The evening world., 1894-07-09
WHITE RIBBONS NUMEROUS.

JuSl iloN'
WHITE RIBBONS NUMEROUS.
Reid has hoistei big white flag over
Council Hall. Were the labor men meet.
The white ribbon Of the Debs movement
IL seen everywhere Ia the V! unity o. rail
road tracks. railroad men, tranmcn,
sTitchnieli, freight-handlers and eVe,G
f!remen on the s"itch-engines wear the
ribbon when on duty. Along the water
front an occasional white ribbon is seen,
too.
places. :, Hipck rock to-day Il dozen
men wearing the ribbons gathered on the
porch Of u iond-house and discussed
ngG% ana his dSiass They were sHTISSf
to be called oil 10 strike but their gym
phthlcs are with the men who are out
III Chicago.
reinaps ouc-haif Of the 10000 men affili-
ated with labor unions i'll this town are
ready to 90 out in a sympathy strike.
Many unions are unan!mous In Their will
ingness to tie up, not only the railroads,
but all the otaer Industries here.
The German Trades Union, which in
cludes IN It's membership the employees
Of anarchisticsiiy inclined workmen OF
ADOPTED nery RESOLUTIONS Announcing
President Cleveland for his action IN
vending Federal troops into Illinois.
Debs.
Five unions Of painters and decorn tors
dons oi sympathy "Ith Dehs. and re-
solved TO do all that j. lust and proper
20 aid die American Railway Union FL
their night AGAINST this un. Amrrican
THE carpenters parsed similar resOlU-
tionS. bur denounced rioting. The Iron
Trades Council pledged 'our lives. our
fortunes mi o9r sacred honor" TO the
help of pshs. Tie IlichiniSts declined
10 make puiii" their resolutions, but
they are as tnrcib!e q D-bs could wish
There VIII evidently be no lack ot
sympathy suihes among the trades II
The railroad men here decide to go out.
EFFECT OK LAKE TRAFFIC..
An interesting possibility OF the Debs
movement, proyiiti Buffalo decides 10
80 into It mead and heels, is the com
b.eie rataiy. Is Of Ike traffic. DehS. has
land as well rs Buffalo, and II H. by nu
means improbable that commerce on the
great lakes may b. blocked as tightly
Buffalo. 10 Il. certain extent, IS the key
OF the situation. and H. Is generally he
ii,eyed That at the ,, iirst sign OF failure
centra,p lis eneretss ' here De'S VIII eo'-
Already the Lake Shore. Nickel Plate
and Grand Trunk Railroads are locked
up to within, 200 miles Of Buffalo, The
chance OF doing freight business.
IL De6s s4n set al the railroad men
OUT IN EuHHlc, the lpCd, trades ana III
dustrles Wholly Or partially suspended
snd lake commerce stopped, hc viii De
IN. a position TO make, perhaps, more
hmisshief tsan MS 9Rera'iY2ns IA, nhicaS9
the seaboard will be practically cut off
from the West ir Buffalo Is eliminated
us q transportation point.
Fittsburg will yield more readily than
Buffalo to an appeal for general
i! the smoky City, and the th2ugands
OF Idle coal miners, min hands and labor
ers in, Allegheny County could be de-
pended upon for the rloting and acts Of
incendartsm which seems to be neces-
sary accompaniment Of the Debs move
ment If not a part of his plan OF cam
Here the foreigners at Eas, Buffalo
will do the riot!ng just as they did in
1892, when the strike of less than three
hunira swi,chmsn necessitated the
presence OF the National Guard Of the
State.
LAKE BoATMEN ORGANIZED.
Only a few weeks ago the Lake-Fnring
Mems Union was formed here. This.
with the Lake Engineers and Lake Fire
mems Unions, have an aggregate rnew-
N.rahip IN this city OF l,Cp'. THO l41En-
Fnring men are well organized IN Detroit,
Cl-velan !, CHICAGO and Du}uth TNls as
ISOLATION OF seyeTi rhors(a .o " onina e
down to deckhand. ana II thor, members
left the boats the boats would tie up
where they uoattu.
Grain and coal dealers can appreciate
the gravity of such a situation; Already
the lake carriers are feeling the loss OF
the package freight which makes W, such
a large part Of their business. Many
boats are already laying up on account
of the lack % freight, II the coal-carry,,
Ing boats were 10 be tied w. the West
would feel - hard-coal famine worse
than the recent bitumtnous scarcity.
Superintendeuts of the various railroads
here all say that their men have given
no notice OF grievances and, according 10
ths usual order OF things, there should be
no strike But rs Supt Wilbur, OF the
''.Dsbs has reversed the usual order Of
things. Men strike whom II" command,
/. and forget al about thnlr oMn leaders
and tho constitutions "' ih"i' own
/ unions
/ CRY ALREADY GMHN|li'&EH''
] No freight is COMING IN ir-m the Vet,
and pasSeHltr SCR i"c T. Continued IN
dor ,ItfHctifIns III" Ni"k"l i1'ta, W'lrh
I only ins tTo UacHrug"" lriiuS utlN
| n5rdpned one Of ihcu N"vtsrdsA "nl
Tho other nuc ode. 1'he Greud iruut
is running trains fIvm susps'HiVh