The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-06-26
ALL WILL Be TIED UP.
Tho Illinois Central Strike As.
suming Vast Proportions.
SUPT. RUSSELL MUST GO,
Or tho Men win Not 20 20 Work
Final Decision to hc Gtycu
To.dny-tf Not Favorable
Chicago VIII Suffer.

CHICAGO, juno .0.-The absolute til
up Of tho Illinois Central railroad cor
tinues to-day.
A conference between the officers c
tho road and committee Of strikers
appointed for o'clock this morning. /
I will doubtless be held with closed doors
as were yesterdays conferences; and
judging by results SO far, is not likely II
reach conclusion speedily.
Teiegraphic advices from points il
this State, Wisconsin and Iowa say ,ha
the tie.up Is not rs complete outside o
Chicago M was generally supposed yes
ter!ay. The fact is that tho chief officer
Of the United Railway Employees, who
lives in Gnlasbnrg, III, and who alont
has authority to ordera strike, has taken
no action In the matter. Y Yesterlay't
action OF the strikers ia declaring tie.
up on all the lines under the manage.
nent OF Division Superintendent Russell
was taken without authority, and in the
hope that the chief Of the order would
approve Il as an accomplished fact.
While most ol the branch lines arc nj
II standstill, advices are that the main
stem, which traverses the State from
Dunleith to Cairo, is still In operation,
and that tho lines IN Wisconsin and
Iowa have not so far been affected.
COULD HAVE nEEN AvERrgD.
The Tribune says: "The opinion is ex.
pressed among railroad officials that the
strike is due to a lack OF good judgment
OIL the part Of the company's manage.
meut. About week ago the brakemen
on the Rock Island uiade demands that
threatened to lead to strike, but
trouble was averted by the juhicious &C.
tion OF General Manager St. John, who,
instead Of telling the men that their de,
tnands could not be- granted, asked them
to appoint committee to meet him and
agree on compromise. After session
OF six days settlement was affected
which was satisfactory. II the same
course had been pursued by the Illinois
Central, it is said the men could have
been induced to. remain at work. II the
c. mpany had consented to reinstate the
trainmaster and his assistant, agsins,
whose discharge the men rebelleG, it is
thought the employees would not have
insisted on the discharge OF General Su.
perintendent Russell. While tho latter
is undoubtedly an able and efficient
railroad official, he has the reputation OF
being too harsh and arbitrary ct times
with the men under him. He is said to
have had trouble with the men on
kansss road with which lie was con-
nected, and which caused his retirement
from that line, and it is reported he left
the st. Paul on account of his inability
to get along with the General Manager,
who is popular with the employees.
NOT A PLEASANT PROSPECT.
From present indicationsi it seems more
than likely that before noon tomorrow
every railroad entering Chicago will be
tied up, and tho entire carrying trade Of
the city suspended for an indefinite time.
SO far as the extent aud features of the
strike OF the Illinois Central railroad
trainmen are concerned, to-day was a
repetition OF the twenty.four hours pre-.
ceding. The time was taken up with
long winded conferences, in which the
Illinois Central representatives showed
little signs Of Welding. The final de.
cision Of the officials Of the company is
to be given at 10 O'Clock in the morn.
ing.
"On that decision depends the whole
issue," said J. D. Caldwell, the Chair
man Of the Grievance Committee to.
night. I'll it is satisfactory to the men,
they will resume work Immediately. II
not, it's safe enough to cay that every
road in Chicago will be tied up within a
few hours. This will be done through
the Brotherhood OF Switchmen. Com
munications expressing sympathy with
our movement have been received from
the Chicago and Atlantic, the Chicago
aud Northwestern, aud Chicago and
Eastern Illinois. the Wabash and the
Fort Wayne roads. The switchmen are
with US almost to a man, and can utterly
stop the traffic of the roads,"