St. Paul daily globe., 1894-06-30
The Idea Of Arresting Debs
and Lynch for Conspiracy.
CONDUCTORS MEET IN CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. June 29.-The first overt
act of violence in the railway strike oc-
Cured this afternoon When the engin-
eer and fireman of an Illinois Central
suburban train were driven from their
engine by mob OF 200 men. They were
peited with rocks and bricks, and chased
away. The train. south.bound from
Chicago, was stopped just north OF the
crossing a. Burnside station. One strik-
erdrew The coupling PIN connecting the
locomotive with the train, and twelve
others boarded the cab and forced the
engineer and fireman to jump out. AS
they did to, the mob began to pelt them
with stones. The engineer and fireman
fed for their lives. pursued by portion
of the mob, while the others backed the
engine into the round house. close at
hand, leaving the cars standing On the
main track.
The episode fired the blood of the
mob, and when a short time later
north-bound Suburban train appeared
it. too, was stopped. the engine de-
tached and taken to the round house,
and the cars left standing on the north
bound tracks.
The news was sent to the police sta
ton, and force of twenty-five men
fastened to the scene and scattered the
mob. which had swollen to fully 500.
At Dauphin Park the police were COM
pelled to disperse threatening mob,
and at kensington the
POLICE PATRoLLED
the tracks all day, although no open
violence was attempted.
The packers at the stockyards tried to
induce the strikers to take eight trains,
loaded with beef and held by them.
through, as their refusal to do so would
result in throwing thousands of men at
the yards out of employment. The
men refused and the trains were re-
turned to the packing houses. The
packers say they will be afraid to send
perishable freight out of the yards while
the strike lasts, as they fear it will be-
come tied up OH the road where it would
spoil. The result already is that before
long the stockyards business will be
paralyZed whether the railroad EN-.
ployes in the yards strike or not. Today
two trains of live stock ON the Santa Fe
and on the Illinois Central outside of
the yards remained on the tracks be-
cause the trainmen refused to move
them.
The Chicago 6 Alton is badly Grip
pied. Passenger trains have been but
In fairly good shape. Freight traffic is
badly congested, and much perishabIe
goods is being ruined. The railway
union officers claim that they will have
the road tied completely.
John NJ. Egan. representing the gen
eral managers association, furnished
this evening an estimate of the number
of men who had struck on the Chicago
lines within the
TERMINAL LIMITS,
and also an estimate of the number who
were striking on all of the systems in
Yolved. Mr. Egan was IN teIegraphic
communication with all of the general
managers yesterday as to the situation.
and by this evening was fairly we'll
posted.
Mr.. Egan gave the following table to
show the extent Of the strike at the
present time, and the number OF men
who have Struck so far in the whole
country on the best information he
could obtain: Northwestern, switch
men and shop men, 1,025; Illinois Gen.
tral. 5000; Eastern Illinois. 800; Santa
Fe. 10000; Chicago & Northern Pacific,
Is: Wisconsin Central. 50; Great West
ern. 800; Baltimore & Ohio, 400: Penn.
Ssylvania, $500; Western Indiana, 200:
total, 1850.
Mr. Egan said: II anticipate before