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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1894
Page
2
Debs and several A R U leaders were jailed after contempt findings in a case over injunctions. The court set bonds at 8000 dollars, with Debs insisting he will not post bail. Reports describe continued strikes and threats, plus violence near Missoula and Chicago as Pullman works reopen looming.
Reporters describe a string of railway arson and sabotage across the region. A Nudthers bridge across Grant Creek burned, with forty feet destroyed, as trains faced explosions and dynamite on tracks. A locomotive wreck followed an eastbound engine, while several incidents in California and Sacramento show strikers and vigilante actions disrupting rail service. Soldiers patrol, arrests follow, and authorities clamp down as fear and violence ripple through multiple railroad corridors.
Birmingham firms report a violent clash at the Pratt mines as striking non union miners attack deputies. The dead include E W Tierce and several rioters, with many wounded. authorities vow swift justice. Citizens hold a massive meeting, condemn the strikers, and deploy troops to guard railroad yards and jail.
Judge John Phillips of the United States district court letters United States Marshal Joe Shelby warning that strikers and sympathizers in the district are regrouping to harass depots and impede trains. The judge says the injunctions remain in force and marshals must protect property and enforce the law.
United States Marshal Hawkins arrives with thirty deputies at Braz Ind to move coal cars on the C and ET railway. He addresses a crowd near the Vandalia station promising peaceful action if possible but willing to act otherwise. Superintendent Broughton says the strike is nearly over and crews are at work. old employees not reinstated and Black workers invited to take positions were ordered out by Hawkins.
A caisson of a U S Army battery exploded on Grand and Oakwood Boulevard. Two artillerymen and one trooper were killed instantly, with nearly a score wounded. Latter died later. Destruction spread to nearby homes as debris shattered windows and dwellings. Cause cited: a loosened base plug allowing powder to leak and ignite amid jolting.
At Stockton colliery No 8 in Wazeuron Pennsylvania on July 18 a massive explosion shattered the shifting area as 200 sticks of giant powder exploded near the shift boss and 12 drivers. Only two men survived, drivers who were not in the blast. eight workers named O'Donnell Dabol Primbone Kuehleda Mortavita Krnnock Montefeski Brizzou perished.
Barrty Creek, Mich., July 17. Train No. 6 on the Grand Trunk railroad wrecked due to removal of an object from rails west of the city. Thomas Grow, the foreman, was thrown fifty feet and his neck broken. Several crew and passengers injured, but none severely. A clue points to deliberate sabotage by someone with a grudge against the company. Other notes mention a boy crushed in machinery accident at Minnesota and a brick-pressing mishap, all in the same bore of incidents.
Washington reports July 18 with the Senate passing army and fortification appropriations and minor measures. The House approved Senate amendments to Utah admission and pension bills, plus nine foreign affairs items. July 4 notes river and harbor, Dubuque bridge, and sleeping car regulation talks. July 16 debates on the retired list and civil service, while July 17 covers appropriation bills, agricultural progress, and anti option measures. The House endorses President Clare Innis for troop actions. bankruptcy law moves forward. A World’s Fair dispute surfaces as exhibitors clash over awards, and a Mississippi bridge measure advances. A dynamite attack near Conosa is blamed on strikers, with casualties in Cambria Iron works violence. Two children killed by a train near Bound Brook.
Markets by Telegraph reports a jumble of prices and actions across securities, produce and livestock. It lists money on call, mercantile paper rates, bond quotations, live stock prices at Union Stock Yards, cattle and sheep receipts, and farm produce such as eggs, butter, apples and raspberries with various bid and ask figures.
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