The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-10
THE ATTEMPT AT ARBITRA.
TION FAILED.
Blood Was Shed at DanvilIe, Illinois,
Yesterday.
A CROWD ATTACKED MILITIA AND
WERE FIRED ON.

Two Women Were Killed by the yolIey
and Two Men Severely wounded
Other Wounded Persons Were Removed
by Their Friends-The Trouble Was
Precipitated by Reckless Toughs in the
Crowd-The Strike Situation is I'm
proved and Many of the Roads Are
Schedule-Debs Agents Meet With
Little Success in the East -DastariiIy
Attempt to Blow Up Locomotive
With Dynamite-TroubIe Expected at
San Francisco-The Trades Unions
Have Voted to Strike and Will Probably
Go Out Tomorrow.
Chicago, July 9.-The council committee
on arbitration and the committee of seven
appointed at last nights meeting of the
trades unions, met at 14S Madison street
at LIS. I. j. Eldockin of the Seamens'
Union, presided. Ex-Alderman MCCLELLAN
briefly stated the fruiltess efforts of the
committee on arbitration concluding with
suggestion as the Pullman company said
there was nothing.to arbitrate, a commit
tee of five to Investigate the statement be
appointed which should inquire into all
facts and discovering there be grounds, for
arbitration. He moved it be the sense of
the meeting that such a7scommittee be Sc
lected, two members, to be named by the
Pullman company, two by the judges of the
Circuit court of Cook county. and a fifth to
be named by the four so chosen. The meet
ing was unanimously in favor of the propo-
sition ,and a committee was appointed to lay
the proposition before Vice President
Wickes Of the Pullman company ,and to re-
port at 430 p. m.
The sub committee repaired at once to
the office of Vice President Wickes and was
granted an interview with that gentleman
Every man present felt the extreme gravity
of the hour and thrre was silence through
which the voices of the speakers were pain
fully distinct and oppressive.
''Do you come an official of the city?"
Mr.. Wickes asked of Alderman !. McGillin.
II do, replied Mr.. McGill lin.
do you represent the Mayor in this mat
ter? inquire the Pullman official.
1.-THE Mayor will endorse our action here,
the alderman replied.
Alderman McGillin placed before Mr.. Wickes
the proposision authorized by the full
committee, once as the alderman halted
for an instant, Mr.. Wickes, said: The
company cannot recede from the position
it .has already held. The interjection
aroused Alderman McGillin, sand he elo-
quently portrayed the situation in all the
bearings and inevitable consequences un-
less settlement was reached. Mr.. Wickes
listened iattentively. He seemed touched
by the appeal when the speaker had con-
cluded and retired with Attorney .Runnells
of the Pullman company for consultation.
The delay was brief. When he returned,
Mr.. Wickes addressing Alderman McGillin,
said:
1.-THE Pullman company has nothing to
aIbitrate.''.s
Then there.was a.painful silence. Alder
man McGillin seemed paralyzeds for a. NOM
ent.
''Am to understand he slowly said,
''tEe Pullman company refuses this slight
request, made at SO grave an hour, upon
which so much depends2''
1.-The Pullman company has nothing to
arbitrate" repeated Vice President Wickes.
Alderman McGillin then said with great
impressiveness:
MIR. Wickes, your company demands the
protection of the Federal government,::the
State of Illinois, County of sCook, .and the
city of Chicago. yet you utterly ignore a
fair request ssnade by the city, request
the fundamental idea of which is the preser-
vation of peace. We came to you as conser-
yors of peace; you have assumed grave
responsibility in thus refusing the request
we make. The responsibility is greater,
perhaps, than even you are aware.''
'.There principle involved in this mat
ter,' said Mr.. Wickes, (which the Pullman
company will not surrender. 1t is that the
employers must be permitted to run their
business in their own way without inter-
ference from the employees or anybody else.
We shall not allow any one to show US
howour business shall be conducted. We
shall not consent to arbitration. Our bust
ness is our own private affair and we want
no interference==from the Federal, State or
any other government
The vice presidents manner and lam
guage was so emphatic that no room re-
mained for argument, pleadings or any
other effort calculated to induce him to
modify or change his determination. The
committee bowed itself out.with little GER
emony and went to the point where the bal
ance of tie committee were sawaiting the
final reply. After the report was made it
was unanimously decided by the full COM
mittee to sustain the action of the conven-
ton that adjourned at.daybreak this morn
ing and call out all trades at four tomor-
row afternoon. This decision involves
hatzuean 20nnn and nnartar of million