Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-02

Doctor Warned Not to Attend the Sick,
Dying. Child of a .-Scab"-what He Told
His Warners-Druggist Refuses to Sell q
Sick Man Medicine-New Developments
in the Strike ut Chicago Colorado
Smelters-
Cleveland, Aug. 2.-The boycott is
the feature of the strike here now. Ad-
jutant General Axline said last night
that he had found a way to smash it
so far as it affected the troops. Every
day since the soldiers arrived they
have been subjected to petty annoy
ances because of the refusal of mer-
chants to sell them necessary supplies.
General Axline pointed out the other
day that these merchants could be
prosecuted under the civil rights law,
which requires all keepers of inns,
restaurants and places of public amuse-
ment and accommodation to serve all
people alike. Last night General Axline
declared that if any more complaints OF
discrimination against soldiers came
to him he would appoint judge advo-
cate general to proceed against the
merchants and thus seek to bring them
to time.
Some Extraordinary Incidents.
A prominent physician last night
gave an instance of the way in which
the boycott is being enforced. He says
he was called to see a little girl who
was dying. He was met by two men
who told him he had better not at
tend the child, as its father was a
"scab." He replied that they ought to
serve notice of the boycott on the
Almighty and inform him that they
would not go to heaven, for the child
would be there in a short time. Mon
day night man was refused medicine
at two drug stores, even though he
was in a critical condition, simply be-
cause he had ridden on a Big CONSOLE
dated car. The man who was boycotted
says that one of the druggists who re-
fused him medicine was recently saved
by him from prosecution for damages
for selling poison to be used for a
criminal purpose, and that he after
ward Endorsed the druggists notes for
a considerable amount.
Cable sent To Mark Hanna
There seems TO be a disposition to
stir up trouble among the employees of
the Little Consolidated company. More
than half of the men have been initiated
into the union of the Big Consolidated
former employees, and a dispatch has
been sent to Senator Hanna, who is in
France, asking him if he as president
of the Little consolidated company will
recognize the union" No answer has
yet been received to the cablegram.
Legal Way to Meet the Boycott
The strike has practically been lost
sight of in the popular excitement over
the boycott. Everybody is talking
about it. The street railroad company
continues to operate it's cars on all
lines, but many of them are run over
the road empty, while on the other
hand the cars of the Little Consoli-
dated and the union buses are crowded
to their utmost capacity. Ohio has no
specific statute covering boycotting or
conspiracy, but Judge E T. Hamilton,
who stands practically at the head of
the Cleveland bar. said last night:
'Boycotting is crime under the COM
mon law covering conspiracy, and any
person who is refused goods by a mer-
chant can cause the arrest both of the
person who asked that the person be
boycotted and also of the merchant
who refuses to sell goods, for con-
SDiracV"