The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-07-02
THE STRIKE ATCHICAGO
Radical Action by the Trade and
Labor Assembly.
MAY ORDER A GENERAL STRIKE.

MAY ORDER A GENERAL STRIKE.
Chief Sargent, of the Locomotive Fire.
men, However, Declares He Cannot Or
der . Strike in His Organirstion-Hun-
dreds of Deputies Enlisted.
CHICAGO, July 2.--All day yesterday
three Rock Island passenger trains stood
on siding at Blue Island. where they
had been thrown Saturday night by the
strikers. Nearly 300 passengers, includ-
ing women and children, passed Saturday
night and yesterday with very little food
and less water, and suffering under the
hot rays of summer sun. Yesterday
some Of the male passengers endeavored
to connect hose with the village water
main to procure water for the blocked
cars for drinking and toilet purposes The
strikers interposed and said if the attempt
was made they would cut the hose. Such
OF the passengers as could afford 1t hired
conveyances during the forenoon and
drove to West Pullman, whence they came
to the city on the electric cars But the
most of the unfortunstes spent the day
sweltering and hoping in vain that the
railroad company would find some way to
relieve them.
Several raids were made on the village
stores for food, but the supply was miser-
ably inadequate and the prices outra-
geous. During the day federal deputies
arrested three strikers at Blue Island for
obstructing the mails and otherwise vio-
lating postal laws.
Six persons were yesterday given au-
thority to tie up every Chicago industry
BY resolution adopted at the meeting of
the Trade and Labor assembly the MEM
bers of the executive committee were
given absolute power to act In support of
the American Railway union until the
boycott and Pullman strike is settled 1t
is said that the Building Trades council
will discuss the advisablity of taking
similar action. Should these two organ
izations decide to order a strike, more
than nine-tenths Of the union workmen in
the city would be idle in less than twen-
ty-four hours.
A Pan Handle train pulled out of the
city for the east yesterday and reached
West Pullman in safety. Strikers re-
moved rail from the track there and the
train came to standstiIl. After parley
between the railroaders and strikers the
rail was secured and replaced, and the
train proceeded.
United States Marshal Arnold was in
| his Office early today and continues the
work of swearing in deputies He says
| that about 800 deputies had been sworn
in. The greatest difficulty he encountered
was arming the men, but revolvers were
purchased from pawn shops and various
stores, and there was no delay in sending
| the men out.
| Chief Sargent, of the Locomotive Fire
men,authorizes the following official state
| ment: 1.-THE Locomotive Firemen as an
organization can take no part in this boy
cott as its laws do not permit it and l
| have no authority as its chief executive to
order sympathetic strike. We desire 1t
understood that we shall in no way antag.
! onize the American Railway union in its
present struggle"
| AT the American Railway union head.
| quarters yesterday the principal work was
the direction of affairs on the terminal
systems of the Illinois Central, the Bur
lington and the Northwestern. A deIega-
tion from the Chicago and Grand Trunk
reported that road tied up from Battle
Creek to Chicago and Superintendent At
| water has given ID eoutthat no froip tit
would be moved on the road until Nov. 3
If necessary. In order to get north
bound express away Assistant Superin.
tendent Meulton, from Janesville, was
compelled to act as engineer.
An open air mass meeting was held OF
all the men employed in every branch OF
train service on the Milwaukee road
within terminal limits A resolution was
passed without dissenting voice that
the men refuse to work. A similar meet
ing was held at Elston, on the Grand
| Trunk, and a resolution Yves passed that
no work should be performed after today.
The shopmen of the Northwestern will
not go back until the trouble is satisfac-
torily ended.
The Burlington terminal yards are com
pletely tied up, and twenty-five switch.
men whom the company had secured to
take the place of strikers have been let &c
again.
Officials of the railways compared notes
last evening, but found little In the situa
tion to make them cheerful. They admit
ted that traffic was pretty well demoral
led but secuted the idea that they would
ever give up the fight.
The firemen on the Northwestern went
out at Chicago yesterday, refusing tt
work with "scab" labor. The Illinoi,
Central suburban firemen have quit from
the same cause and the suburban seryic,
is again abandoned.
Governor Altgeld last night called ou
six companies of militia to proceed t,
Danyille at once. The additional com
panies were ordered to Decatur.
The anticipation that all tho American
Railway union employees in the twenty
seven yards of Kansas City, Mo-, woult
strike at noon yesterday was not realized
and everything is quiet in that city. Tn,
Rock Island and Chicago and Alton sen
out no passenger trains from Kansas Cit,
yesterday, not because they could not b.
manned there, but for the reason that TIL,
companies expected the stalling of th
trains at some point out of town. AL
trains on the other lines arrived and de
parted as usual.
The engineers and fremen of the Biz
Four and Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton railways met at Cincinnati yesterda,
and decided that they would remain loya
to the companies.
AT Decatur, Ills, 600 men are out. Tel
through Wabash passenger trains are eide
tracked and 500 passengers are laid out
Many of them have been in the cars thirty
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