Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-10
STRIKE WANING.
The Blockade on Railroads
 Gradually Raising.
WARNING SENT TO THE WEST
Another Proclamation Issued to the
 Ri0tOus Strikers.

Many Other Cities and Towns In Illinois Are Terrorized by Mobs-Thc Pullman Company Refuses to Arbtrate, and q General Strike Has Been Declared of All Labor Organizations In the City-It May He DeIsyed-rroubIe In Caiifornia-Dcb. Says They Arc Fighting Slavery,
 CHICAGO, July Io.-Peace reigns in Warsaw. The same cannot bc said of Chi, heard in her strects, and the wheels of commerce still lag at the bidding of the American Railway union.
 Nevertheless the war cloud which has oyerhung this city and this land for the past 10 days shows distinct signs of lift ing Instead of stories of additional rail roads tied up at various points through out the country tho dispatches almost without exception bring adviccs of strik- CTS returning to work and an increased resumption of traffic amounting in some places to n return to normal conditions.
 Monday in Chicago passed without q serious conflict between tho rioters and the armed forces now on duty hcrc. The feature of the day was tho action, after an all night session of the federated trades unions of Chicago in deciding to call out all classes of labor this afternoon at o'clock unless George NJ. Pullman should have ngrcCd before noon to settle the differences between his company and his striking employees by arbitration or otherwise.
 For rcasons not known to the public General Master Workman Sovereign of tho Knights of Labor and his advisers subsc Quently decided to postpone the general walkout and pnralytic stroke which they proposed to inflict upon the business o Chicago until : o'clock Wednesday morn ing.
 Gompers Coming On.
 Later, however, the announcement wa. made that President Samuel Gompcrs o tho American Federation of Labor hat called n meeting uf tho executive commit tee of that organization to be held in thi: city on Thursday, and he would leav, New York for Chicago this evening. IT view of this it is not believed that the fed eratcd trades of Chicago will take prrcipi tate action before consultation with him As President Gompcrs cannot reach Chi cago before "Wednesday, it will hc lmpoS siblc to decide on a line of action to b, pursued bcforc Thursday, and probably 1 1t should bc resolved tO dCclarC a genera strike of all thcsC combined fOrCcs it cuulC not bc put into effect before Friday morn ing.
 In this connection the interesting Qucs ton arises whether or not, if prrsidrn Gompers allows himself to he hauled iron New York to Chicago by nununiun cngi nccrs and fircmCn, his visit will be of an, particular profit. One labor leader in Chi eagO said that if he dId 50 he might a well stay in New York
 Another feature Ia bc noted in cunncc tion with the meeting of ChiCagO's fcdCr ated labor iS tho fact which Was dCvvlopCt that there was in the meeting a large an, influential conservative element, who's action had practically blocked the plan of the moro huthCadCd leaders until tn latter, in the excitement consequent upul the reading of President Clcvcland's prUC lamation, were enabled tO stampede then | and carry the strike resolution. Therefore thCrC is reason to believe tha even if the order fer n general strike final ly goes forth many of those to whom it i directed will decline to obey it, 50 that with the men already made idle by tho Ci feet of the ticup. the walkout will not b nearly so important as anticipated by th l leaders.
 wickes Would Not Arbitrate.
 What effect, if any. the action of Vic | President WickCs of tho Pullman con pany in refusing in the most positive mar l her to even meet a committee to cUusidt the question of arbitration will have upo the final decision uf the labor leaders an their followers remains to he seen. A joint committee of the city CounC | and of the federal trades unions called o MT. Wickcs and asked him tn consent the appointment of committee of fiS l ,sss. those of arbitration. but tu dctrrmir whether or not the Pullman company h; anything to arbitratc. The committee, proposed. was to consist of two CitiHCI chosen by the Pullman company. two the circuit judges and one by thcSr fou Mir Wickes stated at the outset that q bitration was impossible. but listenC while Alderman McGillen. chairman the committee. talked of the gravity the situation and urged that tho ComplT take steps looking to an amicable settl ment of the strike,
 At the close of the interview Mr Wick retired with his attorney, and rrturnir after a brief consultation dcclarcd tn tho company could not receive the pr posed committee.
 Alderman McGillcn again argued tn the company roCcivn tho committee. aI
 
 such benefit from tho government aS t Pullman company should bo willing make some concessions or the welfare the city and state.
 "We have nothing tc arbitratc" NJ Wickes replied. "We cannot receive SUI a committee"
 Last nights action of the city coun, I in respect to President Clcvcland's ord , bringing federal troops to Chicago W , forestalled by a large number of indurs ments of his action sent him by prun |, nent business men of the city. The | |. of signatures included those of almost ( cry conspicuous merchant, manufactui and banker of Chicago.
 The Situation Brichtcns- ) Touching the situation in general, may be said that in Chicago the roH were all doing better than on any prcyiC day since tho strike began. Passenl trains were moving with more or less r ularity, and some freight traffic has bC cared for. A large number of striki freight handlers of the Illinois Central e turned to work, and other roads noted
 sessions to the operative forces.
 At St Louis, Kansas City and Den
 1t was reported that railroad business l
 about returned to its normal conditio
 Nashville also reported an improyeme
 About the only points at which the str
 managers showed any gain were in partial walkout of flremen at Fort Sc