San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-05
A. R. U. STRIKE.
GREAT NORTHERN ROAD THE LAT
EST VICTIM.
It's Employees Have no Grievance
and Refuse to Join In-Lawless-
ness the Usual BEGINNING.

passenger Train Weub tuTOuSu Oh
time and the officials claim that all
trains are moving regularly. At
the car shops at Hillyard the strik-
ers claim that about sixty have
gone out, but the master mechanic
says only eighteen, and Of these
six have returned to work. A dis
patch from Kalisell, Mont, says
an attempt was made to wreck the
Great Northern westbound passen-
ger train near Columbia Falls; a
torch was applied to bridge and
the fire was gaining Roadway. AS
the train dashed on the bridge the
engineer applied the air. brakes and
the train stopped on the bridge. A
reward of $500 has been offered by
the Great Northern and $500 by
Governor Richards for the appre-
hension OF the persons who at
tempted to wreck the train.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3.-The
threatened strike of employees Of
the Great Northern railway has
caused no little comment among
the local railroad, men, especially
among the members of the Ameri-
can Railroad Union. The dissatis-
faction Of the Hill men has a sig
nificance in this city, Oakland and
Sacramento, inasmuch as it is gen.
orally admitted that op the
success or failure Of the strike on
the Great Northern system at this
time, hangs the future Of all or
ganized railway labor west Of tho
Missouri river. Incidentally, it
may be said, that on the Southern
Pacific railway there has been an
unusual activity of late on the part
OF the labor unions. Within the
past month, it is officially declared
by the local American Railway
Union officers, nine lodges OF that
order have been successfully orga-
nized on the Pacific coast. All
this work has been effected
through the fundamentally of
James Hogan, Of Salt Lake
City, who is the general western
representative of Debs, and one of
the nominees for congress in the
coming election in Utah, on the
Peoples party ticket. Hogan has
three travelling delegates in this
state, who have reported to him
that the American Railway union
sentiment is stronger than ever on
this coast, and promises, within
three months, to bring almost
every railroad employee in Califor-
mia and Oregon to the camp before
the new year.
KALIsPELL, Nov. Roy Good
win, director of the American Rail-
way Union, who has been just re-
leased from jail, where he was
sentenced by the United States
court with +. V. Debs and others,
called meeting OF that order here
last night. Only ten employees Of
the Kalispell division were pres
emit; the balance being men dis.
charged from the service. 1t was
voted to strike, and Goodwin call
ed the strike to take effect at IL
p. m.
At the appointed hour the train
crews responded promptly, and
when it was announced that Good
win had called a strike they took
a strong stand in favor Of the COM
pany and expressed a determine
tian to defeat the strike. Goodwin
was denounced as an agitator, I'M
worthy OF notice. His anarchist
speech at Spokane a few days ago
lost him any supremacy he may
have enjoyed among the railroad
men. All trainmen, freight, pas.
senger, engineers, dispatcher and
track men, kept at work, and vol
unteered their united support to
the company. They have no
grievance.
The only railroad men in active
service who went out on the Kali
spell division, are three firemen,
one engineer, and one section boss.
The others, about thirty, are dis
charged section men.
AT midnight a mob Of about
fifty strikers went to the round
house and pushed a car into the
turntable. Sheriff Baldwin soon
patrolled the track with deputies
and guarded two freights that came
in at a. m. Superintendent Ryan
acted promptly and set about to
end the strike. Warrants were
sworn out for Goodwin and the
other ringleaders. At O'Clock a.
m. Goodwin was arrested.
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