The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-11
is IT PRACTICALLY ENDED2
General Managers Say So, but Threats
of Strike Are Numerous.

Oenefai NzOld1eTsS say SOs DhS AHA c<AtS
of Strike Are Numerous.
CHICAGO, July II, lS94.-In an official
statement the General Managers Associa-
ton says railways are handling the usual
number of trains and that the strike is
practically ended.
AT meetings of about dozen labor organ
izations held last night, however, the threat
was still kept up that 100000 men would be
on strike by Saturday night. The great
Chicago Building and Trades Council
alone controls the destinies in this strike OF
$500 meIe2Ths council, at a lats- hour last
night, ana after fuu discussion OF the stu
ton passed the following resolution
..Resolved That it is the sense of the
council to strike, and that the organizations
already out remain out and the remainder
be out not later than Saturday morning;
that the council give its fullest support to all
organizations affiliated. We request all
members to keep away from railroad prop
erty. and if martial law be declared, to re-
main in their homes"
The Building and Trades Council is com
posed of members of twenty-six affiliated
ORGANIZATIONS and is the most powerful sin
gle labor body in Chicago. Among the
unions affiliated with it are the carpenters,
numbering $500, and the plumbers, 1000.
According to the resolution all will lay down
their tools before Saturday.
AS vet the street railway men are at work
and there is no tie up of the means of urban
transportation, though 1t Is expected that
the conductors motormen and drivers will
90 out on call. The Knights of Labor will
stand with the other organizations, and It's
members, who number 10000 in this city,
will go ont to a man
At four P NJ. today 1900 cigarmakers
will walk out Already the timers, num-
bering l OO0 are reported out; $50 bicycle
hu
Co, did not return to work this morning;
bakers in fifty bakeries refused to work until
the boycott is settled, as did 600 cabinet
makers, 1900 horseshoers, 500 iron moulders,
$50 plate glass workers, 3,0o0 structural
iron workers, 1 500 teamsters, l ,i00 carriage
makers and 80 printers in A. n. Kellogg 81
Co IS establishment The walters in the
hoteIs and restaurants to the number OF 5000
win go out soon, but the hour has not yet
been fixed.
W neither the strike is to be a local OF
general one depends largely upon the re-
suits of the conference of labor leaders here
tomorrow, which has been called by Presi-
dent Samuel Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor. President Gompers
has called upon the executive heads OF all
national and international organizations to
meet bim in person or by representative III
this city at ten A. NJ Thursday to determine
on a general call to all union men in the
country to quit work.
The Brewers Association held an i'm
portant meeting last night. Their employees,
with whom they are on particularly friendly
terms, told them the condition OF affairs as
they existed. They frankly declared they
did not want to strike, but ii Others went
out they would be compelled to. As q re-
suit it was decided to close up the breweries,
but to keep the men on the payrolls. Then
each brewery stored in its vaults about the
city enough beer to keep Its, saloons going
for some weeks Hfss