The record-union., 1894-06-28
Orders of the A. A. Enforced
All Along the Line.
FEW TRAINS MOVING WHICH HAVE
THE SLEEPERS ATTACHED.
Not a Wheel Turning on the New
Mexico Divisions of the Santa te
System-Roads in California Carry
ing Pullman sleepers Also Affected
by the Boycott.
Special to the REcoRD-UxIoN.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
CHICAGO, June 27.-The employees of
the Chicago Great Western Railway
went out tonight, making total of
eleven Chicago roads now held up and
crippled by the American Railway Mon
boycott of Pullman cars. The roads so
far affected by the strike at this point are
the Illinois Central, Santa Fe. Chicago
Great Western, Chicago and Northern
Pacific, West Indiana Wisconsin Cen
tral, Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Wa
bash, Grand Trunk, Monon and the B.
and o. On some of these roads Pullman
cars were still being carried tonight, but
the strike leaders asserted that tomorrow
will see the boycott completely effective.
The men. who have been leaving slowly
and in small lots. are beginning to show
the effects of the American Railway
Union missionary work." and tonight
the boycott sentiment was much more
general and apparent than at any pre-
Vious time.
an attempt was made this evening to
send out the st. Paul train on the Chicago
Great Western with a Pullman sleeper
attached. The train started out, but when
it was found that the sleeper had been
coupled on. trainman pulled the rope,
and as the engineer reversed the engine
two men rushed to the coupling. and in
few minutes the train pulled out, leaving
the Pullman in the depot
Crowds of strikers and sympathizers
gathered in the railroad yards in differ
ent portions of the city and the police
were kept busy Quelling their demon
strations The strikers drove Illinois
Central employees from the yards at
Fordham, despite the efforts of detail of
police and an additional force sent to that
point. Later in the evening large crowd
gathered in the Western Indiana road
yards at Archer avenue and became so
denlonstrative that the police there
were doubled.
TRAFFIC BLOCKED AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, June 27.-On the Illinois Cen
tral Railroads South Chicago branch to-
day traffic was blocked. The operators
in the tower at Seventy-first street left
their posts and their places could not be
supplied readily. Through trains passed
Grand Crossing and Pullman without in
terference. None carried Pullman cars.
At Fordham yards the switchmen, switch
tenders and yard employees Joined the
( z.@4ike, tying up the yards.
The strike has precipitated a fuel fam
Inc. There is not pound of coal at any
of the docks and business on the river is
at a standstiil The first violence was
the breaking of a car window at Grand
Crossing. No passengers were injured.
This afternoon the tower on the Illi-
nois Central at Seventy-hrst street, was
manned and South Chicago suburban
trains began running. When the through
trains from Kansas City and on the
Baltimore and Ohio road arrived at the
Grand Central station the switching
crews refused to take them out of the
yards. The road crews refused to back
their own trains out. When the engineer
of the Kansas City train pulled into the
depot he was asked to take his train back
TO the yards by superintendent Kelly.
He refused and left the cab. Superin-
tendenI Kelly took the train down to the
yards himself.
In every instance road trainmen re-
fused to do any switching as long as Pull
man cars were attached to the trains.
The Wisconsin Central and Baltimore
and Ohio had similar experiences
The plan to secure aid from other or
ganizations assumed definite shape to-
CAV and a conference was held by Grand
Master Workman Sovereign of the
knights OF Labor, President Debs of the
American Railway Union, and Secretary
Arnold of the Locomotive Engineers.
The switchmen in the yards of the
Wisconsin Central have struck. In the
freight yards there is long line of cars
laden with perlShabIe freight standing
and cannot be moved.
tTbfS aftarpOOn GOD emnlOVoS of the
Illinois Central in the Burnside shops
walked out and took a train for the city.
When the hour arrived for the depart
ure of the Washington and New York
train over the Baltimore and Ohio Road
The forward coaches stood loo feet down
the track from the Pullman sleeper, and
no effort was made to make connections.
President Hanrahan of the Illinois Cen
tral to-day telegraphed a bulletin to be
Dosted on all bulletin-boards of the COM
pany. He called attention TO the sltua-
ton in Chicago; gave details OF the COM
pany's contract with the Pullman COM
many: referred to its obligations to the
nublic. and concluded with an extract
from the company's charter which relates
10 the prosecution of those who are in the
company's employ.
When the east-bound train to-day
reached Burnside all the switches were
found open. The strikers gathered about
the tram. n couple Vi ASdpSO
to the ground and attempted 10 turn the
switches. The crowd pressed forward,
and a big swiIchman placed his hand on
one of the brakemen's shoulders.
You are a contemplate coward" he
said, land I viii kill you if you touch
that switch.'
XIII him." shouted the crowd as it
surged forward. The engineer and con-
ductor rushed to the brakeman's aid. but
: later 1t was decided to leave the car on
the track.
CARS NOT MOVING.
CINCINNATI. June 27-Pullman cars
were not moved in the Cincinnati, Ham,
ilton and Dayton yards after II O'Clock.
Railway ofnclals are securing new men,
and propose to replace all who are dis
obeying orders.
MAILS NOT INTERFERED WITH.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The boycott
waged against the Pullman Company has
not vet resulted in any DELAYS of the
mails. In the absence of the Postmaster-
General, Assistant Postmaster-G General
Jones says he anticipates no interference
or interruptions from that cause.
NORTHERN PACIFIC MEN GO OUT.
LIVINGSTON (Mont.), June 27.-Au the
employees in the Northern Pacific wards
struck last night and to-day all the shop
hands went out Not train is moving
in either direction. The American Rail-
way Union has decided that one of the
conditions of the strike would be the re-
storation of the wage schedule in force
prior to January lst.
ST.. PAUL, June 27.-The Northern Pa
eific switching crews refused to make up
a train. The United States Marshal sent
half dozen deputies to the yards.