The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-16
DrRs' FAILURE.
Worker, Scramble to &c. Back The
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Worker Scramble To Get Back Their
PIRees-Ths strike n Thing OF the Past
CHicAoo, July lh-Tho action Of tho
conference Of the Federation Of Labor
Friday afternoon. supplemented by a
motion OF the Building and Trades As.
sombly Friday night. at which II was
resolved to call OF tho strike and resume
work OF once is accepted universally as
the deathblow Of the Pullman boycott.
OF eourse DebB andsoveroign arc say.
ing that 1t Is not over and that they are
going 70 fight 10 tho bitter end. Debs
goes 90 far rs 10 say that no will tie up
every railroad in the United States, but
no ALEC says, or did say in q speech 70
500 Of the strikers: "The only thing
that now remains for Us TO accomplish
is 10 get you boys back at your work.
We made proposal 10 the rail-
way managers to-day regarding this.
We did not ask for recognition
for the American Railway Union DO.
cause you and know that nothing will
make q general MANAGER sick 80 quickly
as any mention OF the a. r. U. We
made tho proposition To them that We
would call the strike of II they would
promise not 10 be prejudiced against
you boys in taking on employees. All
We asked them to do was 10 take back
the honest, clean, formcr employees
the ones who had not committed any
crime. We offered 10 como half way In
settling the trouble. II any man hero
can suggest 10 Us any falrer proposition
we want him to do It; because you know
we want to DO perfectly fair in this mat
ter. My heart goes forth IN these times
TO the switchmen as the bravest
and most loyal men that work on
railroads to-day. The switchmen have
moro than once gone out TO help fire.
mon, engineers or conductors, but doos
anyone know Of any oil the other
brotherhoods ever having gone out In
sympathy with the switchmen2 II the
engineers and conductors had shown q
loyal, brotherly spirit in this trouble
aud acted as tho eHitchmen did, affairs
would now DO In very different condi.
ton. hope, boys, TO see the day come
soon whom every railroad man and
laborer will be ready and glad to lay
down his work to fight for tho rights Of
any body OF brothers who arc being
Hronged. Not until you arc ready to do
this can labor make any demands on
capital" .
This statement as has been all Of Debs'
statements during the last forty-eight
hours IL accepted as acknowledgment
that he recognized his doloat and is
now engaged In an effort to undo tho
work he hos been doing for tho last two
weeks. He called in conference the
mombers OF his executive board but
thoy lid not all respond.
For tho most part the railroads arc
taking back their employees as fast as
they apply and there were great many
applications this morning. They arc
not discharging any Of tho mon who
woro employod 10 take tho places OF tho
strikers and such OF tho strikers as arc
rc.omployed arc taken as individuals.
Tho federal troops arc getting ready
to leave. The camp on tho lake front
has boon busy packing and orders for
their departure arc expected any mo.
mont. It ls believed that thcir destina'
ton Is California
Tho state troops are also on the move,
but enough will DO held In Chicago to
prevent any possibility Of renewed
outbreak.
Il may DO truthfully said that with
very few exceptions every man in Chi.
cago, whether employed by railroads or
belonging 70 the building and trades
council. ia seeking work on practically
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