The Times-Monntaineer
SATURDAY ....JULY 14. 1894
DELUSIVE.
There ia a hope born of desperation,
which, perhaps, h the most delusive
of any, and it acts like the glimmer of
twilight in affording a last view of
surrounding objects before darkness of
night completely hides them from the
vision. It is the same as the streak
. . of sunshine in the rift of the clouds
before the storm rages in its worst
fury, and only adds intensity to- the
anger of the elements by its deceptive,
. - delusive appearand For two years
the country ha? suffered the worst busi
ness stagnation and financial strin
gency it has ever experienced, caused
ky the fear of the inauguration of a
policy that would cripple our indus
tries and place our laborers on a level
wun European paupers. JLhe appre
hension has been so distinct and
marked that factories have closed and
Hundreds of thousands of operatives
hare been thrown upon the streets and
highways homeless and penniless.
After months of wearisome debate che
' Wilson bill, which is presumed to em
. body the ideas of the party in power oa
the great economic question, has passed,
and some are bo much deceived as to be
lieve this will be a rift in the clouds
' that have hung over the nation since
1892. . An exchange, taking this view
of the situation, has the following to
' " say ia reference to the "turn of the
road:" "
"The impression prevails generally
among investors and men of business
" that with the passage of the Wilson
- tariff bill the industrial and commer
. ' cial interests of the country will realize
, a rapid and steady revival, and that
. activity will once again reign through
out all branches of trade. The business
of . the nation is in such a position as
that as soon as it really knows the con
' s ditions under which it must operate it
will adjust itself somehow to those con
ditions, and ' usher in the dawn' of a
better day. ' Whatever may be said as
, to the pernacious provisions of the bill
under consideration, its most baneful
effect is that arising from the uncer
tainly which has prevailed through
. . the seeming inability of the-' majority
in congress to determine what sort of
a bill to pass or to discover how far it
could wander f roar the Chicago plat
form and, yet hold itself sufficiently
s intaet to pass any bill at all."
The adjustment of business under
this measure will be on the minimum
, of wages, and, instead of paying fair
prices for labor as heretofore, the toiler
must expect only to receive sufficient
to furnish him with a bare sustenance.
'. That which was conducted before on a
grand Bcale will be contracted to the
narrowest limits. Wool growers and
ethers must reduce their expenses and
economize, in every particular. All
- classes of the comjnunity. will suffer
from the effects, but none so severely
as he who earns his living by the sweat
f his brow. It may be a momentary
rift in the clouds, but is not a "turn of
the road," and simply indicates that
the present hard times will continue.
' The change will not take place until a
protective policy is inaugurated at
'Washington, and the government has a
Republican executive and congress.
THE MAT BRICK.
There is such a thine as excess of
- veneration for courts, and our British
cousins suffer from it, says the Inter
Ocean.. We, perhaps, lack sufficiency
of it. The British idea of the finding
of a judge on a plea of the crown is
that it is infalible. There is no appeal
from the sentence of a judge in a
British criminal court. Civil cases
may be appealed from the high court
- of judicature to the supreme court of
: judicature, and thence to the appel-
- ' late tribunal of the house of lords, bnt
he who has been adjudged guilty of
crime has no remedy save "in the
mercy of the crown," which may be the
. caprice of the home secretary. It is
axiomatic that a "plea of the crown,"
cannot be wrongly adjudged. If, after
its determination, it should appear that
evidence against the convict- was for
sworn, or that new evidence on his be
half is forthcoming, why then the pris
oner may be "pardoned" of an offense
that he never committed, but never
will it be confessed that a court has
erred.
The famous Maybrick case is the
latest and most pointed in evidence
against this court fetish.' Mrs. May-
brick is an American. She was tried
and found guilty of poisoning her hus
band by the use of arsenic while he and
v she were domiciled in England. The
evidence was such as could hardly
have secured a conviction in any court
of America, and had conviction ensued
an appeal would have been taken. But
in England there is no appeal Since
her conviction evidence has been dis
covered and in great quantity and of
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unuBipiuu.. wuaracwr, m prcoi ui
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the fact of her husband's habitual use
of arsenic. Indeed, so clearly had the
defense indicated the use ef arsenic by
the deceased that the home secretary!
through whom the crown interferes
to pardon or to mitigate sentence, com
orated her punishment from hanging
to perpetual imprisonment. This was
in 1889. During the subsequent years
a large body of tbe British people, in-:
elusive of several eminent members of
the British bar, have become thorough
Iy convinced of the miscarrage of jus
tice in her ?ase, and American senti
ment, voiced chiefly by Gail Hamilton,
has civem her place on the roll of
martyrs to mistrials.
xne home secretary is immovable by
petitions. J.ue mass ot new testimony
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recently disseminated through Great
Britain in pamphlet form receives no
notice from the British press. The
Irish press champions the cause of the
unfortunate American lady, but Lon
don and Liverpool, Manchester and
Birmingham alike are silent, Mrs.
Maybrick is only . a woman; . and, to
enhance her troubles, only an Ameri
can woman. Who is she that her in
nocence should be vindicated by a
"gracious pardon?" What . are the
woes of a foreign woman that, tbey
should lead to reversal of the sentence
of a British judge? What is newly dis
covered evidence that it should pre
vail against British belief in the in
falibility of judicial decrees Thus the
80-call great and enlightened British
nation refuses to consider the possibil
ity of error on the part of her judiciary(
and continues the cruel punishment of
a woman whom those who have studied
the testimony believe to be innocent.
A CONSTITUTIONAL TEST.
The circumstances urowioz but of
Uiis great contest now being waged
between combined capital and organ-
Red labor is toe severest test to which
the constitution has ever been sub
jected, and if it can stand, the present
strain without changing .in the least
the form of government to one resem-r
bling a monarchy or patterning after
a pure democracy free institutions may
be considered on the most substantial
basis in this country. During the
civil war the union of the states was
on trial, and it was proved after four
years of conflict that the nation pos
sessed sufficient strength to preserve'
its own unity. The present conflict is
one for supremacy between two classes
of citizens, both of whom claim to be
law abiding, and the magnitude of the
struggle is the only quality that makes
it embarrassing. If there were only
a few employes refusing to work, and
one railroad affected -thereby, the re
sult would not be disastrous to the
business interests of the nation. As
it is, the labor organizations of the
country are arrayed against the com
bined lailroad corporations, and, as a.
consequence, commerce is everywhere
paralyzed. Eich of these claim con
stitutional rigMs,'and each could exer
cise their privileges, under ordinary
circumstances, or where only a small
number were interested, without in
jury resulting to any one only those
concerned. . ;
It is well-known principle of all
free government that every man
should suit his own notion whether be
works or not, and any abridgment of
this savors of despotism. This ia all
the Kail way Union claws, and the
present "tie ups" have been the result
of hundreds of thousands of employes
exercising this inherent right pertain
to each individual: To overcome this
corporations have had recourseo sev
eral questionable-- means. . In the
transmission of U. S. mails tbey claim
the government should be interested
to insuring, safe and uninterrupted
transportation, and that a mail train
is not complete without the addition
of one or more sleepers. Also under
the interstate commerce act, passed
for the protection of producers and
shippers against discrimination by
railroad companies, it is claimed that
o interruption should be permitted in
the commercial relations between
states. If the railroads can . secure
each decisions their advantages over
employes will be largely increased,
and the rights of laborers under the
consfftution will be very much im-
naired. - These deoisions will be the
rule in such contests in the future.
and the iudiciary should be careful
in dealing with this matter that they
do not render futile the object of free
institutions by any decision that might
temporarily bridge over the chasm noi
widening between corporations and the
people.but which would not effectually
close it forever.
THE RAILROAD'S 8ITUATI0N.
The following is the way in which
the question of transporting Pullman
coaches is viewed by the San Fran
cisco Chronicle: '
Conceding, tor tbe sake ot argu
ment, that the Southern Pacific Com
pany deems itself legally and ' morally
bound to uphold its contract with the
Pullman Company, it cannot lose sight
of the fact that its earlier and pre
eminent contract is with the public.
By virtue of that contract it received
tbe privileges and assumed the duties
of a common carrier. By virtue of
that contract it was endowed with one
of the great attributes of state and
national sovereignty, the exercise of
the right of eminent domain, . and by
virtue of that contract, as the corpo
ration itself has so often asserted, it
has claimed to be a public use, and to
be exempt from many legal and stat
utory provisions which relate te indi
viduals and private corporations.
If the Southern Pacific company
and we have its own word for it, time
and again, that such is the case is a
publio use, its first and highest duty is
to the public. That must eontrol and
overshadow even the pecuniary inter-
est oi tne stockholders in tbe corpora-
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wuu, iur no corporate oouy can oe a
publio corporation for one purpose and
a conartnershin or nrivatp enrimrntinn
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()p e tfa
To apply these general principles
wbich will hardly be disputed, to the
situation under consideration, the only
logical and sensible solution of . the
difficult problem which has presented
itself is that the Southern Pacifie com
pany should decide between the inter-
ests cfthe public oa the one side and 1
its own interests and those of the Pull- I
man company on the o(her. vA con
tract is a contract, '.it'Ja' true, and
should be carried oOt whenever and
herever its completion is '"possible in
eouitr-and good conscience, bnt when
ever aeontaafciaafrint-n"l,V! ,j;-
whether so declaredly statritr'oirot?-h'a88ala6ein
itahonld Im ibanaR .n-ilbJ-j
aMi&cd at anT ruBrtosfc-for if not
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t Ha vantltrltv ft -.1! ho .o...
ally, either by judicial proceedings or I
by the force of publio opinion."
Tbeje is a blessed calm oyer Europe
while America is experiencing tbe most
widespread labor agitation the world has
ever known. It is not always peaceful
loTepuDiici or warlike in monarchies.,
; THE REACTION.
The "cowardly crime , perpetrated
near Sacramento bv the strikers or
their sympathizers, in sawing the tim
bers of a bridge and causing the
wreck of a train by which three sol
diers and the engineer were killed and
several wounded, will be read with
feelings of horror, and will cause
many to withhold- their sympathy
from the Railway Union. In this
country, in nearly every instance,
when labor and capital come in con
flict, -the people always spmpathiz
with the former. until some excess is
committed, and then there is a reac
tion.. This was true of the present
gigantic struggle, and until the torch
of the incendiary was applied to prop
erty in Chicago Mr.- D'W and the
members of the Railway Union had
the best wishes of the American pub
lic; but' when anarchy was inaugurated
there was a universal demand. for itn me
diate repressive measures. The' reg
ular soldiers were simply performing
their sworn duty in what they did, and
were in no manner enemies to the
strikers. They represented the author
ity of the United States, .government,
to which all loyal citizens, should .ren
der implicit obedience, and -the cow
ardly assassination was not only mur
der in the. worse and most ! abhorrent
form but treason against the country.
In passing judgment on the act.t.he
strike -of the Railway Union will be
considered, as tne impelling, cause, andv
while this doss not determine the na
ture of the crime,' it will have more or
less influence upon the public. It. may
have been unjust for Attorney-General
Olney to decide that Pullman cars
must be attached to passenger trains
before thry are in- a proper condition
to transport the mails, and 'in so. doing
to completely ignore their duties to the
public as common carriers and upheld
their contract .with .the Pullman com
pany; yet it' must be" considered the
highest authority on th'? "subject, and
the spirit of revenge exhibited in acts
that' meet with universal detestatitW
will only cause the decision to be more
rigidly enforced -and 'gain-for :it the
support of the publio We cmnot be
lieve that the murder of these men
will receive' the least endorsement
from members of the union, but there
is no doubt that the agitated state of
the publio feeling tends to give the
lawless elements opportunities " to
wreak their vengeance upon society.'
In this regard strikes are always haz
ardous to public interest8,and ' they
are especially so when distressful times J
are prevailing among the Common-
people.
THE END.
Sicce different districts have bees
placed under martial law and regular
troops have been employed to protect
the U. S. mail, and passage of trains
from one state to another . the strike
may be considered nearing the end.
The acts of violence in Chicago .which
made repressive measures necessary,
culminated what would have been a
prolonged contest between combined
capital and organized labor, and what
ever induced the thugs of that city to
I apply the torch to. property and in-
I augurate the reign of anarchy it was the
mnat. HiMQtrnna hlow t.liar thn TU;it?
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TTninn hart ivmivH Dinit) tha fif.ri Ira
began. t .If this had not happened the
rights of labor might have been suc
cessful in the struggle, and the dis
graceful fact in this free country that
corporate influence controls largely all
departments of. government might
have been changed But this will not
end the fight between these two pow
erful elements in the country, and the
battle will be continued in another
arena. One effect will be to unify
these opposing forces, and hereafter in
this country labor, will be opposed to
capital at the ballot and everywhere
else when their interests clash. Cap
ital will be all powerful where money
is the open sesame: but where bum I
bers are counted, as at the ballot box,
labor will have everything its own
way. ' - ' '
EDITORIAL NOTES.'
The Wilson bill drd not have as
clear sailing through the house, after
its passage through the senate," aa was
expected by its friends or even its ene
mies. Ibis Democratic onspring is
doomed to a hard struggle before it is
ushered into life. -
Notwithstanding the fact that Mr.
Cleveland is a Democrat, "to the man
ner born," yet tbe manner in which he
has declared martial law would lead
one almost to believe that he had for
gotten the principles laid down as arti
cles of political faith regarding the
sovereignty pf tbe State. ..but in this
action he has received the endorse' I
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m . i .-j . m . I
xue violence resoneao in mcag
bv tha rnnfrh alpniAnt who allip.H thorn. 1
8ejTeB witQ the"8trikers should be sup-
J s " . .
reed ftt . - DaatrnCtim of
propertv is contrary to law. and can-I
not be permitted under any eirenm-
stances. Vy hue many American citi
zens sympathize with labor in this con
test, tbey will severely condemn the
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least resort, to yioieuce j eivHr party.
The boycott,- which the British coq-
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stitution was powerless to combat in I
Ireland, has been effectually met bv
me united otates. courts oy consider-
ids it a cnnsniracv. Hereafter a bnv- I
cott cannot lie enforced, and I lh great
hardships vljh are' frequently auf- I
fered may be relieved, by .an, appeal to
the judicial branch, pf the govern
ment. .
The first cause of the great strike
may bave been the change decreed in
J?3. " immediate one was the
which Mr. P.uhmaa held!
MW"8"1 bis employ. , .this eannot be
remedied in this country, and men
most work for what wages -they can I
receive or starve. We presume cani-1
tal will not attempt to interfere with
this right of a -tree-man, because it I to
has been freely granted in aU despotic
The proclamation of Grand Master
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Workman Sovereign advising a strike
of all .Knights of Labor appears not
to. have had the desired effect. Time
may develop something different, but
so far, as heard the Knights Will con
tinue at their usual vocations, not
withstanding the advise of their chief.
Laborers, in these days of enlight
enment, think as well as other, men,
and are masters of themselves.
The corporation press that are con
stantly howling far severe repressive
measures in regard to the strike are
s'ewi g the seeds of anarctTy broadcast,
which may -Dear outer iruic in tne-
future. In monarchical Europe a ty
rant miqht order his cannon and cav
alry to clear the streets of mobs; but
it will not do in republican America,
The rights of labor a-rid capital Should
be respected, and each should' be
equally protected.' This is the object
of free government, add -when this is
transcended in either direction freedom;
gives place to either despotism oran-i
archy.
The editors of those papers who ad
vocate the use' of gatling guns' and
bayonets upon the. strikers,, whether
they destroy property -r not, would
make better subjects bT e czar than
citizens or a rjubiic. it tutise is
.a grieyrjee -ofc which -these men
complain it should 'be- inquired
into, ' and relfef "granted if 'pos
sible." A cjiirt.'of arbitration ' could
remedy th"e difficulties w.ithout a resort
to 'bloodshed, end free . institutes'
u1drP3t on a more substantial foun
dation aftfcr peaceful solutions of labor
problems than after being cemented
together by blood and propped "up with
bayonets. , " " '
To the- casus! observer it' seems that
the trouble between Mr. Pullman and
his few hundred employees rs too
small an affair, and too remote, to
create so .muoh trouble all over the
nation, says the- Milton Eeigu; and
while the mass of the people nympa-
thyze. with the men and 'not with the
nionied ' corporations, the complete
stagnation of business ' involving 'the
loss of' money and making it an utter
.impossibility to obtain many'6f the
necessaries oi uie, ia very uauie iu
turn the info of 'public opinion, and
the railroads" will -be tire objects of
compassion instead ot -the . strikers.
Self-interest is a mighty strong per
suader, and one which few of us have
the strength of mind to resist. . .
,The destruction of property by the
mob in Chicago furmsb'es'a sufficient
expuse for the employment qf the mil
itary to enforce the law. It will make
little difference that this has'not been
countenanced by the Railway Union,
the effedt will be that publio opinion
ill turn against 'any 'effort , that re
sults in lawlessness. As stated by Mr.
Debs, it may have been 'part of the
program of the railroad companies to
induce the toughs and thugs to join
the strikers in order to weaken the
influence of the movement, and if this
was ihe'ir 'object they have undoubted-
iy succeeaea, tor no American citizen
can. cocsistantly sympathize with, de
struction of property by lawless mobs.
Tbe law must be enforced at whatever
cost, and incendiarism must be quelled
by the quickest and hi6st available
leans, whatever that may be.
A Democratic exchange says "tbe
rank and file of the Democratic party'
is not' weakening on the tariff reform
but that their "backs are suffer ..than
ever," and "the only effect of a traitor-
ous surrender 'by a few senatorial ac-
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claents is oniy masing mem uiauuer
and more earnest." .The Republican
part will be pleased to learn this fact,
for it portends tbe cert am destruction
of the organisation. It 'survived the
mistakes made, during the "late nn-
pleasantness," and effectually quieted
I all reference to ils war record by call-
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ing it "waving the bloody shirt;" but
this "tariff 'reform" of Democrats
appeals to tbe Anglo-Saxon stomachs of
American voters, and hunger and star
vation cannot be satisfied with efforts
at inaugurating British, free-trade.
Keep it up, friends and brothers;
scream it from the house tops; howl it
forth from the stump, and fill the edi
torial columns of the press with articles
laudatory of.it, and in 1896 the party
will be buried under, such an.' over
whelming Republican cyclone that
Democracy will not be known any
more for the next' half- century.
.TELEQSAPHIO HEWS-
. sjonarraa AaUef to Aef,
-.' Washington, July . 9 Senator Sher
man" today presented to tbe senate the
petition of J, Br Corey of Pittsburg, re
questing tbejasMge of a law to punish
tne leaders ot laoor organizations ipr on
structiDg tbe civil process of tate and
national authority, , and also unlawful
combinations of capitalists. . Tbe petition
asks, .tbat a law be passed making all un
lawful Jabor noiops, unknown to our civil
laws, treasonable conspiracies agaiost the
government, and membership thereof as
prima facie evidence of intent to commit
treason, making, tbe mem ben ot anv
tradesunion liable for all treasonable acts
committed against state, or national
authority by members 'of these uoion's,
who shall be engage1) in conducting a
striice ior wages or oioer jjneyapces.
Upon conviction of anv acts, io pureaance
of any officers of a labor union by a
member thereof, such a murder,' arson.
obstructing tbe cfVil processes of state
and national autnority, toe president or
officers of the labor ornnizition shall be
deemed guilty ot conspiring, to incite
Imuin Anfl shall Ha Hiafpunnhiuiil Fmm
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citizensoin in tne unitea states ana irom i
, . DffD.ulea ,ra
snnl rolni all nniafnl I
nvpij vkumvw mt u a v imi wiuwiua s
fn capitalists who lorm .gainst tbe
TP"Lr.lu .'f" 010,0
. .iWioer strike,
Tbe Thro ft li Train Comma Went.
Hklena, if ont , July9 The Northern
Pacific, .train, westbound, .that. left. St. J
pai Hat,,, -Bd due -here-todav. isot
expected iu u'tftil tomorrow; It 'crossed
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the state-line tf) is morning, and has been
'baji.eoming; up., tbe Jellowatone.
TTrifof4 tttolna tsStni ava On ilail sill
alonj - tue ,ine Jn the a,ate bnt D0 atf.
... n rv t-s m fnrfura with r h A . Ipdix im
looked for. The union meo say thev
will not go near tbe'depot. Tbey sy the
officials may run a train or so. but tbey
cannot -employ enough men. to- operate
the road.
9a4 J ccldentr
fi meroy Independent,
A few days ago, near PeoU, in tbis counv
ty, A. W. Jeffries met bis death from a
gnnshot supposed to be fired by his brother
with whom be was oat hunting ia tbe tim
ber ot the Blue mountains, 'His brother
bad gone off alone to abootioma fowls or
same, and aa he returned to oamp ha saw a
pheasant and fired bis gun and started on
camp and found his brotber'dead in the
range of aba ball fron, bis; gan."4 'fbe b.ll
His
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thought the obarga from ls brother's gno
ml.
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dldth. .vfaiwdrk. -Tbi lathe - best ac
connt we can get oo theaad rfair?.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Twp Innocents Were Killed.
Danville, 111., July 9 Mrs. Glennan
and Miss Clara James were killed and an
unknown man mortally wounded at
WeStville this afternoon by a volley fired
over the heads of a crowd of rioting
miners by a company of militia. The
miners had been rioting here sinec yes-
T terday afternoon. Last night a number
ot ireight cars were, destroyed in the
Eastern Illinois yards by "incendiary
fires. This forenoon a number of freight
care were derailed at Grape Creek, on
the Shelbyville branch, When the
wreckage had been cleared, the inbound
passenger train proceeded without mol
estation until Westville was reached
When it stopped there it was surrounded
by a crowd of miners and held. Word
w,aa telegraphed to -Danville and a
special train, with a company of state
troops, started at once for the scene of
tbe trouble. About one mile lrom
Westville a large crowd of miners had
collected, and upon the approach of the
train bearing the militia, began warlike
demorfstrations. : Pistols were fiied at
the troopewho returned the fire, shoot
ing over the heads of the mob from the
train, intending to scare them. Miss
Clara James, 17 years old, was standing
in-the .do -r of her home. A bullet
struck her just below the right breast
and ebe died almost immediately. Mrs
.Glenuan, a widow, who was standing
in her own yard, was also struck, and
died in five minutes. An unknown man
received a mortal wound and will die
before morning. The militia left the
train and .charged the crowd, securing
prisoners." ' After this the crowd d s
perseJ 'and no further resistance was
offered the troops, and they returned to
the train. The trip to Danville was
made without further incident,
The alalia.
Washington, July 9 Tbe absence to
day of tbe riotous proceedings that
marked tbe - past few days is a source of
satisfaction to the postal officials. Postmaster-General
Bidsell said he was great
ly gratified at the quietness into which
Chicago baa settled during the day, and
tbe general marked improvement io tbe
mail service. Arrangements to relieve
tbe condition of tbe mail service in Cali
fornia and other sections are oeing made.
Tbe t'acific Moil Steamboat Company
will carry the mails -from Sn Francisco
along tbe coast in different directions, tbe
boats to stop at many points on the coast
to deliver and collect tbe mails. Nego
tiations for this purpose are almost
completed,, and a telegram is expected at
tbe department tomorrow lrom Uivision
Supenotednent Flint, at San Francisco,
announcing tbe plan is to be put into
immediate operation. Tbe plan, if
effected, is to bo in force until tbe strike
is declared off and a better condition of
affairs exists ia tbe state. About a dozen
special service routes have been ordered
io con Beet tbe tied-up routes with unin
terrupted roads at available points. -Most
of these are In Caiitornia, Oregon and
Montana-. .
Biottna; at Spi-ague.
Spbague, July 9 Rioting broke out
here at 1 o'clock this morning. -Tbe
train bringing home the militia com
panies from the encampment at Wood'
land was assaulted by a mob, which
threw sticks and stones.. Too train
dashed through the mob and ran into
some ditched car, battering tbe engine
and derailing tbe baggage oar. About
the same time the long trestle a mile east
of tbe town was fired. Fifteen deputies
went out on an engine and extinguished
the flames, atter considerable damage bad
been done. Still another mot) pushed a
car loaded with kerosene upon a culveil
a mile west of . town and fired it. Tbe
car and culvert were completely do
stroved.. Thus tbe trtin was cat off so
tbat it could neither advance nor ietura.
It is stiil tied'Up at Sorague, but tbe
rnmnmiv anfl dpnntie ftr wnrlrinir hard
I - J r
i to repair the d-tmage and move on
Chiet Deputy Vinson has left Spokane
for this point with a special train, having
on hoard several deputies and a number
of carpenters. '
At Spokane. .
Spokane, July 9 Tbe twelve prisoners
I who- were arrested for rioting in tbe
Northern Pacific yards here, and ordered
taken to Seattle by tbe United States
court, were secretly taken front tbe conn
tv jail last nigbt by deputies and con
veyed in carriages outside ol the city.
Tbey bailed a westbound Great Northern
train this moruing and went west there
on. The train wbicn left here yesterday
for tbe east with troops aboard is tied
up at Hope, Idaho, where several engines
bare been derailed
' Borne Already Hoing put.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 9 Owing to the
many disputes in tbe mining trade, the
men at tbe several mines, who were at
work, have struck again, and other
strikes are threatened in -tbe Pittsburg
district. The Walerton miners at Punx
sutawney went to work again this morn
ing. and no further trouble is anticipated
lo tbat field. At all of tbe leading mines
io the Mahoning valley, tbe miners are
gain on- a strike. . I hey say tbe owners
I must sign tbe schedule before tbey will
i work again
. Hot a Sympnthetie Strike.
Cincinnati, July 9 At midnight, after
a meeting, tbe firemaen on tbe St. Louis
division of tbe Big Four, which extends
from Cincinnati to St. Louis, went on
a strike. This is a sympathetic strike.
Last year their wages were rebuced 10
per cent. A month ago their mileage
was, they allege, increased about 50 per
cent. This constitutes their greivance.
Te More Atehlnsua St Topeka Mai a.
Deming, N. Joly 9 About 60
United States troops from Fort Bayard
left here tonight on a special train for
Baton, to assist in moving tbe United
States mail true on tbe Atcbinson
Topeka.
Renew tbe suite.
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Paa. Iljj, J0J, 9 A locaP labor
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IcaUOt UUUUI UJO IUD ICUUI h IUBI VMO LUlkCU
MloeWorkers have set the Mth of Sep-
tember as the date for the renewal of the
Oejta Ilaaer Arrest
Chicago, July 10 Tbe federal grand
jury, after receiving tbe charge of Judge
Grosscop this alteinoon, returned indict
m.ents against Eugene y. pebs, presidt nt
of tbe American Railway Union; George
W. Howard, its vice-president; SyUetter
geliber,: secretary and L. W. Rogers, one
of its directors, and shortly thereafter tbe
men were arrested. Tbey are ebarged
with conspiracy to commit an unlawful
Kt jn attemptiPff to block tbe progress
of the United Stales muls. Joined in tbe
dtlt ment with tbe four leaders Of tbe
Raiiwav Union was James Murwfn, the
Rock Island striker woo threw the
switch which derailed a mail train at
Bine Island on tbe night of June SO.
Debs Howard, jelber and Rogers were
taken to tbe office of District Attorney
Milcbrlst immediately after tbeir arrest,
snd after a few boars' detention were ren
leased on bail br Judge Ososscup, their
bonds being $10,000 each.
Thi.le waitipg for bail to be arranged,
io an interview, Pebs sajd: -We have
been placed under arrest to answer to sa
indictment found against' as by the led
eral grand nry, on which we are accused
of consniracr o commit, and of commit
ting offeuses against the United States
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OnUirUCllUK lU4 iuihi-jwiM( uc U1BIIB
,h. eonnir. Since ' I have been
Drought here, I have been informed of
ficers of tbe court have gone to our bead
quarters ana taken my personal corre
spondence and some of the- records of
tbe American Riilwaj Union. I do not
know bv what right Ibis act has been
committed. It seems 10 me in be an In
famous outrage. Jiot on.'y did tbey take
my personal effects and papers, but car
ried with them my unopened mail. It
is an outrage, and you call tbis a free
conntry. It seems to me not to be com
patible with the stars apd stripes. It is
no longer a question ot right in this
country, but a question of force, and a
resolute force at that."
. Fight at Spring Valley.
Sfbino Valley, 111., July 10 Com
pany U, 01 the .r nth regiment, com
manded by Captain Conrad, came into
collision with tbe mob at tbis place today
and after enduring volley after volley,
fired into the mob, killing two men and
wounding several others. Tbe dead are:
Dominick Bartmer, shot through tbe
bead, killed instantly; John Salloli, au
Italian, shot through tbe breast. Tbe
injured are: Walter Gregory, deputy, ribs
broken, badly bruised; Lush Eolp, dep
uty, shot in tbe tbigb; S. D. Powell,
deputy, shot twice in tbe face; unknown
Italian rioter, shot by Powell; unknown
rioter, hands bidif lacerated by bayo
net while tbe milit a were clearing the
s-reet. The fight occurred at 4:30 tbis
evening, when a Ruck Islaud train, boar
ing troops pulled into tbe depot. At
the time ot its arrival a large number of
Poles, Litbuniaos and Huus were gath
ered upon tbe bill overlooking the deoot.
As tbe men filed out on the depot plat
form they were greeted with a chorus of
yells aud stones rained down around
them. Captain Conrad raised bis hand
and called 10 tberu to cease the throwing.
Tbev obeyed bim in an instant, but
seeing the troops remain passive the mob
regained its vicioosoess and sent volley
after volley of atones at tbe soldiers, at
tbe same time drawing nearer and being
more threatening. Captain Conrad or
dered bis men to aim, and as more stones
came at the regulars be gave the word to
fire. The mob broke when tbe fire began
and has not assembled since. The troops
went back to Chicago tooigbt.
The Situation ia Chicago.
Chicago, July 10 President Egan, of
tbe General Mn igers' Association, this
morning reported trains moving on all
tbe roads, and the freight business be
gining to be renamed. Additional
United States troops from Fort Niobrara
arnved today. Xbe detuebmeut is com
posed of four troops of tbe Sixth cavalry.
in command or Colonel Gordon. Ar
mour & Co. moved a train of meat cars
tbis morning in suite of a mob along
Loomis and Forty-seventh streets.
Stones were thrown and the crowd booted,
but tbe appearance of tbe trcous put an
end to tbe disorder. A train ot 65 cars.
loaded by Swift Atmour and Morris, was
sent out over tbe Balimore & Obio line,
guarded by deputies. For the first time
in several days tbe packing houses did
some slaughtering.
John J. Hanahan. vice-grandmaster of
tbe Firemen's Brotherhood, was arrested
last nigbt for .conspiring to interrupt in
terstate commerce and mail traffic, by in
ducing a Belt Line engine crew to quit
woik. There is little doubt Debs will be
arrested within 24 boors, -
E even of 23 rampanies, comprising
tbe Fourth and Fifth regiments, second
brigade of the Illinois National Guard,
ordered by tbe governor to Chicago, re
ported during tbe night. Tbe other com
panies are expected during tbe day.
For answer to President Debs' white
ribbon badge, miniature United States
flags are being distributed, on tbe board
of trade and worn on tbe lapel.
A Costly Timekeeper.'
One of tbe most wonderful timekeepers
known to tbe horologist was made in
London about 100 years ago, and sent by
tbe president of tbe E ist India Company
as a gift to the emperor of China. Tbe
case was made in tbe farm of a chariot"
In which was seated tbe figure of a wo
man. Tbis figure was of pure ivory and
gold, and sat with ber right band resting
upon a tiny clock fastened to tbe side of
tar vehicle. . A part of the wbeela wbicb
kept track oi the nigbt of time were
bidden in tbe body of a tiny bird, which
bad seemingly just alighted upon the
lady's finger. Above was a canopy so
arranged as to conceal a silver Dell. This
bell was fitted with a minatore hammer
of tne same metal, and, although it ap
ueared to bave no connection with tbe
cluck, regularly struck the hour, and
could be made to repeal by touching a
diamond button on tbe lady s bodice
In tbe chariot at tbe ivory lady s feet
there was a golden figute of a dog, and
above aud in trout were two birds, ap
parently flying from tbe chariot. This
beautilul ornament was made entirely of
gold, nd was elaborately decorated with
precious stones. ,
Am Attempt to H.U1 Wlekea
Chicago, July i0 An attempt was
made Monday afternoon by a man, the
name of wbotn tbe police will not divulge,
to kill Vice-President Wickes, of tbe
Pullman Company, and with an inferos!
machine. Tbe man entered tbe building
carrying a small bundle quder bis arm.
He asked to see Mr. Wickes and was con
ducted to bis office, where tbe special
Officers who gusrded tbe building quietly
took tbe bundle away . It was found to
be a glass bottle with a fuse atrsobed,
filled with cartridges, scraps of iron and
a snbstance unknown to tbe officers. Tbe
man was taken out ol tbe building. To
day, an anal8'S ef tbe suhktance in the
bottle was made aod founcT to be a dan
gerous explosive wnica wouio expioae
with great violence upon tne application
oi a gentle beat.
Troops on the War te Sacramento,
Vallejo, Cal., July 10 At 3 o'clock
tbis afternoon tbe steamer Alameda ar
rived at tbe naTj.-jard witb Brigadier
General Graham and several hundred
i-avslry," artillery and infantry of regu
lar from tbe PreMdio on board.
Here i
she took on Mjor Pope aod ISO marines
and 50 sharpshooters, 50,000 gallons of
fresh water for the horses and men, and
100,000 rounds of ammunition. The Al
ameda went from here to Benicia arsenal,
where Captain G. C. D'Copnell,- with
company E, United Btates First infantry,
consisting of 2 officers aod 00 men, with
4 gatling euns and 100,000 rounds ol
ammunition weie shipped. ' Tbe steamer
left Beoicia at 0:30 tbis evening for
Sacramento.
Troops far Cower d'Aleae-
Spokane, July 10 Troops have been .
sent into Cesar d'Aleae. Company C,
and one part of company E, fourteenth :
iutaniry, from Vancouver, under com
mand of Major Burke, left here for
Wallace. The Uoion Pacific train was
held one boor for them, Tbe troops
are equipped lor neid service.
The I ha (adletwtCDt.
Chicago, July 11 Tbe indictment
upon wbicb Debs was arrested today,
states:
"Eugene V. Debs, George W. Howard
L. W. Rogers, Sylvester Eeliber and Jas.
Merwin, of tbe cj,ty pi (jnicagof unlaw
fully did conspire together witb dtvsrs
other persons to knowingly and willfully
obstruct and retard the passage of tbe
mails of tbe United states, and to efiect
tbe object of said conspiracy, tbe said
aroet flierwjn oniawmiiy mu turuw ana
open a certain swiicn 01 tne uuipago,
Rick Island fc Pacific railway.','" ' ' 1
Switchman Merwin was admitted to
bail io 15000 today, but was unable to
find bondsmen.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Koveretgo'e order.
Denver, July 11. J. N. Corbin, dis
trict secretary cf tbe Knights oi Labor,
said today concerning Sovereign's ad
dress:
'The so-called, order, is merely a re
quest, and will have no effect in tbe West.
It seems to bave been written on -er the
influence of the labor atmosphere at Chi
csgo. For t .e west to strike would not
help tbe issue, but injure labor by affect
ing tbe posiiion that has been obtained,
after years of effort. Latar advances by
evolutionary, not b revolutionary moves,
by intellectual, not by physiciat lorce.
Tbe true leader of labor now is the one
who seeks to keep reason enthroned to
set tbe masses thinking, not to striking.
A social storm is on tbe country. Tbe
true labor captain wi.l try to steer his
8. ip through it with tbe least danger.
The KoiKts of Labor in tbe west will be
influenced by nothing else. Tbe wisdom
of their course will be seen when the
storm is over. Let labor everywhere look
aod think before it jumps."
New York. July 11 The labor situa
tion is unchanged here tonight. Every,
thing is quiet, and tbe appeal of Sover
eign received but little attention. Only
one meeting of importance was bold.
Tmi was at a Labor Lyceum, where sr -rmgements
were completed to hold a de
monstration m Union square Saturday
nigbt.
Brooklyn, July 11 Delegates of dis
trict assembly No. 75, Knights of Labor,
having a membersbip of 11,000 railroad
emp oyes, adopted resolutions expressing
sympathy witb the Chicago strikers and
offering help.v Sectetary Donovan said
this was much better than to order a
sympathetic strike.
Toledo, Juiy 11 The Knights ofLa
bor met here tbis morning, aod decided
to pay no attention to General Master
Workman Sovereign's call to go on a
strike. Tbey fonnd tbat they bad no
particular grievance, and did not tbiok
striking out of sympathy would do
themselves or any one else any good.
Spokane, July 11 fbe Knights of
Labor decided tonight not to order a
strike. Tbis action was based on a
statement that do official notification has
been received from the general officers.
Hopkins. Movertam and Debs.'.
Chicago, July 11 Speaking of the
situation, Mayor Hopkins tbis afternoon
said: .'
"We have affairs well in band. We
baye . tiot, disorder aud lawlessness
stamped out. The railroads are runoiog
and peace and good order prevails.
With regard to tbe alleged general strike,
I have beard nothing of it, and so fr at
I know there has not been sny strike
among tbe allied labor uniocs."
Soverign today could give no defiinite
information as to the progress of tbe
strike, though he bad seen nothing to
discourage him He said : 1
"It cannot be expected tbat a million
men m all parts of tbe country are going
to drop tbeir tools at the drop of the bat.
There is no hair-trigger mechanism about
our organization. Action is taken with
deliberation, and this case U no excep
tion to tbe rule. There is nothing man
datory in our order. No power ia vested
in any officer or set of officers to arbitar
ily command the Knights to Strike. - But
anyouc ho ui-.d- r-itnds the inside work
ings of tbe order and knows tbo obliga
tion tbe members take . will realize
tbat tbe appeal has lorce. Subordinate
assemblies of tbe Knights will take tbeir
time, aud there can be no doubt as to
what action will be reached by the end
of the wtek. One million workmen will
lav down tbeir tools snd quit work.
pending tbe settlement of tbis question."
Uebs said today bo bad itsoed no fur
ther orders, snd expected to issue none J
He added:
"Tbe matter is entirely out of my
hands now and I bave nothing more to
sty. Tne leaders of tbe labor organizat
ions bare ordered a strike, not at my
request, and they are handling the affair.
Tbat the general strike will be succetsfol
I bave no doubt. It makes no differ
ence if tbe lailroads can run' trains, fer
they will bave no freight to carry with
tbe general tie-up of busioess 10 effect,"
Marshal Baldwin's Proclamation
Sacraxxnto, July 11 Tois evening
United Sta'es Marshal Baldwin issued
tbe following proclamation:
Whereas, Tbe military forces of the
United States bave been called out for
tbe purpose of maintaining the authority
of 'the United States and enforcing tbe
letter thereof ; and
Whereas, Tbe officer commanding the
United States troops in Sacramento has
been Instructed to open tbe line of track
of tbe Southern Pacific railroad, as a post
aod military road duly designated by
law for tbe transmission of tbe United
States mails and troops,
. Now, therefore. I, Barry Baldwin,
United States marshal for tbe Northern
district of California, do hereby com
mand all persons to refrain from ob
structing or retarding tbe passage over
a -i . . . . .
saia ranroau, or any . part toereor, 01
trains pf mail, pastenger, ireight or any
other kind ol cars, or in any way hinder
ing or impending or interfering with tbe
operatiou of trade or commerce over said
railroad, or any part thereof; and, fur
ther, to refrain from all or any unlawful
assemblage of any kind whatever.
Where There Was Itiotlna.
Cbicago, July 11 Tbis sfterooon when
a Lake Shore suburban train reached
Whiting, just over tb Indiana state line.
a mob from Hammond surrounded tbe
train and seized Brakeman Franklin, beat
him into insensibility before he cou'.d be
rescued by a detachment of regulars,
bo charged upon snd scattered the mob,
Inter-state suburan trainswill hereafter
carry military guard until matters quirt
down. 1
Pilot Nichols Kahl and the crew of
the tug Eittie were fired on by tbe mil
itia at Blue Island tbis atternooo, but no
008 was injured. Two compsnies of reg
niara navv oeen sepi 10 reiniorce wie
militia. Tbe strikers at Whiting sre
detei mined and well armed. This mom
iog they captured a cannon from the
Standard oil works, which tbey used far
firing oil stills, and is now ready tor
actien. Besides this, a Dumber of nflrs
and 5000 rounds of ammunition have
been supplied,
Counsel for Veda.
Minneapolis, July 11 -W. W. Irwin,
Jhe St, Paul attorney, bas consented to
act as eoanse' for Del apj bis associ
dates. He left for Chicago this evening,
H. B. Martin, of Minneapolis, says tbat
R. G. Itigerson may take a hand ia de-.
fending the s'nke leaders.
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