The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-14
Debs and His LunatiCs Talk
While Trains Move
Everywhere.
General Miles and His Men
Stillon Guard--Clvil Suits
Begun.
Work of an Amateur Swltchman
Bills in Congress for
Arbitration.

CHICAGO, July Il, 1S94.-Strike leaders
this morning say that the strike is still on,
and that war against the corporations will
be waged to the bitter end Railway man
ayers declare that the strike is a thing of
the past. They claim to have many of their
old men back at work, and are
filling the places of others with men re-
eruited in other cities and sent here by
the carload Trains are moving with some
thing like their old time regularity. Freight
is being moved, but the congestion is not
enned. Throughout the city the trades
union men who were called out in the en-
deavor to make the strike effective by par
alyzing the industries of the town, have re-
surned work in most cases. and their part
in the great strike was a complete
failure The Knights of Labor who were
to have tied up a large section OF the United
States at the word from Grand Master
=, Workman Sovereign failed to materialize.
STILL ON GUARD.
United States troops still guard the lake
front with their white tents. and the State
militia patrol the miles of railway tracks.
There is talk cf decreasing the force, but the
authorities await the action of the A. Il. u.
at their meeting today or more definite in
formation as to the collapse of the strike.
President Debs maintains an air of eonfid-
dence in the ultimate result. and holds that
the blame for prolonging the struggle rests
with the general managers.
Vice President Howard of the A. r. U. is
not at all cast down by the action of the
Federation of Labor, he Brotherhoods and
tine Building Trade Council in refusing TO
order sympathetic strikes and takes
the position that the general man
;lsers to even consider the A. r. u.
proposition tor settlement has aided
the cause of the strikers He said
this morning: strike is not off 1t
has been a success so far and it will be con-
tinued to the bitter end. The A. R. U. men
OF the Northwestern and the Milwaukee and
st. Paul roads will be called out today, and
the fight viii be kept up at all points.
ANOTHER FIASCO.
The threatened strike of Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul employees has not yet
taken place The officers OF the road claim
to have heard nothing of the inten-
tion of the men TO go out as ex
pressed at a meeting of 500 of the
employees last night All trains were run
ming smoothly today. No trouble is expected
by either the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul officials or those of the northwestern.
The discharge of several men on the latter
road was said to be the cause of the dis
satisfaction.
AMATEUR SWITCHING.
1t has just leaked out that the wreck on
the Chicago and Northern Pacific yesterday
was caused by the nisplaclng, through care
nessless, of a switch by J. 7. Hollis
ter, reporter for Chicago
morning paper, who was acting as
switchman, in order to be son the inside"
in getting news among railroad employees
He was promptly arrested and jailed but
was bailed out this morning.
The result of the derailment was the tel
escoping of two locomotives and smashing
up of a number of passenger coaches. No
body was killed.
CIVIL SUITS AGAINST DEBS.
District Attorney Milchrist is preparing to
begin civil proceedings against Debs and the
other strike leaders, that is to cite them into
court to answer for contempt in violating the
injunction. This will include Debs, Howard,
Rogers, keliher and other officers and direc-
tors of the union who have not been indicted.
The contempt charges will be heard by
Judges Woods and Grosscup, who jointly is
sued the injunction.