The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15
NEAR THE END.
Debs Still Talking
Fight.
HIS STRIKE BROKEN.
There Seems No Hope of
Victory.
SOVEREIGN GOES HOME
Without Calling out the
Knights of Labor.
GENERAL MANAGERS DISBAND.
While There Is Talk of Sending the
Soldiers From Chicago to
the West.

resumtng its normal condition. The ac-
tion of the conference of the Federation
of Labor yesterday afternoon. supple
mented by meeting of the Building and
Trades Assembly, at which 1t was re-
solved to resume work at once. is accepted
universally as a deathblow to the Pullman
boycott.
Of course Dsbs and Sovereign say they
are going to fight to the bitter end. Debs
| goes so far as to say he will tie up every
railroad in the United States, but he also
| said in speech last night to 800 strikers
The only thing that now remains for US
to accomplish is to get you boys back al
your work. | hope, boys, to see the day
come soon when every railroad man and
laborer will be ready to lay down his work
and fight for the rights of any body of
brothers who are being wronged. Not
until you are ready to do this can labor
make any demands on capital" This
statement is accepted as an acknowledge
ment of defeat. Debs called in confer
ence this morning the mem bers of the ex-
ecutive board.
Vice-President Howard of the A. R. U.
advised the employees of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and ST. Paul and Chicago and
Northwestern railways to tie up both sys-
TENS at a meeting of the railway men last
night, with an audience numbering 1000
men. Howard was enthusiastically ap-
plauded.
President Debs declared to-day that the
! Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road
was tied up this morning. On the other
hand the manager of the road says Debs'
statement was unqualiiedly false. Debs
| said: 1--WE propose to prosecute this fight
| with greater vigOr than ever" be added ::
1.-THE fact that Pullman had condescended
| to make a statement was very satisfactory
10 the American Railway Uuion." Debs
said that the Arbitration Commission
which President Cleveland proposed was
now apparently unnecessary. as the Gen.
eral Managers Association refused absO-
lutely to have anything to do with the
| American Railway Union.
General Master Workman Sovereign said
this morning: "The Knights of Labor
! organizations throughout the land meet
tonight to consider the question of stand
| ing by the A. r. U. | may telegraph
| them to-day requesting them not to con-
slider the mandate at all. 1t is question
whether they cannot help the A. r. U.
moro by remaining at work."
A noon, after a conference of the Amer
can Railway Union directors, Sovereign
stated that general strike of the Knights
of Labor would not be ordered. but the
Knights would be called out whenever 1t
would be of service TO the A. r. U.
| President Gompers when asked about
the refusal of the railway managers to
entertain Mr.. Debs' proposition. said to-
day: II regret it very much 1t was bad
for the railways, bad for the men and bad
for public interests. 1t will have, how
| ever, DO effect on the action taken by the
| federation in declining to order general
strike"
! Grand Chief Stevenson and Secretary
Ronemun of the Brotherhood of Railway
Carmen, representing. they claim, 1000
men, announce themselves in sympathy
with the A. r. U. and sent telegaams to
| local unions authorizing them TO go out on
sympathetic strikes if they see tit.
President B. j. Ryan of the Building
| Trades Council says the council was I'M
der the impression that the general rail-
way managers would accept Debs' propo-
si,ion when it was decided to call the
| strike off. However, Ryan says. the fight
is lost and the council will not reverse its
decision.
Grand Chief Bowie of the Railway
Trackmen's Association has offered the
| A. R. u. the services of his association in
any way required. About 100 men have
already struck.
The board of directors of the Switch
| mems Mutual Aid Association to-day
adopted resolutions indorsing the action
| OF Grand Master Miles w. Barrett, dis
| countenapcing the strike.
The executive committee of the A. r. u
| has decided to send out six men and as
many directors as can be spared to work
| up sentiment In favor of the A. r. U.
Many striking employees at the stock
| Yards reported for work to-day. The meat
| trains were sent out For the most part
| the railroads are taking back employees as
| fast as they apply. but do not discharge a
| new man. The strikers who are unable to
secure reinstatement are insisting upon
continuing the struggle. The Federal
| troops, it was said, were getting ready to
leave, but Adjutant-General Martin says
there is no probability of their immediate
removal from Chicago. 1t is believed their
destination is CaifUruia. The State
troops are also on the move. but enough
VIII 10 DclO Ill w plCNCub any
! possible renewal of the outbreak.
| John NJ. Egan, chairman of the General
Managers Association. announced at noon
| to-day that the action taken last night in
returning to Mayor Hopkins the PROPOSE
ton submitted by President Debs was in
dorsed by the meeting of general man
ayers to-day. The association then ad-
| ieurned without day.
| Mayor Hopkins to-day forwarded to
President Debs the communication of the
general managers returning Debs' propo-
siton. The Mayor said: 81 think the
railroad companies should have taken ad-
vantage Of such fair offer In the interest
of peace. law and order. Of course they
know their business better than do"
The executive committee of the Fedora
ton of Labor finished its work tonight
and adjourned. Little information was
given cut except that the council had de-
cided 10 appropriate $500 toward Mr.
Debs' defense fund. A mass Of routine
business was disposed OF.
President Debs retired to his room early