The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1894-07-20
STRIKERS GIVING UP
SUCH is THE TREND OF REPORTS
lFROM VARIOUS POlNTS.l

FROM VARIOUS POlNTSI
The Railroads Claim to Have Scored a
sumed-A. R. U. Officers in Jail at
Chicago on Trumped up Charges.
The events Of the week have not justi-
fed the statement made by the railroad
managers when they adjourned their
Chicago conference last Saturday that
the strike was defeated and the blockade
broken. They still make that claim, but
close readers Of the daily dispatches re-
mark that regular traffic on no western
roads on which a strike has been de-
clared has as yet been resumed. A few
trains, under military escort, are being
run in desultory way, but nothing like
regular passenger Or freight traffic is be.
ing attempted.
Early this week General Manager
Kendrick, the Northern Pacific, issued a
bulletin inviting the striking employees
Of that road to return to work by IL
o'clock noon, Sunday. The invitation
met with some response, and quite a
number Of conductors and engineers re-
ported for duty.
But little further violence is reported
at any of the strike centers. 1t is be-
lieved the public now thoroughly com
prehends the fact that the A. r. u dis
countenances and violently opposes acts
Of violence, and the impression is gain
ing that many of the unlawful acts COM
mitted in the name Of the strikers are
really the work of their enemies. It is
certain that the organization has done
and is doing all in its power to conduct
its strike on peaceful lines. Probably
the most notable outrage of the week
was the attempt. last Tuesday to wreck
with dynamite an eastbound train about
two miles east Of Missoula. The dyna
mite was placed on the track and the ex-
plosion occurred just as the engine and
tender passed over it. The engine was
badly wrecked but no injury was done
any of the train crew. There is no clue
as to the identity of the miscreants who
perpetrated the outrage.
No further rioting is reported from
Chicago and the situation remains prac-
tically unchanged, with slight advantage
to the railroads, perhaps, III the way of
moving trains, several roads claiming to
have resumed operations With non-union
crews. The most interesting develop
ment of the week there was the legal
proceedings taken against President
Debs and others Of the 4. r. T., Tues
day. An information against them was
filed in the United States circuit court.
1t asked that Debs, Rogers, kelliher and
Howard be held for contempt of court.
President Debs appeared in court ac-
companied by his attorneys, W. w. Irwin
and W. II. Shoemaker of St. Paul and s.
S. Gregory Of Chicago. He said he had
not been summoned, but came on the ad
vice of his lawyers. A writ of attach
ment for Debs, Howard, Rogers and
kelliher was issued by Judge Seaman
and the hearing was set for 2 O'Clock. AT
3 O'Clock the contempt proceedings were
called and the cases continued until Mon
day. Bail in each case was fixed at
$4,000. Commitment was deferred to
allow defendants to secure bondsmen,
but they expressed little hope Of being
successful. Later they refused to give
bail and were sent to jail, where they
will doubtless remain until Monday.
The latest dispatches indicate that the
railroads are gaining ground at Chicago
and in the west generally.
-Four companies of the Second United
States infantry left Omaha at o'clock
Wednesday afternoon for Butte for the
purpose of opening the Union Pacific
road, which is still blocked there by the
strikers. AS no semblance of violence
on the part of the strikers or their
friends at Butte has been manifested, the
purpose of the government in sending
troops there is difficult to understand.