Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-07-11
HES|TAT|NG KNIGHTS.
Sovereign's Order for a General
Strike Of Knights Of Labor
Not 0beyed.
Resumption of Business by the Rail
roads Centering at Chicago and
the Situation Generally
More Hopeful.
Excellent Effect of the Presidents Law
and Order Proclamation--Union
Pacific Employees Refuse
to strike-Confict at
Sacramento.

Chicago, July 1.-THE general strike,
which was to be inaugurated last night to
enforce arbitration of the Pullman strike,
failed to materialize to-day. Throughout
the city this morning there was little evil
dence OF the business paralysis which had
been SO confidently predicted by the la
Dor leaders. Every street car line in the
city, running elevated roads, carried the
usual number of trains, and early this
morning the crowds of working men on
their way to the shops and benches seemed
undiminished. OF all the trades which
threatened to strike, the seamen, the
cigar makers and carpenters are the only
unions which signified an intention of
stopping work to-day. Reports from
these trades are anxiously awaited, but
their action one way or another was re-
garded as only drop in the bucket
SWITCH ENGINES AT WORK.
Switch engines are putting around the
yards to-day. Several meat trains have
been sent out and business is IN fair
way to be resumed on the usual footing.
Morris to-day received fortytwo cars of
cattle over the Burlington and three over
the Santa Fe. Two meat trains we're
started from the yards. Their departure
was not hindered.
Grand Trunk passenger trains carry
Ing Pullman cars passed through the
yards of the district without molestation
this morning.
DECIDED NOT TO STRIKE.
The men on the west division street
and cable car lines held meeting this
morning and decided not to strike.
CHICAGO SALOONS MAY BE CLOSED,
There was rumor about town this
morning that Mayor Hopkins would this
morning issue proclamation closing all
saloons in the city. Asked as to the truth
of the matter the mayor said: "That
matter has been under consideration and
such a proclamation may be issued bnt
do not think it will be to-day"
DENIED BY LABOR LEADERS.
The story from Cleveland that Grand
Master Workman Sovereign of the
Knights of Labor had wired his men not
to strike is denied by labor leaders here.
Secretary Simpson, of the local Union of
X. of L., said to-day that Sovereign had
been privately informed of the Cleveland
message. "That telegram was forgery"
said Simpson, "and Sovereign has already
forwarded denial to Cleveland. There
has been no countermand of last nights
order"
DEBs INDICTED.
Chi,ago.-The federal grand jury, after
receiving instructions from United States
Judge Grosscup, late yesterday afternoon,
returned indictments against Eugene V.
Debs, president of the A. R. U.; George
w. Howard, it's vice-president; Sylvester
Keliher, secretary, and 7. W. Rogers, di-
rector. Shortly thereafter the men we're
arrested. They are charged with con-
spiracy to block the progress of United
States mails. They were released on bail
by Judge Grosscup, the bond being $10,-
900 each. The indictments are based on
some of the public utterances of Debs and
other leaders and this was clinched by the
original orders from Debs directing men
of different railways to quit work and this
stopped the running of mail trains.
FOR HIGHER WAGES.
Chicago.-The Herald publishes the
following: The present strike of railway
employees in Chicago and throughout the
entire country is not to be confined to a
settlement Of the strike of the employees
of the Pullman Palace Car company. 1t
is the intention of the A. R. U. to force a
settlement of the wage question on all
roads on which they are employed before
agreeing to final settlement of the
strike. President Debs dictated tele-
grams about as follows to every chair
man of local strike committee in the
country:
"Shall we push the fight for higher
wages along with the Pullman boycott? ?
Get vote Of your union on this ques-
tion and answer Immediately. DEBs."
These telegrams we're sent out on We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday of the first
week of the strike. Answers came In
rapidly, few of them opposed, but in a
ma ajority the answers strongly in the
affirmative.
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANTS MUST QUIT.
City Electrician Barrett said to-day that
the prospect of having to close down the
city electric light plants for want of fuel
was apparently certain. The four city
plants have been burning hard coal, slabs
and other kinds of fuel for the last week
and that supply is almost exhausted.
STRIKING TEAMsTERs.
The president of the Teamsters' Union
clatWs this afternoon that 1900 of biz
men have gone on strike.
The president of the Building Trades
Council says that order numbers $4,000
members and that they will all quit worl
before Saturday night. The Seamen's
Union claims a membership of 10000
and all have been ordered to strike. Al
noon none had struck to amount to any.
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