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Show io Drinter of an Outhr.ak. It was all a false alarm, however. Tho leaders may have been anxious to cross the lappiors and to have strewn the ground with writhing forms, but a stern linger rose above their tents and cried halt! It was the (ingerof the law around which was furled two restraining restrain-ing orders. To have charged would have been iu high contempt of these orders and to have evoked the consuming con-suming wrath of the court. "No danger of any outbreak tonight" piped an attorney who had waudered on the scene, "the warriors have got too much respect forjudge Anderson's court to put themselves in contempt aad expnsu their cause to the prejudice that a violation of the orders would entail. en-tail. There'll be no more war until the arguments have been made and the rul-hii'B rul-hii'B had on Saturday." Thf! bystanders evidently believed in the lawyer's philosophy fir tuey turned dov.u their coat collars aud sauntered in the direction of various lodgiug houses with tho intention of turuiag in for the night. The Caaea in Court. Tho staff officers who were arrested on the scene of battle yesterday morning morn-ing aud taken down to the guard house" over which the city marshal and his aides preside, wero arraigned before Judge Lauey shortly before 3 o'clock, the lirst cases taken up being those against Counsellor Joe Itawlins and Superintendent of Construction Arnold. A general Ind specilic denial was made to the charges contained in tho complaint, com-plaint, tho defendants contending that it was uot their intention to nor had they interfered with any officer in the discharge of his duty. On the contrary, Superintendent Head, it was alleged, had simply repulsed a descendant of sunny but dirty Italy who was making an energetic effort to slip in a tie to the damage of the company's track. That any languago such as attributed to Superintendant Head was used was denied with equal emphasis, and, arguments argu-ments concluded, tho case was submitted. sub-mitted. The court said the only question ques-tion in the case was that of the legality of the arrest. Every citizen had the right to resist any effort to deslroy or interfere with his private property and in the face of this ho was of the opinion thatSuiierintendeut Head's position was justified by law and that the arrest of the parties was illegal. The defendants wero accordingly discharged discharg-ed whereupon Assistant Attorney Eieh-nor Eieh-nor asked that the complaints against Mr. Head and others be dismissed. The gentleman filed out of court and began to arrange for the next step which wiil lie taken before Judge Andersou on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. At that time the argument on the restraining restrain-ing orders will take place and the de-" de-" iv.sion will be awaited with keen interest inter-est by those who have watched the warfare as it went through its various vicissitudes. |