Morris tribune., 1894-07-04
THE STRIKE SPREADS
THE BOYCOTT OF PULLMAN CARS
CAUSING TlE-uPS EVERYWHERE.

Thousands of olon Quitting work-All
Lines Running Into Chicago Entirely
cr ppled or Greatly Delayed-Freight
Traffic Also Blockod-Every Yard in
the City Crowded With Cars of Perish
able Goods.
CHICAGO, June 29.-At II p. m. all
the switchmen, firemen, engineers and
trainmen on the Chicago and Western
Indiana struck. This corporation owns
the tracks over which the the Atchison,
Grand Trunk, Wabash, Chicago and
Eastern Illinois and Louisville, New
Albany and Chicago lines leave the city.
The employees of the Union Stock
yards and Transit company have de-
cided to inform the company that un-
less it refused to handle the freight cars
of lines hauling Pullman cars they
would strike. The number of men is
not over 800, Int their action will COM
pletely tie up the stockyards and para
lYze the packing industry.
Freight Yards Blocked.
All the freight yards in the city are
crowded with cars loaded with perish
able goods which the roads are unable
to move. The $40 train on the Grand
Trunk, eastbound, was made up with
the usual Pullman, but as no passengers
appeared the coach was left behind.
Two trains on the Baltimore and Ohio
which left the city, one about $50 and
the other at p. N. for the East, are
stalled at the Western avenue crossing
of the Pan Handle. The switchmen re-
fused to work the gates and it was i'm
possible to proceed.
stookyards Affected.
Several thousand men will be thrown
out of employment at the stoekyards by
an order from the Knights of Labor.
The entire packing industry will be
completely paralyzed. The effect will
be SO serious that the proprietors of the
40 paekinghouses and the railroad OIL
cials refused to believe that any such
action would be taken. About 400
switchmen, trackmen, number takers,
engineers and firemen will leave their
posts at the command Of the American
Railway union. The roads affected by
tieup in the yards include nearly
every railroad system running into Chi
cago.
Eleven Roads Affected.
Eleven roads are now tied up or Grip
pied by the American Railway unions
boycott of Pullman cars. The roads so
far affected by the strike at this point
are the Illinois Central, Santa Fe, Chi |
cago Great Western, Chicago and |
Northern Pacific, Western Indiana, |
Wisconsin Central, Chicago and East |
ern Illinois, Wabash, Grand Trunk, |
Monon and the Baltimore and Ohio. |!
On some of these roads Pullman cars
are still being carried, but the strike |
leaders confidently assert that another |
day will see the boycott completely eff
fective. The men, who have been leav-
ing slowly and in small lots, are begin
ming to show the effects of the A. R. U.
'smissionary" work, and the boycott sen"
timent is much
! More General and BTore Apparent
than at any previous time since the
strike began. An attempt was made
during the evening to send out the st,
Paul train on the Chicago Great West
ern with Pullman sleeper attached.
The train started out, but when it was
found that the sleeper had been coupled
on trainman pulled the bell rope,
and, as the engineer reversed the en-.
engine, 20 men rushed to the coupling,
and in few moments the train pulled
out, leaving the Pullman in the depot.
Crowds of strikers and symathizer5
gathered in the railroad yards in vari-
Gus portions of the city, and the police
were kept busy in preventing threat
ened riots. Strikers drove Illinois Gen.
trail employees from the yards at Ford.
ham despite the efforts of detail of po
lice and an additional force was sent to
that point. Later in the evening
large crowd gathered in the Western
Indiana yards at Archer avenue and
became so threateningly demcnstratiVe
that the police force there was doubled.
Signal Men Strike.
At Archer the three signal men who
control the switches at the Western In
diana tracks turned strikers at $3.50,
blocking the system. Under heavy
police guard a new signal man was
placed in the tower and the blockade
was raised, the crowd making no DEM
onstration. At $50, the San Francisco
limited on the Santa Fe, with four
Pullman cars, passed the crossing il
safety. The rs signal men and 10
switchmen employed in the Western
Indiana yards are all on strike.
Reports From Various Roads.
The Pittsburg and Fort Wayne road
is severely crippled in its terminal serv-
ice; the Illinois Central suburb ban ser7-
ice, which carries more people to and
from business in Chicago than any other
line, is completely tied up. The Chi
cago and Eastern Illinois is badly COM
plicated, and the other roads which use
the Chicago and Western Indian rail-
way as terminal are suffering be-
cause of the strike On that line. These
roads are the Erie, Chicago and Grand
Trunk, Santa Fe and the Wabash. The
Michigan Central and Michigan South
ern are suffering some delays because
they use Illinois Central and Rock
Island tracks for entering the city. The
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul is
having great difficulty in moving its
trains, and like the Wisconsin Central
is under the ban Of the American Rail.
way union.
The Chicago and Northwestern re-
ports that 1t is dispatching its trains
with its usual regularity. A like con-
1ition is reported very generally
throughout the West. Nolifting of the
boycott is mentioned anywhere, while
numerous additions to it's effectiveness
are chronicled. At st. Louis the Ter
min oil aeqaci afion yT-bicb doas fbo
switching for all the roads, is out, and
business is at sttandstil. There is no
in the Situation at st. {
Paul or Minneapolis, while matters are
worse at Denver. The outlook is threat
ening.
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