The record-union., 1894-06-30
An Effort to be Made To-day to
Tie-Up the Rock Island Road.
ALL OTHERS LEADING TO CHICAGO
ALREADY AFFECTED.
Yearly Eighteen Thousand Men Out on
the Eastern Lines = Roads Repre-
sented in the General Managers
Association Have Determined to Se-
cure New Men to Take the Places
of Those Taking Part in the Boycott
special to the REcoRp-UN1ox.

of Those Taking Part in the Boycott
Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
CHICAGO, June 29.-After a meeting OF
the General Managers Association, Cen
eral Manager Earling of the Chicago,
Minneapolis and ST. Paul said they had
proposed to pursue the aggressive. 1T
was determined at the outset" said Mr..
Earling, 'that we would have to fight
this strike. All the roads represented
have determined to secure men to take
the places of those who struck. New
men are being employed now. and they
will be put to work under ample protec-
ton. Representatives from the various
roads were received and considered. The
Fort Wayne, the Alton and the Burling-
ton reported that some Of their men had
struck since last night. We closed our
shops at Milwaukee to-day owing to the
present trouble. How long they will re-
main closed cannot say. There is no
truth in the rumor that Pinkerton men
have been employed by the railroads to
protect property and employees"
The Rock Island road, which is about
the only one in Chicago to have escaped
thus far, will be by tomorrow tied up,
it is said. An order to that effect was is
sued by President Debs.
''We have held off on the Rock Island
road for certain reasons" said Mr.. Debs,
"but the time has come when we must
act. The managers of the roads are
standing shoulder to shoulder, and we
must do likewise. You may rest assured
there will be no more temporizing. The
Burlington is or will be tied up, and the
Rock Island will follow suit"
Trains on the Rock Island have been
running all right to-day, and officials of
the road say they will be run tomorrow.
boycott or no boycott.
President Debs has issued an address to
the railway men of America, setting forth
the cause and. objects of the present
strike. He says: 1.-The struggle with the
Pullman Company has developed into a
contest between the producing classes
and the money power OF the country.
This was what Lincoln predicted at the
close of the war, and it was this refiec-
ton that gave the great emancipator his
gloomiest 1orebodings. We stand upon
the ground that the workingmen are en-
titled to just proportions OF the proceeds
of their labor. This Pullman denied
them."
Continuing, he calls upon all workmen
TO refrain from acts of violence, and in
conclusion says: 81 have faith in the
great body of railway employees of the
country. and am confident they will
maintain an unbroken front in spite of
any opposition they may have brought TO
bear against them. am perfectly cAltlg
dent of success. We cannot fail"
President Debs said concerning the
possibilities of his arrest by order of the
Uaited States courts: " anticipate mo
trouble with the Courts. and | hardly see
how / can be arrested until L commit or
Ieause to be committed some overt act OF
violence against the lines which the
courts now operate. You will notice that
Judge Caldwell says that we have right
to order out men on the Santa Fe. He
says, however, that as soon as the men
leave, the company's or the COURTS en-
ploy, they must in no way interfere with
the running of trains. Certainly they will
not do that, for they are under orders to
resort to no violence. Judge Caldwell
admits that the men have right to, quit
work. That is what we contend f@f and
therefore are satisfied with the Courts
ruling. The receivers control over the
Santa Ee is just the same as manager S
power over any line. We realize the inn
portance OF avoiding any trouble with the
Government, and we have neither wished
nor intended to hinder the carriage of
mails.
1.-The situation grows more encourag-
ing each day. There have been no out
!, to prevent any. AS to the intention of
the railroads to export men, / will say
that all they can procure will be only a
i drop in the bucket. There are too many
skilled hands out to fill their places, so as
to give even half a chance TO run the
road. The American sentiment is too
strong against men who take strikers
positions to permit a very large body of
| workmen TO act as substitutes at this
time"
General Manager Robinson of the Santa
Fe said to an Associated Press reporter
to-day that his road is determined to
move its trains regularly, and on time.
"We have sent force of switchmen with
forty Deputy Marshals as guard" said
Mr. Robinson, land we intend to see
that our trains suffer no further delays.
No arrests will be made unless our men
are interfered with, but any interference
will be promptly met by the deputies"
The deputies sent out to-day to guard
the Santa Fe were appointed under a
new order-an injunction issued by
Judge William Woods of Indianapolis.
Attorney j.. Bancroft, representing the
road, communicated with Judge Woods
last night, and this morning the Judge
telegraphed instructions to the United
States Courts. Attorney Bancroft said it
was the intention of the company to start
its trains with new men, who will be
hired to take the places of the strikers,
and Deputy Marshals will be expected to
protect the men from interference under
Judge Woods injunction. Judge Woods
left indianapolis this morning for Chi
cago, and will be in readiness to enforce
the order and issue other orders if neces-
sary.
Many of the commission houses at the
stock-yards regard the situation as seri-
Gus, and have notified their clients in
Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri,
Texas and other States not TO ship stock
unless the railroad agrees to deliver the
shipments and to be responsible for the
long delays, or responsible if any losses
result on account OF delays. The result is
that the shipments have been stopped in
| many instances, and the price of meat is
expected TO take rapid jump upward
before long.
The packers at the stock yards tried to
induce the strikers to take eight train
loads of beef held by them through, as
their refusal to do so would result in
throwing thousands of men at the yards
out of employment. The men refused,
and the trains were returned To the pack
| ing-house. The packers say they VIII be
afraid to send perishable freight out of
the yards while the strike continues Tor
fear it will become tied up on tho road,
where it will spoil. AS result, the busi-
| ness of the stock yards will be tied.
whether the employees in the yards strike
or not. To-day two trains of live stock
on the Santa Fe and Illinois Central out
| side of the yards remained on the tracks
because the trainmen refused to aid
them.
The Chicago and Alton is also badly
crippled. Passenger trains have been
handled in fairly good shape. Freight
traffic is badly congested, and much per-
ishable goods is being ruined. The