or The railroad com
| NAMES ! talkel over the situation WIN 'n,in
merely ~ a private citizen. for think thht tll7
| e,rike has gone too far already ana mat IN ul'
| interest Of innocent sufferers and the community
| generally It should be stopped.
THE SITUATION AT BLUE ISLAND
The striking railroad men and sympatnizng
cf,izens OF Blue Island derided and dehcd an In
function issued by the United States Court to-day
and treated 300 law officers Of the state ana
Federal governments in the same manner To-
night the mob is in undispucd possession ~ the
pr,perty II the Rock Island Railroad COMPANY
The employees Of the b7ck-yards In THIS YcniV'
numbering 900 men. will be on strike tomorrow
in sympathy with the i. X. L. boycott ana the
Rock Island strikers particularly. The force OF
special deputy-marshals and sherihs sent mere
ara pronounced by their commanders practc"'y
useless and By the strikers arrant cowar1s' MD
ing behind cars and in them for rear oil D"ihB
hurt The people Of the town and the authorities
have consprel not only to render al 'he ala III
,b,r mower TO the strikers without getting in the
neshes Of the law but also to starve the CIVIL
officers By refusing them food and threatening
| 10 boycott any person who supplies H. Early III
the dav the mob became riOtous and only the dis
| erection displayed by United states Marshai ar
mold and Chief Deputy Liebrandt prevented a
| bloody conflict between the forces OF law anu
| order and those massed here for the purpose 81
keeping the Rock Island tracks blocked 70 trai
&c as long as Pullman cars are run ior 'he ra''-
road company.
| Ate o'clock tonight the track Of the Rock Isl
. and which Is used for suburban tTaihc IN times
OF peace cleared Of the string OF passenger
coaches and baggage cars, AFTER nuch trouble
and an exciting brush with the mob Dut II Was
r only kept clear long enough 10 allow the mail
= train from Chicago hauling four coaches. one
. mail and one baggage car to proceed on us way
West after being held here for five hours. IA
, hated Pullman car was attached. so the strikers
silently allo we'd IL 10 pass between them Tht'
train left Blue Island At Gao, and two hours
e aftIrward gang II 200 strikers again INSTRUCTED
I tho tracks with overturned freight cars.
Z The injunction issued by Judges Woods and
. Grosscup was brought to Blue Island on the
r o'clock mail train by posse OF deputy-marshals
r The sweeping order from the court was handed
g TO United States Marshal Arnold, who called
n upon the strikers TO gather around him and
listen Three thousand men, women and chill
= dren quickly came within hearing OF his voice
S The marshal stood a car platform with Other
b officials Of the road and read the document
e aloud
!, THE INJUNCTION DER1DED AND IGNORED
Re was interrupted In the reading Of the lega