The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-07-07
The Great Strike Spreading all
Over the Country.
THOUSANDS OF THE MEN OUT
United States Courts Intend TO Force the
Carriage of Mails and win Guard
All Such Trains.

night IS worse Lnan at any time since
the strike began, and as climax to it
all, Chicago is threated with a strike of
all the trades unions in the city. Presi-
dent Nj. H. Madden, OF the State Fed
eral Union of Labor, to which practic-
ally every labor organization in the
city belongs. and which has fully
1000 900 members, said tonight: 1--WE
are in sympathy with the A. r. U. and
will help it every way we cam" The
present program. as outlined by Mad
den, is to call out all the elevated roads
and other street car companies if the
strike is not settled within few days.
II it is not settled in week, the FEEDER
alton of Labor will GO out on o strike.
He said: "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 hand Sun
days rest will turn loose thousands of
workmen in other lines and there are
fears that the action of "a few hot.
headed men may result in great dis.
order. The situation at Chicago is
worse today. The Rock Island is now
completely tied up in all adjacent ter
ritory. The stock yards, so far as the
receiving and distributing interests are
concerned, are practically at a stand
still. The Pittsburg q Fort Wayne
road is severely crippled in it's ter
minals. The Illinois Central suburban
service is completely tied up.
The Chicago 81 Eastern Illinois l.
nearly tied up, and other roads which
use the Chicago 81 Western Indiana
railway as terminal, are suffering be-
cause of the strike on that line. Those
roads are the Chicago & Grand Trunk,
Santa Fe and Wabash. The Michigan
Central is suffering some de-
lays because they use the
Illinois Central and Rock Island
tracks for entering the city. The Chi
cago, Milwaukee d st. Paul is having
the Wisconsin Central is under the
pan of the A. r.. U. The Chicago &
North western reports that it is receiv-
ing and dispatchlng trains with usual
regularity. No lifting ofthe boycott is
mentioned anywhere, while numerous
indications as to Its effectiveness are
chronicled. There is no improvement
in the situation at 81. Paul or Mime
apolis. while matters are worse at Den.
yer. The outlook at Cincinnati l.
threatening.
General Manager Morrill, of the Chi.
cago, Burlington q Quincy has made
an emphatic denial of the story that
his road is contemplating refusing t.
carry Pullmans until the boycott il
lifted.
Sante Fee officials reported today that
no trains are moving through La,
Vegas. The management sent "A pas
senger west from La Junta Yesterday.
but at Trinidad it was taken in charge
by mob, and the engineer taken of
and threatened. The fireman escaped
ny jumping from the engine
before the train reached the sta
ton. A. Chicago today the switch
zen and tiremen refused to work with
yard brakemen hired to take strikers
places. Passenger trains are running
practically on time between La Junta
and Chicago.
There is general rise in all perish
able goods owing 10 the strike. Lem
one, which ordinarily sell for S2M2. so
IA box, were quoted today at $40 box,
while thousands of boxes are rottlne
between New Orleans aud Chicago.
Ice, which ordinarily sold Tor &c. % a
ton, has risen TO $40 a ton. Straw
berries, melons and all kinds of garden
produce have advanced in like
manner.
The General Managers Association
has issued the following statement:
The strike embarrasses the freight traffic
OF the west to'the most serious extent of
any strike since the eastern labor troubles
of 1867. The companies have no idea of
entering into IA compromise OF the strike ON
any basis whatever. The railroad COM
Danies fail to see the justice OF the position
taken by the A. II. u. in lighting Pullman
over the heads of the railroad companies
VINO have no control over Pullman's move
ments, who has a manufacturing business
the men who are now on a strike are con-
sidered To have resigned their positions, and
as not anxious TO work. Any men who de-
sire employ under the railroad COM
panies centering in Chicago and who are
Will be furnished positions and
will be afforded all the protection that lies
IN the power of the companies, the police of
the city of Chicago. the sheriff of Cook |
county and the state of Illinois. Men are
now being hired in the east and brought to |
Chicago TO take the places of those who will |
not work.
1T has been charged by the A. r. u. that
tine General Managers Association Is sup !
porting and importing men from Canada. |
This statement is absolutely false. The |
railroad companies do not propose to en-
ploy any men TO take the places of the men |