People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-07-20

CHICAGO, July 16.-The action of
the conference of the Federation of
Labor supplemented by that of the
Building and Trades assembly last
night is accepted universally as the
death blow of the Pullman boycott.
The railroads are taking back their
old employees who have quit during
the trouble, but they are not dis
charging any Of the men who were
employed to take the places of the
strikers, and such as are re-employed
are taken back as individuals. 1t
necessarily follows that a number of
the strikers find themselves unable
to secure reinstatement, and these
are insisting upon a continuance of
the struggle.
The federal troops are getting
ready to leave. The men in the camp
on the Lake Front have been busy
packing and orders for their departure
are expected at any moment 1t is
believed that their destination is
California. The state troops are also
on the move, but enough will be held
IN Chicago to prevent any possibility
of a renewed outbreak.
1t may truthfully be said that with
very few exceptions every man in
Chicago, whether employed by rail
roads or belonging to the Building
and Trades council is seeking work
on practically any terms offered.
President Debs of the American
Railway union, declared this morn
ing that the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul Road was again tied up as
the men had agreed last night to go
out and had done so. The general
manager Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st Paul, being shown this state
ment said: 1T is utterly false A
man quit work to-day. but any num-
Der of our old men were taken back
and we have as many men as we can
use and are taking on others hourly
as the work increases. Everything is
in better shape to-day than at any
time in ten days"
Later DebS said: 1--WE propose to
prosecute this fight with greater vigor
than ever. The general managers
have undertaken to crush the Ameri-
can Railway union, and the American
Railway union will fight back"
Vice President Howard of the union
said this morning: Il am more en-
couraged than ever to continue the
strike. This encouragement is based
largely on many kilograms received
last night and to-day from different
quarters throughout the country"
Despite these beasts, Debs in a
, speech last night to 500 of he strikers
said: 1.-THE only thing that now re-
mains for us to accomplish is to get
you boys back at your work, We
made proposal to the railway man.
ayers to-day regarding this. We did
not ask for recognition for the Amer
lean Railway union because you and
know that nothing will make a gen
eral manager sick so quickly as a
mention of the American Railway
union. We simply made the PROPOSE
ton to them that we would call the
strike off if they would promise not
to be prejudiced against you boys in
taking on employees. All we asked
them to do was to take back
the honest, clean, former EN-.
ployes-the ones who had not
committed any crime. We offered t.
come half way in settling the trouble
If any man here can suggest any
fairer proposition we want him to dc
it, because, you know, we want to be
perfectly fair in this matter. Ny
heart goes forth in these times to the
sUitchmen as the braveSt aud mos'
loyal men that work on railroads to
day The SwitChmen have more thar
once gone out to help the fremen
engineers and conductors. but doe.
anyone know of any of the brother
hoods ever having gone out in sym
pathy with the Switchmen? If the
engineers and conductors had show1
a loyal. brotherly spirit in thi.
trouble and acted as the switchme1
did, affairs would now be in a very
different condition"
Many of the striking employees a
the stock yards reported for work to
day. Thirty-seven switchmen. thir.
teen engineers and more unSkilleC
laborers were given work. Five en-
gines were put into service handling
all cars received from outside roads
The packing houses received 500
: cattle, 10000 hogs and $4,000 sheep
Armour, Swift and Morris killed dur
ing the day and meat trains were
sent ont.
At . p. m. it was announced that
the executive committee of the
American Railway union had decided
to send out six men and as many di
rectors as could be spared to work az
a sentiment in favor of the American
Railway union.