Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-07-05
THE PULLMAN TlE.UP.

Forty Thousand Mon Already Called Out.
and tho War Ii But Three Days Old
Knights of Labor, Brotherhood Men and
Other Organizations of Railway Employees
Ready to Join tho Boycott Against tho
Pullman Company.
CHICAGO, June 29.-With beginning
OF a few hundred disconnected strikers
at Pullman, ILL.,, who were attempting
to force merely local issue success
fully, the great Pullman strike and
boycott has grown to the greatest bat
tie between labor and capital that has
ever been inaugurated in the United
States. In three days the Pullman
trouble has spread to nearly all of the
impartant railroads in the United
States west of Chicago, with the result
that the entire system is tied up and
powerless in the hands of employees,
who are striving for principle rather
than cause.
Within three days over 10000 men
have either quit work or have an
nounced their intention of so doing in
Chicago, and added to this are the
many thousands on the systems all
through the west who have gone out
on strike in obedience to requests
from the officers of the American Rail
way union.
1t was estimated yesterday at the
headquarters of the American Railway
union that fully 10000 men are now
out on account of the refusal of the
Pullman company to settle the differ
ences with its employees in the shops.
BY tonight nearly double that num-
Der will have been ordered out, and
the strikers will include not only MEM
bers of the union, but Knights of La
Dor, brotherhood men and other organ
izations which can in any way affect
the interests of the roads which have
decided to stand by Pullman.
1t was given out at headquarters
yesterday that by this morning the
different railroads out of Chicago hand
ling Pullman cars would be suf-
ficiently crippled to warrant the re-
moval of the base of operations of the
officers of the American Railway union
from Chicago to st. Louis.
Martin Elliott, a representative Of
the union, was sent to st. Louis last
night to call out the men on all but
two roads entering the st. Louis Union
depot with Pullman cars in their
trains.
Tonight, if necessary, President
Debs and Vice-President Howard will
go to st. Louis to take charge of the
strikers there and get all railway en-
ployes in line with the union. 1t is
confidently asserted that within two
days all railroads out of st. Louis, ex-
cepting the Missouri Pacific, will be
asked to cancel Pullman contracts or
incur a strike.
From st. Louis the union officials
may go to Kansas City, and later de-
vote their time to completing the or
ganization of the union in the south
and southwest.
Vice-President Howard said yester-
day that the union would not exempt
a single road in the west or southwest,
and if necessary all of the more impor-
tant of the eastern roads would be tied
up in order to force a settlement of the
Pullman strike. With the showing
made within the first three days by the
union, railroad men are inclined to be-
lieve that the statement Is no idle
boast.
A new deal was sprung yesterday
evening when orders were issued to tie
up the Chicago & Alton, the Burling-
ton and the Rock Island. Tie instruc-
tions to strike were given late yester-
day afternoon and while the commit
tees appointed to act with the employees
began work at once it was not expected
that the men would go out before II
o'clock last night.
Trains on all the roads were gotten
in flir Io voSfor1ov olfhoy1ch
the most of them were made up by the
officers and their assistants.
The feature of the unions work wa
the speedy settlement effected with the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul. Yes
terday morning a special committee
was sent to the general manager of the
Milwaukee with a request that the
road refuse to haul Pullman sleepcrs.
Through a misunderstanding, a num-
Der of the Milwaukee men struck be-
fore an answer was given, and this led
to the report that the road was tied up.
The company officials lost no time in
informing the committee that no Pull
mans would be hauled over the road,
and within an hour the nine objection
able ears which are run on that line
were side-tracked.
President Debs Immediately ordered
the men back to work and the road
suffered but little inconvenience. The
union men are elated over the action of
the Milwaukee and are using their in
fiuence to direct all travel they posi-
bly, can over that line wherever COM
petition is encountered.
Considerable of stir was created
yesterday by the announcement that
Sam Francisco agent had offered to
supply the Chicago roads with 500 men
Within forty-eight hours. In view of
the fact that the California lines are
not in a position to move trains with
Pullman ears attached, the union Of
fcials are confident that no large force.
can be furnished from the coast.
The strike on the Northwestern and.
tie Panhandle. followed by that of the
employees Of the Fort Wayne to-day
greatly increased the strength of the
union. Nearly all of the men who.
quit on these roads were new recruits
in the union. joining just before or
after the strike had been ordered. In.
each case the union officials have
pledged the support of the order re-
CARELESS of the membership.
The Managers VIII Fight tn a Finish.
CHICAGO June 29.-The most sigmiht
cant action taken by railway officials
since the strike was ordered, was that
of the General Managers association
of Chicago Wednesday. This associa-
ton includes the general manager OF