Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1894 — ABOUT OVER. [ARTICLE]

ABOUT OVER.

The Great Stride Apparently a of the Past. Gradual Resumption of BuelneM—Debs Still Holds Out—Notes From Various Points. The A. R. U. of Hammond have issued an appeal to all railway employes warning them against the danger of yielding at this time, and calling on every true friend of labor to stand fast to the cause, and use every effort to sustain the striko until the tight is won. Considerable disorder prevailed at Hammond, Tuesday. At East Chicago four .cars wore cut from the rear of an oil train and a Wabash freight crashed into them causing a bad wreck. The Muncie militia company surrounded the wreck. Tnree suspicious looking men were discovered and ordered to surrender but fled and the troops fired two Founds, It is not known whether the men were hit as they escaped. -Militia com pan relieve those nowon duty arrived from "Angola, Auburn, Waterloo, Decatur, Covington, Crawfordsville and two from Fort Wayne. Several of the companies were asked if they wanted to be the first to return home, and the answer was. invariably, “No, we want to be last.” The reason given for this change is that many of the soldiers have been prostrated from overwork at guard duty. The boys have seen some hard work since going there and have stood it. A petition was sent to Governor Matthews signed by nearly all the commissioned officers in camp asking that no encampment be held this year. Captain Sanborn, of Angola, assistant surgeon, arrived Tuesday evening to relieve Assistant Surgeon Kyle, of Marion. The first break in the ranks of the Pullman strikers has occurred, 150 Hollanders having returned to work on the tracks, back of the Pullman foundry. The men quit work when the strike was declared and staid out until Wednesday. No effort was made by the other strikers to prevent the men from going to work. After some weeks of idleness the 5,000 strikers at the- National Tuba Works, McKeesport, met, Wednesday, and declared the strike off. The plant partially resumed on Monday under tho guard of 300 deputies, and about 000 men went to work. A general resumption will take place in a few days. The federal troops were removed from Chicago, Wednesday night, by order of General Miles. Those from Western barracks went to Ft. Sheridan, while the Eastern troops returned to their old stations.

The Hammond A. R. U., Wednesday night, after a stormy session, decided to return to work by a vote of 47 to 33. Excitement was at a high pitch and further trouble is feared. , Heavy details of police are still required at Cincinnati to prevent stoning of trains by crowds of alleged strikers whose animosity is principally directed against the Big Four. In pursuance with the notice posted, Wednesday afternoon, by tho Pullman, company at the works. 750 of the old employes asked for positions, Thursday morning. This Is very-wneouraging to the management, and the works will probably open Monday. Over 300 of the men who applied were put at work Thursday morning. Debs. Howard. Rozcrs and Keliher were taken before the U. S. Commissioner, late Wednesday afternoon, and given a second opportunity to furnish bail. They again declined to do so, however, and were returned to jail. Debs’ wife called on her husband at the commissioner’s office. The strike leader is receiving financial aid,and by mail, Wednesday, was the recipient of a 3500 check.

The following telegram was received by Eugene V. Debs, Thursday afternoon: What quadruple victories' Ignore lawyers, 7: abeas corpus, administration, an“ archist. Suicidal Robertson squelched. George Francis Train. The Federal Grand Jury at Chicago Thursday, returned twenty-three indictments, including the names of seventylive individuals for violations of the federal statutes during the recent railroad troubles. Debs and the other officers of the A, R, U. are included in nearly all the indictments. A mob of 500 men attacked a freight train on the Lake Shore road at Whiting, late Thursday night, and succeeded in stopping it. Coupling pins were drawn and the air brake cut and “tile “torch applied to many of the cars. The alarm was given, and two companies of militia were hurried to the scene. The crowd showed a disposition to fight, and two volleys were fired by the troops. It is not thought that anyone was seriously hurt. After dispersing the rioters the troops turned their attention to saving the train. The fires were extinguished and the cars coupled. and the train sent on its wav with a heavy guard.