Nebraska Newspapers

    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 <fc
Ohio road arrived at the Grand Cen
tral station the switching crews re
fused to take them out to the yards.
The road crews of the trains also re
fused to back their own trains out.
When the engineer of tho Sioux City
train pulled into the depot lie was
asked to take his train back to the
yards by Superintendent Kelly. He
refused and both he and the fire
man left tho cab. Superintendent
Kelly then boarded tho engine and
took the train down file yards him
self. In every instance the railroad
trainmen refused to do any switching
as long as the Pullman cars were at
tached to the train.
KIOTIN’G A T GRENOBLE.
The Mob Makes an Attack on tho Ital
lan Consulate.
Grenoble, June 28.—At 3 o’clock
yesterday afternoon the Italian cafes
were attacked. A number of Italian
stores were treated in the same man
ner. The mob marched through tho
streets, shouting “Down with tho
Italians.” Several Italians who were
met in the streets were beaten and
kicked. The mob was reinforced and
proceeded to the Italian consulate.
The police vainly tried to check’
the mob. The leaders procured
a ladder, fixed it to the balcony of
the consulate, and several rioters,
headed by a drunken carpenter,
entered the consulate, tore up tho
Italian flag, smashed the escutcheon,
broke the furniture, threw the stat
ues upon tho floor and kicked them
to pieces and, seizing upon two largo,
handsome oil paintings, representing
King Humbert and Queen Margaret of.’
Italy, threw them into the street.
A detachment of military engineers
was summoned and the soldiers
charged upon the mob. After a short
conflict the rioters were driven out of
the consulate, which was then occu
pied by the troops and the prefect
made an apology to the Italian consul.
Thompson Will Come Home.
Sedalia, Mo., June 28.—-A letter
was received yesterday from J. C.
Thompson, cashier of tho defunct
First National bank, who is now re
siding in the City of Mexico, by P. D.
Hastain, mayor of Sedalia. Tho doc
ument is an appeal for sympathy,
with threats to expose citizens of Se
dalia if the prosecution is turned into
persecution. Ho claims that lie used
no disguise while traveling and will
return to Missouri and stand trial
when charges are preferred against
him, either in tho state or United
States court
Santa Fe Depot Demolished.
Girard, Kan., June 28.—A heavy
windstorm commenced here about
8:30 o’clock Monday evening and
lasted until about 3 o’clock yesterday
morning. The waiting-room of the
Santa Fe depot was completely de
molished, the ticket-office unroofed
and muck other damage done to the
depot.
LIVESTOCK ANDFKODCCE MARKETS
Quotations from New York, Chicago, St
Louis* Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery Drint. 15 to 37
butter—Choice country. 32 to 34
Eggs—Fresh . 9’-to 30
Honey—Per !b. 33 to 15
Poultry—Old liens per Tb. G to G&.
Chickens- Spring per 0). 32 to 13
Lemons. 3 75 to 4 00
Oranges—Florida. 3 50 to 3 75
Pineapples -Per doz. 1 75 "/* 2 00
Potatoes—New. 1 00 to 1 10
beans—Navy. 2 00 to 2 11
Peas—Per bu. 15t <al GO
beans—Wax, per bu . 1 50 to 1 60
Onions—New Southern per bu.. 1 -10 to 1 50
Apples—Per ya bu. box. 1 00 1 25
llogs—Mixed packing. 4 75 to 4 80
Hogs—Heavy weights. 4 80 to 4 85
Beeves—Prime r-teers. 4 25 to 4 70
beeves—Stockers and Feeders 2 25 to 3 35
steers—Fair to good. 4 25 to 4 40
Steers—Westerns. 2 80 to 3 90
Sheep—Lambs. 3 00 to 4 25 J
sheep—Choice natives.d to 4 00
NEW YORK.
Wheat—No. 2, red winter. 62 to 62*4,
Corn—No. 2. 45 (%
Oats—Mixed western. 50 to 52
t'ork.12 53 fe.13 00
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2 spring. 59 a 5S)I,
^n~£er,bu.40 © 40*
t orH.. - 55 ©12 57;a
Hogs—Packers and mixed_] 4 90 to 4 95
Cattle—Com. steers to extra... 3 2» to 4 95
Sheep-Lambs.........^... 3 00 a 5 «,
Wheat—No. 2 red. cash. 50 m v%.
Corn—I er bu. 49 Z
Cats—I'erbu. 4, J® J”*
Hogs-MIxed packing. 3 00 © 4 75*
Cattle—Good Myers. 4* ©5W
Cohrena^02 2.red:.^h.. g ® «
Oats—No. 2.m 41 3
Cattle—Stockers and feeders.. 2 75 ® 3 50*
Hogs—Mixed packers. 4 75 © 4 90