The People's friend., 1894-06-29
BOYCOTT ORDER.
Central Illinois Men Refuse to Handle
Pullman Cars.
TORDHAM YARDS TIED UP.
Notice Given by the Illinois Central That l.
Cannot accept Freight of Any Kind
Santa Fe Not Troubled Much
Yet-Other Lines.


Yet-Other Lines.
CHICAGO, June aS.-The first formal
move in the boycott Of Pullman cars
was made last night when all Amer
lean Railway union men on the Illinois
Central railroad were ordered to refuse
to handle trains with Pullman cars.
Ihe orier was Obeyed by the switch
men and suburban service was tied up
III TINS city the operators in the tower
at Seventy-tirst street having the sub
urban switches mixed up. Some of
the trains We're run on the main line.
Two trains tied up at Grand crossing
We're run out under police protection.
Through trains on the Illinois Cen
tra. and roads using its tracks passed
Grand Crossing and Pullman. without
interference. None carried Pullman
ears. Few employees were gathered
around the tracks and no demonstra-
ton was made. At the Fordham
switch tenders and ward employees left
their work and joined the strike
About 100 men are employed in the
yards and All went out. They sue
cee1ed in cofnpletely tying up the
yards.
The Illinois Central has given notice
that it can .acccDt no freight of any
kind. The strike has precipitated
coal famine on the steamboat docks
and business On the river is at a stand
IT'LL Arrangements are being made
To put hard coa! On some Of the tug=
that can uHe it. The strike came 50
suddenly that it found the coal men
utterly Gnprepared for it, and, while
they have plenty Of coal in the switch
yards Of the Illinois Central, they can
not get it to the docks.
When the through trains from Sioux
City and on the Baltimore & Ohio road
arrived at the Grand Central station
the switching crews refused to take
thcm out to the yards. The road crews
Of the trains also refused to back their
own trains out. When the engineer of
the Sioux City train pulled into the de-
pot he was asked to take his train back
to the yards BY superintendent Kelly.
He refused and both he and the fire
man left the cab. superintendent
Kelly then boarded the engine and
took the train down to the wards him
self, In every instance the road train
men refused to do any switching a.
long as the Pullman ears were attached
to the train.
THE SANTA FE.
TOPEKA. Kan. June 2S.-InformatiOn
received at the Santa Fe general offices
this morning il that the first day Of the
American Railway unions boycott of
Pullman cars caused the company no
trouble except at La Junta and Ration
in New Mexico. At the former place
the Pullmans were soon released and
trains proceeded intact, but at Ration
trains are still delayed. firemen refus-
ing to haul trains containing the boy
cotted ears At La Junta the striking
tiremen were replaced by men less
cranky, but at Ration new men cannot
be found.
1t is announced by the management
that it will be the policy Of the com
pany to permit no mail train to pro-
ceed without the full complement of
cars necessary to make up an ordinary
through passenger train and to cause
the arrest under the federal statutes,
Of persons who in any way Interfere
with the operation of the road. There
is no general orraniza tion of the \. K.
II. in New Mexico. but many Of the
company's employees belong to it,
THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL AFFECTED.
CHICAGO. June 2s-This morning a
conference of Knights Of Labor Broth
eraood Of Firemen and American Rail.
wav union officers was held. General
Master Workman Sovereign. Of the
knights: President Debs. Of the union,
and Secretary Arnold, Of the tiremen,
We're all present.
The switching crews in the yards %
the Wisconsin Central struck to-day
and the read Is badly crippled. In the
freight yards long lines of ears laden
with perishable freight are standing.
"A number Of ice trains that daily come
into the city over this route are also
tied TIP and the lee il melting rapidly.
Tie only ears moved during the day
Were switched nv the officials.
This afternoon the 500 employees of
the Illinois Central company in the
Burnside shops Joined the strike. They
walked out Of the shop in a body
and took a train for this city.
When the hour arrived for the de
parture Of the Washington and New
York train over the Baltimore & Ohio
road the forward coaches stood 100
feet down the track from the Pullman
sleeper and no effort was made to make
the connection. The Pullman con.
ductor stood BY his car and the porter
at the steps. while q crowd of travellers
fused outside Of the gates. but were
not permitted to enter the ears.
SITUATION AT CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI. June 3S.-Pullman cars
were not moved in the Cincinnati. Ham
ilton & Dayton yards up to 2 o'clock
this afternoon and no immediate at
tempts were made in the yards of the
other roads. The railroad officials are
securing new nen and are disposed to
displace all who refuse to obey orders.
They state that they will know to-
night the full strength of the boycott
at this point and act promptly to op-
pose it.
MONTANA UNION MEN STRIKE.
LIVINGSTON. Mont. June 2s.-All the
men in the Northern Pacific yards
struck last night and to-day all the