New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-30
An ATTACK ON 22 RAILROADS.
NEW TACTICS OF THE AMERICAN RAIL
WAY UNION.
RAILROADS GET noGETHER FOR OFFENCE
WAR DECLARED BY DEBs AND HIS ASSISTANTS
on THE ROADS REPRESENTED IN THE
GENERAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION
TRAINMEN. swITCHMEN AND SHOP
MEN STOP woRK-THE MOBILE
AND OHIO sURRENDERS
TO THE UNION
AND OHIO sURRENDE

AND OHIO sURRENDERs
TO THE UNION
Chicago. June 29-President Debs and his as
sociates the American Railway Union played
q high card to-day and made a radical move
when they formally boycotted every road repre-
sonted in the General Managers Association
| Commissions were given 20 committees represent
ing the employees of each road with orders to call
out the men the instant sufficient support was
/ obtained 10 warrant a strike. The roads repre-
sented in the associat tlon and subjected to the
boycott are the following:
Chicago. Pock Island and Pacific; Illinois Cen
trai Chicago and Grand Trunk; Santa Fe; Cnl,
er1 1n i,ltn6s Chcas5 and Northwestern West
ern Indiana. Chicago, Burlington and quincy mi
/ err. Louisville New-Albany and Chicago; Chicago
ana Northern Pacific, Lake Shore: MGhsa1 T Cen Crn.
pittsbnrg Fort Wayne and Chicago Wabash;
/ wisconsin Central; Baltimore and Ohio
As rapidly as possible the men will be ordered
/ ont on the roads named. and it is the intention OF
! tie Union officials TO inaugurate strikes on the
/ lines mentioned in preference to roads through
! out the country which haul Pullman cars. Ac'
/ cording 10 the official announcement the Man
aeers' Association has been organized for the
sole purpose Of crushing the American Hallway
Union. and waving all other first claims the
] Union
c,ated lines. Wherever the boycott and strike is
not made effective tonight the organizers Wil be
at work tomorrow, and until sufficient men have
been organized to tie up the roads. The orders
issued Yesterday for strikes included the men on
the Rock Island. the Burlington. Chicago ana
Alton Second order Chicago and Erie Cnicas"
and Eastern Illinois "Monon," Fort Wayne (sec-
ond order) Wabash, Chicago and Great western
and Lake Shore
formal strike will not be declared on the
| Milwaukee until the situation on that road mas
been canvassed by the Board Of Directors OF the
Union at a meeting tomorrow. The Michigan
Central and Grand Trunk are not affected az
vet but the Union officials say they VIII De ued
ND unless they withdraw from the Managers
Association. The Wabash was let alone until 1t
was reported that the company was hanoiihs
the trains Of roads already boycotted.
TWENTY-FIVE ROADS UNDER THE BAN.
II the plan Of the Union officials is carried OUT
| twcntv-two roads out of Chicago will be tied UP
within the next two or three days.
The action Of the union officials in authorizing
strike among the employees of the Union Stock
Yards Transit Company. while spoken ot ana
nredicted Yesterday, was really not expected Inc
union officials were opposed 10 blocking the
s,ock Yards AZ present, and had already refused
! assistance
Sovereign. Of the knights Of Labor To-day
however. when the committee from the STOCK
Yards renorted that the men had been organized
80, nieht and presented a grievance 10 the
efec, that they were compelled 70 handle the
csrs Of boveotted roads the Executive Committee,
orter q hastv conference decided 70 issue the
o,rnn,issions necessary IN ordering n strike. Inc
| committee thus armed called a meeunS OF the
e,nloves and It was agreed TO strike al b O'CLOCK
this evening The orders 10 strike Were 10 take
eooct on the Wabash. Rock Island and other
r,ads named. where a sufficient strength was
developed at the same time
Tho contest between the Chicago and North
veatern and the union Is developing into bat
tlo roval. and each side is stralning every nerve
n win. The company has removed the placKHst
,,,cod rno, the strikers Of 1891. and so far
have secured two Of the old men. who are now
at work in the passenger yards. one other crew
is at work. but the most Of the s"itchins Is
being done by the officials When II was re-
norted to-day that the l.5OO shopmen at foru-
eth-st had consented to strike. the committee
raised the roof with cheers. The report Of the
strike Of the shopmen was not verihed up 10
& o'clock and no official announcements was
made at headquarters
MOBILE AND OHIO'S SURRENDER.
greatest
the strikers to-day. when the announcement
was made that the Mobile and Ohio had sur
rendered Internationally. General Manager
Scale telagraphed President Debs that his road
had cut off all Pullman cars. and had requested
q rclease Of the line from the boycott Before
Il could be ascertained that road no;
member OF the Managers Association, Presi-
dent Dcbs telegrap phed the president Of the union
in charge of the strike to call off the boycott
Immediately after receiving a written guarantee
from the company that 1t would not run any
Pullmans until the present trouble was settled
T,his IS really the first actual victory. and is
used among the strikers to good effect.
Matters were complicated for the railroads to-
day when the union men succeeded in inducing
the ma ajority Of the imported substitutes on the
Pan Handle to join the union and quit work. \
committee from the imported men called at head
quarters to report that they had been brought
here under strict orders. to dsobey which meant
the loss Of their positions. The men were con-
ductors. brakemen and switchmen from Louis
Vile. Cincinnati Pittsburg and other points.
and when thirty-two OF them were marched 10
the wards the union men captured a number.
with the result that committee OF five attended
n meeting and promised to call out their com
panions. providing the union would guarantee
them protection and provide them with trans
portation to their homes. Fifteen Of the men
were sent back tonight and IT is claimed By the
union men that the others will go back to-
morrow The report that fifteen Of the men
were members OF the order Of Railway Conduc-
tors and refused to quit work created some feel
ing against that order. which was speedily dis
sipated when reports from the meeting or the
O. r. C. were received to the effect that the
conductors would attend strictly to their own
positions and would refuse to couple cars throw
switches or work with green crews.
Action similar 10 that taken by the CON
ductors characterized the several meetings of the
engineers Some 200 OF the engineers on the
Illinois Central and other roads centring at
o....l cr.n.Inn h,v 20 nnrenl stand by the |