New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-15
to give the railroads fight to the finish, regardless


II they want freights moved, meats ICED. thousands
kept from perishing. let them turn to the general
who dS have refused @ Sw to hs . M
Of p.bc opinion II the Tar0aS s We mas 10
asa sfm "sas snd Us @ ssD:
opinion would rise in revolt and would enforce us
we ask is a square deal at the hands OF the people;
Corporations are not more sacred than flesh ana
eoayenence tes safety ei and Comfort then plain
common people whom we represent, IN mhIsp'sea Sn
thousands have the same prerogatives when ar
They tod Mayor Hopkins yesterday that their
s' lie. why don't they allow the troops, be with;
drawn? But the railroads have not been charged
and II they were. the charge could not be proven
But the strike is on harder than ever and they
know It
Asked II the American Railway Union was
prepared to carry forward the strike. Debs re-
sponded:
six months or six years The American Fedora
tlon OF Labor did not order its men out, but
Us to the end We can live cheapy. and will
stand by this fight until the new century dawns'
Referring to the offer Of General Manager
Kendrck to restore strikers to their places. II
they returned at once, Mr. Debs said:
That's an Old chestnut. The Northern Pacific is
to the Pacific. and the offer is worthless The
st. Paul road Is tied up. too; The engineers con
and / wi! guarantee trains are not running on
that line to-day.
A reporter asked What about Mr.. Cleve-
lands condition that you must call of the strike
before arbitration can be had?'
Debs answered.:
Well. Mr. Cleveland VIII have to look to the gen
splre the eonfdence Of the people in this matter.
but in manner favorable to the corporations
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What is there TO be arbitrated now? There is moth
Ing to for Ta can to aks aIsrac Back aSe s
c,ear- handed who out on strike We
never do so Yes, Mr.. Pullman has at last conde-
scended 20 make statement 10 6ne puosnc, phssors r e
get through with this thing.
vice-Pres!dent Howard. Of the A. r. u, said
this morning:
Tne and sr'fs M VII n0f be 0t eonnuei to the bitter end
The A. r. L. men OF the Northwestern and the
milwaukee, and ST. Paul roads Will be called out to-
day. and the fight Will be kept up at all poir's.
The threatened strike II Chicago Milwaukee
and St Paul employees has not yet taken place.
The officers Of the road declare that they have
heard nothing Of the intention Of the men to go
ont as expressed at meeting OF 800 OF them
last night All trains running smoothly
to-day No trouble is expected by either the
Chicago Milwaukee and ST. Paul officials or those
OF the Northwestern. The discharge of several
men on the latter road said TO be the cause
OF the dissatisfaction.
PULLMAN COMPANY AND ITS EMPLOYEES.
Superintendent Middleton. Of the Pullman Com
| pany. intimates that some Of the employees, VINO
have been troublesome will not be allowed TO
20 to work again. lie said last night:
| We shall. treat every one Of them as ex-empi%oyes DYES
Before single one OF them can go 10 wO,N nsS we
| n. mus, n, an application for employment IL We
want him Will take him Other~lse, we WI, ny no.
Haven, i the sightest idea. As soon as se, or
| ders from the officers uptown VIII oegih WORK
Mos, M ass assurediy not 1t Is impossible to pay the
1893 scale while times are so hard Mnen we Is oPs',
the works again It VIII be on the wage sca'e against
| which these men rebelled
| From another official Of the company 1t was
learned that the Pullmal Company had enough
/ contract work on its books now 10 furnish EN-
plovmcnt for $500 men about five weeks.
| The strikers at Pullman VIII stand hrrn not
withstandng the position OF the American ran
way Union and the General Managers Associa-
| ton and they announce that tney expect 10 VII
| despite the apparent deffat ot tne prese'''. " "
| ueving that the public Is still with them In thelr
| fight against the Pullman Palace Car COMPANY,
| Fifteen twenty men triec 10 iorce t1uuV.p.'
Scholle to stop delivering height at the Meagher
st freight housn OF the Chicago ana Northwest
ern Railroad yesterday. Scholle refused ana "ss
assaulted To defend himself ne nred iniS cne
| crowd with A revolver, woundIng William Shuck-
| man In the left side. The crowd scattered a, @ tne
sight OF Scholles weapon, leaving shucK'iian u
lying on the ground Scholle was aItesteu anu
| injuries At the County Hospital 1t was though'
! that Shuckman would recover. $1,000,
| Eugene Cartier. a watohman at Blue island
| ava and Thirty -ninth-st, was beaten by rufhans
on Thursday night. He ran for protection TO a
detachment OF militia, who tried valniy 10 caI,ui
the assailants. Strike sympatnlzers a'1avheu a
| n t,ort Wayne train at Fifty-hfth-st on Thurs-
day night and drove the engineer ana nre1nan
from the cab The train was abandoheo io' '"e
night but was moved yesterday
| RAILROADS SETTING THINGS TO RIGHTS.
| pauroad officials devoted their attention almost
exclusively to-day in getting their trathc Depart
| ments back into the old lines OF DOING ous-
ness The Rock Island. which had dispensed
with the entire forces In its general ofhces our
ING the strike, gave notice TO its men to-day 10
report for duty on Monday morning. The NIL
waukee and 81. Paul which led the way IN 'ne ne
General suspension Of office business, will put AL
t,s men back 10 work Tuesday. All the other
| roads will resume their usual routine attsr 'o-
day. - , Quincy TO-DAY
brought in 2il carloads of live stock the ROCK
Island Is cars and the other ROADS almost tneIt
! fuil quota Two hundred cars OF live STOCK "el {
| also sent East Not much killing is done In tne
stock yards Saturdays. ana tne Psen PIt
saw they have all the men they neeu ',' ~ nai' nan %
the business The first break IN the iiIl'at' 81,
| guard I'm the stock yards district was liaue .iII'
afternoon when the Chicago Hussars, @ uhuei - ~
tain Brand and Lieutenant Thomas quincy "''e
! relieved OF duty and went home . , =,
| several butchers who have taken the places vi
| strikers were assaulted !his morning whlie -, un
| their way TO work but none OF theih we.t n a
ousiv hurt Beyond this there is little cnanse
I'm the situation at the yards and Things eshe' ar
are decidedly quiet The transit depar'nien. -,
the Stock Yards resumed business lnis iiTa Th,,t
'',h % nracticalIv full force OF men. Thirty
seven ncn-union switchmen marched INTO me me
wards at o'clock and the work OF clearing ,r re
| congested tracks was begun in earnest. az ,ao
~ "a heing done under the protection OF loo
| policemen and military guaru. n ., ,tayor
4 conference was held at the once OF Niayoa ua
rIonl,ns late this afternoon at which there were
| rasnnt besides the Mayor Adjutant-Genefa
prendorff OF the Governors staff and Genera
Wheeler, in command Of the state troops w,sn.'
| Cont Countv The local situation was discussed
| ~ -. ianoth with the view OF determining
what, II any, reduction might be safely mace II,
the force OF militia now in service IN ana arou"u
| this city. ..os tho, vh,le there