New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-27
THE BIG BOYCOTT BEGUN.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL SWITCHMEN AND
TRAINAIEN GO OUT
PULLMAN CARS ARE CARRIED OUT OF CHICAGO
But INCOMING TRAINS ARE INTERPRETED
WITH AND DELAYED - SUBURBAN
SERVICE ABANDONED-MORE
TROUBLE EXPECTED

TROUBLE EXPECTED
TODAY
Chicago June 26-At u o'clock to-day the boy
! colt against the Puliman's Palace Car Company
was lnaugurated by the Executive Board OF the
! American Railway Union. The boycott is ordered
In sympathy with the strikers at Putnam, ll..' anu
| other points where the company has shops. The
order Issued at noon to-day Is In effect tnat no
Pullman cars shall be handled by union swtchmen
! or trainmen on any railroad in the United states
The first move the part Of the union was mdde
! at noon on the Illinois Central. 1t had been m
tended 10 prevent the starting OF Pullman cars on
the New orleans vestbule leaving Chicago at 49,
! but the officials OF that road had the train made
up at II o'clock. hour before the boycott went
into effect and all attempts to stop the train were
! abandoned. The railroad company had chained ana
sealed the coaches together I'm expectation Of vio-
lcnce. The 2 O'Clock train also went out on time
The Executive Board OF the American Railway
! Union Was in secret session all the morning ar
ranging for the boycott, and result the follow
| Ing telegram was sent to the heads Of all labor
AMI railroad organizations In the United States at
noon:
\ boycott agans, the Pullman Company to take
| Hmerlcin railway tnion We earnestly request
your aid and co-operati9n IN tns nsht OF orgsmzen
| Peas- advise II YOU meet us in conference,
and II not II you Will authorize some one TO repre-
sent YOU In this matter.
| In the big fight Pulimans Palace Car Company
will have the concerted aid OF all the railroad COM
panles which use It's cars.
At a meeting yesterday afternoon OF the Board or
General Managers OF all the railroads running into
! Chicago resolutions adopted, among which was
| the following:
That we hereby declare It to be the lawful right
and duty OF the said railroad company to protest
against such boycott resist the in the inter-
est Of their existing contracts anl for the benefit Of
| the travelling public and that We VIII act untedly
| 70 the end.
Outside Of the general statement to the public by
! the general managers body, none OF them
| seemed disposed discuss the matter as ind-
viduals
As a result Of the boycott all OF the switchmen in
the freight yards OF the Illinois Central went out
At 6.lO o'clock this evening and freight Of any
dlton the freight switchmen II Is expected that
the working in the upper yards handling the
/ rassengrr trains Will go tomorrow morning
The strike sudden, and so far is effective tax
ing the officials by surprise ana leaving tne wOrN @
drcd men included in the freight switchmen
unions. two in number. and when the passenger
swltchmen 90 out it Will swell the number to about
The engineers and tranmen received orders from
their chefs to-day not TO take part IN me ooycott
or assis, the union men In any way. ana tne ra!-
road eom2a1S mi, 1Ser Teea ,rans Sn '"' 10 great
ro 70 late tonight no other orders for strikes
were issued hut tomorrow It Is understood that al
American Railway Union men on the entire LIMOS
consent 70 join IN the Pullman boycott.
on the other roads trouble was had In run
|
union officials 10 allow the Pullman cars 10 oe
carried out o. Chicago. but TO prevent their return
Nlce-President Hanrahan' OF the LIMOS OehFa"
''' .The frssh, swi,chmen could no, have chosen a
better tine TO strike, as far as we are concernea
We are not moving much freight now or passen-
AZ about o'clock tonight mob OF switchmen
and sympathizers congegated at Grand crossing
the junction Of the Illinois Central ana other roars aus
| out OF Chicago. and. overpowerng the one or two
special officers there took charge or the sRna gates
aud refused to permit the passage OF the Illinois
! RAJ n.
OF the American Railway Union. had gone out with
| the sNltchmen and left the gates 10 the care OF
he detec;ivrs The St Louis d'amond special leav-
INK Chicago AT p. was caught az the crossing
and held FOR nearly an hour Inc 9.leialss oi me me
road were informed. and a request Tor p%Iice pro-
tscion bro1gh, ont squad Of police from The Grand
crossing station. The mob driven away
without violence, and the officers opened the gates
themselves. The men again att'mltra 20 se'nte ar
control ~ the signals buy Werr repulsrI. 40 a, !
rests were made. and at II o'clock II was reported
The western express on the Pennsyyanla road.
due chicago at p m was also hsld al me ne
one Toss'S NJ on grnS gtes but aftcr delay Of half
hour the strikers let the train through because Z"
Lac might ali suburban trains On the illinois
Contra. were abandoned when the tra nHlr Nn3 IL. ~
,wl,rhmen IN their strike. As Early as o,c.9cN
scyerI, rains were abandoned. hnt the officials
| order 20 accommodate belated suburban iraveIrrS.
The passenger rlin on the Eastern Illinois a yaa
20 a stop A. Keas.rgon. where the ir9cks OF me
tral The strike of the Illinois central freight
s,,ltoh,rcn was responsible for the trouble The
crossing was blockadod with railroad men belong
Ing to the union and Others who prevented the
progres, of the train until tn police arrived on
IN. .cene AMI dispersed the crowd The switches
! N thu crossing were operated by the Eastern
Illinois because that was the last road 10 lay
IT, tracks there.
indianapolis June 96-The railroad companies
which are carrying Pullman express the be-
lief that the proposed boycott by the American
Railway Union VII b. failure from the start
The PENNSYLVANIA. Louisville. New-Abany and Chi-
cago and the Cincinnati, Hamilton ami Dayton
| companies have contracts with the pullman com
pfny and haul their cars, but they say that taer
employees are perfectly satisfied. and that they have
been assured that none OF The tranmen VIII reiuse
10 man the trains account OF the presence OF
Pullman sleepers.
The claim by the American Railway Union that
the Great Northern strike was settled by rs IN
nucnce IL generally discredited by local railroads
employees, who assert that 1t was settled by the
engineers and conductors not members or the new
order and that the latter is engaged In big blun
and It's evident purpose is TO claim everything In
sight
DIED FRON BURNING At THE STAhE.
FATAL INJURIES INFLICTED Upon A BOY WHILE