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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-07

several days trying to organize the switch
men Of all the roads, said Superintendent
| Van Etten
Il do not know yet what success they met
with, but very few Of our employees belong
to the union, and we have number of men
/ there was general strike there
s'Strike seems to be in the air. 1t is no
longer the Railway Union. When these
big strikes once get started the spirit of the
thing seems to get in the air, and then rail
road men everywhere imagine that they
have a grievance. So we viii not be sur
prises if the strike extends to Buffalo
"Our nen have no grievance, and we are
sure they will not take the initiative in a
strike, but if the switchmen of the other
roads entering Buffalo go out it may delay
our trains.
"We are in very good shape today. All
our through trains, including the Chicago
bound today is about four hours late, but [
do not know yet where the delay occurred
| or the cause Of it,
"Until few days ago the American Rail
way Union had very limited membership
among the railroad employees at Buffalo, but
they have been organized there since the
strike began. and they organize in such a
way it is difficult to find out what success
they meet with
San agent of the union goes about the
yards and asks every man if he wants to
join. If he says he does the agent collects 81
initiation fee, hands the man card and says:
You're a member of the union.
''Tnat is the way the American Railway
Union has been organized The initiation
fee is only 81, and the dues are twenty-five
cents year.
s'The situation on the Lake Shore road is
betUer today than it was yesterday. There
is some delay in handling freight, but pas
senger trains on both the Lake Shore and
Michigan Central roads are going through
all right
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FAMINE MAY RESULT.
The Scarcity of RIeat in New York
Causes Great Alarm.

The Scarcity of RIeat in New York
Causes Great Alarm.
NEW YORK, July z. 1894. The effects of
the big strike in the West are being felt in
this city more and more each day, and un-
less there is a settlement Of some kind very
soon the produce market will become para
lyzed, and the supply of food products will
be nothing like equal to the demand.
The most alarming feature of the situation
IN this city is the scarcity of meat. In con
sequence OF the supply growing less, the
price of meat is advancing slowly each day,
and the downtown business men say there is
no telling how high the price will go before
the strike is settled New York dressed beef
advanced one-half a cent today and the
most conservative merchants say that by
this time next week, the price of meat should
the strike continue, will be far beyond the
means of the poorer classes. Sixty-fiye per
cent of the dressed beef consumed in this
city comes from Chicago, and as
there has been no shipments here
since Friday last, the cold stor-
age houses and refrigerators are
being rapidly exhausted to supply the de-
mands Of Boston and other New England
cities, who depend upon the metropolis for
large share of their meat
A prominent butcher said today that if the
strike lasted through next week the price of
meat would be higher than it was ever
known in this city, and that the supply
would be nothing like equal to the demand
next week
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DEADLY QUIET AT BLUE ISLAND

BLUE ISLAND, ILL.,, July z, 1894. Two
companies of Regulars are still guarding the
yards here, but their presence is almost un-
necessary, for the reason that most of the
strikers have left town, either through fear
of arrest OF in order to join in the turbulent
scenes being enacted in Chicago Then, too,
no attempt is being made on the part OF the
railroad officials to move single car, though
a large number of cars of butter, eggs and
other perishable goods are held
here in the blockade The Denver passenger
train that arrived here Thursday noon is
still lying in the yards and with it is an
Omaha special with eight Pullman sleepers.
The passengers for the most part have
walked to West Pullman and have reached
the city by means of the street cars Dur
ing the night the strikers cut all the electric
light wires and left the yards in total dark
ness Several arrests were made on suspicion
and couple of intoxicated men were locked
up, but they were released yesterday.
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MINOR STRIKE DEsPAToHEs.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July {, 1894. On the
application of United States Dlstric At
torney Walker, Judge Phillips last night
issued the omnibus injunction against Debs
ct AL, restraining them from interfering
with railway property.
ST. PAUL. July Z, 1S94-The Northern
Pacific train that will be started this after
noon for the coast, the first since the strike
began, will be guarded by members of the
Minnesota Boat Club. Deputy marshals
were wanted, and the officials were des-
irous of having at their aid something more
than the material ordinarily offered, SO ten
men of the boat club volunteered their ser
vices.
TRINIDAD, Col, July z, 1894 The whole
sale arrests recently made and the presence
of troops, have overawed the turbulent
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CHICAGO OLEAN CRAZY.
The Building Trades Council Pro-
nounces for a General Strike.


nounces for General Strike.
CHICAGO, July Z, 1S94.-There was little
| friction in the session of the building trades
| council last night. 1t was practically unaDi-
| nous in favor of a strike. All the varied in
| terests were represented The session was
prolonged until nearly two o'clock this morn
ing One faction desired a more emphatic
expression than was contained in the minutes
of the session given herewith. The more
conservative element prevailed, aud these
declarations were agreed upon
1.-The Building and Trades Council of the
City of Chicago, representing $4,000 organ
lied workingInen in the Building Trades
Council in regular meeting assembled
Friday evening, July 6, 1884, passed the
| following resolutions
Whereas The present conditions existing
between the railroad employees and the en-
plovers is such as calls for the earnest con-
sideration of all classes of organized labor:
and
Whereas, 1t is apparent that capital is
| organized in conjunction with the SAID rail-
| road corporations and the Pullman Company,
backed by the State and Federal militia,
to defeat the just demands for arbitration,
| therefore be it
Resolved, that the building trades coun-
| Gil declares in favor of a general cessation
of all industries throughout the country.
provided such demand for arbitration is not
| COQC0QOU. we, SdA1 Oil ehAA Va
ganized labor throughout the country to inn
mediately consider the advisability of such a
step, and be it further.
.fResolved, That this Building Trades
Council calls upon the American Federation
of Labor and all executive officers of all
national and international labor organiza-
tions to take steps to centralize and
strengthen such movement, to go into
effect as soon as possible.
The Buildings Trade Council is composed
of the following .sorganizations:-A Archi-
tectural Iron Workers. Bridge and Struc-
turaI Iron Workers, United Carpenters
Council, Cement Finishers, Cement Finish
ers' Helpers, Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers Nos and 4, Chicago Gas Fit
ters' Association. Gravel Roofers,
German Hod Carriers, Hod Carriers and
Building Laborers, Hosting Engineers,
Journeymen Lathers, Marble Polishers and
Bedrubbers, Mosaic and Encaustic Layers.
Mosaic file Layers Helpers, Italian
Marble and Enamel Mosaic Workers,
Metal Cornice and Skylight Workers,
National Marble Filters and Sette IS, Paint
ers' District Council, Steampipe Id Boiler
Coverers, Tin and Sheet Iron Workers,
Gas and Electric Fixture Hangers, Plumb
ers Plasterers
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ONE DAYS RECORD.
Fires and BIoodshed Followed by
Paralysis of Industry.

CHICAGO, July Z, 1894.-For the twenty
four hours ending at midnight there were
sixtv-two fire alarm calls from burning rail
road property, nearly all being on the south
side. This is remarkable record according
to Chief Sweenie. Several times railroad
shops were fred. The strain was great on
the Fire Department, and at the headquar-
ters in the City Hall double force OF opera
tors was at work Chief Sweenie stayed at
headquarters and directed the movements OF
his companies
The number of alarms from July to ten
o'clock last night was 334, the largest ever
recorded in the history OF the department IN
that time. Chief Sweenie said last night 1t
was question whether the firemen on the
South side could hold outfit such wholesale
incendiarisin continued.
RECORD OF BLOOD.
Three killed and five more or less seriously
wounded is the bloody record of yesterdays
riots in Chicago This is the list
KILLED.
Letters, William, shot through the heart
at Western avenue
Richie, s. r., Pinkerton detective, acting
as deputy marshal, attacked boy who was
stealing melons from a car. He was SET upon
| by crowd of onlookers, who beat the de-
tective SO badly that he died during the
evening.
Zeff, Richard. deputy marshal, killed by
the accidental dischargeof riot gun.
WOUNDED. IS
Ansleyes. W. g., shot by deputy mar
shal at Kensington. may prove fatal
Lehman, w J., slotin the neck by his
wife. who was shooting at striker.
Martin, William, wounded by the acci-
dental discharge of a riot gun.
Udess, Frederick, shot by deputy mar
shal at Kensington.
Unknown man, shot by deputy marshal;
not seriously injured.
William Letters was a striking employein
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail7
way yards at Western avenue. Late yes
terday afternoon he met w. J. Lehmann
an engineer on the Burlington road. Leh-
mann was accompanied by his wife. The
two men became engaged in q controversy,
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PENNSYLVANIA HAMPRRBD.
All Its Chicago Trains East De
IaYed.

Iayed.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is
feeling the first effects of the great railroad
is seriously interfered with. The Chicago
Limited which should have arrived in the
city at 6:22 last evening, the Day Express
which is due at 9:27, and the Eastern Ex-
press due at ;32 this morning, mad not ar
rived up TO noon.
1t was said at the depot this morning that
they would arrive about noon, as they had
all left Pittsburg and were on their way
East As far as could be learned the trouble
in getting out Of Chicago, where the strikers
interfered with the movement of the trains.
The Chicago Limited West, was de-
patched from Jersey City PROMPTLY at
1914 this morning, the schedule time for its
departure, and it is the intention OF the
companys officers to despatch the other
Chicago trains on time
ERIE READY FOR THE STRIKERS
Trainmaster Staples of the New York,
Lake Erie and Western Railroad said this
morning that as yet his road had experienced
no trouble whatever and that all trains are
leaving and arriving on schedule time. At
ten O'Clock this morning he heard that all
was quiet at Buffalo and that no serious
trouble was anticipated by the Erie officials.
In case the strike should extend to Jersey
City, the officers will have in readiness,
enough men to operate at least half of their
trains As soon as the men quit work, word
will be sent to police headquarters and the
men which the road have in waiting will be
put'lmmediatelY in the strikers places, and
an attempt made to operate the road.
Mr.. Staples said that for9warned was fore
armed and his company was preparing to
meet all emergencies.
PROVISIONS DEARER HERE.
The strike has already affected the prizes
of meat in this city, and by next week it is
expected that butter, California fruit and
other groceries coming from the West will
be higher in price Mr. W. e. Turner, the
well-known grocer when interviewed by a
reporter of THE JERSEY CITY NEWS this
afternoon said
~ he strike has not yet affected the price
of groceries, but there is no doubt that West
eln butter and California fruit will advance
in price next week The longer the strike
continues the more costly will these articles
become
WORSE NEXT WEEK.
All the butchers that were interviewed
said that the price of meat would also adj
vance next week James Forbes of Rail
road and Newark avenues said:-"Ihe
average increase IN the price of meat during
the past week was three cents a pound. This
increase was made by the wholesale people
and not the retailers. 1t is certain that there
will be another advance next week il the
strike is not settled. There seems to be no
trouble about the supply, nor is it likely that
there will be any. The wholesale dealers at
the abattoir have their icehouses we'll
stocked with meat and the retailers will
be able to have all their orders filled.
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ice, The strike here seems to be practically

NieS' Ano oui Ano NO -- w - r
enoeu, ZOO, ,ro
FORT SMITH, Ark, July =, Io94.-th lile ne
strike has broken out at van buren on Ine
Missouri Paclfic road' ana TWO tralns carry
| ing sleeping cars are lying IN une yaras az
| from Little Rock, but ne refused 10 taRe
| out the tram iralns "ltnoub T rullilia1s ~
| through; NO Irelghts, however, anu IL, ~
tral1s xg WIN sleepihe eans 1nsbal Go,,ck
yonu an pui ~ t;a,,a,a to,;obt On
~ iii. onrsrir to sion
Wat.S ensi rbu ~ ,r.a ,Iaa sad or hail
0lie en- lii@ias 5000 foI Inlv 1894
~ ,it ,,,isinr IF the amerifap
I1s,io,, onaearng nractinalIv all
II ~ yTsta,,, vision of the
etl9 MdIand Railvev has decided NOT
:" 49, Tha vote for The strike was 81
w oos;,,s+ 81 81
ANxAxrE I'll ,Julv 7. 1894. All the
f4e,.;n a,e, -. sbntt;2o down for lack of
coal and the electric light. street railway
o,'d ~ato,. nIants are economizing to the
anu ,,4r,,ost %"OoA p''''-'S
uoiiioso ~,
OMAHA July :, a. 5no ,,'o,, ~ ~,
lng company nas iaio OF 2uo men - iss nsG mo
klllng aeparenient ~ 1~.iU iaiu ,.'. u,r Eli
other companies are sun 1ryHs W run tuit
Iorces. me "otkins hotpo CT oh 5 oao ~, =
racine system may pe Iaio on ooaay ~ aS
Omana smelter Is nearty ou' u oie ano
mus5s soon shu6 ooWh.
HARRISBURG, Pa, July Z, 1S94-Ihe
strike in the West having cut of the
supply Of cattle for the Philadelphia
is supplying the demand. Today
an extra stock train of thirteen loaded cars
came over the Cumberland Valley Rail
road and seventeen cars passed over the
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into camp at Dexter Park shortly after
| midnight.
THREE THOUSAND RIOTERS.
At nine thirty-five A. NJ, word was tele-
phoned to Captain O'Neill of the stockyard
station that mob of nearly 5000 men were
at work destroying the station and round
house of the Grand Trunk R. r. Co. at 49th
and Johnston streets Captain O'Neill i'm
mediately sent word to the State militia in
Dexter Park, and Colonel Moulton with a
scene of trouble
TWO MISCREANTS CAUGHT.
Shortly before one o'clock this morning
Police Officers Daley and Creiisky discover
ed two men at work about 200 feet south OF
| Forty-seventh street on the Fort Wayne
tracks. The men were armed with sledge
hammers, and were tearing up the railroad
tracks. The officers ordered the wreckers to
surrender, but were answered by a
volley of bullets, which whistled close to the
officers head. One bullet pessed through
Daley's helmet and another tore along his
coat sleeve. The police drew their revol-
vers, and after running fire captured one
of the men, who proved to be John Foley
His companion escaped Foley was for
merly employed as switchman on the Fort
WAYNE road.
At nine o'clock this morning the Second
Regiment of State militia were ordered to
move on the Fort Wayne tracks and patrol
them between Thirty-eighth and Forty
seventh streets The troops have taken up a
position along both sides of the tracks and
no person without authority is allowed on
the tracks
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I X I | R R 4 !! |!
MORE DLOODSHED
IN CHICAGO,
Special to the Jerscu citu Neacs.

SrocK YARDS, CHICAGO, July z, lS94.-
Early this morning strikers fired some freight
cars at the yards. The Monon road police
arrived and quenched the fire. The mob then
attacked the police, who fired, wounding a
number ofp the mob. Four arrests were
made. A truce has been declared on the
Michigan Central until this afternoon The
men are holding conference with the
officials.
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NEARING 4 CRISIS,
Government Forces Ready
to Stop Chicago's Reign
of Riot.
STATE TROOPS MAsSING
Heavy Guards in the Stock
Yards and a Big Re-
serve Force.
PACIFIC LINES SEIZED
General Schofeld Takes Possession
of the Union and Northern
Roads as Military Lines.
RECORD OF DEsoLATIoN
Bloodshed and Destruction of Fri
day Night in the Frenzied
City-More Ruin Today.
Indications of a General strike
Famine Threatens New York
Tens of Thousands Out
of work.

WASHINGTON, July Z, 1s94.-Major Cen
eral Schofeld has issued an order directing
General Merritt, at st. Paul, to assume con-
troll of the Northern Pacific Railway lines,
ana keep them open as a post and military
road.
1t is understood that an order viii also bs
issued to Brigadier-General Brooke, at
Omaha, to assume control of the Union Pa
cifc Railroad as military road, but this
had not been done up to Pm.
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NO WAITS FROM THE NI00L.
Rn Cahle 70 a. U1litea Trsss.

LONDON. July Z, 1S94-The steamer
Alecto. which sailed from New York for
London June 24, passed Portland Bill this
morning She sailed from New York on the
day that the tug james d. Nicol foEndered
off Sandy Hook, and it was hoped that she
had picked up some of the missing excursion
lists but in answer to signals she reported
that she had not
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THE ORDER OF THE ELEPHANT.

The Prince of Wales and the Duke of
Coburg have been wearing new order at
the State Ball and other functions. This
decoration consists of broad blue ribbon,
with an elephant in ivory suspended from it.
This is the Danish Order of the Elephant.
which the Princes are wearing as a compli-
rnent to Prince Christian. The Elephant is
the, first order in Denmark and dates from
1
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MA1TERN uF F4CE

III you are troubled with indigestion,try
the old reliable and valuable remedy
Doyles Dyspepsia PIlrs. Proprtetors
Ewning 4 Co.
Factories and Institutions can get their
supplies, think, cheaper and better than
they can in New York, at Cleary's Whole
sale Grocery House, Montgomery and
Greene streets.
after the ball is over'' bottle of
ssRisnxin Beer from Eldot s. Co.
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STILL MORE FOOLS.

PHILADELPHIA. July Z. 1924. John W.
Hayes, Secretary Treasurer Of the Knights
OF Labor, left Philadelphia this morning for
Elberon, n. j., where, in company with a
delegation Of Chicago business lnen, he will
endeavor to induce Mr. Pullman to take
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-07

Latters accusing Lehman of treachery. to
the cause of labor by not joining
in the strike. They came to blows IN the
struggle, clinched and fell to the ground,
Lehman on top Of Letters. Mrs Lehman
drew a revolver from her husbands hip
pocket. and taking aim at Letters fired. The
bullet passed through the heshy part of Leh-
mann's neck and through Letters heart,
killing him instantly. The body was taken
to the ,Morgue. and Mr.. and Mrs. Lehman
were arrested and locked up.
INDUSTRIES CLOSING DOWN.
An exhaustive canvass of the industrial
concerns of the city yesterday reveals an
appalling state of affairs. and warrants the
statement that tonight IS per cent. OF them
will stop their machinery and keep it SO un-
til the embargo on traffic is raised. The
effect will be to throw into idleness upward
of 100000 workers.
The Deering Harvester Company's Works
will stop tonight, throwing out 5000 people.
The Illinois Malleable Iron Company $
furnaces were allowed to die last night for
lack of fuel and pig iron shutting out 3Uo
men, The nineteen furnaces of the Illinois
Steel Companv's plant are banked
for need of coke, ana ell
the company's mill at South
Chicago. North Chicago, Joliet and Mil
walkee are closed. throwing into idleness
$500 men at South Chicago, 1,500 at Joliet,
1000 at Milwaukee and 250a North Chicago,
total of $50 The Union Foundry Com
pany and the Kimball Bridge Company,
allied concerns, cannot get iron and those
plants are idle adding 250 more to the army
of unemployed.
The Great Western Refining Company has
fuel for but two days, and will then close.
The Chicago Tire and Spring Company shut
down last Tuesday for lack of fuel. throwing
out $50 men Cook County Hospital has
been burning hard coal for two days because
of Contractor Kellys inability to secure
soft coal The Chicago Packing Box Com
pany closed, throwing out 300, because mo-
Chi
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TROUBLE AT THE STOCK YARDS
Troops Guarding Property--Wreck-
ers and Rioters Active.

UNION STOCK YARDS, ILL.,, July Z, 1894
The troops were called into action at an
early hour this morning. Shortly after
seven O'clock mob commenced to gather in
the wards west of Halstead street, where a
train of beef is standing on the tracks. A call
was quickly sent to Dexter Park, and Cap
tain Hartz of the regulars, with three conn
panies Of infantry, proceeded to the eene Of
disturbance. The troops drove the crowd
from the wards and established a dead line
two hundred feet from the cars. The mob
then scattered along the Lake Shore tracks
toward the Fort Wayne crossing.
Fire inspectors were busy this morning re-
pairing broken locks and wires Of the fire
signal boxes which had been plugged and
instances the police were compelled to go
half a dozen blocks out of the way in order
to send in an alarm of fire.
Troop A, Battery p, Of the Second Regi-
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some action looking to a settlement of the
strike.
Prior to his departure Mr. Hayes said that
counsel for the Knights OF Labor have in
preparation papers looking to the impeach-
ment of Attorney General Olney for calling
out the United States troops without the
authority of law. These papers, the secre-
ary-treasurer, declared, will be presented
to Congress in a few days.
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GLADSTONE TO RETIRE
Rn Cnhle Ia file T-nited press.

LONDON, July Z, 1S94-Mr. Gladstone has
addressed a letter to the electors of Mid
lothian, thanking them for the confidence
they have placed in him in the past, and
adding:-''1t is not my intention to ask for
reelection when Parliament is dissolved.
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MARINE ENGINEERS ARE WISE.

PHILADELPHIA, July Z, 1894. The Marine
Engineers Association will not strike in sym
pathy with the A. r. T., as reported from
Chicago on Tuesday According to George
Uhler of this city, National President of the
association. there is no thought of sucn ac-
tiOn
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STATESMAN HORRIBLY MURDERED


bW ItIttF- 'FFsE'7VV
BUEYos AYREs, July Z, 1S94-Advices
from La Pax, Bolivia. say that ex-Presiden5
Arce has been assassinated and his body
horribly mutilated by his murderers,
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pRsPIsEs BLOTTING PAPER.

The Queen of Spain never uses blotting
paper, but dries her letters by waving them
in-the air Erchuaqe
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OF FOR Al MAN.

There are 0.Go0 more women than men in
the District Of Columbia. And the Govern
ment at Washington still lives -Eachange
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UNION WORK IN BUFFALO.
Strike i'm the Air, But the Men Have

NEW YoRK, July Z, ls94.-General Super
intendent Van Etten of the New York Cen
tral Railroad said this morning that his
latest advices from Buffalo indicated that
all was quiet there
Men employed by Debs, or the American
Railway Union, have been in Buffalo for
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IHREE THOUSAND RIOTERS.

ment, State Militia, arrived here and went
into camp at Dexter Park shortly after