The Irish standard., 1894-06-30
TIE IRISH STANDARD: SATURDAY, JUNE 80
ch.cAGo's TIE-uP.

chlcAGo's TlE-UP.
Five Thousand Men and Fifteen Roads AT.
fected.
CHICAGO, June 28.-As result of the
firstday of the. boycott of the Pullman
Palace Car company by the A. r. O.
there were over 5000 employees Of the
different roads running ont of Chicago
out on strike last evening. The at
tempt to run Pullman cars has result
ed in the tying up of the yards of Is
railroads centering here.
Out of these the Illinois Central, Wis
consin Central, Chicago & Great West
ern, Baltimore & Ohio. Chicago &,
Northern Pacific and the lines interest
ed in the Western Indiana system are
tied up completely, the only trains run
out being manned by officers of the
roads. Late last night strikes were de-
clared on the Pan Handle and Chicago
& Northwestern.
At a conference between President
Debss and Vice President Howard, of
the A. R. o., and Grand Master Sover-
eign of the K. Of L., the latter agreed
to support the Pullman strikers insthe
boycott, and in accordance with the
agreement issued manifesto addressed
to all orders of the K. of L. in the
United States, notifying them of the
Pullman boycott and directing them to
assist the A. R. U. in its fight with the
company, recalcitrant railroads and
"plutocratic enslayement.
At midnight, Hammond. Ind. just
across the state line, was in the hands
of mob of several hundred people in
sympathy with the Pullman strikers.
The Nickel Plate passenger was de-
layed two hours by the crowd. The
Monon passenger train that left here
at s O'Clock last evening was also
stopped and is still there, surrounded
by crowd, which detached two Pull
man sleepers from the train and re-
fused to allow them to be put back.
The strikers committee of the A. r.
u. met with the first rebuff late last
night, when the attempt was made to
get out the passenger train on the
Northwestern. A dozen switchmen
went to the East Chicago yards of the
Northwestern and persuaded the one
crew there to stop work. The COM
mittee boarded the engine and ran
through to the depot and met couple
of the crews at work on the passenger
trains. Supt. Stewart had been mott
fed of the visit and went out into the
yards in person, taking part in the ar
gument.
Although the union men made a
strong talk the official succeeded in
keeping his men at work. The COM
rnittee then started on foot down the
yards and captured a second crew and
ran to Western avenue. The railroad
officials were prepared to resist, and
Immediately loaded an engine with pc.
lice and special officers, and lively
chase to Western avenue took place.
The committee got there sufficiently
ahead Of the posse to have time enough
to get out the half dozen crews work
ing there. When the police arrived the
committee had abandoned the switch
engine and started on foot for the
Wood street yards in North Chicago.
The committee Of union switchmen is
composed of determined men, and
trouble is looked for in case the police
attempt force to keep them away. AS
soon as the superintendent and his
squad of police arrived at the Western
avenue yards the switchmen were in
duced to go back to work and a detail
OF officers were left there to protect
them. .#....
At about o'clock last night the Off.
GERS of the A. R. u. in charge of the
strike sent out an order to the switch.
men, swltchtenders, yardmen and
switch engineers Of the Panhandle line
to quit work. The men walked out as
they were notified, but all the trains
scheduled to leave last night got out on
time before the committee had made
the rounds.
The other lines entering the union
station, the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul the and Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy are not affected as yet At 9:3C
last night all the roundhouse men EN-
ployed by the Wisconsin Central at
Ogden, avenue went out on strike in
connection with the Pullman boycott.
Telegraph Notes.
REPORTS were recei red of fearful
cyclone which swept over southwest
ern Minnesota the evening of the 9th.
Four persons were killed at Sleepy Eye
and two at Window. At Renville
Mimi, the cyclone did immense damage
and several persons were hurt quite
severely Mrs. Charles Hickman was
strllck nv fiyinar timbe1.s and had her