The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-07-10
THE CLOUDS LIFTING.
Another Day of Comparative Peace
at Chicago,
wI0KBs REFUSES TO ARBITRATB.

has oVerhunR this city ana this land Tor
the past ten days shows distinct signs Of
lifting Instead Of stories Of additional
railroads tied up at various points through
out the country today's dispatches almost
without exception bring advices of strik-
sTs returning to work and an increased
resumption of traffic amounting In some
places to a return to normal conditions.
Yesterday in Chicago passed without
serious conflict between the rioters and
armed forces now on duty here The fea-
turs OF the day was the action early in
the morning after an all night session Of
the federated tradesl unions of Chicago,
in deciding TO call out all clases Of labor
this afternoon at o'clock unless George
M. Pullman should have agreed before
noon to settle the differences between his
company and his striking employees by
arbitration OF otherwise
For reasons not known to the public
Grand Master Workman Sovereign, of
the Knights of Labor, and his advisers
subsequently decided to postpone the gen
eral walkout and paralytic stroke which
they proposed to iuflict upon the business
of Chicago until o'clock tomorrow morn
ing,
Last evening, however, the announce
ment WAS made that President Samuel
| Gompers, of the American Federation OF
Labor, had called meeting of the execu-
tive committee of that organization to be
held in this city on Thursday, and that he
would leave New York for Chicago this
] evening. In view OF this, 1t is not be-
| lieved that the federated trades of Chi
cago will take precipitate action before
consultation with him. As President
Gompers cannot reach Chicago before to-
morrow night it will be impossible to de-
eide on a line of action to be pursued be-
| for, Thursday, and probably If it should
| finally be resolved TO declare a general
strike of all these combined forces it could
not be put into effect before Friday morn
ing. In this connection the interesting
| question arises whether or no, if President
Gompers allows himself TO be hauled from
| New York to Chicago by non-union en-
| gineers and firemen, his visit will be of
any particular profit. One labor leader in
! Chicago said today that If he did so he
might as well stay in New York
| Another feature to be noted in conneo-
| tiOn with the meeting Of Chicago's fed
! Grated labor is the fact that there was in
the meeting large and influential con
servative element, whose action had prac-
tically blocked the plans Of the more hot
headed leaders until the latter in the ex-
citement consequent upon the reading Of
! President Cleveland's proclamation were
enabled to stampede them and carry the
strike resolution. Therefore, there is rea-
son to believe that even if the order for q
| general strike finally goes forth many Of
| those to whom it is directed will decline
to obey it. So that, with the men already
made idle by the effect of the tie up, the
walkout will not be nearly 80 important
as anticipated by the leaders
At o'clock yesterday afternoon joint
committee of the city council and of the
federated trades unions called on Mr..
Wickes, vice president OF the Pullman
company, and asked him to consent to
the appointment OF hve citizens to de-
termine whether or not the Pullman COM
pany has anything to arbitrate. The COM
mittee as proposed was to consist of two
citizens chosen by the Pullman company,
two by the circuit court judges and one
by these four. Mr.. WicRes retired with
his attorney, and returning after brief
consultation declared that the company
could not receive the proposed committee
Touching the situation in general, il
may be said that in Chicago the roads
J were all doing better than on any previous
5 day since the strike begun. Passenger
trains were moving with more or less
I regularity and freight has been cared fol
with good results. At st. Louis, Kansas
L City and Denver 1t was reported that
a railroad business had about returned tc
s normal conditions. Nashville also reported
. an improvement. About the only points
o at which the strike managers showed any
gain were in the partial walkout of fire
men at Fort Scott, Kan, the freight mel
on the Kanawha and Michigan at Charles
ton, w. Va, and the strike of the Ameri
, can Railroad union men on the Big Fou
, at Nation. 1t will thus be seen that a
) the leading railroad centers, the striker
have made perceptible losses, while thei
7 gains are at comparatively unimportan
4 points.
f. Intense excitement was caused yester
5 day in the stock yards district by tn
4 mayors announcement that no labo
meeting would be permitted until mat
> ters have quieted down. An immens
meeting had been arranged for last nigh
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