The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-07

been detailed to guard the property.
The boycott has not reached east of
Pit,sburg
For Friday the reports we're as fol-
lows:
At Denver the Santa Fe was the only
road affected. All the American Rail
way Union men in its employ struck,
and in compliance with orders from
headquarters their places were filed
by new men. This road ran out one
train.
At Pueblo an effort was made to en-
force the boycott on the Rio Grande.
When the train from Denver came in
the Pullmaus were cut off by big
crowd Of strikers. The sheriff was
called upon and protected colored
brakeman in recoupling the cars. The
train got away all right The Rio
Grande shopmen quit work Late at
night two engines were derailed,
blocking the road to the south
Several new f-emen have been Sc
cured by the Santa Fe at La Junta
and trains are being taken through.
Traffic across New Mexico and Ari-
IONA is practically paralyzed.
Nearly all traffic on the great South
arn Pacific system is paralyzed All
freight business is suspended. Severe
losses to the fruit-growing interests
are inevitable, and fruit-growers and
dealers are face to face with bank
ruptcy Hundreds of cars laden with
perishable fruit are side-tracked. In
Northern California this is the fruit
men 5 busiest shipping season, and
peaches, apricots, cherries, plums and
berries are fast ripening in every
orchard A blockade of only few
days will see fruit to the value Of
hundreds of thousands Of dollars too
ripe for shipment.
At Chicago the situation is still
serious To-day 300 men in the stock
yards quit work, and this will prevent
the packing houses from running and
throw 6 900 men out of work. The
packers are afraid to send ou, meats
for fear Of their spelling in blockade.
The blockade at St. Louis is com
p!ete.
Strikers at Hnmau, Indiana, are
getting lawless and the sheriff has
called for troops.
The Brotherhood of Engineers and
the Order Of Railway Conductors have
decided to remain neutral.
The attorney general says that mail
trains must not be delayed and United
States marshals have been instructed
to arrest men interfering with them.
Threats have been made to arrest
President Debs for interfering with
the operation Of the receiver roads, but
it probably cannot be done.
The situation at Chicago on the
Both was worse than ever. President
Debs ordered the boycott into effect
on the Rock Island and that road
found itself unable to move trains.
His orders were sent out in all direc-
tions causing trains to be tied up at
other points, Even the Lake Shore
road which runs Wagner cars was af-
fected, many Of its switchmen having
quit work.
The association Of general managers
claim that they can get enough men
to run their trains if they are not
molested. The strikers are beginning
to grow violent and men taking the
place of strikers were roughly handled.
The sheriff and United States marshal
are making great efforts to preserve
the peace and protect trains
The suburban traffic at Chicago is
discontinued by the steam lines. The
strikers now threaten to call out the
men on the cable and elevated roads
and also to order strike of the trades
unions. This would be done simply
to increase the pressure on the rail
roads
There was little sign of improve
ment at San Francisco. The Southern
Pacific was said to be offering bonus
of 81 900 and life positions to men
who would take the places of strikers
1t sent out two trains on the Both, but
they were blocked by strikers before
they got far.
On Sunday Judge Hallett of the fed
eral court asked Attorney General
Olney to order troops to Trinidad to
protect Santa Fe and Gulf property.
The request was granted and General
McCook started a force from Fort
Logan Monday morning. The cause
for this request was the reported vio-
Ience of the strikers. Having struck
on the Denver & Gulf and on the San
ia Fe the men refused to permit trains
with Pullmans to run through Trini
dad. A deputy marshal's posse Of
fifty men was disarmed aud roughly
handled.
At Pueblo the situation was un-
changed. The efforts to stop Rio
Grande trains were only partially sue
cessful.
Large numbers of new men imported
into La Junta enabled the Santa Fe to
get its trains through.
Judge Riner Of Wyoming has issued
a warning to U. P. employees not to in
terfere with trains. He stated that
those who refused 10 return to work at