Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-07-15
SCRAMBLING TO GET BACK.
Debs and Everybody Else Practically
Admits That the strike Is Lost.

Debs and Everybody Else Practically
Admits That the strike Is Lost.
CHICAGO. July 14.-The action OF the
conference of the Fed GRAFTON OF Labor
yesterday afternoon, supplemented by
motion OF the Building and Trades
Assembly last night, al which II was re-
solved to call off the strike and resume
work at once is accepted universally as
the death blow of the Pullman boycott.
or course Debs and Sovereign are
saying that IL is not over and that they
are going to fight to the bitter enc.
Debs gues so far as TO say that be will
tie up every railroad in the United
States, but he also says, or dlo say In
speech last hight TO 500 Of the strikers:
the only thing that now remains for
US to accomplish is TO get you boys back
at your work. We made proposal TO
the railway managers to-day regarding
this. We did not ask for recognition
for the American Railway Union be.
cause you and | know that nothing VIII
make a general manager sick so quickly
as any mention OF the A. h. u. we
made the proposition TO them that we
would call the strike of IL they would
promise not TO be preJudiced against
you boys in taking on employees All
we asked them to do was to take back
the honest, clean, former employees
the ones who had not committed any
crime. We offered to come half way In
settling the trouble. II any man here
can suggest TO US any fairer proposition
we want him to DO 1t; because you know
we want to be perfectly fair in this
matter. My heart goes forth In these
times TO the switchmen as the oravest
and most loyal men that work on
railroads to-day. The switchmen have
more than once gone QUITO he$p tremen,
enRinesrs or cnndrctors, bnsdGlB any
one know OF any of the other brother
hoods ever having gone out in SYM
pathy with the switchmen? II the en-
gineers and conductors had shown a
loYal, brotherly spirit in this trouble
and acted as the switchmen did, affairs
would now be in a very different condi-
tion. hope, bows, to see the day come
soon when every railroad man and labor
er will be ready and glad to lay down
his work to fight for the rights OF any
body OF brothers who are being wrong
ed Not until you are ready TO do this
can labor make any demands on capt.
tai"
This statement as has been all OF
Deh's statements during the last forty
eight hours is accepted as acknowledge
ment that he recognized his defeat and
is now engaged in an effort TO undo the
work he has been doing for the last two
weeks. He called In conference this
morning the members Of his Executive
Board but they did not all respond.
For the most part the railroads are
taking back their old employees as fast
as they apply and there were a great
many applications this morning. They
are not discharging any OF the men who
were employed to take the places OF
the strikers aud such Of the strikers as
are re-employed are taken as indl-
viduals.
The federal troops are getting ready
TO leave. The camp on the lake front !
has been busy packing and orders for
their departure are expected any mo-
ment. 1t is believed that their destina
tion is Ca Iifornia.
The State troops are also on the move
but enough will be held in Chicago to
prevent any possibility of renewed
outbreak.
1t may be truthfully said that with
very few exceptions every man In Chi
cago, whether employed by railroads or
belonging to the building and trades
council, is seeking work on practically
apy terms offered.
THE PROPOSITION RETURNED.
CHICAGO, July l4.-John NJ. Egan,
Chairman OF the General Managers AS
sociation announced at noon to-day that
the action was final which was taken
last night in returning 10 Mayor Hop.
kins the proposition for return of the
strikers TO work submitted by President
Debs of the A. K. L. The announce
ment by Mr. Eg8n was said TO be the
result Of the General Managers which
began to-day about 10 a. N.
TROOPS TO REMAIN IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, July 15.-Adjutant General
Martin said there was no probability OF
an immediate removal of the United
States from Chicago. THE troops will
be kept here" he said, until the gov
ernment is very certain there will be no
further trouble. 1t costs no more 10
keep them here than at the various
posts and there will be no hurry about
removing them.
ABAD THING, SAYS GoMPERs.
CHICAGO, July 14.-President Comp
ers. when asked ABOUT the refusal of the
railway managers TO entertain Mr.. Deos'
proposition, said to-day: II regret it
very much. 1t was bad for the rail-
roads, bad for the men and bad for the
people. 1t will have. however, no effect
on the sctiou taken By the Federation
in declining to order 8 general strike"
CINCINNATI, o., July II. Two
freight cars were burned by incendiar-
les before daybreak, one in the Chesa-
peake and Ohio, and one in the Penn
sylyania yards. The is no clue but
strikers. whom the roads refused to
take back, are suspected.