Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-07-13
PULLMAN'S SILENCE.
Palace Car Autocrat Declines to
Talk on the Subject Of
Arbitration.
Debs and Sovereign Call theStrike off
Confidently Believing That the
Federal Authorities will
Intervene.
Prospect that the General Managers
Will Also be Indicted-Peace at
Chicago-Regular Movement
of Trains Resumed.

Chicago, July 13.-President Debs de.
clared the strike. of the American Rail
way Union off at $3.50 this morning. He
Immediately proceeded to the head
quarters of the General Managers asso-
citation presumably to endeavor to ar
range for the return of the strikers to
work. President Debs' action leaves
only the original strikers, the employees
of the Pullman car shops, still out.
SOVEREIGN BOASTS.
While the other labor leaders were in
conference last night, Sovereign was in
his room in the Sherman house. When
q Questioned about the new turn of affairs
he exclaimed: "This is great victory
for the Knights of Labor. No one
thought of it until the Knights suggested
it and it will settle the strike. 1t is as good
as won now. l can't tell who the arbi-
traitors will be, but this is certain that
Carroll D. Wright will be one of them, as
the O'Neill law provides that the COM
missioner of labor shall be member of
any committee appointed under its pro-
visions. As understand it the commit
tee has all the power the congressional
committee has. I believe this commit
tee can compel Pullman to show his
books and that the result will be that the
public will be given all the facts in the
controversy between him and his en-
ployes. 1t makes no difference whether
Pullman wishes to arbitrate or not or
whether he thinks he has nothing to arbi.
trate. The committee has all the power
necessary to bring out all facts and the
public can then draw its own conclusions"
STRIKE DECLARED OFF.
At 8 o'clock this morning Debs called
a meeting of his directory at the Revere
house and for half an hour the strike
leaders were in close conference. When
the doors of the council chamber we're
unlocked Debs announced that he had
officially declared the strike off, but as
serted that he would make no statement
until after visit to the general man
ayers.
This was generally understood, how
ever, that the conference of the Fedora
tion of Labor gave no promise of ma
terial aid in settling the strike and that
the assurances from Washington that
arbitration would be enforced
was the cause of the unexpected action
on the part of the strike managers.
After Debs made his announcement at
the A. R. U. headquarters he Immediately
left the Office to call upon the General
Managers association. He said he would
submit proposition to ascertain if they
would take back
ALL STRIKING EMPLOYEES.
The strike, he stated, would thus re-
vert to its original status before as
struggle between the Pullman company
and its employees. Before seeing the
general managers Debs declined to make
any statement as to his reasons for call
ing off the strike.
An Associated Press reporter saw
Sovereign at 10 o'clock. He said that
the papers to call the strike off had all
been drawn up yesterday. They con-
tsined two provisions: First, that there
should be arbitration; second, that all
striking employees except those charged
with crime should be taken back.
II have not seen pebs this morn
ing but arbitration has been
secured and that was what we want
ed and thus great victory has been OBJ
tained for labor. Debs has done just
right. As soon as see him I shall issue
an order calling off the Knights of Labor
strike."
Gompers and the other labor leaders in
conference at the Briggs house declared
before 1890 a. N. that the report that
President Debs and the board of directors
Of the A. r. U. had declared the strike off
could not be true. It would be 80 unfair
10 all other labor organizations, they said,
that such action would not be taken with
out consultation with them.
REPORTER fLABBERaAsTED.
It seems that Debs made statement
early in the day to a reporter that the
strike had been declared off," and add
ing a moment later: "Under certain con-
ditions.' But in the haste and confusion
The reporter did not catch the last words.
The facts are at this hour (1:30 p. N.Y.
Debs, Howard, Sovereign and Mayor
Hopkins are in tho mayors office wait
ing for Alderman MCCLELLAN, who was
chairman of the arbitration committee
which attempted settlement with Vice
President Wicks of the Pullman company.
PATCHING IT UP.
Debs then went to the city hall and
presented a proposition which he pro-
posed to present to the general managers
and Mayor Hopkins and asked the mayor
10 accompany him to the general mana
gers Office, The mayor and Debs, Sov-