The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-27
PULLMANS UNDER BOYCOTT.
The American Railway Unions Big
Fl6ht Begun.

OP1AAhS Va bhS EAknb
Concentrated Against the Illinois
oentral-A Number of Northern Pa
oifio Men Quit at st. Paul.
Chicago, June 26,-The boycott declared
against the Pullman Palace Car Company
by the American Railway Union, went
into effect az l2 o'clock to-day. The
order is supposed to include every rail-
road in the United States which handles
Pullman cars, and, as declared by the
union officials, every road which insists
upon running the sleepers will be sub
iected to a strike il necessary.
AS a result Of the boycott all OF tho
switchmen in the freight yards OF the
Illinois Central met al 8 o'clock this
evening and no freight of any kind is being
handled in the yards. The order 10 strike
was issued this afternoon, but was not
observed till late, after II became APP
parent that the Illinois Central officers
were determined to run the Pullman cars.
In addition 10 the freight swltchmen, IL
Is expected that the men arc working In
the upper yards handling the pass anger
trains which will so out tomorrow morn
ing
The strike was sudden and SO far Is ef-
tective, taking the officials by surprise
and leaving the work in the yards here ia
bad shape
When the boycott order became eject
i've this noon IL marked the beginning of
what is expected to be the greatest strug-
gle between capital and labor ever in
augurated in one common efforg TO secure
better wages, and while the boycott is
ostensibly declared as a demonstration OF
sympathy In behalf of the strikers in tho
Pullman shops IL is in reality life and
death struggle between the greatest aud
most powerful railroad labor organiza-
tion and the entire railroad capital
on THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL
The strike on the Illinois Central will
be of the greatest moment both 10 the
employees and the railroads About 400
men are included in the Freight Switch
mems Union. When the passenger
switchmen go out it will swell the num-
Der TO 800
1T was announced to-day that no trains
taking Pullman sleepers would be per-
mitted to go out Of the Illinois Central
depot after IL o'clock, and as a precaution
the company had all Of its passenger
trains made up last night The coaches
were chained together, padlocked aud
sealed with the company's seal at the
! tOuplluBSs anu III uuulJlOu GdCn bfdtn
carried guard of ten special officers
employed by the railroad The
first train left at ! .35 o'clock and
three other trains were sent out up TO 0
o'clock tonight with guards, and from
one TO two sleepers. The engineers and
trainmen received orders from their con-
federates to-day not TO take part in the
boycott or assist the union men in any
way, and the railroad company relied on
this to great extent in getting out their
trains.
NO MORE ORDERS YET.
Up to late tonight no other orders for
strikes were issued, hut tomorrow 1t is
understood that all the American Rail-
way Union men on the entire Illinois Gem
tral system will be called out unless the
officials consent 10 Join in the Pullman
boycott.
On the other roads no trouble was had
in running out trains. 1t is evidently the
intention Of the union officials to allow
the Pullman cars TO be carried out Of Chi
cago, but TO prevent their return.
Vice President Hanrahan of the
Illinois Central said TO night: THE
freight switchmen could not have
chosen "A better time TO strike
as far as we are concerned. We
are not moving much freight now, or
passengers.
A mass meeting Of about 900 railroad
Ahthf bldAillBH duh gdiQ buADAOJE5 VI bAO
roads entering the city from the south
side was held this evening, and President
Debs of the American Railway Union,
and Vice President Howard of the same
organization, addressed the gathering.
MEN QUIT AT ST. PAUL
At ST. Paul the first serious effect Of the
American Railway Unions attempt to
| boycott the Pullman company was felt at
noon, when all the car cleaners, machin-
fgfa nd ,fana ,Ifxrrn n1
! Pullman cars in the Northern Pacific
yards deserted their places, At the COM
pany's shops all the painters and car
penters repairing Pullman coaches laid
| down their hammers and brushes, and
went quietly to their homes. At 4:l5 D.
m. when the Portland express was made
up American Railway Union men at
tempted to get the train crew to desert
their places. Several officers of the
Northern Pacific Company were sum-
moned TO the depot and, after a plea that
il would be unjust to the passengers TO
delay them, the men consented to move
the train, leaving the depot at 4:33
o'clock, about seventeen minutes late.
FEDERAL MARsHALs SUMMONED.
At Cincinnati there was no attempt to
tie up the Pullman cars. During tha
day Judge William Taft Of the United
States court issued a call for the United
States deputy marshals of Kentucky at
Louisville. jackson, Moorhead, Mount
Sterling Pineville, and Pittsburg to re-
port az the government build
ing In Covington to await orders.
Judge Taft's action is to protect
the property of uthe Cincinnati
Southern railroad, which in in the con-
troll Of the United States court. The
marshals was also instructed to swear in
private citizens as deputy marshals should
emergency arise and the railroad
property be serioualy threatened at Lud-
low andsother points. And, rflnally, il
necessary United States troops viii be
called out.
The threatened strike Of the employees
of the Pullman Palace Car Company,
which was ordered for today, had no ef-
feet on the company in Kansas City. At
the onice of the district superintendent OF
the Pullman company il was said thatno
sign OF strike ofany kind had been seen.
The American Railway Union is not
strong there.
MOB AT GRAND CROSSING.
At about O'Clock tonight mob of
switchmen and their sympathizers con-
gregated at Grand Crossing, the junction
of the Illinois Central and other roads
out Of Chicago, and overpowaring the one
or two special officers there took charge
of the signal gates and refused TO permit