The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-07-07
THE STRIKE.
Over Forty Thousand Rairoatiers
Now Out.
Entire Railroad systcms Tied Up and
Powericss In the Hands OF the Em-
ploycs--U United States Marshals APP
pointed TO Prevent Mall Delay.

CHICAGO, June 2a.--With beginning
of few hundred discontented strikers
At Pullman, ILL.,, who were attempting
TO force merely a local issue successful
ly, the Pullman strike and boycott has
grown to the greatest battle between
labor and capital that has ever been i'm
augurated in the United States. In
three days time the Pullman trouble
has spread to nearly oil of the import
ant railroads in the United States west
Of Chicago, with the result that entire
systems are tied up and powerlcss in
the hands of employees who are striving
for a principle rather than cause.
Within three days over 10000 men
have either quit work or have an.
nounced their intention of SO doing at
Chicago, and added to this are the
many thousands on the systems all
through the west who have gone
out in obedience to requests from
the officers of the American Rail-
way union. 1t was estimated Thurs
day at the headquarters of the A.
r. U. that fully 10000 men are now
out on strike on account of the refusal
of the Pullman Co. to settle the differ
ences with its employees in the shops.
Friday nearly double that number will
have been ordered out, and the strikers
will include not only members
of the union, but Knights of Labor,
Brotherhood men and other organiza-
tions which can in any way affect the
interests of the roads which have re-
solved to stand by Pullman.
.,,k -
Thursday that by Friday morning the
different railroads out of Chicago hand.
ling Pullman cars would be sufficiently
crippled to warrant the removal of the
base of operations of the officers of the
A. R. U. from Chicago to st. Louis
Martin Elliott, representative a
the union, was sent to st. Louis Thurs.
day night to call out the men on all
the railroads entering the st. Louis
union depot with Pullman palace cars
in their trains.
Friday night, il necessary, President
Debs and Vice President Howard will
go to st. Louis to take charge of the
strikers there and set all railway EN-
ployes in line with the union. 1t il
confidently asserted that within two
days all railroads out Of st. Loui.
handling Pullman cars, excepting the
Missouri Pacific, will be asked to can
eel Pullman contracts or incur strike
The Santa Fe through Kansas is re
ported as completely tied up.
The United States government ha.
taken hand in the railroad strike sc
far as it concerns the Santa Fe. Late
Thursday afternoon United States Dis
trict Attorney Milchrist received a dis
patch from Attorney General Olney
stating that advices had been received
from the postmaster general indicating
that the transportation of the U. s
mails on the road in question wa.
either obstrncted or in danger of be
ing. The attorney general therefor'
instructed the United States distric
attorney to proceed against all in
dividuals concerned in such obstruc
ton, and to place warrants in thu
hands of the United States marshal
who in turn was instructed to appoin
all the deputy marshals Necessary TO
the proper enforcement of the law.