Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-28
pullman BOYCOTT ON
Another Struggle Between
Capital and Labor.

CHICAGO, June 27-The boycott declared
against the Pullman Palace Car company
by the American Railway union is now in
iorce' The order is supposed to include
every railroad in the United States which
handles Pullman cars and, as declared by
one union officials, every road which in
sists upon running the sleepers will be sub
Jected to strike, if necessary
AS a result OF the boycott, all of the
switchmen in the freight yards of the Illi-
hols central are out on strike, and no
freight OF any character is being handled
III their yards. 1t is expected that the men
working In the upper yards handling the
passenger trains will also go out
The strike was sudden and so far is effec-
tive, taking the officials by surprise and
leaving the work in the yards here in bad
shape.
When the boycott order became effective
it marked the beginning of what is ex-
pected to be the greatest struggle between
capital and labor ever inaugurated in the
United States. 1t is a battle in which an
effort will be made to unite all railroad
employees in the country in one common
effort to secure better wages and while
the boycott is ostensibly declared as a
demonstration of sympathy in behalf of
the strikers in the Pullman shops, it Is in
reality life and death struggle between
the greatest and most powerful railroad
labor organization and the entire railroad
capital. Success in the Pullman boycott
means the permanent success of the one
organization through which it is sought
to unite all employees of railroads.
1t had been announced that no trains tn
which Pullman sleepers were attached
~ tod 60
nois Central depot after 10 o'clock vester-
day. and, as precautionary measure, the
company had all of its passenger trains
made up during the night. The coaches were
chained together, padlocked ed and sealed
with the company seal at the COUPLINGS,
and in addition each train carried a guard
of ten special officers employed by the rail-
road. Several trains were sent out under
such precautions.
No other orders for strikes have been is
sued, but it is understood that all Ameri-
can Railway union men on the entire Illi-
nois Central system will ,e called out to-
day unless the officials consent to Join in
the Pullman boycott.
On the other roads no trouble was had
III running the out trains. it is evidently
the intention of the union officials to allow
the Pullman cars to be carried out of Chi
cago, but to prevent their return.
AtSt. Paul all car cleaners, machinists
and carpenters employed on Pullman cars
in the Northern Pacific yards have de-
serted their places. The same occurred Mt
the Como shops.
The Pullman boycott is in vigorous ac-
tion at st. Louis but only the shop strik-
ers are involved so far.
NEW YORK, June 27.-In regard to the
boycott against the Pullman cars Gen.
Horace Porter first vice president of the
Pullman company said: I'VE don't know
much about the difficulty here. The seat
of the trouble is in Chicago and the ofii-
cials of the company there have princi-
pally to do with it. Nothing has been
done here in the way of forestalling the
threatened attack think the American
Railway union has not many adhe:ents
and small influence in the Atlantic sea-
board railroad terminals.
About 5000 of our cars are in use alto
gether, but how many go out of the Jer-
sey City stations daily l cannot say The
retirement of these cars, obviously, will
involve an immense amount of discom-
fort, annoyance and positive suffering, es-
pecially for invalids and children.
SIT is the railroad companies that, after
all, will have to bear the brunt of the at
tack. We lease our cars for a term OF
twenty-five years. During that period wa
have nothing to do but repair them. They
are under contract and whether in use or
not must be paid for according to the
terms of the lease
"The only point on which we will be
affected is in present leasing, of which
there is little now, owing to dullness in
business, and in repairing. Consequently
a boycott of the cars will, in large mea-
sure, fail to effect its purpose"