The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-16
THE FINAL STRUGGLE
Debs Will Strike Another Blow
in Behalf of His Lost Cause.
Agitators Secretly Sent Out of Chicago
to Rally the A. r. U. Forces on
the Leading Railways.
CHIEF ARTHUR DENOUNCED
Called "Scab" JObber and Trait
or to Organized Labor.
StOckyards Men Urged to Continue the
Strike and Nonunionists Warned
Not to Seek Work There.
ARRESTED FOR CONTEMPT
Whiting Switchmen Charged
with Violating an Injunction.
Sheriff Friedrich Stirring Up Ill Feel
ing at HammOnd-Petty Lawless-
ness at and Near Terre Haute.

CHICAGO, July 15.-The American Rail-
way Union officials have determined to
make desperate struggle TO regain for
that order the prestige it has lost in the
great strike rapidly approaching a
close. The executive board Of the union
held meeting this morning, the object of
which was TO map out a course for the
future. After lengthy discussion it was
decided to send out 'revivalists' to all i'm
portant section of the West six agitators
were sent out Saturday and it was decided
to augment this number. 1.-The names of
those sent out Saturday will not be given"
said President Debs to a reporter, "for fear
of their being arrested for melting a
strike" 1t was learned elsewhere, how
ever, that this morning Director Kern was
sent to st. Louis to rally the forces there.
Hogan was sent out over the Northern
Pacific to stir up the employees of that
company, and Goodwin was sent over the
Northwestern line to use his influence with
the employees of that system, and, if possi-
BILE. induce them to go out These dele
gates are all members of the executive
board of the union. Other emissaries were
sent out to work with employees Of the
many lines entering this city
After this meeting adjourned an enthusi-
astic meeting was held in Uhlich's Hail.
on North Clark street, President Debs pre-
siding. He made a rousing speech, re-
mindng one of the early days of the strike.
THE strike" said he, ''is now-right now
more prosperous and more encouraging than
ever before. We can and must win. The
men who have gone back TO work will
again come back to us and victory is ours.
Grand Chief Arthur, of the engineers, is a
'scab jobber, and he will go down in his
tory as traitor TO organized labor. He
instructed his men to work with 'scabs.'
and tells them that 'scabbing' is honorable.
He is tool in the hands of the general
managers The strike is weaker in Chicago
than elsewhere" continued Debs, "but 1t
will grow stronger, just as in the West it
is growing stronger every hour"
Fifteen meetings were held in different
parts of the city during the afternoon and
evening, several of which were addressed
by Debs. He will. tomorrow, give out
statement in answer TO the one made by
Pullman.
President Debs visited the stock yards
to-day and addressed crowd of strikers,
who have for the most part failed to Sc
cure their old positions. He urged them to
continue the strike, which, he declared,
was never nearer to a victory than now.
The men agreed TO stand by Debs, but at
the same time expressed themselves vio-
lently against the men who had taken their
places. The switchmen and engine men
were especially loud in their protests
against surrender. The butchers also
had bitter words, all these men having
seen their jobs filled the day before by
nonunion and imported men. The opinion
was expressed loudly that the war was
only begun. During the day the district
was plastered and covered with bills and
posters reading as follows:
1.-The executive board of the knights of
Labor hereby advises all workingmen TO
keep away from the stock yards on Mon
bodies that all honest workingmen should
do So and we further condemn the action
of the coopers in returning to work as sell
fish, without asking concessions for the
yards Monday will forever be branded as
enemies TO organized labor"
Mr.. Debs said that several Of his COM
mitteemen had reported to him that the
Rock Island, the Lake Shore. the Chicago
& Eastern Illinois. the Grand Trunk and
the Western Indiana men would all be out
again tomorrow. Nothing could be learned
outside to verify this assertion, however.
PuIrmanites "s:nrved Out
CHICAGO, July l5.-Thomas W. Heath
scott, one of the leaders Of the Pullman
strike committee, admits that the strike, so
far as the Pullman employees are con-
cerned. is practically over. According TO
his views. the men have been literally
starved out. The differences between en-
ployer ard employees, he says, is slight, a
mere mater of rent. Mr.. Hea thScott was