St. Paul daily globe., 1894-06-30

their places Oelng taken Dy new men
they are bound to grow desperate. l do
not look for any easy ter mination OF the
strike, but we will certainly be prepared
after today to secure all of the new men
that we wish, and to bring about as
early termination of the strike as pos
sible. Except in few instances the
general train services of the road have
not been Interrupted. ami while it will
take time to get order out of chaos that
has been precipitated we will do this. l
do not anticipate the slightest difficulty
In getting all the men that we need. and
they will be practical railroad men. We
are in the fight to stay, and there will
be no compromise nor give up.
President Debs says that within
twenty.four hours matters will be in
such shape themselves that strike
OIL the Burlington would be effective.
Said Debs: sit is
LIFE OR DEATH
with one of the two sides. We must
kill the managers association OF it must
disrupt organized labor III America tor
years to come.'
The contradictory news about the
action of the Milwaukee & st. Paul
road was supplemented by the state
ment of the chief clerk of Supt. Barr
that the only two Pullman cars run out
of Chicago by the company had been
dropped for the present. The official
order. he said, had gone out. and during
the rest of the strike the company
would use only its own sleeping and
parlor cars.
The trouble on the Northwestern
spread today. Freight traffic was greatly
impeded.and considerable difficulty was
experienced in getting out passenger
trains. There was bad blockade at
Wood street this morning. and delays
were reported all along the line.
1t was reported today in connection
with the general managers conference
that plans had been formulated for the
arrest. on charges of conspiracy, of
President Debs. of the American Rail-
way union, and Organizer Lynch. 1t
was said that the general managers had
been advised to arrest these men and
have them searched for papers that il
found would furnish indisputable evil
dence that certain msn We're amenable
to the conspiracy law. That the matter
was talked of in the meeting today
conld not be learned. You can say that
l refused to confirm or deny any story
CO NNCERNING THE ARREST
of either Mr.. Debs or any of his follow
ers." said Manager Egan. mo, l will
not say whether the matter was talked
about. We received numerous reports
from the representatives of the various
roads, and the attorneys are now in
close consultation over the matter. lPos-
sibly they may make clear, concise
and legally framed statement of the
stand of the various roads. We agreed
to stand together and fight a common
battle"
Mr.. Eyan said Mr.. Pinkerton was
present at the meeting TO see Sailroad
man about-a matter concerning man
in Arizona. The Milwaukee & ST. Paul
railroad shops at Milwaukee were shut
down today on an order issued from the
general Offices of the company in this
city. Fifteen hundred men are thrown
out of employment.
hto StSP Woo eahCu OCCouSC Vi
the employees were dissatisfied, and also
on account of the existence of the gen.
eral strike. General Manager Elrly
said that the shutdown was on his Or
der, that the officials meant business
and would fight to the bitter end.
The Order of Railway Conductors held
mass meeting this afternoon. to de-
eide what action the organization should
take In the strike of the American Rail-
way union. Grand Master Clarke pre-
sided. A resolution was introduced
providing that the order should side
with the general managers association,
but it raised such storm that the man
who offered it was compelled to with
draw it. The only action taken by the
meeting was that all announcements
relating to the attitude of the order to-
ward the strike will be made for.
mally by the order as body, and that
the officials must refrain from commlt-
ting the organization in any manner.
All the trainmen at the Union Stock
yards struck tonight in obedience to
Debs' order calling out all A. r. u.
men. The number Of strikers is only
ooOs out uO CaiS Tall Uc SWltCIl6Q III OF
out of the yards, and tomorrow all bus.
iness there will practically be at q
standstill.
ABOUT 5000 MEN
will he thrown out of employment at
once. AS a result of a meeting of Rock
Island employees held at Blue Island to-
night, at which President Debs and
other officials of the A. 4. A. addressed
the LOCO men in attendance, the general
sentiment seemed to he for tying up the
Rock Island tight. The announcement
has not yet been made, but is eqpt cted
at any moment.
Information was received today at the
headquarters of the strike committee
that the local detective agencies were
calling Ill their outside forces and ell
gazing new men for the purpose of
having them sworn In as deputy
sheriffs and placed in the yards
Of the railroad companies. The
heads of the local labor organl-
cation held a hasty conference and de.
cided that if uniformed and armed
private detectives were placed in. the
railroad yards it would have tendency
to cause rioting. 10 avoid this it was
determined to use every effort to pre-
vent the representatives of the detective
agencies from going into the yards.
President Madden. Of the Illinois
State Federation of Labor, was
authorized to call a meeting, and
tonight he sent out a call to the presi-
dents of the trade and labor assembly,
building trades council, central labor
union, Knights of Labor, carpenters
council, painters council and local
organizations to meet tomorrow and
protest against such men being depu-
tiZed.
Several meetings of engineers were
held tonight, aud it was decided at all
of them that they will not work with
non-uniun men.
THE swITCHMEN
will not 60 out on strike. This result
was reached at midnight, after long
and heated discussion on the part
of the members of the Switch.
mems Mutual Aid association at the
Great Northern. Grand Master Niles
w. Barrett presided over the meeting,
and the vote was close one, though
half of those present declined to vote