AMERICAN RAILWAY STRIKE.
I Extension of Martial Law. [ _ Wasiuxgtox, July 10. Tho railway companies havo declined to agree to arbitration. The President lias extended the proclamation of martini law to California, Dakota, Montana, and Colorado.
Mr Pullman asserts that it will bo impossible fo settle the strike until the employes realise that tho cost of production must not exceed the selling price.
July 11. The President's proclamations of martial law have quietcdfkslrikers and it is expected the movement will collapse. The trains are resuming running.
The strikers at Sacramento are armed with 1500 villes ami revolvers and entrenched behind earthworks, prepared to stand n siege. Six companies of Federal troops, with Gutlingguns, have started from San Francisco to suppress (hem. Debs, President of the Railway Unionjnis been arrested on a charge of conspiracy, Howard, vice-Presi-dent, and Kelliher, Secretary, will be indicted for tampering with railway points.
It is feared that a million Knights of Labour will strike to-day, Chicago js quiet, and the situation elsewhere is generally improving. Wasiiixiitox, July 11. Strike matters in Sacramento arc quieting down. Fruitless attempts have been made to stab and to kill by dynamite Mr, Wickcs, Vice-President of tho Pullman Palace Car Co,, owing to his
refusal to sanction (he dispute being submitted to arbitration.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4772, 13 July 1894, Page 3
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211AMERICAN RAILWAY STRIKE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4772, 13 July 1894, Page 3
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