The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-13
A NEW FEATURE.
All Glasses of Labor Likely to Be
Called Out in Chicago.
WILL NOT LISTEN TO ARBITRATION
The Pullman Vice President VIII Not Even
Receive q Commlttee-The Chicago
Roads Doing Better-Iron
MOlders Strike.

CHICAGO, July 1O.-Yesterday in Chi
cago passed without a serious conflict
between the rioters and the armed
forces now on duty here. The feature
of the day was the action early in the
morning, after an all-night session of
the Federated Trades unions of Chi
cago, in deciding to call out all classes
of labor on this afternoon at o'clock,
unless George NJ. Pullman shall have
agreed before the meridian of that day
to settle the differences between his
company and his striking employees, by
arbitration or otherwise. For reasons
not known to the public, Grand Master
Workman Sovereign of the Knights of
Labor and his advisers subsequently
decided to postpone the general walk
out and paralytic stroke which they
now propose to infiict upon the busi-
ness of Chicago until z o'clock Wednes-
day morning.
Late in the afternoon the announce
ment was made that President Samuel
Gompers, of the American Federation
of Labor, has called a meeting of the
executive board of that association to
be held in this city on Thursday and
that he would leave New York for Chi
cago this evening. In view of this, it
is not believed that the federated
trades of Chicago will take precipitate
action before consultation with him.
As at present. Gompers cannot reach
Chicago before Wednesday night, it
will be impossible to decide on line
of action to be pursued before Thurs
day, and probably if it finally be re-
solved to declare a general strike of all
these combined forces, it could not be
put into effect before Friday morning.
Another feature to be noted in con-
nection with the meeting of Chicago
federated labor is the fact which was
developed that there was at the meet
ing large and influential conservative
element, whose action had practically
blocked the plans of the hot-headed
leaders, until the latter, in the excite
ment consequent upon the reading of
President Cleveland's proclamation,
were enabled to stampede them and
carry the strike resolution. Therefore,
there is reason to believe then. even If
the order for a general strike goes
forth. many of those to whom it is di-
rected will refuse to obey it. So that,
with the men already made idle by the
effect of the tie-up, the walk-out will
not be nearly SO important as antici-
pated by the leaders.
What effect, if any. the action of Vice
President Wickes, of the Pullman COM
x-actnr1ax- affarnnny, IN, r-af,r cirur
in the most positive manner to even
meet committee to consider the ques-
tion of arbitration will have upon the
final decision of the labor leaders and
their followers remains to be seen. At
o'clock yesterday afternoon n joint
committee of the Federated Trades
union called on Mr. Wickes and asked
him to consent to the appointment of
a committee of five citizens, whose
function should be not those of arbi-
tration, but to determine whether or
: not the Pullman company has anything
to arbitrate. The committee proposed
was to consist of two citizens chosen
by the Pullman company, two by the
circuit court judges and one by these
four,
Mr.. WiclSes stated at the outset that
arbitration was impossible, but listened
while Alderman McGillen. chairman of
the committee. talked of the gravity of
the situation and urged that the com
mittee take steps looking to the annie
able settlement of the strike. At the
close of the interval, Mr.. Wickes re-
tired with his attorney and returned
after a brief consultation, declared
that the company could not receive the
proposed committee.
Touching the situation in general, it
may be said that in Chicago the roads
were all doing better than on any pre-
vious day since the strike began. Pas
senger trains were moving with more
or less regularity, and some freight
traffic has been cared for. A large
number of striking freight handlers of
the Illinois Central returned to work,
and other roads noted accessions to
their operative forces.
To-day will see in this city 1000
more federal troops than there were
yesterday morning. These, with the
forces already in the field, it is believed,
will be able to make further better
ment in the conditions in this city, and
the mobilization of troops and marines
at San Francisco, and of regulars at
other points on the Pacific coast, will
suffice, in all probability, to start traffic
on the trans-continental lines to-day.
Four assemblies of the Iron Mold
ers union struck yesterday, $500 men
going out. The Lake Seamen's Benev-
olent association, with 1900 members.
and the Cigarmakers' union, 1905
strong, voted last night to strike. None
of these bodies have any grievance, but
have decided to strike solely because of
sympathy with the Pullman boyeott