New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-01

MAN BOYCOTT.
fHE CONSEQUENCES NAY BE APPALLfNG.
,,o,r RAILROADS TIED Up BY THE 4. R. U.
,r,nrss IN cHICAGO-RAPID SPREAD OF
THE STRIKE FEVER IN THE WEST
TRANSPORTATION OVER HALF THE
CONTINENT PARALYZED-THE
FIRST CALL FOR TROOPS
DANGER IN THE
SITUATION
chicago. June 2O.-The general managers OF the
-oo5s centring IN this city met In executive ses-
.,,,, ~ 70 % O'Clock with the prospect OF pro-
,orccd meeting Half hour later an official
s,aten,ant was Issued in which the managers say
- 90 useless TO deny that the strike is Widespread
ord serious and that IT has embarrassed the
e,,eht traffic Of the West TO the most serious ex-
tnt 81 any strike since the Eastern labor trouples
~ the '70s AT the same time the roads have no
intention Of entering into a compromise win 'he
strikers on any basis whatever, and they regaFu
,h, men on strike as ex-employes who have re-
v,,-k The companies fail to the justice OF
the position taken by the American Railway
Union 81 fghting Mr. Pullman over the heads Of
u-,ads thar have no control over his move
n,ents or his manufacturing business. later
and sunDlementary statement said that men are
heine hired in the East and will be brought TO
C,l3cag, at once 10 take the strikers places. ana
Guarantees 70 all competent unemployed men
permanent places and the protection OF the COM
panes the police. sheriff and State authorizes.
DEFEAT MEANS DESTRUCTION.
Tho Pullman boycott and the union Of twenty
savar railroad managers in a defensive al
Hance against what until now has appeared TO
ha a mushroom organization originated by pro
fess,onal agitators, marks the beginning 0i d
combat which be the results what theE may
cannot fail TO mark the beginning OF no" era
both politically and financially Defeat oE ei'ner
side means death 10 the several interests III
,,,ivej This much and more was denonS'Ta'eu
TODAY. when in the heat Of passion spurFed o'i
b~ speeches calculated 70 arouse the UTMOST VI
.h,sasm among laboring men, thr man ""u
=, ,ahor unions Of the city and state. through
their representatives voted TO sustain '"e
- pot,u,av Union IN i;s fight against the Pull
man COMPANY and the railroads now representa-
g., tho General Managers Association meet
-, -, .ba chiefs and masters Of labor orgahlza-
.4,st 1, cvricas, was held az the headquarters vi
A. American Railway Union to-day Tor the o.
,are,hle nurpose Of passing resolutions dehou"0''7
,ba hiring Of armed forces by corporations 10 0p-
,,ss the contestants OF the rights OF idDo'' "
question announced involved was u'''E
touched upon at the meeting 1he 'es''U'' -"
,assed bearing chiefly on the a'u'uu- ." ''
ctate officials and asking for the sonoganoh o'
franchises held by the railroads nnaer me ''H
Ian which 81 Is claimed IL being violated ny sne
-. a. refusing 60 supply transportation facili-
ties unless they are permitted 10 'u"
.ars The most important clauses of the re4oiu-
49,. t,ar,,, nnon the action OF the State officials
were drafted by woman, Mrs Fanny Nav
s,augh The swinging into line Of the many
,~adas-unions present was brought about py
s,.eches made by all the prominent labor leaders
OF the city and State
TRADES UNIONS IN THE FIGHT.
While not acting in concert, the unions were
oil nledeed before the meeting 10 join In support
,,, ,ha railroad men in their struggle ana az q
later meeting Of the Trades and Labor Assembly
the central division OF the united labor uhioHS'
committee was appointed To walt upon Inc ON
.,aIs of the American Rsilway Union ana 'I'f
the united strength of every trade ana labor ''-
yanization in the city The tender was iaNe ~
,sadouarters this afternoon and 1t was pledReu
tha, every union man in the city would 20 OUT
nm strike Immediately If the officers OF the rd''-
road union deemed !. necessary
IT, ,ronosition made and accepted was that IN
ossa rho trouble between the American railway
Irn,or and ,be railroads was not settled within
the next day or two every union man IN the Guy
~ chicago from the highest 10 the lowest
,,o,id no called out in sympathy with the rail-
ood mon At the lowest estimate this Will mean
s,rik. among the labor unions alone OF over
,soO,o men Added 10 this will be the many
thousands who Will be thrown out OF employ '''"
by the forced shutdown OF all Industries a"eD'''
by labor agitation. 1t will mean Tor Chi'aR
alone the enforced ideness of at least zoV"V'
men not counting the railroad men VINO are 10"
out of work II will mean Gripping ana sT'"
financial loss TO hundreds 81 factories ana cor
porati0ns The irnmensity OF the IooK-out u
strike cannot be estimated correctly at the pres
.nt time and the ultimate disaster wh'ch j
bound 70 follow Is sufficient in appearance L
cause the most courageous 70 shudder
When the proposition made 70 the UNION
officials to-day N ere was scarcely man who DC
not pause 10 estimate the consequences. A1ter 4
long discussion with the Executive Board "f th'
American Railway Union. President Debs ac
cepted the offer Of the unions on condition thA
they would not strike until called upon 10 90 81
by the Union. Whether ths call is issued Is
dependent upon the action Of the railroads whf
are nghting the Union.
The news Of the action OF the TRACES unions
was not believed at first. but when fully authen-
ucated the result among business men was
plainly noticeable Not one.i is there to predict
other than the most widespread disaster In case
the Union decides to call upon the iaboring
classes for assistance. An almost complete
paralysis OF the business interests will result and
It is needless 10 say that every effort Is being
made 10 induce the labor leaders 10 reconsider
their action.