St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-07-12

retire peacefully to their homes on or
before noon, July 9. Those who dis
regard this warning, or take part in
the riOting, the proclamation says,
will be considered public enemies,
and it further says that there will be
no hesitation in the decisive treat
ment of the guilty.
On Monday a committee waited
on Vice President Wickes of the Pull
man Company to suggest arbitra-
ton, and were told that the COM
pany had nothing to arbitrate-that
1t proposed to run its own business
and brook no interference from any
set of men.
President Cleveland on Monday
issued second proclama ton cover
ing substantially the same ground
as the first, but applying to mobs in
any state in the Union.
All the roads were moving
passenger trains out of Chicago on
Monday about on time, and several
treights were started out.
A Chicago dispatch on Monday
said: Most of the mails were NOV
ing without interruption yesterday.
L
ing or getting away from town, and
with the exception of the trains that
must pass through Hammond, Ind,
all the roads were open. No mail
had accumulated for 81 hours in anv
other direction than Hamm ond, and
the post office authorities were assur-
ed last night that every effort was
being made to open up the tracks
there. The roads blocked at Ham
mond are the Chicago and Grand
Trunk, the Illinois Central, the Mich
igan Central, the Erie and the Monon.
1t has been impossible to get a car
through and the mail matter has
been piling up since Saturday night.
The Missouri Pacific conductors at
El Dorado have voted to remain
loyal to that company. Debs order
ed out the men on the Wheeling and
Lake Erie road, which does not
handle Pullman cars, but they re-
fused to go.
Chicago's working men went out
on strike Tuesday, and the citv's in
dustries are almost completely para
lyzed. 1t was given out that morn
ing that nothing in the way OF a settle
ment of the great railroad strike
could be effected, and without wait
ing for the final report of the commit
tee which bore the news of the re-
fusal of the Pullman company to ar
the union men begin to
quit work.
LOOKING BETTER.
On Tuesday afternoon the situa-
ton at Chicago, as a whole, seemed
to be improving, The beer makers,
iron mOulders, cigar makers and
bakers of the city voted to quit work
that night, and it was reported that |
10000 coal miners would also strike. |
Several of the railways were run
ming as usual, and perishable freights
were taken by some of the roads. |
Live stock trains are sent out from
The stock yards under guard.
The engineers on the Grand Trunk
-oad have so far yielded as to run
with non-union fremen.
Trouble was anticipated when the
reached San Francisco, as
he strikers there were said to be
armed.
DEBS ARRESTED.
Eugene V. Debs, president of the
American Railway union, George w.
Sylvester Keliher, NJ. w.
Rogers and J. S. Merwin, were in
licted this Tuesday afternoon by the
grand jury for conspiracy to interfere
With the United States mails. Debs
vas arrested at the Leland hotel at
) o'clock, and Keliher at Uhlich hall
lalf an hour later. The other three
are also believed to be under arrest.
Bail was fixed at $4,000 in each
:ase. The penalty is a fine of from
$1,000 to $4,000.
BRIGHTER ALPHABETICALLY ENDED.
The strike situation is more peace
u1 than at any hour since the begin
ling of the trouble.
The General Managers Associa-
ion has issued a statement to the
fleet that the strike is practically
nded, and Gen. Miles sends a note
If similar import to Washing ton.
The order of Sovereign to knights
If Labor will probably bring out sew
raj thousand men in Chicago, and a
ew NAV obey his behests in other
titles. In New England few men, if
my, will follow the foolish leader.
From California, where serious
rouble was anticipated, the reports
IRE pacific, no outbreak having oc-
urred since yesterday.
Chief Arthur criticises Sovereign's
rider to strike, in view of the suffer
ng among the poor the past winter.
All Michigan Central trains, freight
nd passenger, are running, and
.Iso many other roads.
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Thursday.