The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-29
NO LET Up.
The Strike Continues to Spread
Eastwardly.
Five Thousand Men Quit Work
at Cincinnati,
Preventing the Moving Even of
Freight Trains.
CHICAGO SITUATION.
Illinois Central Manages to Get
Fruit Train In.
A Number of Trains Get Away
With Pullmans.
THE TIE UP OUT WEST
Seems to Be Nearly Complete on
Southern Pacific
Other Roads Running in a
Desultory Way.
President Debs of the A. r. q.
to Be Arrested.

CHICAGO, June 29.-All snbur ban
trains over the lines running out of he
Union depot came out on time. These
include the Burlington, Alton and Penn
sylvania systems Most of the switches
previously from the tower at Van Buren,
street near the Union depot, has been
changed to the old style switches and
tracks were moved by hand levers. This
made it possible to employ inexperienc-
ed men.
A report was received that all the
clerks in the freight house of the North
western road at Western avenue, some
200, quit work today after having taken
their places at their desks. The officials
of the road denied the rumor.
Howard Goes >. Louis.
1t is reported that Vice President How
ard of the A r. L. has gone to St Louis
to take charge of the strike in that city.
1t is also stated at the headquarters of
the A. r. L. that a general strike has
been ordered on the Milwaukee & St
Paul
The alleged reason for this is, the
union leaders say, that the officials of the
road agreed not to put nOn-union men at
work in place of union men who had
struck. IL is claimed that the action of
the road in sending out its detectives
special policemen and office employees to
fill these places temporarily, was vio-
lation Of this agreement
The general strike was therefore or
houses were reported all at work today,
but the switchmen OF the Union Stock
yard and Transit company were reported
as having struck. This, if true, would
lead to serious complications In the gen.
eral work Of the yards
A Long Fru.r Train Comes In.
The Illinois Central succeeded in
bringing through to Van Buren street
today a long train of cars loaded with
fruit from the south.
The suburban tracks were used for
this purpose. When the train had been
sidetracked, large force of men were
put at work unloading the perishable
freight. Dozens of wagons were backed
up against the iron railing dividing the
Lake Front park from the Illinois Cen
trail tracks, and the goods loaded into
them over the fence for TRANSPORTATION
to the co mmission houses.
Twenty deputy marshals were sworn
in today to protect the Santa Fe in start
ing its trains.
switchmsn May All Quiz.
Representatives of the local Switch
mems union report that the members of
the union, as individuals, are generally
III hearty sympathy with the strikers.
What they will be as a union will be de-
termlned at a meeting tonight at the
Great Northern hotel Grand Master
Barrett, who has been in the city for the
past two days making a quiet investiga-
meeting. There are 1000 switchmen in
Chicago and they are So well organized
as to be likely to act unit
The Pan Handle road brought in 20
men today from Cincinnati, Columbus
and Louisville and put them at work at
Curtis street yards under police protec-
tion. No interference was attempted on
the part of the strikers.
Threat ming the Wabash.
The officials Of the A. r. I. are max
ing threats against the Wabash as ahe
latter Is said TO be interfering G with the
boycott against the Western Indiana by
allowing the latter's trains 10 be run
over the tracks which both roads use.
The union officials claim that the Chi
cago " Alton road is effectually tied up
President Debs Of The A. R. L., says
the strike at the Union stock yards and
Transit lines will not formally go into
effect until o'clock tonight but that
many men have already gone out He
says that the employees of the packing
houses will not be called out at present
Vice President Wickes of the Pull
man company says of the action of the
Mobile g. OHIO road in taxing off its.
Pullman cars tnat it is of no consequence
since the company was running only
four Pullmans, and the contract with the
Fullman company has expired. He has
received no notice of the alleged action
OF the Milwaukee & st Paul in taking
of its Pullman cars
The Pan Handle Road.
The Pan Handle road is making a de-
termined and systematic effort TO break
the strike on ills line in this city. The
seventy men imported today came from
among officials and skilled workmen
along the line and are such as can be
spared at different places without Grip
ping the operations of the trains. They
have been at once set TO work in switch
and signal towers and at the yards with
the purpose to get some trains started
tOday.
Great crowds of strikers congregated