Nebraska Newspapers

    1ERGAST HANGS
|arnison>S murderer final
ly PAW the PENALTY.
WafcMt' JMl ip**'!1 on the Callow*—
(CMi *&/6«Mect*<l to the Lut With
[ Itf' tW|il|kteit Sign of the Mooh
L Reared,
break—Contolatlon and
la Religion When AU
! Pay* the Penalty,
i J«1Jr 14.—Patrick Eugeno
Stftast, th* assassin of Mayor
« , B. Harrison of this city, was
in the county jail here at
Nlfalock this morning. Contrary
(expectations he was calm and
'’lif'tod at tha last and there was
$ the slightest' sign of the feared
th> eak of Yfelousness. Instead he
As no nietim at the last and did
eren atteSipt to deliver the
pI«Sch which be had carefully pro*
(titfed.
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The little assassin refused until
l night to receive any spiritual
1 uolatton. (kune time after he was
Assist that the government and
federal eqayts had refused to in*
i icfp, bowertBpr, he sent for Father
It Afina of Vm Catholic ehnrch and
itugsd into ftling religious conver
with ht(i He seemed perfect
Jifcn and' ’collected. When the
eA retired he went to sleep and
well a# night, giving the bail
«guard not the slightest trouble.
liMrOa 0 and 7 o’clock this morn
_ s*VMtdergast partook heartily of
ie >$ea)ffast of ham and eggs. He
toved a ravenous appetite, and
F4gboit.O o'clock sent word to Jailer
l.o.ds that he was again hungry,
t j Jailer served another hearty meal
o Inn, This he disposed of easily
tu f seemed to relish greatly.
•.’Ie assassin talked freely with his
„ 5)ipfcual advisers, and. several times,
»a pat ently fearing that they would
3 Sfert him, ‘ remarked: “You must
w with me to the end.”
Father Bartty was in constant at
Jidance upon the doomed man all
Thrning. Thhf littlo assassin had
pawed outfMvery materially since
i£t night andfi was most deferential
Ahl* spiritualiadviser. He announced
nth a trifle of'bravado that he would
lihgamely and “set a great shining
•Simple to his country.” He intended
(Snake a speech which would be the
IMort of nis life,” and was very
■Uious lest he would be misquoted
misinterpreted.
..yXBY CAl.lt ON THE SCAFFOLD.
At 1J o'clock Prendergast was re
lOWd from his cell in murderers’
>#to an ante room off the jail office,
where the last kindly offices were
performed for him. He especially re
quested Sheriff Gilbert to allow him
>twenty minutes in which to make his
dying statement, but his temper had
been proverbially uncertain and he
was easily persuaded not to do so.
At 11:43 a. m. a hush fell upon the
bustling throng in the corridor and
far down the somber halls could be
heard the muffled tramp of the funeral
cortege. A few minutes later Sheriff
Gilbert and Jailer Morris appeared at
the right of the scaffold, the prisoner,
pale and unsteady, walking behind
them. He stood without apparent
nervousness, though a trifle weak and
unsteady, as his arms were being
pinioned. He Seemed to be determined
to die game and looked calmly out on
the assembled crowd below him. The
white shroud was next placed about
him, and, barring a little restless mo
tion of the eyes —- np and down and
from side to side—he made no motion.
Jailer Morris then placed the rope
about bis neck, the white cap over
his head. An instant later, 11:48, and
he shot downward, the head twisted
to one side, the neck having appar
ently been broken. .
Slowly swaying back and forth. the
body hung for a few moments while
the physicians held his wrist. A
alight spasmodic movement of the
leg j was all the sign of life apparent.
Sul founded by the jury of physicians
thU corpse swung to and fro and at
ll:57, nine minutes after the trigger
was sprung, he was pronounced dead.
' The assassin made no audible sound
from the time he left his cell, appar
ently baing lost in contemplation of
-his awful fate. He tooie his final
leave of his spiritual adviser, gave a
handshake to his guards and with low
and choking voice bade them a last
adieu.
DEPUTY MARSHALS KILLED.
Two Meet Their Deaths In a Freight
Train Collision In Chicago.
Chicago, July 14.—Two deputy
United States marshals met their
deaths and two others were more or
less injured yesterday afternoon in a
collision of freight trains on the Wis
consin tracks near Sixteenth and
Jackson street crossing. Two locomo «
tives and several cars were wrecked
in the accident and the three story
brick warehouse of Smith, Burdette
& Co. was partly destroyed.
The Baltimore and Ohio and Wis
consin Central jointly use this track,
and by some misunderstanding of
orders both trains were moving to
wards each other on the same track.
They met on a curve, and the impact
as the two engines came together was
tremendous.
Missouri’s Epworth League Meats.
Warrensbubg, Mo., July 14.—The
state convention of the Epworth
League opened to-day for a three
days’ session. The attendance is
about 400 and every train brings more.
The morning was occupied with re
organization by discussion ef the dif
ferent departments of Christian work.
Fullmsii Refuses to Talk.
New York, July 14.—George M.
Pullman was at his office in the Mills
building, to-day accompanied by ex
Secretary of War Lincoln. Mr. Pull
man positively refused to discuss the
strike situation. Word was sent to
him asking if he would consent to an
arbitration such as President Cleve
land proposes. He declined to an
swer. He left the city at 3. p. m. for
Elberson, N. J.
Clifton B. Beach has been nomi
nated by the Twentieth Ohio District
Republican convention t'1 sneered.
Congressman W. J. Whit..
' TO NAMB ARBITRATORS.
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FraMnil Win Mxt Th«n
Within* D»j « Two.
Washington,? July 14. — John
W. Hayes, ,th* general secretary
treasurer of the Knights of Labor,
last night gave out the following
statement covering' the committee’s
interview With President Cleveland:
“We had an hour's talk with Presi
dent Cleveland this afternoon, for the
purpose of calling his attention to the
arbitration act of 1383, introduced in
the house of representatives at that
time by Hon. John J. O'Neill of Mis
■burL The delegation consisted of
John W. Hayes, gcheral secretary
treasurer; Thomas B. McGuire and C.
A- French’ of the general executive
board, and J. C. Schonfaber, editor of
the Journal of Knights of Labor.
“I had full authority from President
B. V, Debs of the American Bailway
union and J. W. Hcathcote of the
Pullman employes to represent their
interests and act ’on their behalf.
Senator Kyle of South Dakota accom
panied us and introduced us to the
president. The president seemed'
pleased to receive us, and immediate
ly opened the subject by referring to
the law which the parties interested
desired to see enforced. An hour was
spent in discussing the various provis
ions of the act which authorizes the
president on his own motion to ap
point two arbitrators together with
United States Labor Commissioner1
Carroll D. Wright, to act as com
missioners of arbitration and investig
ate and decide what should be done
by either party to settle the con
troversy. The commission has all of
the powers necessary to administer
oaths, subpoena witnesses, etc.
“The president finally decided to
appoint the commission and at once
so informed us, at the same time
stating he would namo the arbi
trators either to-morrow or next day.
Wo expect to gain much more from
this arbitration than tho final settle
ment of the present difficulty in Ch'
cago. While it is in itself a great
victory for labor organizations and
everything the A. R. U. has fought
for, it gives official recognition to the
justice of their demands for arbitra
tion, and it will lead much further,
for in the movements of the future,
when defects of the present arbitra
tion law have have been made appar
ent by _ actual experience, prompt
steps will be taken to amend the
same.”
After discussing' the various fea
tures of the situation for more than
an hour, the president promised that
if the leaders would return to Chicago
and use their influence toward re
storing peace and order, he would ap
point the commission as soon as the
disturbances had ceased to such an
extent as to render a careful, thor
ough, thoughtful investigation possi
ble.
The president laid great emphasis
on the.fact that no steps could be taken
in this direction until lawlessness had
ceased, and he made his promise con
tingent on the pledge of the labor
leaders to see to it that, so far as or
ganized labor is concerned, the
trouble at Chicago and elsewhere will
immediately disappear.
AFTER THE MAGNATES ALSO.
Federal Grand Jury Instructed to Inves
tigate the General Hangers.
Chicago, July 14.—Judge Grossoup
called the federal grand jury before
him to-day and after hearing a state
ment from the foreman that the jurors
desired to adjourn this evening until j
Tuesday, in.order to return to their
homes for Sunday, and giving his con
sent thereto, said: “I have some
thing more I desire to say. It is fny
duty to give you further instructions.
No man is above the law. The line
of criminality is not drawn between
classes, but between those who vio
late the law and those who do not.
The fact that a man occupies a high
position does not exempt him from
indictment or trial. The fact
that a man occupies a lower
position dees not preclude
him from making known his
grievances. Your door ought to be
open to all who may come with evi
dence that is tangible and not based
upon mere hearsay. It is stated in
the public prints that some of our
fellow citizens believe that the in
terference with the mails and inter
state commerce was the result of a
conspiracy among men higher in tho
railroads than employes. If two
or more men wrongfully agreed,
either for the purpose of creating
public sympathy, or for any other
purpose, to have the mails pr inter
state commerce stopped, they aro
guilty of conspiracy. If two or moye
men agreed wrongfully among them
selves for the purpose of creating
public sympathy, to discharge men,
intending that their discharge would
6top the passage of mails or interstate
commerce, they arc guilty of conspir
acy. If two or more men wrongfully
agreed not to employ men to tako
the places of men who had quit
work, but f llowed the trains to stand
still, in order to create public sym
pathy. they would be guilty of con
spiracy, unless the circumstances
were such that the employment of
new men would lead to danger to
those men or to the public interests.
Every man is entitled to bring hia
complaint if he brings it with tang
ible evidence. It is the duty as well
as the pleasure of the district at
torney. to submit such evidence to yon
if it is presented and it is your duty
to hear it” ►
It is probable that the grand jury
will send for the telegrams sent and
received by the managers during the
strike, as was done with the telegrams
of Debs and the other leaders of the
strike.
At North Vernon, Inch, S. M. Stock
slater was nominated for congress by
the Democratic convention.
Henry George and Others Seore Cleve
land and the Federal Courts.
New York, July 14.—The labor
demonstration held last night in
Cooper Union to express sympathy
with the strikers in Chisago and the
West, was an extraordinary outpour
ing of people. The hall was crowded
to excess, and 3,000 people surrounded
the building, unable to get in.
The meeting was a jehement'one in
the manner it axpreUed its convic
tions. The nadteqf JVesldent Cleve
land was received wnb such a atom
of hisses and hfcoQhg* that Henry
George., who wna
cry. “What's the ^
had to
TROOPS IN A WRECK
HUMAN LIFE SACRIFICED BY
THE STRIKE. \
4 Warfare that Remit* In a Komhar
Beln^ Killed and Wounded—A Force
of Men Open Fire on the State Militia
—Wreelt of a Train Follows—The Kalla
are Removed and Engine and Train
Thrown Into a River—Four Feraona
Kllledand a'Number Wounded.
State Troops Killed.
Sacramento, Cal., July 13.— For
over twenty-four hours United States
regulars have been on the field in
Northern California, but the railroad
blockade has not been broken. In
fact, the situation is deemed more
serious than it has boen at any timo
heretofore. Human life has been
sacrificed at Sacramento, In a horror
wherein a train plunged through a
trestle, the underpinning of which
had been sawed out. The killed and
injured are:
Dead—Samuel H. L. Clark, Private
Byrne, Private Lubberding, Private
Clark.
Wounded—Private Daumier, in
jured about head; Private Wilson, left
leg seriously lacerated; Private Du
gan, left arm cut off; Private Ellis,
internally injured.
All of the victims but one were
soldiers. As a result the feelings of
the strikers and the soldiers in the
field have been wrought upon until
the men composing the contending
forces are not only as determined us
before but ugly and desperate.
Twice during the day were the
troops ambushed. The first attack
from under cover was early in the
morning. At 0 o'clock Colonel Urahnm
landed at Sacramento with a force of
over 600 regulars. No effort was
mad<*to resist their progress. The
troops marched direct to the Southern
Pacific depot and took possession of
the buildings and railroad yards.
A few hundred peoplo gathered
at the depot, but ■ dispersed
when ordered to do so. At
the wharves a detachment of state
militia had been left to guard
the water front. The regular troops
were no sooner out of sight than *this
little band of militiamen was fired
upon with rifles bv .tt force of some
twenty-five men, who were concealed
in the bushes on the opposite side of
the river. The militiamen returned
the fire and about 800 shots were ex
changed before the attacking party
fled. A Japanese boy who stood on
the river bank was killed by a bullet
from the militia band. None of the
attacking party were apprehended.
After this skirmish it was hoped hos
tilities bad ended. Under cover of the
United States troops the railroad offi
cials went into the yards and resumed
work unmolested. The tracks were
cleared and trains were made up. At
noon a train was dispatched for Oak
land under a strong militia guard.
Thettain consisted of nine cars, five
of them Pullmans, When the first
trestle west of “Sacramento was
reached the structure gave way and
the engine plunged down into the
stream below. The wreck was caused
by a rail having been taken up, spikes
pulled, fish plates removed and then
the rail put back again in place. The
..locomotive went over bottom up and
landed in six feet of water. Tho
next two cars piled on top. On the
engine were six privates and the en
gineer, and they were buried in the
wreck. Those of tho men who were
not instantly killed were weighted
‘down with their heavy accoutrements
and sank into the muddy water. En
gineer Clark was pinned under the
' engine and his body has not been re
covered. The trestle was about eighty
feet long and was completely
shattered. Fully one-half of the fill
ing was torn out. The engine is
buried in the mild and water with the
four forward cars. Another car is
hanging over the edge of the erabank
' ment. They were all mall cars and
none of the Pullmans were injured.
The disaster at the bridge caused the
railroad company to cease its efforts
to move trams out of Sacramento.
Until tbe wreckers now at work shall
have repaired the damage done to the
trestle no trains can be run over that
line. '__
iSUlHlMi 1U AKUUitATC.
Pullman Officials iiepljr to the Mayor*
Who Called on a Peace Mission.
Chicago, July 13.—Mayor Hopkins,
Mayor Pi agree of Detroit and E. M.
Phelps of Chicago, had a two hours'
conference last night with Vice Pres
ident Wickes, General Solicitor Bun
nells and General Manager Browne,
of the Pullman company at Mr.
Wickes* office. Mayor Pingrec’s tele
grams urging arbitration wero pre
sented and arbitration strongly urged.
The conference was held behind closed
doors, the Pullman officials promising
to give a verbatim report to the news
papers. The report, as given by them
follows: _ *
Mayor Pingree of Detroit, accom
panied by Mayor Hopkins and Mr.
Erskine M. Phelps of Chicago, called
at the Pullman offices and submitted
to the officials of the Pullman the tel
egrams Mayor Pingree had received
from the mayors of other oities upon
the question of arbitration. There
upon followed a protracted friendly
discussion of the matter, in wlrich the
officers of the Pullman company set
out fully their reasons for believing
the questions at issue, which was
simply the reopening of the works
and carrying them on at a ruinous
loss, was not a proper subject for
arbitration.
Mayor Hopkins, after the confer
ence, would only say: “We are just
where we were before we went. Let
them do the talking.”
Attempt Made Near South
Wreck a Pauea
CHICAGO, .I Uiy IS. A
the Baltimore a^fl
night ran
dynamite tl
BUU lit CAU
No serioul
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on till
throw!
follow!
A SECRET CONFERENCE.
National Labor Landers Haro a lea ret
Moating.
CniCAGO, .Toly 13.—Tha conference
called for to-day by Samuel Uompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, has been looked forward to
as most important and A likely to de
termine in a large measure the out
come of the present strike. Just be
fore the national executive committoe
went into secret session at the lirlggs
house at 0 o'clock Uompers said: “VVe
are all in sympathy with tho Dobs
strike and we shall try to do some
thing to bring order out of chans.
What It will be I do not know. We
have ample power to order a general
strike, but whather it will be done or
not I cannot say.”
L.aoor leaders in tne confidence of
Gompers declared that the conference
had for its purpose! not aa extension
of the strike, but the devising of ways
and means to settle the present trou
bles. The leaders refused to disclose
their plans, but they appeared to be
confident that matters would soon be
adjusted peaceably.
At 11 o'clock the executive commit
tee met with a large numborof official
representatives of labor unions.
Among the national organizations
represented were: Printers, cigar
makers, painters and decorators, car
penters, brewert, trainmen, miners,
firemen, lluilding and Trades coun
cil, 4 bakers, tailors, Iron and steel
workers, musicians, machine wood
workers and seamen, said to represent
in all about 000,000 men. The meet
ing was prosldcd over by President
Gompers, and the strike situation
from the time of its conception fully
investigated. Particular attention
was paid to the Pullman strike and
reports were heard from the various
local organizations which had alruudy
decided to strike. It was generally
believed by those present that no de
cision as to the action of thy Federa
tion of Labor would be reached be
fore to-morrow.
Neither President Debs nor General
Master Workman Sovereign wore
present, although it was announced
that Debs wouurbe called to the con
ference before its close. There
seemed to be a dcsiro oa tho part of
many of those present to give Sover
eign no invitation to attend the con
ference.
The cigar makers’ representatives
appeared and reported that 4,000 diad
gone on strike. The meeting at 13:30
took a recess till 3:30 o'clock.
*THE PRENDEROAST CASE.
Governor Altgnld Refuses to Interfere—
Lest Appeal to Federal Courts,
Springfield, 111., July 13.—Governor
Altgeld has refused to interfere in
the case of Assassin Prendergast
The governor said the law must take
its course.
Cuicaoo, July 13.—The application
of the attorneys for Assassin Prender
gast for a writ of habeas corpus in the
United States circuit court was argued
to-day before Judge Grosscup. After
hearing the grounds upon which it
was made, tho judge sent the follow
ing telegram to Judge Woods, of the
United States circuit court of appeals:
Tbs Hoa W. A Woods, Indianapolis—Pren
dergsst sentenced to bo hangod to-morrow.
His counsel file application for habeas corpus '
ahd a«k for stay. Exceedingly Important that
stay be refused unless be Is entitled to It
Cannot you come iiero to confer alth me to
night or to-morrow mornlnrl’
P. S. Gbossccp.
This telegram was sent while At
torney S. G. Gregory was arguing that
under the federal statutes Prender
gast was entitled to a stay of execu
tion to give timo for an appeal if the
application for a writ of habeas cor
pus should be denied. Judge Gross
cup said nothing to indicate whether
the writ would be refused or granted,
and it was the general impression in
the court room that it would be de
nied. His object in sending for Judge
Woods was to secure his advice on the
question of an appeal to the federal
Bupreme court aud an order staying
the execution until thu highest court,
iq the land could bo heard from.
The court entered an order refusing
tho writ, but the question of an ap
peal was left undecided until Jndge’
Woods should arrive. Judge Grosscup
directed the clerk of the court to write
a letter to Sheriff Gilbert asking him
to delay the hanging to-morrow aa
long as possible, or until the expira
tion of the time in which the sentence
must be carried out.
UNEARNED LANDS FORFEITED.
The House Passes a mil to Recover
84,000,000 Acres.
Washington, July 13.—In the house
the McRae land grant forfeiture bill
wus passed. It extends the provis
ions of the act of September 30, 1S90,
in regard to railroad and land grant
forfeitures, to cover the portions of
aided roads which were uncompleted
when the time expired within which
the roads were required to be com
pleteted by law. It involves portions
of the land grants of twenty-five
roads, the principal one of which is
the Northern Pacific, and will restore
to the public domain abont 34.000,000
acres. A proviso was added so gs to
prevent it from being constred to for
feit the right of way or station
grounds of any company, and also to
confirm to purchasers from auch rail
ways the title to lands not in cxi^Aa
of 330 acres to each holder.
British Colonies Stand To|*thsl
L—Th|
Ottawa, Ontario, July 15.
tercololonial conference has adjoj
ed after putting' itself on record j
vote of 50 to 3 in favor of a coll
union and customs arrenjfeJ
The plan was opposed by Queens!
New South Wales and New Zeal
It was approved by all the otfl
Canada, South Australia, Cape oil
id Tasmania. I
A. NATIONAL WALKOUT
CAUU FOR A GENERAL STRIKE
, NOT ANSWERED.
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0n*F * F»w gall la Chicago and
Scarcely Any at Other Folate—Th.
Knight* of Labor AIM IbdN to Obey
Grand Maitor Workman ldnnl|a'i
Ordor to Qnlt Work—Comment by La
bor Loader*
General Strike • Fellnre.
Chicago, July 13. — The general
strike, which was to have boon In
augurated last night to foroe arbitra
tion of the Pullman strike, failed to
materialize to-day. Throughout the
olty this tnoftilng thoro was little evi
dence of the business paralysis which
had been so confidently predicted by
the labor leaders. Every street ear
line %m running, the elevatod roads
carried the usual number of trains
and the early morning crowds of
workingmen on their way to their
shops and benches seemed undlmtn
ished. a
After an exhaustive Investigation
covering practically every field of
labor, tbe Evening Post finds that
1,700 cigarmakers have struck and
that 800 German bakers will go out
to-night. All other lines of Industry
seem to be going on as usual. Llnd
holm, master workman of the Knights
of Labor, claims that thoro arc 10,000
Knights of Labor in this county.
The president of the teamsters'
union claimed that 1,500 of his men
,had struck, but careful Inquiry failed
to verify his stutemdnt. The whole
sale stores roportud their teaming go
ing on as usual and it was Impossible
to find a striking teamster.
The president of the Building Trades
council said that his ordor numbered
30,000 members, and they would all
quit work before Saturday night. Up
to noon to-day there was no evidence
that any of them had struck.
The Seaman’s union'claims a mem
bership of 10,000 and' all have been
ordered to striko. At noon thoro was
no evidence that any considerable
number had obeyed the order.
The men on the West Division
street and cable car linos hold a meob*
ing this morning and decided not to
strike and the journeymen horse
sboors postponed action until to-mor
row evening.
NO STRIKE AT ANT CENTER.
Reports from Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Philadelphia, Buffalo, Baltimore, De
troit, Omaha, Rochester, Indianapolis,
Columbus, Ohio; St Paul, Minneapo
lis, Milwaukee, Jersey City, Sb Louis
and many other trade centers
of the country were that up
to noon to-day there had been
no walk outs of Knights of Labor
nor were any expected. Indianapolis,
Columbus and oth$r cities reported
that there were, no Knight of Labor
among their workingmen, while
Philadelphia declared that thoro were
only 500 men in the order there.
At Cincinnatti District Master
Workman Hugh Kavanaugh of the
Knights of Labor, when asked what
would bo done, said the general mas
ter had no authority to order a gen
eral strike. All ho could do was to
advise and request it. The request
would then go to the local assem
blies for consideration and, unless
they agreed, there would be no
strike. Mr. Kavanaugh has not yet
received official notice from Sover
eign, and until he does no action
whatever will be taken by the order
in Cincinnati.
, At Cleveland Knights of Labor lead
ers received a telegram purporting to
be from Sovereign, ordering them not
to strike, but to see press reports.
Sovereign denied to-day that he had
sent any such telegram and declared
it a bold forgery .
LI1TI.K EA Till SI ASM IT THE EAST.
In New York eity the element
which controls District Assembly 49
may later respond, it Is said, to the
call and several of the trades go out.
If necessary, although they all fear
that It will have little influence
on the result. In Brooklyn
the men are not generally well
pleased, and Master Workman Reilly
of District No. 122, which includes all
the railroad men in that city, said
emphatically: “It will not be obeyed.
I must say that the movement is.ill
advised. They are not fighting em
ployers now, but the government,
and in such a struggle we have no
part. But even if that element, had
not appeared in the strike, mat
ters are so bad here that it would bo
the height of folly to take such a
step. There are five men out of. work
here now ready to take the place of
any man who leaves his work, so
nothing can be accomplished, by a
sympathetic strike in the East.”'
At Pittsburg, Secretary Uochstetter
stated that “District No. 3. was no
striking machine.”
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doubt m to what the action will N.
By the end of the week one million »
workingmen belonging to the order or 1
In close sympathy with it will la/ 1
down their tools and quit work peno* *
Ing the aettlement of this question.”
to iMrKAcn ot.xicr. f '
Sovereign was In consultation thti
morning by a long distance tclephonn
with General Secretary John W.
Hayes, who with T. B. Maguire and
Oharles A French, members of the ex*
oeutlvo committee, is in Washington,
D. C. After the conference he said: &
“Proceedings will be commenced in
Washington to-day under direction of
the members pf the executive com*
mttteeof the Knights of Labor who -
are in that city to impeach Attorney
General Olney."
Sovereign did not think the pro
ceedings would be brought through
an appeal to congress, but In what
manner he could not sny.
BimiNO CONSPIRACY.
Judge Oroesowp'e Chars* tc
Grand Jury In tha A. R. P. Can.
Chicago, July IS.—In his oha
the Federal grand jury yeatoi
Judge Grosscup said:
“Gentlemen or tha srand Jury, yog
been tummoued hore to Inquire whelk
of tbo laws ol the United states wltsl
Judicial district barn been violated. Yd*
come Into an atmosphere and amMs
renra that may well uause roaaonable
question whether government law(
Unltu.l Slates are yet supremo Thaaba
resolute manhood and to that enlightens*
teUuence which perceive s the uses t
vlndloutlon ol law betore uuv t*thar
monte nro poaalbla the govern meat
United Staton I* allll supreme
"With tho questions behind protest
fences, we have as ministers or tbajaw
citizens o( the Republic nothing todo.
law its It Is must first be vindicated bale
turn aside to Inquire how law or uraettce
ought to be and cun be effectually bro
about Government by law Is Imperiled',
that Issue Is paramount The voverMMt
the United States has lew, tlrst to proteat
eolf and Its authority ns a govara*attr
secondly, to protoct Its authority <
agencies to which under the coftgttl
laws It eitonds governmental law*
“Now, tho laws ol the United StatM
under penalty, any person from obeli
or retarding tho pasta re or lie “
make It tho dutv or tho officer' tai_
OlTendnrs and bring them berore tba
thurotoro, It shall appear to von thai
eon, or persons, have wilfully ol
retarded the malls, and
attempted orrest. (or suoh
been opposed by such a
persona ns would constltuto a ge
m that particular locality and
(or the time being the civil and
tborlty. then the (act that an
within the moaning ol the law baa
llshed (And be who bv spoeah. WriTttl
lses. or other Inducements asslete M
on loot, or carrying It along, _
or comfort Is guilty of the >
low.1
Tho constitution places tt
commerce between the several
tween the states und foreign as1
the keeping of the United States
Anything which Is destined to b«
from one state to anothor and.
transit, and any passon . er who In
ga rd In any such Inter-stato_.
transaction, and any oar or oarrfggdMtl
transporting or en-rn ud In trsnspoi
passenger or asenetes ana eebjeot
inter state commerce, aad gay
restraint of such trade or co
lenso against the Uni tod ItUu
“To restrain Is to proluMt. limit,
abridge a thing the restraint
nent or temporary It may be
hlblt, limit or abrld :< --
that
there
ir pur*
e (or all til_
only. The law draw* ao digUge
respeot. Commerce of this ehal
tended to be tree uxsept
tlous by law at all tl_—
periods. Temporary reetrglat
as Intolerable as permanent, i
restraint by actual phyaiegl
criminal as thit which Bows It
ments of business ggd ors
physical lntorferenea. (ban
tbeoltoct of restraining nor i_
thing constituting an element ot
commerce forint the (oundatf
oBenso
■Hut to complete this oOfenaa,
Of conspiracy to obslrntt lie
must oils' In addition to the
pose the clement of orltnlngl c
“What Is criminal soosplras
appoar to you that any taro i
oorruptly or wroggfullir agn
other that the iralgs oarrylr
Interstate commorc* shook
rested, obstructed and raatn
clearly constltntd g eoaeplre
appear to you two or mate —
or wrongfully agreed with t..
employos of the several raltl __
the malls and Inter state toraffiggue should
quit, and that successors should, by threats,
Intimidation or viol mce be prevented from '
taking their placos, such would constitute a .
con .piracy.
The court recognized the right otJ
labor to organize, and said that labor,
organizations were a neceaaity within ,
reasonable limits. Continuing hd*
said: ,
tv*i
sr|
la- *
"But they are subnet to tne--aamotawa Mi--,
other associations The loliters to whom are '
given the vast power of Judiln* and acting for ;
the members are simply, in that respeot. their
trustees their conduct must be judged like - .
that of other trustees, by the extent of tbair •
lawful authority, and the good faith with,
which they have executed It No man in hit
Individual right can lawfully demand and ln*i
sist upon conduct by others which will lead tr
an Injury to a third person's lawful rights.
‘ Let me Illustrate: Twelve carpenters are!
engaged In building a house. Aside from con
tract regulations, they each can quit at pleas
ure. A thirteenth and -fourteenth man.
strangers to them, by concerted threats off ‘
holding them up to public odium or private ■
malice, induces them to quit and leave tho
house unllnlsbed The latter In no sense rep
resents tne wish of the former or their wlsheer
but are simply Interlopers tor mischief and’,
are guilty of conspiracy against the employer
of the carpenters
“But If. upon a trial for auoh results,-they -
prove that Instead of being strangers they arO’
the trustees, agents or leaders of the twelve,
with fullpower to determine for them whether
their wage is such tb it they ought ts continue
or quit and that they have In good faith de
sist. Question, thqy are notdhea, so
SW toes conspirators.
Id further appear, the• sup
. OUtbOftt# Was used, not In the Interest
Of thatwelvw. but to further a personal am
bHlea ormatMe ft no two,,ltwoui'd no longer
Itotify tbs!* eomduct. Data- a, thing under
clook of aotbortS* is not dolor It with au
thority. ,tSo, Jajmy of the two to tho
employer la tush an in stance would, oaiy be
er*ns«a'sd by Uhnir. treachery to the asso- ,
crated twain, sad bom employer end employes
ebrndd wHhutuuliMltteaceosk the visitation
"If It_„_
the tUnatratio* to
to brought to
In. therefore, applvln •
occurrences tnat will,
on, that any two or
rt, insisted or de
enaliids and threats,
their mployment
if the mail*
you. my inquire,
as stranger* to.
did them under
ers of aa asanetSs :
ton.ed. tad If*
Inquire whether
respect werOrlai
I icution of tbolrr
V, owrsaes aimpiy a an* oft
‘Tancepstsonal
amoor_
nd there- is.
p Yon sOoald.
tn
faithful
auppo. _._I
that authority
ambitionmr—
■ T he re ti . . __I
our laborlb#: ftilsV
toublitss dishonest "_
aot bread any act of leuitership as dona dts
hooestly o*in bad fatahnnAwa it clearly so ap-.
nears. Hub if It docs so appear it any parsoa.
la shown to have betrayed the trust M lbosu
to.llag fMOr and tteir acts fall wltbta tbsdm- ^
Bullion of crime a- 1 hare given It to you. It In “
alike tho Interest, the ploosufO and tho dot*
of rverjr eftlren to bring tlisas to atrlft aad
punishment. i’,J
onfuaa. the problems wMoharo msda Hub m
Cl ■ JOB or protect for tho prosoot dmbM* '%
a V liar* hot received tha aaosldarbt'o* f
\ rlmem It is out duty to clttas#-to. Jf
ite them up, aad by candid and * —
a .’ s dlaeussion ascertain ut» tort
% t and trhat remedy cob boappltud
m her tbo oxisteoce of auob P rob laris
ft ,eg*eot Of the puMlehllborto«o.t*iql
U t usldur Them. Istiaen tbo vtttiioa
In rtbebitnglny onofrmmral Itotcsanr
" "s drat restore panda aad punish
£
he olaar to think ohor the fUtlus tf Jbosa
him mat Hotnneon fWt rla#oato
aw. uatd that teM dtbjf Jliaem
law.
ars lb Order,!
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