The evening world., 1894-06-27
New York and Washington Trains
Made Up with 0rdi-
nary Coaches.
WISCONSIN CENTRAL's PLIGHT.
Long Lines Of Cars Stand
Loaded with PerishabIe
Freight.
(By Associated prass


gers on the Illinois Central South Chi
cago Branch we're first to feel the eff
fects OF the tie-up on that road to-day,
Que to the Pullman boycott. Traffic was
blocked, and the Company was comrrI,cd
to transfer Its patrons from the krant n
10 the main line at Scventy-arst street
At this point the South Chicago branch
leaves the main line and runs southwest
through number of suburban stations
to south Chicago. A tower at Seventy
ilrsi street controls the switches leading
70 tne brdnch. Two operators have been
stationed in the tower, but they left their
post last night and their places could not
switches set for the main line, and
suburban trains on that road were run
ning on regular schedule.
Through trains on the Illinois Central
ana rosds using its tracks passed Grand
r3ssins and Pullman Without Interior
s1eSf None carried Pullman cars, Few
trackS.eai no demonstrate ton was made.
At the Fordham yards, near One Hun
aredth street, the day shift of switchmen,
then work ani joined the strike. .Ahout
yards. and all went ont. they succeed ed
The strike has prccipitated a fuel
famine on the steamboat docks. There
Is not pound Of coal to be had on any
Is at standstill: Arrangements are
being made TO put hard coal on some Of
the tugs that can use 1t. The strike
men utterly unprepared for 1t, and while
they have plenty of coal in the switch
yards of the Illinois Central. they can
not get 1t TO the docks
This afternoon the tower on the Ill
inois Central, at SrVenty-frst street,
was manned, and South Chicago sub
urban trains began running as usual.
Il nncn
City and on the Baltimore and Ohio
road arrived at the Grand Central sta
take them out OF the yards The road
crews of the trains also refused TO
pack their own trains out. When the
engineer Of the Kansas City, train pulled
into tn" depot he was asked to take
Kelly, lie refused and both he and
the fireman left their cabs.
Supt. Kelly then boarded the engine |
and took the train down the yard him
The Wisconsin Central and Baltimore
every instance the road trainmen re- |
fused to do any switching as long as the |
Pullman cars were attached to the !
The Illinois Central has given notice
that It can receive no freight.
This Afternoon the 200 employees of the !
Illinois. Central Company i'll the Burn |
side shops joined the strikers; They !
TOOK q tram Tor the city.
Not Pullman car vas moved to-day +
by the switching crews of the three big
trunk lines that run into the Grand Cen
trail Depot over the Chicago and North
ern Pacific terminal tracks. These roads
are the Chicago and Great Western, the
Baltimore and Ohio and the Wisconsin
Central.
The situation for the Wisconsin Cen
trail, which uses the Northern Pacific
terminals. Is serious. In the freight
yards long lines of cars, laden with per
be moved. a number of ice-trains, that
daily come into the city over this route,
are also tied m and the ice Is melting
rapidly. The only cars that were moved
dcialss'
), When the hour arrived for the depart
train over the Baltimore and Ohio road,
the forward coaches stood one hundred
feet down the track from the Pullman
The connection. The Pullman conductor
Stood by his car and the porter At the
step, while a crowd of travellers fused
outside OF the gates. but were not allowed
cLEVELA Nn. June 27.-The officials
Of the for roads which run Pullman
BE as "a ut Of the Boycott declared de-
by the American Railway Union. The
trainmen have given no indication of
Is probable that no attempt viii he
made to Rterfere with the running Of
WHSs;HISGToN. June 27.-rhe boycott ,
against the Pullman Company by the
American Railway Union has not reach {
cd this city. Trains with pullman cars
attached are arriving and departing on I
schedule time, and the officials OF the
several railroads here do not believe ,
there VIII be any trouble at this point
ST. LOUIS, June H-The Pullman
American Railway Union contest is in a
''nic Of uncertainty here. The men con-
'iTed apparently do not know whether ,
no boycott will be put In effect to-day,
20 morrow, next week or at all. s
\. seaman, President OF the local
/, ~. said to-day that he did not know ]
was behind the posponemert OF the
- :. but there must be a purpose In
dig out the Illinois Central for the
h'Ow on tn" part OF the swltchmen.
very effort Is being made here TO in
spsc the strength of the American
!; ltlway Union, ana so far about 500 ac- I
lessions 10 the order have been made.
CINCINNATI, June fiat noon to-
day thu first signs of the Pullman boy y
soft were observed here. F. a. Phelan. )
who H. here representing President Debs,
nf the American Railway Union. In rctl- I
cent. He will not state anything. Pull
man cars were not moved In the Cincin-
natl. Hamilton and Dayton Yards after Z
q Sciock. aud NO Immediate atteuspss .