The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-07-13
SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION.

The Pullman Strike Has Now Grown to
National Dimensions.
From an incipient strike affecting
only few hundred men in the town Of
Pullman has evolved disturbance
which today is national in its scope.
The entire industrial world is threat
encd with complete suspension. La
Dor In all parts of the country is de-
batting the question of lending aid to
the American Railway Union. II IL
decides in the affirmative the result
may be material change in the socio-
economic conditions of the country.
While Chicago Is still the center of tho
d sturbance, the following summary OF
dispatches from various points shows
the magnitude to which the trouble
has spread:
Baltimore has not been reached by
the sympathetic wave.
Buffalo hourly expects general tie
up OF railroads entering there.
In West Virgin the cause of the
Chicago strikers is ger er~lly espoused.
In the South Alabama is the great
| est sufferer. Troops are necessary to
preserve order.
After a ten-hour session, the men,
be Of the A. r. u, at Peoria, re-
solved to strike.
At Fordham a battalion of tho First
| Regiment twice charged on rioters
who had become demonstrative.
Members of the American Railway
| Union ol the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
| Fe system have been ordered out.
Engineers and fremen of the Alton
/ n n a off hn tril To nd will IN
restored to their former positions.
The Second Regiment, Tennessee
| National Guard, has en- ordered to
| prepare to move at moments notice.
A Thousand more of Uncle Sans
boys in blue arrived at Chicago, Men
day, to re-enfCrce tn Jse already in the
| field.
A. r. L. men at Toledo will strike
and are making strenuous efforts to
secure the co operation Of the brother
| hoods
The railroad blockade is complete In
| California except at few points in the
south. Vast quantities of fruit are
rotting.
Captain Reeds troop of cavalry ar
rived at Billings, Mont, from Fort
Custer, and Immediately camped on
railroad property.
At Salt Lake, Utah, the situation Is
unchanged Four companies OF the
Sixteenth infantry received orders to
move and left for Ogden.
The engineer and fireman of Wa
lash train were seized by strikers at
| Ashley, Ind, and compelled to take
oath to at once leave town.
| Montana, Utah, Oregon, Iowa, Cali
| fornia, Washington aud Idaho are more
or less affected by the strike, which Is
spreading to allied trades.
Department Commander Mcdowell
has offe cd the services OF the Grand
Army We Grams of illinois 10 Governor
| Alleged to al in suppressing disorder.
st. Louis is wavering. Many men
who joined the str Ike week ago have
| shown dispositic n to return to work.
| Others insist on clrrying the war to
victory.
| Ohio may become the center OF war.
Cleveland, Cincinnati and other towns
| in the State arc warm In support OF
| President Deb5' course. Traffic has
been interrupted for several days.
Chicago Typographical Union appro-
priated 81 900 for relief of the Pullman
| strikers. and sent a message to Presi-
dent Cleveland appealing for with
drawal of Federal support to corpora
| tions.
Pittsburg l. watched with great In
terest by both sides. 1t is an import
ant railway point and it Is a strong
hold of trades unions. AS yet, how
ever, the town has not played an ac-
tive part.
The West is giving in to the strike
Tacoma, WASH, is thoroughly in SYM
pathy with the Chicago strikers. Even
the militia has refused to ride on trains
manned By nonunion men. So strong
Is the feeling out there that fathers OF
the soldiers who went out" avowed
they would disown their sons il they
rode on train manned by "scabs."