The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-07-05
The Great Strike Spreading all
Over the Country.
OF THE MEN OUT
United States Courts Intend to Force the
Carriage of Mails and win Guard
All Such Trains.

lne StTlke DeEaui nuu AS CiiIihA 10 ~
all, Chicago is threated with strike of
all the trades unions in the city. Presi-
dent NJ. II. Madden, OF the State Fed
eral Union of Labor, to which practic-
ally every labor organization in the
city belongs, and which has fully
!, 900, 900 members, said tonight: 1--WE
are in sympathy with the A. II. U. and
will help 1t every way we cam" The
present program. as outlined by Mad
den, is to call out all the elevated roads
aud other street car companies If the
strike is not settled within lcw days.
1t IL is not settled In II week, the FEEDER
alton of Labor will so out OH II strike.
He said: 1.-THE general managers have
combined and we must do the same
thing"
Advices to the Associated Press
| indicate that the railroad strike is
spreading. President Debs is issuing
orders to strike in almost every section
and they seem to be very generally
obeyed. 1t is claimed on behalf of the
railroad companies that the movement
will eliminate today and that the
lessening of traffic on Sunday will ell
able them to organize their forces more
essentially. On the other hund Sun
days rest will turn loose thousands OF
workmen in other lines and there are
| fears that the action of few hot
headed men may result in great div
order. The situation at Chicago Is
worse today. The Rock Island is now
completely tied up in all adj icent ter
ritory. The stock yards, so far as the
receiving and distributing interests are
concerned, are practically at a stand
still. The Pitlsburg u Fort Wayne
road Is severely crippled In its ter
minals. Tho Illinois Central suburban
service is completely tied up.
The Chicago a. Eastern Illinois l.
nearly tied up, aud other roads which
use the Chicago 4 Western Indiana
railway as a terminal, are suffering be-
cause of the strike on that line. Those
rosds are the Chicago q Grand Trunk
Santa Fe and Wabash. The Michigan!
Central is suffering somc de
lays because they use th'
Illinois Central and Rock Islam,
tracks for entering the city. The Chi
cago, Milwaukee d st. Paul is having
great difficulty IN moving trains, an'
the Wisconsin Central is under ID,
ban of the A. r.. u. The Chicago 4
North western reports that 1t Is receiv
ing and dispntcling trains with usua
regularity. No lifting olthe boycott
mentioned ANYWHERE while numerou
Indications as to It's effectiveness ar
chronicled. There is no improvement
| in the situation at st. Paul or Mime
, apolis, while matters are worse at Der
of
threatening.
$ General Manager Morrill, of the Oh
cago, Burlington e. q ilncy has mad
an emphatic denial OF the story thu
his road is contemplating refusing
carry Plllmans until the boycott
" lifted.
Sante Fe officials reported today thu
y no trains are moving through LII
It Vegas. Tue management sent pa
senser west from La Junta yesterda.
@ but at Trinidad it was taken in charg
it bv mob, and the engineer taken q
and threatened. The fireman escape
q by jumping from the epgil
i. before the train reached the st
o ton. AZ Chicago today the switcl
men and tireInen refused to work VIII
! yard brakemen hired to take striker
q places. Passenger trains are runnii
), practically on time bstween La Jun
and Chicago.
is There is general rise in all perls
is able goods owing TO the strike. Lei
ID ons, which ordinarily sell for S2@2.
a box, were quoted today at $40 u DO
), while thousands of boxes are rottIi
n between New Orleans and Chicae
ed Ice. which ordinarily sold for So. %
ton, has risen TO $40 II ton. Stray
berries, melons and all kinds of gard
RS produce have advanced in a ii
he manner.
TO- The General Managers Associate
has issued the following statement:
on 1.-THE strike embarrasses the freight trai
do of the west to The most Sc ious extent
", any strike since the eastern labor troub
n of 1886 81. The companies have no idea
entering into compromise oil the strike
any basis whatever. The railroad co
panes fail TO see the justice OF the posiil
taken by the A. IL. u. in lighting Pulin
" over the heads OF the railroad compani
VINO have no control over Pullmans mo
inf ments. who has a manufacturing busine
. The men who are now on Strike are c.
sidered to have resigned their positions, a
rd MS not an xious to work. Any men who
ne re- empioyment under the railroad &C
;a panies centering in Chicago and who
MS competent will be furnished positions [
'as will be afforded all the protection that
he in the power of the companies, the polio
or the CITY of Chicago, the sheriff OF "a
county and the stale OF Illinois. Men
80, now being hired in the east and brought
~ ~. Chicago to take the places OF those who
not work. =, =,
* 1T has been charged by the A. IL. U. I
the General Managers Association is
rs. porting and importing men from cans
TO This statement is absolutely false.
ia | railroad companies do not propose 10
- ploy any men to take the places oil the !
u9 now on a strike unless such men are Al
eht lean citizens, and whoever wants work
Gu take the place ola man who viii
be work. whether the substitute comes 4
of New York or California, we propose 10
/, at him lob and see that he is protected"
the At a meeting at Ulich's hall
sh- afternoon, attended by members of
the American Railway Union and IN
re- bers of the American Federation of
b Dor. resolutions were adopted pledp
the latter organization TO aid in
emit present strike. The brotherhoods
1t locomotive engineers and firemep,
to- ductors, trainmen and telegraph OPP
for tors were asked to give their assista
raj. Attorney General Olney was
the demned for his action in referent
the hauling Of trains carrying mail