Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-29
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Spsefalto the Rsys'5e--
CHICAGO, ILL, June 2s.-The boycott of
the American Railway Union against the
Pullman Company is having disastrous
effect.
Reports received here up to this evening
show that railroad business throughout
the West is practically tied up, and that
both freight and passenger service are
paralyzed.
Travel from the Pacific coast East Is
stopped, and no trains are leaving Chicago.
Work has been suspended by A. r. u.
members at hundreds OF points, passengers
are laid out, and perishable freight is rot
ting on side tracks all over the region west
of Chicago
After a conference with the officials Of
the American Railway Union to-day,
Grand Master Sovereign, OF the knights
of .abor. sent a committee to the Union
Stock Yards. These including all the en-
ployes OF
TIE GREAT PACKING HOUSES
and avery other industry at that place.
TIE strike order will go into effect to-mor-
row morning.
The roads that will be affected by tie
ND in the yards include nearly every rail-
road system running into Chicago Inc
roads running trains into the yards are the
Atchison and Santa Fe; Belt Railroad :
Baltimore aud Ohio; Chicago and Alton;
Chicago and Erie; Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy; Chicago and East
ern Illinois; Cnlcsgo, MllWaG-
Kee and St. Paul; Chicago, Rock
island and Pacific; Chicago and Great
Western; Illinois Central; Big Four route;
Central route; Lake Shore and Michigan
southern; Louisville, New Albany and
Chicago; New York, Chicago and ST.
T,ouis: Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and Chi
cago; Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and
81. Louis; Wisconsin Central; Wabash and
Northern Pacific.
Vice President Howard, OF the Anerl-
can Railway Union, said tonight the sltu-
alton would be much
MORE WAR-LIKE TOMORROW.
He added: "We can tie up every road
in the country if necessary to beat Pull
man. We have showed that we were able
10 fulfill every promise made and we can
ru1iwdyS u Ts5 y-ae.ssf. Z ssfy l55esstn eS
organized labor ls, now back Of this strug-
gle. President Mcbride, of the Miners
Union, has telegraphed US that be will call
out miners when coal Is supplied to roads
that use Pullman cars. This will greatly
aid US"
The general managers of the leading
roads said to-day that they anticipated
and were prepared for general tie up of
ali the roads; that there was nothing left
for the railroads TO do but resist the boy
colt; they reserved the right to haul any
mans cars that were offered them, regard
less,Of his affiliations.
The fast New Orleans and Chicago YES
tibule train, carrying two Pullman cars,
of the Illinois Central, which arrived at
$50 a. NJ, is still on the side track, after
having made several Intellectual attempts
TO move.
No trains through or suburban were
running on the illinois Central into or out
of Chicago to-day. By ten o'clock the
Galeua and Wisconsin divisions Of the
Chicago and Northwestern were at a
standstill.
THR FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN
due to leave east on the b. & y. to-day,
could not leave on account of being unable
TO couple an engine The engineers OF
other roads using the same yards kept
switching acroaS the b. ~ o. tracks in
such a manner that the b. u 0, engine was
held back as eifectually as though locked 10
the rails
AT o'clock it was announced strike
had been declared on the Chicago, Mil
waukee and ST, Paul, tying up the system.
The entire day crews on the Milwaukee,
ST. Paul aud Panhandle roads quit work
and there is not a wheel turning under any
passenger car on either road that is not
manned by officials. The officials Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road are
reported 10 be considering the advisability
of dropping from It's trains the only two
Pullman cars in use on tier Inc. Supt.
Barr accepts this alternative buJ declines
10 anticipate the action of his superior
officers.
The Chicago Sugar Refinery, employing
2, 500 men closed its works at / O'Clock on
account of the railroad strike
WILL PARALYZE TIE PACKERS.
CHICAGO, June 2S.-To-night the en-
EMPLOYEES of the Union Stock Yards and
Transit Company decided to inform the
company that unless II refused to handle
the freight cars Of lines hauling Pullman
cars they would strike. The number of
men is not over 800, but their action will
tie up the stock yards and par
alyze the packing industry.
THE X. OF L, WILL ASSIST
DEs MONIES, IA, June 2S-Master
Workman Sovereign, OF the X. OF l.. pre-
diets the strike against the Pullmans will
be the biggest one in the history Of the
He said the Knights would fight
il out with the railrsad men to the bitter
end.
TIES UP SEVERAL ROADS.
CHICAGO. June 2S.-At IL o'clock tonight
all the switchmen, hremeu, engineers and
trainmen on the Chicago and Western In
diana struck. This corporation owns the
tracks over which the Atchison. Grand
Trunk, Wabash, Chicago and Eastern Ilh-
nois and Louisville, New Albany and
Chicago lines leaves the city.
ST. LOUIS, June 2S.--John Lally, boss
switchman of the Terminal Railway, re-
fused to make up trains with Pullman cars
and was discharged. Sixty switchmen i'm
nediately walked out and demanded
Lally's restoration.
ALL COMING OUT.
DUIUTH. MINI, June 2S.-At midnight
he American Railway Union seems TO
have carried out its threat to tie
DID the Northwestern and North
,rn Pacific roads az Duluth.
The night passenger train on the Omaha
5 still here and no engineer or. fireman can
1e found 70 man il. No freight can be
handled. as yhe yard crews are all out
The section men, baggage men, ware
louse men and portion of
he operators went out this evening. The
men say no passenger trains can DE moved
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