The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-28
BATTLE ROYAL ON THE RAIL
The Boycott on the Pullman Leads TO
Many Strikes.

rlous Roads Centering at Chicago
Quit Their Places and the Yards of
Fifteen Companies Tied Up-The
knights of Labor to Stand by the
Railway Union in the Fight
Men on Several Additional Reads to
Go Out To-day,
Chicago. June 27.-As a result of the
first day of the boycott of the Pullman
Palace Car Company by the Ameri-
can Railway Union, there are
over 5000 employees of the diff
erent roads out of Chicago now
on strike. The attempt to
run Pullman cars has resulted
in the tying up of the yards
of fifteen roads centering here OF these
the Illinois Central, the Wisconsin Cen
tral, Chicago Great Western, Baltimore
and Ohio, Chicago and Northern and the
lines interested in the Western Indiana
system are tied up completely, the only
trains run out being made up and manned
by officers Of the roads. Late tonight the
switchmen of the Pan Handle and North
western roads also struck
Strikes will be declared within the
next two days on the Fort Wayne, the
Pan Handle and other Pennsylvania
lines, the Chicago and Northwestern,
Chicago and Alton and the Santa Fe. The
latter road was partially tied up to-day
along the line ON orders issued by the
union officials, but the men in Chicago
will not be ordered out until tomorrow.
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR TO HELP.
At a conference between President
DebS and Vice President Howard of the
American Railway Union, and Grand
Master Sovereign of the Knights of La
Dor, held this afternoon, the latter agreed
to support the Pullman strikers in the
boycott, and in accordance with the
agreement issued a manifesto addressed
to all the orders of the knights of Labor
in the United States, calling on them to
unite in rendering all the aid in their
power to the members of the American
Railway Union in the present contest.
LEFT WITHOUT HELP.
The sensational feature OF the strike
to-day was the complete tying up of the
roads running out of the Grand Central
station and which include the Wisconsin
Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Chicago
and Northern Pacific and Chicago Great
Western, and each road ihas been left
without single employe in the yards
and although the Baltimore and Ohio sue
ceeded in getting out its passenger trains,
all the work was done by the officers of
the company who manned the switch
engines and made up the trains.
The first victory gained by the strikers
was at 8 o'clock this evening, when the
Chicago Great Western, after its through
passenger train to st. Paul and Kansas
City had been backed into the depot, de-
cided to conform to the wishes of the en-
ployes and cut off the two Pullman Sleep
ers which are usually run. This road
was tied up in its yards in five minutes,
and without any notice whatever to the
Officials.
MASS MEETINGS OF THE MEN.
The mass meetings held today by the
Illinois Central employees resulted in a
guarantee being given to all train and
enginemen, as well as other employees of
the line. that they would be protected and
supported by the union whether they be-
came members or not, The only request
made was for cooperation. AS
soon as the guarantee was made the en-
gineers, firemen, brakemen and conduc-
tors consented to go out whenever called
upon. The same offer is extended to all
classes of employees on other roads, and is
likely to win over all of the men who have
held off until some assurance of protection
could be secured.
In replying to the charges of probable
rioting on the part of the strikers, Pres
ident Debs said to-day that no man under
the control of the union would be per
mitted to interfere with the running of
trains in any manner whatever, except
by quitting work. If necessary Mr.. Debs
said he stood ready to guard any and all
railroad property with his men.
PAN HANDLE MEN OUT.
About o'clock tonight the officers of
The American Railway Union, in charge
of the strike, sent out an order to the
switchmen, switch tenders, yard men and
switch engine crews of the Pan Handle
line to quit work, The men walked
out as they were notified, but
all the trains scheduled to leave
tonight got out on time before
the committee had made the rounds The
union men say that no trains will be
handled for that road tomorrow. The
other lines entering the union station, the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, and
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, are
not affected as yet.
AT $50 o'clock tonight all the round
house men employed by the Wisconsin
Central at Ogden avenue went out on
strike in connection with the Pullman
boycott.
The delegates of the American Railway
Union were at the Twenty-seventh street
car shops for several hours, and when
they left itwas found that 215 men en-
gagged in the tin shop, framing and pass
enger and freight repair shops had been
induced to strike.
At Randolph street and the Central
station the passenger switching crews
refused to handle the trains after the
dinner hour,
THE FIRST VIOLENCE.
At 3:30 p M, crowd of fifty switch
man visited Fordham yard and un-
coupled an engine. They compelled the
engineer at the point of a revolver to
take it back to the round house and
notified Assistant Agent O'Ieary and
the yard masters that they would work
no longer This action necessitated the
leaving of fourteen cars Of perishable
freight sidetracked.
All the switchmen and switch tenders
employed by the Chicago and Western
Indiana Railway Company struck at 6 |
o clock tonight in obedience to orders |
from the headquarters of the American |
Railway Union, to which all the men be- |
longed. The number of men employed in !
that capacity on the twenty miles of ter |
minal line between the Indiana state line |
and the Polk street depot was seventy
five. All the railroads entering the !
depot except the Santa Fe uses the |
terminal tracks of the Western Indiana,
and the strike caused much confusion |
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