Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-19
STRIKE is AT AN END.
TRAINS AT CHICAGO NOW RUN
MING AS USUAL.
From Every Direction Como Reports of
Msa Returning to Work. and Both Pas
seager and Freight Tramc Rssuming
NORMAL Conditions-For Arbitration.
Trouble Il Over.

Trouble Is Over.
The great railway strike is at an end
In Chicago. Trains ON all roads are
moving. Passenger trains are again
ON time, and freight traffic Is rapidly
becoming regular. The railroad COM
panies have called halt in the impor-
tation of new men to take the places Of
strikers. They claim to have manned
all the important vacancies with COM
petent men, and that the operation OF
the various roads is rapidly assuming
normal smoothness. 1t is said by the
general managers that there are now
enough applicants for work in Chicago
to supply remaining vacancies, and
that no necessity exists for bringing
In more men from other labor centers.
On some of the roads it Is pretty
we'll known, though officially" denied,
that in the employment Of men the
strikers are being Disseminated
against. On other roads more gen.
erous spirit prevails and the old men
are given the preference, though
without exception the companies say
they will stand by the new men who
came forward at the risk OF their lives
las they believed) and took the places
of the strikers.
In the scramble among former en-
ployes to get back their Jobs some
amusing incidents crop out. The pres
ident of one of the largest corpora
tions was running through the excuses
piled upon his desk from employees ex-
planning how it happened that they had
three weeks, and found that out of 135
communications, thirty-two related to
births in the family and the consequent
train of sickness and misfortune. On
comparing notes 1t was learned that
the employing officials on every other
road were overwhelmed with similar
excuses, which led them to the conclu-
sion that strikes have an extraordi-
naryly stimulating effect on population
statistics. The epidemic of sickness
in the families of strikers who want
to get back to work is widespread and
include relatives Of all degrees, from
wives, children, mothers and fathers
to thirty-second cousins by marriage or
adoption.
Quiet Everywhere.
Reports from all over the country
indicate that the greatest labor dis
turbance which has ever occurred in
this or in any other country is at an
end, and 1T may be said to the credit
of the authorities that the trouble was
suppressed with comparatively little
bloodshed. Happily the struggle be-
tween the armed representatives of
order and those engaged in defying
law, destroying property and obstruct-
ing the operation of the rail-
roads centering in the great town
of Illinois did not materialize to
any great extent.
For those not disposed to reason the
presence OF an army OF 10000 men in
Chicago had quieting effect, as the
troopers had orders to shoot to kill,
when law breakers set out to burn and
pillage the property OF the railroad
companies. Undoubtedly their pres
ence did much to keep the turbulent
in subsection. And it must be con-
fessed that the regulars bore them
selves like brave soldiers in refraining
from shooting when provocation to do
SO was very strong.
Cleveland Ior Arbitration.
1t is reported from Washington that
the President will appoint commits
sion, by the authority given him by
the arbitration act of 1855, to investi-
gate the labor troubles at Chicago ard
elsewhere and report to the President
and Congress. This determination on
the part of the President was arrived
at after an interview with Secretary
Treasurer Hayes of the knights of
Labor, Mcclure and French of the
Executive Committee, and Mr.. Schoen-
faber, who were introduced to the
President by Senator Kyle, and
who came bearing credentials
from the American Railway Union,
the Pullman employees, and sew
eral labor organizations. After
discussing the various features OF the
situation for more than an hour the
President promise that if the leaders
would return to Chicago and use their
influence toward restoring peace and
order he would appoint the commission
as soon a the disturbances had ceased
to such an extent as to render a care
full, thoughtful investigation possible.