Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-07-19
THE GREAT STRIKE.

The Quietest Day In Its History ut Chi
caEO-Nothing for the Soldiers to Do
Their Followers to Stand Eirm-The Sit
uatiOn Not So Favorable ON the Gold
Coast.
CHICAGO. July 15.-This was the
quietest day in the history of the rail-
road strike, admitting the claims of
President Debs and his colleagues that
the strike is in force and effect as much
as ever. The leaders of the Ameri-
can Railway union devoted the day
mainly to encouraging their fol-
lowers to stand firm and appealing
to those not in the ranks of
the strikers to join the movement. The
railroad men, employed and unem-
ploycd, attended the meetings in large
numbers and there was no wavering or
lack of enthusiasm, especially when
Messrs. Debs and Howard were the
orators. The confidence of the men
who are out in the ability of the Amer
lean Railway union executive officers
to win the strike and their faithfulness,
to the cause of the rank and file does
not appear to have waned in the least
A brief and unimportant meeting OF
the executive board was held at the.
Ulrich hall headquarters in the MORN
ing in accordance with the plan to have
a meeting of the board every morning
to hear reports from the committees of
two representing their respective roads
as to the condition of the strike and
organization.
This was an off day at headquarters
and only few committees reported.
They claimed accessions to the ranks
of strikers and many new members en-
rolled who were at work, but could be
relied on to go out when ordered.
In the afternoon the strikers of the
stock yards district gathered over n
thousand strong at Forty-seventh
street and Halstead to hear their elo-
quent president, Mr.. Debs. Many
workingmen who are not strikers were
also present and shouted their sympa-
thy for the American Railway union
and approval of the decision not to de-
clare the strike off Internationally.
The biggest mass meeting of the day
was held at Bricklayers' hall on the
West side, Mr. Debs being the chief at
traction.
The army of state and national
troops, the deputy marshals CT the
United States and the city police had
little to do to-day except rest on their
arms, and watch the thousands of sight
seeing citizens who congregated wher-
ever there was a military camp.
Michigan boulevard opposite the mile
OF federal camp on the lake front park
was damned with sightseers in car
riages and on foot all day.
The kilograms received by the rail-
way union officers from their organ
izers and strike leaders in the west
ern states indicated that there was
more of railroad strike on the trans
continental lines outside Chicago than
here, and the strength of the union is
expected to be concentrated at those
points.
District Attorney Milchrist said to-
day that the contempt proceedings
against Debs and other officers of the
American Railway union would prob
ably not begin in the United States
circuit court until Judge Grosscup re-
turns to the city the latter part of the
week. Judge Seaman, of Milwaukee,
will take his place here Tuesday, when
twenty indictments against destroyers
of railroad property and those who
stopped trains will be presented.