Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-05

other systems trouble at the terminals
has made it impossible to handle out
going or incoming trains, and local
roads trains are arriving and depart
Ing from suburban terminal stations
and all are more or less delayed by the
strike of yard and switching employees.
The roads more or less affected by the
boycott, according to Geographic adj
vices, are the following:
Northern Pacific.
Chicago and Northwestern.
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul
Illinois Central
Santa Fe.
Denver and Rio Grande
Rock leland.
Missouri Pacific
Union Pacific.
Denver and Gulf
Wisconsin Central
Chicago and West Michigan.
Big Four.
Chicago Great Western
Chicago and Western Indiana
Chicago and Grand Trunk,n
Chicago and Eastern lllihdis
Louisville. New Albany and Chicago
Southern Pacific.
Baltimore aud Ohio
Panhandle
Mobile and Ohio
Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton
A Chicago dispatch says: The first
passenger train due to leave East on
the Baltimore g. Ohio Thursday could
not leave on account Of being unable
to couple on an engine. Forty. police
were sent to the yards. At the request
of the railway employees in the East,
twenty-five men were sent out by the
American Railway Uunion to day to
aid in organizing In that part of the
country. These man are bound for
New York and will begin work among
the employees OF the New York
Central. Engineers and firemen on
all roads centering in Chicago are
greatly incensed at the discharge
OF the four isengineers by the North
western Road, and decisive action on
their part in aiding the general strike
9 looked for. E. A. Bancroft, repre-
snting the Santa Fe system. applied
10 the United States authorities in the
name of the receiver for protection to
his read against interference by
the strikers. = Four engineers of
the Chicago and Northwestern
with Intimidation. The American
Railway Union engaged attorneys to
defend them. Owing to the strike of
the switchmen on the Panhandle, the
trains of that road have been brought
in over the tracks of the Fort Wayne
road. Threats to tie up the latter
road and even the entire Pennsylvania
system grew largely out OF this fact.
Action against the Fort Wayne will
also involve the Chicago and Alton
road, rs both come into the city over
the same tracks. Everything was
blocked after midnight last night at
the Western avenue yards of the
Northwestern, Milwaukee and St. Paul
and Panhandle reads. 100.
Every Pullman car. ON the line OF the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail-
road Was sfde-tracked by the manage
mentsof the road, and President Debs
or tho American Railway Union
marked down victory No. /. Soon
after the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul had given In, a report was re-
ceived at headquarters from st. Louis
that the Noodle and Ohio Railroad had
given in and would side-track its Pull
man cars. The two surrenders coming
tog ether raised the enthusiasm of the
strikers to the highest pitch, for the
news was sent to all of the strikers
headquarters in the city and the men
became more confident than ever that
the boycott instituted agsiHst the Pull
man Q mpany would be entirely sue'
cessful.
The entire day crews on the Milwau-
kee and st. Paul and Pan Handle roads
have quit work. and theresis not O
wheel turning under any passenger car
on either road that Is not manned by
officials. The men are in an ugly mood
and violence is predicted. There are
said to be only two Pullman cars on the
entire Milwaukee and st, Paul system.
but the use OF these cars has been as
effectual in tieing up the road, at least
at the Chicago end, as though there
were hundreds. Strikers are threat
ening to throw those two cars into the
ditch. Eight hundred men employed
in the Northwestern shops near West
40th street have struck.
The Chicago and Northern Pacific
Rnad can't n Wriffon call for more no