The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-11
HE RECEIVES sovEREIGN's CALL.
Local Dictator Clark Visits the Labor
IniOnS While I'm Session.

President Clark, of the local lodge of the
American Railway Union. yesterday after
noon received the official order from Grand
Master Workman Sovereign, of Chicago,
calling out all the members Of the Knights
of Labor. All that is now necessary is for
the order to be countersigned and served,
and all the local knights of Labor will
leave their trades and join the sympa-
thetic strike, which has been declared by
Sovereign. Mr.. Clark says that he will
not serve the order until he feels that it is
absolutely necessary. as he does not want
TO cause the citizens inconvenience. How
ever, the membership of the Knights of
Labor organization is not strong in In
dianapolis and the strike would not have
as much effect here as it will have in other
cities.
officers of several of the labor unions
which were holding their regular weekly
meetings last night were seen, and all de-
MED that they were considering the present
strike in any form whatever. Officers of
Machine holders Brotherhood. No. IL,
which meets at the corner of Pennsylvania
and Maryland streets, said that they could
only go out on an order from their inter-
national union, and that no official corre-
spondence of any kind had been received.
The president says they have no thought
or intention of going on a strike, as they
are only indirectly interested, and no re-
quest has been made to them for their as
Sistance.
United Association Of Plumbers, Gas and
Steam-fitters' local union, No. 73, was in
session in the Griffith Block. The chair
man said that they had received no official
communication concerning the strike from
their headquarters and that none was ex-
pected. He said that an order for them TO
go out or a sympathetic strike would have
to come through the Central Labor Union,
and that they had no intimation from II
that their aid was wanted by the railroad
men.
also meets in the Griffith Block, and the
president said that no new feature of the
strike was being considered by the brother
hood.
Mr.. Clark, the local dictator, made calls
on most of the unions which were in ses-
sion last night. He said they were just
little fraternal calls, as the boys all feel
very close TO each other, since the trouble
has spread so widely. 1t is supposed that
he was sounding the unions as to the prob
ability of their striking in case they were
asked He was in consultation with the
fremen for some time, but what. took place
could not be ascertained.
Clark positively denied that there had
been any men sent here from Chicago by
Debs. Such a thing is absurd, he thinks,
and such rumors as this should not be given
any credence. There is no help needed here
from the outside, for he says the prospect
is brighter here for the men now than it
has been at any past time. AS to the re-
port that the strikers from the Belt road
would return TO work, it was also idle
vaporing, he claimed. The men who are
out now will stay out to the end. He said
that if the Belt were not a short line the
men might be allowed to return, just as
they had on the Big Four. There they had
permitted the p. & L. men to so back and
get the money offered while they tied up
the Michigan division and the ST. Louis di-
vision.
Now" said he, tits about time to tie
up the p. & f. and let others loose"
The painters union last night voted SIS
for the local A. r.. u.