M’COOK TRIBUNE. F. M. KIMMF.LL, Publisher. McCOOK, -:- NEBRASKA. OVER THE STATE. Wild raspberries are plentiful in Deuel county. The York soap works is turning out five different brands. The railroads are offering low rates for the Fourth of July. Potato bugs are more troublesome than usual in Clay county. There are 230 names on the pay roll of the Kearney canal company. In the school election at Sidney the A. P. A. ticket was defeated. Omaha is laying off some of its fire men to reduce municipal expense. Tecumsf.h now has a daily paper, published by Miss May H. Bennett. Large crowds are attending the Be atrice Chautauqua and it is a pro nounced success. The Otoe County Christian Endeavor society adopted resolutions strongly de nouncing base ball on Sunday. The state sheriff's association meet ing at Hastings has been again post poned. The date has been set now for July XL L. G. Reno has made a proposition to the city of Norfolk that for a bonus of $5,000 he will build an opera house ad junct to his hotel there. Lightning 6truck the barn of Levi Stebbins, in Pawnee county, tearing a hole in the roof, but the heavy rain pre vented it from catching fire. under the annual readjustment of presidential postoffices to take effect July 1 the South Omaha office is re duced from the first to the second class. The rain has done great things for wheat and other grains. In many in stances there will be good crops where at one time entire failure was predicted. A man named Simpson, residing be tween Falls City and Rulo, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. His head was completely severed from the body. The Order of Railway Conductors and Order of Railway Trainmen of south east Nebraska will hold their annual ?icn ic in Dillon's grove, Tecumseh, uly 18. The body of a newly born male child was discovered in a well in Omaha last week and the circumstances surround ing its death give every indication of murder. The O-year-old son of George McCoy of Omaha was run over and killed by the cars. The little fellow was leading a cow across the track when the accir dent occurred. The people of Omaha are reviving the Platte river canal scheme again. This one contemplates the voting by the county of a §1,000,000 bonus, and is a big scheme—on paper. A. J. Michael, a young man about twenty-five years of age, was arrested at Burchard for an attempted rape on a little girl 10 years old. He was bound ©Ter to the district court. A child of Hr. and Mrs. Alexander, ©f Grand Island, swallowed three but tons and the family physician had two hours’ work in relieving the child of the intense pain it suffered. E. G. McIntyre, father of Hon. Ed mund McIntyre of Seward, died at the home of his son in that city, in his 80th year. His remains were taken to his ©Id home, Stafford, Vt., for burial, ac companied by bis son. Prof. Dooley has finished taking the •chooi census of Hooper and found 333 children of school age within the dis trict. While taking the school census he also took the census of the town and found the population to be 969. A purse .of §10 was made up at Te eumseh for the purpose of seeing some high diving there. Arthur Forbes and Robert Cochran j'umped from the bridge into the Nemaha river, a distance of fifty-two ieet, for the amount _ L A. Fort, president of the state Ir rigation association, addressed the peo ple of Elm Creek a few days ago on the subject of irrigation, after which a local Irrigation association was formed with a capital stock of §25i000. Ola Bowlus, the little daughter of Banker Bowlus of Scribner, fell from the second story window of her father’s new house a few days ago and suffered a badly sprained ankle. It was a for tunate escape, .even with that. James McClain of Albany, N. Y., a •hoe laster by trade, was caught by a freight train in the yards at Gretna while trying to steal a ride,.and had his foot mashed. The village authori ties provided medical aid and quarters for the injured man. A hail and wind storm passed over Hooper, unroofing outbuildings and houses, toppling chimneys, etc. Mr. Jacobs’ large barn was blown over; the lumber yards were scattered all over town, limbs were blown off of trees and much other damage done. A Chicago dispateh states that Her man Bean, a former Omaha bartender for Jack Woods, was fatally stabbed in a State street satoon by an unknown druuken man in a drunken row over the quality of a certain brand of liquor. Bean Was well known in Omaha as a quiet, peaceable man and had a host of friends. If Nebraskans would ado-pt the motto “Patronize Home Industry,’’ there would be plenty of work for idle men, and a good home market for raw ma terials. A large number of dealers have already adopted it. When you buy enquire for the foliow.ig brands of Nebraska made goods: Farrell & Ca’s brand of syrups, jellies, nserves and mince meat; Morse-Coe ts and shoes for men, women and children; American Biscuit Manu facturing Cu, Omaha. The franchise and entire plant, oon aiating of houses, reservoir and nine miles of mains of the Hastings Gas company, were sold for $60,000. A new company will operate it under the old charter, but the franchise will be al tered so that the plant can be remod eled. While Frank McGirerin and family of Fremont were absent someone went through the residence and secured a gold watch, gold chain, silver watch and a small revolver. Dare Peterson's barber shop was entered and twenty razors and three hair clippers are miss ing. At both places the doors were un locked and locked again. TAYLOR’S NEARLY LYNCHED. Masked Men Were Waiting for Them at Brookfield. Brookfield, Mo., June 30.-—A lynch ing was narrowly averted here yester day. Sheriff Barton was expected in from St. Louis with George and Will iam Taylor, wanted in this county for the murder of Gus Meeks and fam ily, near Browning. But the sheriff had been notified by telegraph at Shclbina that there was danger should he bring his prisoners to Brookfield, and he stopped-at Macon City and placed them in jail there. When the 7:45 p. m. train arrived there were fully 1,000 people at the depot, and in the crowd werc'many strangers. As the train pulled in fifty masked men, well armed, rode down the Main street to the depot, and the excite ment ran high. It was supposed that the Taylors were on the train, and when the opposite was learned a sigh of relief went up from part of the crowd and the strangers looked dis appointed. They were a determined lot of men and came here with a pur pose which would have surely been carried out had not Sheriff Barton been warned by some friends here. The strangers had been noticed com ing into town quietly for two hours before train time, but their purpose was not fully understood until the masked riders arrived. To a correspondent one of the mob stated that they were all from Brown ing and Milan, and proposed to vindi dicate Linn and Sullivan counties from the slurs that had been cast upon them by many of the news papers of Missouri and other states. The mob finally decided not to go to Macon on the 10 o'clock train. They realized that their departure could be telegraphed to Macon and the officers there would have sulficieut time to prepare for them. DEBS OR THE COURT. Judge Caldwell Tells the Employes to Make Their Choice. Chicago, June 30.—The following' messag*e was received here by Re ceiver Wilson of the Atchison road from Judg'e Caldwell of the United States court. Judg'e Caldwell is now in Michig-an on a pleasure trip: “Wequetonsing. Mich . Juno 1891 — J. W. Keinhart, Boston. Mass : John J. McCook, Boston, Mass. Joseph T. Wilson, Chicago, receivers of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. Chicago. Ill “The men in the employ of the receivers of the Atchison railway system must discharge all their usual and accustomed duties or quit the service of the receivers altogether and permit other men to take their places who will discharge their duties Any or all the employes can quit the service of the company if they desire to do so. but when the? quit they must not interfere in any manner with the property or the operation of the road or the men employed to take their places Any such interference will be promptly dealt with as a contempt of court. The men who wish to continue in the service of the court must dis oharge all the duties appropriately and prop erly belonging to the service. A refusal to perform any part of these duties wil compel their discharge, and the employment of others to take their places. All the powers and au thority of the court will he vigorously exer cised to enforce these reasonable rules. “I can not believo the boycott was intended to be put in operation on roads in the custody of the United States courts and operated by receivers appointed by those courts, but, if snch is the case, the authors of the boycott order, and the men to whom it is addressed must understand that the court will not toler ate any interference with the operation of the road by its receivers from any cause what ever. The men must understand that they can not remain in the service of the re ceivers and refuse to perform any duty pertaining to that service They must make their selection whether they will take their order as to the cars to be switched and han dled from President Debs or the court If they elect to obey the orders of the former, they may do so, but in that event they must understand distinctly that they are no longer in the service of the court for any purpose and that other men will be employed to ta*e their places permanently, who will be guarded and protected in the discharge of their duties. “When the situation of your road and the law applicable to this case is understood, I do not believe there will be any attempt to put the boycott order in force upon it Any effort to do so will be in direct contempt of the au thority of the court and must Inevitably result disastrously to the men As soon a3 I learn that it is the deliberate purpose of those or dering the boycott to attempt to enforce it against the authority of the court, I will pro ceed to Topeka and deal with the matter on the lines indicated in this dispatch Henry C. Caldweli* United States Circuit Judga" Judg’e Caldwell has jurisdiction over such portions of the Northern Pacific as are in Minnesota and the Dakotas, and over portions of the Union Pacific as well. _ AT KANSAS CITY. .The Santa Fe Sends Out Pullmans With out Much Trouble. Kansas City, Mo., June 30.—The boycott on Pullman ears on the Santa •Fe railway, which was enforced in Kansas City with complete success by .the American Railway Union from 9 a. m. until 6 p. m. yesterday, was not successful to-day, the Santa Fe com pany having- sent out its passenger trains on time with the usual number of Pullman cars. The freight busi ness, however, of the Santa Fe com pany in Kansas Git.y and Argentine is totally stopped on account of the strike of the switchmen. In fact the company has refused to receive freight excepting subject to an indefinite de lay and is doing no freight business whatever here to-day. One switch en gine out of about twenty is at work in the Argentine yards and it is only handling cars used by or destined to the Kansas City Consolidated Smelt ing and Refining company. Twenty-six United States deputy marshals under command of Hubert Lardner, Marshal Neely’s deputy for the Third division, are stationed in or about’the Santa Fe yards or about the offices and buildings belonging to the company. Henry A. Salzer, manager of the John A. Salzer Seed company. La Crosse, Wis., is in Europe looking up rare nov elties in vegetables and new things in ■the farm .seed line. He will visit the celebrated farming districts of France, Germany, England, Belgium, Russia and Bohemia, and the customers of this wide-awake firm can congratulate themselves upon his bringing along the cream of farm and vegetable seeds that these foreign countries offer. TAKEN FROM A TRAIN. A Kecn> Murderer Lynched by • Mob Near Monet, Mo.t Moneft, Mo., June -30.—Ulysses Hayden, a negro, was taken from the sheriff of Newton county at this place and hanged to a telegraph pole half a mile south of town at 9 o'clock last night by a mob. Hayden was arrested for shooting j Bots Greenwood, a brakeman at this I place June 20 and was being taken to I Cassville jail for safe keeping. The sheriff and prisoner were on ' the south bound train, which was stopped by the mob. 1 If FOLLOWS If. THE GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE RAPIDLY SPREADING. ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM PARALYZED. Reports of Walk Outs Are Touring in From All Over the West — Every Switchmen In Kansas City Order ed Out—Santa F'e Hiring New Men and Calls for Moro Deputy Marshals. Chicago, July 2. — The apparent lightening of the boycott of the American Railway union on Pullman cars yesterday was seemingly but a mere temporary rest in the gigantic movement. To-day the reports from all points indicate that the struggle has been renewed with fresh force by the union and that the strike is in volving fresh lines and more seriously crippling the railroad business of the West than ever. None of the general managers of the various systems now make any positive predictions as to the immedi ate future. Mr. Frye of the Santa Fe declares that the prospect on his lino EUGENE DEBS, PRESIDENT OF THE A. R. U. is a little brighter but the facts so far as they can be obtained hardly bear him out for the passenger service is by no means in even fair shape and freight traffic is paralyzed. The man agers of the roads so far affected are plainly nervous for no one can tell what will be the next move of the strike directors. In Kansas City the Santa Fe is send ing out passenger trains, but the freight service is completely para lyzed. All Kansas City switchmen who belong to the A. R. U. have re ceived an order to strike at noon Sunday, and if it is obeyed, as it doubtless will be, the local situation will become serious. In Chicago the stock yards switch men are all out and the business of the yards and the packing houses is completely paralyzed. The Rock Is land is tied up tightly to-day and the Illinois Central is paralyzed worse than ever. Strikers have begun re sorting more or less to violence and the general Situation is more serious than atany time since the boycott be gan. In St. Louis, 2,000 yardmen have struck and only passenger trains are being run with officials of the roads in charge. The freight business on every road in St. Louis and East St. Louis is at a standstill. On the Pacific coast there is not the slightest improvement and on the Northern Pacific the promised lifting of the tie-up has not been ac complished. From many points in the West and Northwest come fresh reports of strikes and the outlook is generally growing darker, particularly ' at smaller towns before unaffected. That the American Railway union has more strength than had been sup posed is now unquestioned, and where it has been weak it has been materi ally assisted by sympathizers in other railroad orders, many of these latter acting in direct defiance of their chiefs. Roth sides are evidently pre paring for fresh moves, and the next day or two is likely to have sensation al developments. ROCK ISLAND T1ED-UP. That liig System Almost Paralyzed at the Chicago End, Chicago, July 2.—The packing houses and stock yards district is par alyzed, all of the switching crews, 300 men, having quit work last night. Only one engine was in service to daj-, and it was used to handle pack ing house products for roads which do not use Pullman cars. Xo stock was delivered to consignees this morning by many of the roads, and several have declined to accept shipments. All was quiet at the yards to-day. The tie-up of the llock Island road was almost complete at the Chicago end to-day. The switchmen, switch tenders and tower men went out almost to a man, over 400 stopping work at 7 o’clock this morning. They were not expected to go out until noon and their une.\peeted action left the road in bad shape. ■General Manager Egan of the gen eral managers' association bureau and General Manager St. John of the Koek Island road were in consultation to-day with Sheriff Gilbert at the lat ter’s office. The result was that the sheriff soon began swearing in dep uties. When the Monon mail train reached the state line at Hammond, Ind., at 10:42 o'clock last night, it was sig naled to stop. The engineer had scarcely done so when a crowd of strikers surrounded him. Then a striker took the place of the regular Monon men and while the strikers yelled the train was pulled slowly i into the city. It was run on a switch j and will be left there until the strike j is ended. The Western Indiana tracks at the state line are completely blocked. Five i I passenger trains are standing there one behind the other—four trains be longing to the Erie and one to the Monos. The first train has been there since 4:40 yesterday. The pas sengers are tired and hungry. The Illinois Central suburban ser vice is completely tied up. The en gineers and firemen tc.-uay refused to take out their engines. Employes of the Fort Wayne rail road began quitting work in the suburban district to-dav. One or two trains were manned by officers of the road and kept in service, but traffic was practically suspended. Vice President Howard of the American Railway union to-day issued an order tying up the Milwaukee and St. Paul road in all branches at 6 o’clock this evening. An order was al«o issued to tie up the Rig Four at Cairo. The Chicago and Northwestern re-, ports to-day that its passenger service is moving without interruption. Sheriff Gilbert sent forty special deputies and many regular deputies to the border of the county at the Indiana state line and near Ham mond, Ind. There is considerable suf fering among the passengers on the trains held at Hammond which have not been moved to-day. There is no water on the trains nor any to be found near the trains. Women and children arc complaining bitterly. Twenty deputy sheriffs who started for Blue Island were stalled a long time at Fifty-fifth street. Superin tendent Hubbell threw the switches but the strikers threw them back and forbid any interference by officers of the road. The deputies walked around and viewed the situation but took no action. A large crowd gath ered but no violence was offered. The last train to reach the blockade was a mail train, and some of the strikers advised that it be allowed to proceed, but the switchmen were firm and the train was held. WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY. The General Managers’ association issued the following to-day: “There is no attempt made to deny that the strike is widespread and is serious. This embarasses the freight traffic of the West to the most serious extent of any strike since the Eastern labor troubles in 1377 and JS78. The companies have no idea of entering into a compromise with the strikers, on any basis whatever. The railroad companies fail to see the justice of the position taken by the A. E. U. of fighting Mr. Pullman over the heads of the railroad companies, who have no control over Mr. Pullman’s move ments or his manufacturing business. The men who are now on a strike are considered as employes who have re signed their positions and who are not anxious for work. Any men who desire employment under the railroad companies center ing in Chicago and who are competent will be furnished po sitions and will be afforded all the protection that lies in the power of the companies, police of the city7 of Chicago, sheriff of Cook county and the state of Illinois. Men are now being hired in the East and brought to Chicago to take the places of men who will not work. I has been charged by the A. R. U. that the general managers' association is im porting men from Canada. This statement is absolutely false. The railroad companies do not propose to employ any men to take the places of the men now on strike, unless such men are American citizens and where ever we can find a man who wants to work, to take the place of a man who will not work, whether the substi tute comes from New York or Cali fornia we propose to give him a job and see that he is protected.” ON THE SANTA FE. General Manager I rey Thinks the Situ ation Is improving. Topeka, Kan., July 2.—General Manager Frey says that the strike situation on the Santa Fe system shows a decided improvement over yesterday, and he believes that it will grow better hourly until the final dis solution of the strike, which he is confident is not far off. Passenger trains were reported moving on time this morning except in Colorado and New Mexico, where the strikers still have possession, although last night the company moved three trains with Pullman equipment out of La Junta. The management is not undertak ing to move freight trains, and their agents are instructed to accept freight only subject to delay and no perish able freight at all. Referring to the statement that 10.000 men were out ou the Santa Fe system, Mr. Frey said that he did not estimate the number of actual strikers on the entire system at to exceed 1.000 men. An entire train crow could be forced out by the refusal of a single fireman to perform his duty, hut only the fireman could be classed as a striker. Denver, June 30.—Train No. 8 on the Santa Fe, after a wait of twenty four hours, left last night, a fireman willing to fill the deserted post hav ing been found. All A. R. U. men on the Santa Fe road at this point have stopped work on the order of Presi dent Debs. No trains with Pullmans have arrived on the Santa Fe. The Santa Fe California train over the Colorado Midland was sent out to-day hut is not likely to get beyond Colo rado City where the Midland em ployes have joined the strike. Florence, Ivan.. June 30.—All the Santa Fe employes here except the station agent, cashier, roadmaster and roadhouse foreman are out. Twelve federal officers are here, but all is quiet. Ottawa, Kan.. June 30.—The Amer ican Railway union shopmen here are out and the Santa Fe shops are idle. The yard crews have not yet struck, but they have nothing to do as no trains are moving. SWITCHMEN TO STRIKE. Those on All the Ronds Kntcrin" Kan sas City to Come Out. Kansas City, Mo., July 2.—To-day an order was given for a strike of the switchmen in all the Kansas City rail way yards at noon to-morrow. The men will not strike as members of the Switchmen's Mutual Benefit asso ciation of North America, of which Miles Barrett of Kansas City is chief, but as members of the American Rail way union. The general switchmen’s strike, if carried into effect, will be by far tin most important phase the strike has assumed since its beginning. It will include switchmen in the employ <>f the Chicago and Alton, Rock Island, Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific, Bur lington, Milwaukee, Memphis and Chicago Great Western railways and will probably draw in switchmen from the Kansas City, Pittsburg ami Gulf. Osceola and Southern and other smaller lines. There are probably 400 switchmen employed in all the Kansas City yards and it is pretty safe to s iy that 300 are A. It. U. members. It is certain there are enough switchmen to prac tically stop all switching in case the strike order is obeyed. The Santa Fe company to-dav asked United States Marshal Neely at Leav enworth for forty more deputies to assist in protecting property at Ar gentine. The company began to-day hiring new switchmen and firemen and as soon as the number is sufficient an ef fort will be made to move freight trains. PULLMAN TALKS FREELY. The Trouble Now Beyond tile Car Com pany—The l'iglit of the Bonds. Chicago, July 2.—George M. Pull man, president of the Pullman Palace car company, who is now at his home here said last night of the great boycott: “The strike is no longer a fight against the Pullman company alone. It has spread and grown beyond us until now the Pullman strike is a subordin ate feature. The railroads are now trying whether or not they have the right to control their own roads and manage their own property. While the strike was confined to our com pany we at no time asked the rail roads to assist us, and when, a few days ago, the general managers of the great roads centering in Chicago decided to oppose the American Rail way union they asked neither advice nor assistance from the Pullman company. It was plainly, distinctly and decidedly their fight, as was patent to everybody. In reality this movement is a demonstra tion of anarchy. Here are men organized and banded together at tacking and endeavoring to crush in stitutions which are necessary and are operated for the welfare and con venience of the general public. We have done all that could be done—all that we could do at least—for the comfort and welfare of our employes. As high wages were paid as could possibly he afforded in these hard times. So far as I can see, there was nothing left undone for the good of the men which it was in our power to do.” * “Were the men employed at the Pullman car shops paid enough so that they could live without getting into debt?” “That is something I do not care at this time to discuss.” ST. LOUIS MEN IDLE. Two Thousand Employes Out—I'rolulit business I’aralvzed. St. Louis, Mo., July 2.—The strike of the American Railway union is on here in all its force anil traffic is rap idly coming to a standstill. The Ter minal men struck last night and as a result of conferences held anil orders from headquarters the switchmen on both sides of the river refused this morning to handle any cars whatso ever and freight movement immedi ately stopped. Passenger traffic, however, moved as usual, all trains leaving on time, not with the assist ance of the striking American Rail way union men, however, but with the aid of the Terminal association yardmaster and assistants, who had never been allowed to join any labor union. The strikers at this point now num ber in the neighborhood of 2,000 men. These include the switchmen of the Terminal association, 200 in number, and also tiiose in all tlie individual railroad yards, between 1,500 and 1,800 in number. As the strike be came general the idle men began to gather in knots in the various yards and discuss the situation. ON THE NORTHERN PACIFIC. Two Trains So Far Sent From St. I’aul —Engineer Refuses to Come Out St. Paul, Minn., July 2.—No trains came in on the Northern Pacific to day, but the regular morning train went out after twenty-seven minutes’ delay. A vigorous attempt was made to get the engineer to go out but he refused, and the train left here at 9:27. A passenger train on the Northern Pacific went through Wadena at 5:12 this morning bound for Winnipeg. It was the first mail from the East since Wednesday. CINCINNATI TIED UP. Only Passenger Trains -Moving — No Freight Received on Any Road. Cincinnati, Ohio, July 2. — The railroads are paying off the strikers here to-day and employing new men, but only passenger trains are moving. At the stock yards the yardmaster is is running the only switch engine and with new switchmen is unable to re lieve suffering live stock. No live stock or freight has been received. Xo Change on the Coast. San Francisco, July 2.—There has been no improvement in the situation on the Southern Pacific since yester day. Passenger and freight business is paralyzed. No trains are running, north or south, and from Ogden, Deming and El Paso west not a wheel is turning. 3Ii(llant:l .Men Oat. Colorado Springs, Col., July 2.— The order calling out the A. Ii. U. men employed on the Colorado Mid land was received here last evening ana the road is tied up. The Equitable Pays the Fraker Claim. Liiiertt, Mo., July 2.—The New York Equitable company has settled its insurance of $10,000 in the Dr. O. W. Fraker case. Other companies are negotiating for settlement. FIGHTING PULLMAN. The Boycott Precipitate* a Coal Famln* In Chicago. Chicago, Juno 38.—Lhe Illinois Cen tra! has given notice that it can ac cept no freight of any kind. Tho strike has precipitated a coal famine on the steamboat docks, and the busi ness on the river is at a standstill. Arrangements are being make to put hard coal on some of the tugs that can use it. The strike came so suddenly that it found the coal men utterly un prepared for it, and, while they have plenty of coal in the switch yards of the Illinois Central, they cannot get it to the docks. This morning a conference of Knights of Labor, Brotherhood _ of Firemen and American Railway union officers was held. General Master Workman Sovereign of the knights, President Debs of the union, and Sec retary Arnold of tho firemen were all present Tho switching crows in the yards ox tho Wisconsin Control struck to-day and the road is badly crippled. In tha freight yards long lines of cars ladom with perishable freight are standing. A number of ico trains that daily coma into the city over this route are also tied up and the icfe is melting rapidly.* The only cars moving during the day\ were switched by the officials. This afternoon the 800 employes of the Illinois Central company in the Burnside shops joined tho strike. They walked out of the shop in a body and took a train for this city. When the hour arrived for the de parture of the Washington and New York train over the Baltimore & Ohio road tlie forward coaches stood 100 feet down the track from the Pullman, sleeper and no effort was made to make tlio connection. The Pullman conductor Btood by his car and the porter at the steps, while a crowd of travelers fussed outside of the gates but were not permitted to enter tho cars. When the through trains from Sioux City and on tho Baltimore