The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-03

In trouble. A few OF them are s,rug-
Cling to move their passenger trains. but
freight traffic is practically Mt an end.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy.
which employs non-union men. Ia about
the only exception among the roads In
| Chicago
The Chicago and Northern. which up
to last night had escaped trouble. fell
into line during the night. and to-
day is completely tied up. Its subur-
ban traffic Is very heavy. and great in
convenience results from the stoppage
of this branch of It's business.
The Illinois Central the Rock Island,
the Milwaukee and st. Paul and Great
Western all report like condition.
| The Michigan Central and Michigan
Southern hay" been suffering. because
| they occupied terminal facilities jointly
with the Illinois Central and Rock Isl
and. Nevertheless. up to today they
passenger traffic with comparative ease
The general tie-up at Detroit to-day
stops these two roads effectnally.
! The Western Indiana terminal. over
which the Grand Trunk, Chicago and
Erie. Wabash. Eastern Illinois. Santa
| Fee and Monon roads enter the city, re-
covered from the first shock and was
handling its passenger traffic with a rea-
sonable degree of efficiency up TO last
night. To-day all OF those roads are
again in trouble.
Manager. Won't Force the Fight.
A new difficulty Is presented by the
refusal of the engineers and firemen
to risk their lives 10y working with
true that the railway managers them
selves are not very anNiohs to force the
fighting. They are exceedingly fearful
OF preCipitating n battle on the 4th OF
| Iitl NJ Al IA
They are making no serious EFFORT to
move their trains before Thursday
morning. They also say that a gus
pension at this time Is not an unmiti-
! gated evil.
I'VE are taking things very easy"
said one OF them this morning; we
in the country, and must be moved
sooner or later, and, as all of the roads
are involved In this thing, II makes no
difference to ns when the freight Is
share of 1t. II any one or more OF the
roads was free from disturbance. 1t
might rob the rest of us OF our share.
| question has got to be settled sooner or
later. and we feel 1t might ~ well be
now ~ ever.
Let the Public suffer-"
1--WE are perfectly willing that the
public shall suffer enough inconven
fence to enable II to fully realize what
the strike means. II VIII not be long
before the Inconvenience resulting from
this suspension will be felt very keenly
everywhere and then we believe public
sentiment will be great factor In the
extinction Of Debs and his people We
believe this is "A much wiser way to set
tie these troubles than woSld be an at
tempt to force the thing and endanger
the lies OF ii large number Of faithful
men,"
PrOvlsions Going ~.
The price, of provisions is advancing
very rapidly, and the hotels. restau-
rants and private families are feeling it
very keenly. Fruit. Ice and all kinds OF
perishable provisions are commanding
very high prices. and, indeed. are now
Is becoming very serioun and number
uf factories have been compelled to shut
down. A number Of breweries Will cease
operations to-day.
Vigorous efforts are being made to In
volve the intramural transportation
lines In the trouble, and II TX claimed
that during the day the elevated roads
| tons.
The shipment OF grain to this city Is
seriously embarrassed. M IL the move
ment In every other commodity for that
matter. There Is. II H. said, scarcely IA
ton OF soft coal In this city. although
usually 1000 tons are burned daily.
To Stop the Lake shore.
At o'clock tonight an attempt will
be made to stop all trains on the Lake
street Il" road This line does not haul
Pullman cars. but Mr.. Debs has called
the firemen out because the Company IL
burning non-union coal-that liz fuel
hauled by the Panhandle road.
Marine Engineers Act.
Land and water are to Join hands In
tn. strike; "a deputation OF marine engi-
neers visited rhlrich's Hall last night
and stated that the local union here had
rrs%lS,d mo. to hand,e p1 Sa bo OF
cutted roads. They said they had beer
authorized to give this information Il,
Thomas +. Dowd. President OF the l.oca
Union of Marine Engineers and Secre
tary of the National Union. They add
ed that. II that would not suffice. thu
Union would quit work whenever Gale,
out,
This news was cheeringly received ant
may result in call out, as the Union II
determined to cripple transportation b.
land and water. This ~ the trst ole
t, pour the lakes into the controversy
ami the Union will consider the matte
to-day. and avail themselves OF IT Il
suspend freight business and involved
shipping on the lakes. The marine en-
gineers are examined, qualified AM
licensed men. and II they go out thei
p.aces cannot be supplied. The Raiiwa'
Union Is much elated over this accession
No strike ON the 81. Paul.
The Grievance Committee Of the en-
st. Paul Railroad were in session unit
late last night, and they were visite
by A large number II the Chicago en-
pllyecs Of the road.
, There is no strike of tho men on tn
st. raul road" said Chairman Durbo,
nor viii there Ice one Unless II is or
Lrrsd by this Committee, A yenr ago W
|, had strike all IL, ourselves and game
, what We demanded. since then We hav
: maintained our own road federation
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