Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-19


100000.
Counsel for many of the railroads are
already at work drawing up claims for
financial redress from Cook county and
the city of Chicago, but figures are hard
TO get. Concerted action on this line
win be taken by the general managers
at an early date.
COMMISSION MEN TO SUE RAILROADS.
AS an outcome of the strike and its
disastrous effect on the interests of com
mission men. the South Water Street
Commercial Club has called meeting
10 decide upon action in regard to
claims against the railroad companies.
Shippers, brokers and cold storage men
are interested. 1t is estimated on the
street that the claims will aggregate
100000 and that the losses of the COM
mission men, direct and indirect, would
not be less than 81 100000.
The effect on the California fruit trade
has been disastrous. The first car of
California fruit to move eastward in 10
days started yesterday. In the four days
preceding the Fourth of July there were
80 cars OF bananas en- route to Chicago,
a large part of which never reached
here.
Loss TO OUTSIDE SHIPPERS.
Another great cause of loss was tina;
outside shippers got the idea that there
would be a famine here, and began to
rush in perishable freight that never
reached Chicago dealers, and which is
now scattered all over the country, a
dead loss.
One prominent dealer was asked what
legal standing the claims to be made
would have.
81 was in New York." he said,
"during the troubles of 1877. We
shipped West a carload OF lemons
which were destroyed at Pittsburg.
The consignee never received dollar
from the railroad company, but we sued
him and he paid our bill Possibly that
will be the case with the claims here.
81 am satisfied that over $1,000,000
has been lost, but am not satisfied how
the railroads are to be compelled TO pay
for consignments which rotted ON the
tracks. At the time of the strikes they
had in force two contracts, one with the
Pullman Company, and one with the
merchants. 1t was question with them
which contract they should keep. They
decided in favor OF Pullman, and now
their attitude towards the losses of the
merchants is to be determined"
SUMMING UP THE VICTIMS.
During the strike 10 lives were lost in
Chicago and vicinity, including Ham
mond, and 40 other persons are known to
have been wounded. Ten railroad acct
dents occurred, probably chargeable to
the incompetence of green men en-
| ployed to take the places of strikers.
Two lives were lost and four persons
| injured in these.
At least nine, and probably 10, lives
have been lost throughout the West out
side of Chicago. Four of these-three
soldiers and an engineer--were by the
Intentional wrecking of train at Sac.
ramento, Cal. Two rioters were killed
there later by the troops.
Two men We're killed at Spring Valley,
ILL.,, by the fire of soldiers, and 1t is
thought a third victim was buried
secretly. A non-union switchman killed
a union man at Minneapolis, Mimi,
yesterday.
cHIcAGo's QUIETEsT DAY.
This was the quietests, day in the
history of the strike, admitting the
! SiuiihS Va tiOsAuohb DCuS duu AlS COl-
leagues that the strike is in force as
much as ever. The leaders of the union
devoted the day mainly to encouraging
their followers to stand firm and appeal
ing to those not in the ranks of the
strikers to join the movement.
The railroad men, employed and un.
employed, attended the meetings in
large numbers and there was no waver-
ing or lack of enthusiasm, especially
when Debs and Howard were the orators.
The confidence of the men who are out
in the ability of.the executive officers to
win the strike, and the faithfulness to
the cause of the rank and file does NOT
seem to have waned in the least.
brief and unimportant meeting OF
| the executive board was held at the
Ulrich Hall headquarters Several COM
mittees reported, and claimed accessions
\ to the ranks of strikers, and many new
| members enrolled who were at work,
but could be relied on to go out when
fordersd.
ln,the afternoon the strikers of the
stock yards district gathered, over q
thousand strong, at Forty-seventh and
Halstoad streets, to hear Debs. The
biggest massmceting of the day was held
at Bricklayers Hail, on the West Side,
Mi. Debs was the chief attraction.
Rioters caused trouble last night in
the Belt Line yards at Eighty-first and
| Wallace streets. They threw switches
leading from the Western Indiana main
tracks into the yards, and two freight
trains went from the main track into
the stdings before the engineers dis.
covered their error. No damage was
done, but the track was blocked fol
some time. Afterward switches al
several points in the.yards were thrown
and for several hours the road was
tied'up.
OVER 3,400 DEPUTIES ON THE ROLLS.
4 Clerks in the office of the United
Estates Marshal Arnold were busily en-.
gagged to-day in tabulating the total OF
deputies to whom the oath had been
administered since the Inauguration OF
the trouble. Marshal Arnold was sur.
prised when the last of the stubs with
the seal attached was numbered 3,402.
THAT is small army in ITSELF" he
said, land big enough for any ordinary
trouble"
OF this number 2,0O6 were railroad
men, watchmen and others sworn in as
special deputies at the request of the
various railroad companies and ON
whose account no expense will BIZ
charged to the government. This leaves
about / 400 men to be paid at the rate
of $3.50 per day and expenses and for
terms of service ranging from six to II
days.
RAILWAY UNIONS TREASURY FULL.
There is no truth in the report that
the American Railway Union is bank.
| ruDt. Instead the organization is in a