The evening world., 1894-07-12
WAITING ON G0MPERS.
American Federation Conference
the Event at Chicago To-day.


of Labor. Mr.. Gompers says the princi-
pal object of the meeting will be to dis
.cuss the course to be taken to get out of
the present crisis AS to possible meth
DDS he refuses to talk.
Patrick McBryde. Secretary OF the
United Mine Workers, said in reference
to rumors of another miners strike that
neither he nor President Mcbride could
order another strike of the miners. but
n the American Federation of Labor
should decide to take any action he
WOULD Immediately go back and call
convention of miners and strike would
probably be ordered. He said further
that the miners would strike II new men
were sent to the mines by the railroads
20 haul coal.
Union League to Indorse Cleveland
There will be joint meeting of the
Board Of Managers and the Committee
: on Political Action of the Union League
Club this afternoon, to take action in
expressing the sentiments of the Club in
Endorsement of the position Of President
Cleveland In the absence of President
Wilson, the First Vice President. Judge
G.. c. Kuhlsaat will preside over the
n Getting.
The Board Of Trade. through its di-
rectory, has indorsed the course of Pres
s,;passed a resolution 10 that effect, which
was telegI aphed to Washington
stock Yards Switching.
: 7, The switching department OF the Stock
K Yards Company will resume work to-
day, but on a small scale. The depart
ment has not handled any packing-house
product for the reason that that work
was done by engines leased for the time
to the packers. and the engineers and
firenren we've employees of the Com
pany- or packing house. Brotherhood
engineers have told Supt. Fitzgerald that
4 they will return to work. and II is ex-
4 pected that considerable work will be
: done to-day.
Engineers See the End Near.
. ! 1t is thought that the engineers and
y firemen have commenced to regard their
ctrike as lost. Many Rock Island en-
4 ployees. conductors, engineers and fire.
( men, who realized what was approach
ing. feigned sickness and got leave OF
absence. They were called in by the
hands. and that II too sick to work
must become deputy marshals. These
marshals expect to go to work now
when called, Wabash engineers have
gone back IN numbers, and the Monon
engineers are expected to follow to-
day or tomorrow.
Arrest for Intimidation.
George w. Lovejoy, of La Sale, H.,
q prominent member of the American
Railway Union, was arrested last nigh,
as he was stepping OFF Rock Island
train al the Van Buren, street depot, by
Deputy Marshal Logan, who had war
rant issued by Commissioner Hoyne
Lovejoy was Il yardmaster in the EN-
p.cy Of the Rock Islard. and lie 1:
charged with intimidat ting John T. Camp
bell, telegraph operator In the employ
of the road at Spring Valley, on July
When Lovejoy reached the Marshal s
office he at once wrote a note to Pres
fdent Debs and sent II to the strike
headquarters by messenger. He wa:
kept a prisoner In the Office OF the Mar.
shal, but he was not locked up in the
care. Lovejoy said he was at Spring
Valley when r. heard that warran,
had been issued for HIM at Chicago anc
came to the city to give himself up. He
denied all knowledge Of any attempt!
on his part to intimidate a telegrap h
operator.
Looking Out for Dynamite.
In consequence OF the dynamite eNplo'
sion under a guard train on the Balti'
more and Ohio last night, this side Of
South Chicago, IL has been determined
TO send out two lieutenants instead Of
one with the guard train hereafter, anc
In case OF repetition OF last evening 5
work. TO stop the train, Immediately de
ploy a skirmish line. and capture any
one who may be near Two mysterious
explosions, one following closely after
the other. were heard in the vicinity OF
Ashland avenue and Forty-seventt
street about midnight Officers were de
tailed TO make an investigation, but
their labors resulted in no clue. As IA:
as could be learned, no damage was
done
The locality from which the explosions
seemed TO come is the centre OF tbs
anarchistic settlement at the stock
yards. and the stock-yards police are OF
the opinion that the explosions were tk'
results Of experiments in the use of en
plosives by a rabid Anarchist,
Veterans Volunteer.
The following communication has beer
sent TO the Secretary OF War.
The unesrSigns1 National Commander q IN
Regular Army aad *svy Un,on tenders tie ss-
vices o. S oC1 sx-Eoidisrt ana sailor. vto nav
faithfully served IL the Army ana Ssvy n IL
United ststss for such duty a. may - nsstsssr
In the present -risis We bels' In the poe 10
81 life and properly ana the enforcement q a
the lave that VII maintain popular government
JAMES ? LOCKWOOD
national Cor nandsr
meeting Of e1-CniOn and eE-Con
fedsrste soldiers look similar action.
Plumbers Won't strike.
The Plumbers Union has decided nc
20 strike. II is one Of the stronges
unions in the West, having 100 me n
bers-
TOLEDO BRACiNG UP.