The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-17
BUT FEW WENT OUT.
The Great Strike Did Not Take
Place.
LEADERS NOT DISCOURAGED.

Any Place Except in California, Where
aTrain was wrecked.
CHICAGO, July 12.-The ultimate eff
feet of the appeal issued by Grand Mas
ter Workman Sovereign of the Knights
of Labor, calling ON all knights through
out the country and those in sympathy
with them to quit work, and the order
issued at about the same time by the
representatives of allied labor in Chi
cage to do likewise, can not yet be GER
tainly foreseen.
All that is now definitely known is
that the Knights of Labor at all points
heard from, including nearly all of the
large centers of populations in the
United States, remained at work yester-
day with practical unanimity, and that
in this city the number of members of
the allied trades which remained at
work so far outnumber those who quit
as to make no appreciable change in the
industrial appearance of the city.
The leaders, however, say that there
is nothing in the situation to cause them
discouragement; that the public through
lack of knowledge of the machinery of
industrial organization, has been lead
to expect results which were not in con-
temptation when the strike orders were
issued.
Mr.. Sovereign, for instance, points out
that his appeal was not an order to
strike; that, in fact, he has no power to
order w&kout; but that persons &C
quainted with the working of the or
ganization would know that, in effect,
it would be the same as an order. In
short, he was perfectly confident that
by Saturday next, after the various
local and district assemblies had time to
meet and take formal action on the APP
peal and to rally their friends outside of
the order, the result would show 1,000,-
900 of men idle as nsequence.
The local strike leaders also claimed
that little time was the only necessary
condition to walkout of the 100000
men whom they represent and that by
Saturday, after the various sub-organi-
cations had had time to consult together,
the proposed tie-up of business would be
fully as effective as they had predicted.
Surface indications so far, however,
do not bear out the claims of either Mr..
Sovereign or the Chicago men, 1t is
not recorded yet that any district as
sembly of the Knights of Labor has
voted to strike. On the other hand, the
Brooklyn district-which is composed of
railroad men, and therefore naturally
supposedly in sympathy with their fell
lows in the west-at a meeting yester-
day confined their expression of sym
pathy to tender of financial aid, but
declined to strike.
Locally, several of the organizations,
members of the federated trades, have
given it to be understood that they do
not intend to go out. Furthermore, it
is known that there was a large con-
servative element in the representative
trades meeting which passed the resolu-
A, ton having a strike in view and it is
understood that they have been earnest
" at work ever since to minimize the
results of that action.
At labor headquarters it was an
uounced that the following had struck:
Painters, 1000 men; machine wood
workers, 500; planning mill, 500; silver
,gilders, $40; carriage and wagonmakers,
700. 1t is expected, the labor men say,
that / 200 molders will strike.
In the meantime, continued improve
ment in the railroad situation here and
elsewhere, except at Sacramento and
Oakland, Cal, is noted In the former,
federal troops were landed yesterday,
but the state militia stationed on the
water front TO cover their landing, were
fired ON from ambush after the regulars
had moved away, and train which it
was sought to send to San Francisco I'M
der guard of government troops was
thrown from trestle and fred into by
the strikers, resulting in the death
of one of the enginemen and the
wounding of several soldiers.
The general public, as well as organ
lied labor, is looking forward with
marked interest to the meeting of the
executive board of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, perhaps, the most pow
erfnl organization of the kind in the
country in this city, and it's action is ex-
pected to have marked effect on the
outcome of the present industrial strug-
gle. 1t is known that the position of
Samuel Gompers, its president, has been
one of opposition to a sympathetic strike
of federation men at this time, and that
he looks ON the existing situation as
critical. He has invited the heads of
other labor organizations to meet him
here at that time, and the belief is that
he will strenuously advocate measures
to bring the trouble to an end.
A new feature was injected into the
aSlVudtlOn yOStSIudy WuSn IL was all
pounced by some of the labor leaders
that they were ready to go before the
federal grand jury with proofs that the
general managers of the railroads had
conspired TO delay mail trains as part
Of their fight against the American
Railway union, and would ask that
body to indict them.
Trains on all roads ere moving, pas
senger trains almost without exception
IN time, and freight traffic is rapidly
oecoming regular.
1.-THE backbone of the strike is not
only broken, said Manager Egan of the
Geseral Managers association, "but the
backbone has entirely disappeared The
blockade is raised and it will require
hut short time to get therailroad bust
ness of the city back into its regular
routine"
On the Chicago and Grand Trunk
passenger service is regular and freight
and suburban service has been resumed.
The Wabash ran local freights and part
Of its SUBURBAN trains in addition to the
through passenger service, and the
Michigan Central moved q mass of
merchandise which had accumulated at
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