Oxford eagle., 1894-07-05
THE GREAT TIE-UP.
The Anti Pullman Strike Assur1-
ing Enormous Proportions.
freus Fr~-~nt Irdiesttsa. Railroad Traf-
h~ sftf- Fair To B~ Practically Par
.riyr~d-A R-saus~ Of the
>ttastisa At Chirago4

ami his associates - the American
Railway union played a high card To-
day. and made a radical move when
they formally hoyecttei every rcad
represented in the General Managers
association Commissions wer~ given
e. cuTn Aittec> representing the EN-
Plpyss of each rnad with orders To call
out the men the instant sufficient sup
port was obtained - warrant a strike.
The rssasis represented in TN. a~>aeia-
tion ard subjected TO N. buven.t are.
Chicago. Rock island a P1eirs.. IIli-
nor Central Chicago & Grand Trunlx
santa Pc. Chicago s Alton chicago =
Erir. Chicago s. Eastern Illinois. Chi-
eaEp a Northwestern Western fnsii-
ana Chicago Burlington & Quincy
ChiesEp. Milwaukee & -. PsuI. Chiea-
- Great western Louisville. New
Albany 4 Chiea~y,. Chicago 4 Northern
I Pacific. LAKE >hurv Michigan Central
New Nork- Chsagp & - Louis Pan
handle. Pittsburgh Fort WAYNE &
shiek~o. Wabash. Wisconsin, Central
amt Ealti-anrr a Ohi.l
~ rapisiiv a. r,a~silsgs thu men will
D. orvierssi cat IN the r,rasi~ named .nd
il : th- intention - the unsnr officials
[ u iuauz-urste strikes on the lines nren-
/ rion-st N prwferens-- - r-sasiS thr,sugh-
cut the cuuntry zhieh haul Pullman
car
/ Aeee-viiu- - sh. eesesal annauus.--
m@nt tho maaa-ers' association haS
h-e~n arzansEssl t.sr the s.sl.- Furr.s-s. u
/ crushing th~ Asa--is-aa Railway union
&
/ uHinn wili srJrrsrel - d.5 haftls. with
thss asa-.n-iatrsf lins~ Wherever the
hovcrtf a1sl strike j. mt made effective
tf-aizyht th.- arIranirr--s viii ~ at vvs,r.
un.ii Sufsisi~nt men have be~n orvan-
i.s,yl "a fhr up the rvia.ls
he arvi-rS nssu.-,i to-day for strike
inelus.svi thu mss an the Rn~lS Eslznd
the Bgr,iEgtsu- Chieage 4 Alton SEC
orsi orsi-ri. Chieagp & Erie Chira-n q
Eastern Illinois. Nouon- Fort Wavue
i~s-'-crsi or,ieri. Wabash. Chieax,s 4
Great Western and Lake Shore
I \ formal strike win not ~ declared
I IN the Milwaukee until the situation
/ gn that rad haS besu eanva-se.l bv
the bari - directors % the union as
a meeting to-narro4v- The Michigan
Central and C;rand Trunk are MT af-
f-eted a. yet but the union oesesals
say they sill h. tied mp unless they
| withdraw FROM the Managers a~s.scia-
! ton
/ The Wabash men we're let alone IN
I'll II was reported that th.. company
was handling trains Of rua,is already
boyeoeteI
L II the plan of the union officials b,
carried cut Twenty-Five rusds cut Of
Chicago viii b. tied mp within the next
tvvo or three DAYS.
| The action of the union officials in
authorizing a strike among the sm-
ployes sf the nion stock Yards
Transit Co while spoken If and pre-
diete'l yesterday was really not ex-
p..rtssf-
The union officials xere opp.--,l To
blocking the stock ysr,is for the prs>-
ent, and had already refused ths. Offer
of assistance there by Grand Master
Sovereign Of the Knights of Labor
To-day. however. when the committee
from the stock yards reported that the
men had been organized last night
and presented a grievance - the ef-
feet that they were compelled Ia
handle the ears Of boyeotted roasis
the executive committee. after hasty
conference decided To appoint the
committees necessary in ordering a
STRIKE
The contest between the Chicago <
Northwestern and the union II devei-
oping into battle royal. and each side
II strafning every nerve IN win The
company has removed the blacklist
placed upon the strikers Of I-9l and 81 far
have secured two Of the old men who
are now at work in the pas>e niger yards.
One other crew l. at work but the
most of the switch ing i being done by
the officials
| The greatest enthusiasm was ere
sted among the strikers to-day when
the announcement was made that the
Mobile & Ohio had surrendered uneon-
ditionally- General Manager Scale
had telegraPhed President Debs tha,
his road had cut of all Pullman ear
and had requested a release of the
line
After il had hesn aseertained tina;
the road was not member Of the Man.
ayers association President DcbS wired
the president Of the union in charge
of the strike To call of the boycott i'm.
mediateiy after receiving a writer
guarantee from the company that il
would not run any PuIlmzns until the
present trouble was settled This i
really the first actual victory, and il Is
used among the strikers to good effect
Matters were complicated for the
i L. -.
succeeded in inducing the majority OF
the imported su hstitutes on the Pan
handle to join the union and quit
work committee from the imported
men eslled at headquarters To report
that they had been brought here un-
der strict orders. to dissbey which
meant the loss of their p.,.i
tons The men were eondu.-
tors brakemen and S7xitchmen from
Louisville Cincinnati. Pittsburgh and
other Pennsylvania points, and wheu
thirty-twO of them marched to the
yards the union men captured a nun
Der with the result that COMMITTEES
of i've attended meeting at - Lake
street and promised to call out their
companions providing the union would
1
them with transportation TO their
homes Fifteen of the men were sent
back tonight and it Is claimed by the
union men that the Others will go back
tomorrow
A meeting Of Division No. OF the
Order of Railway Conductors was at
tended BY a large number of coudue
tors including Grand Chief Clark
Nearly two-thirds Of the conductors
present. II was said. were members OF
the union and instead of passing any
znti-measu-es. a motion was adopted
as the sense Of the meeting that the
conductors would attend strictly to
their own positions. and would refuse
TO couple ears. throw switches or work
with green crews The union official:
take this as an equivalent 70 open sup
port and are elatej in consequence
Action similar 70 that taken BY tn.
conductors characterized the severa
meetings Of the engineers Some %.