Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-07-06
A GENERAL TIE-UP
SEEMS TO BE IN PROSPECT
FROM THE PULLMAN STRIKE.
at All Western Po'nts-Trains Tied Up
DcEd-Caiirornia Fruit Growers suffer.

The threatened strike to enforce the
boycott of Pullman cars was inaugu-
rated at Chicago, when the American
Railway union ordered the Illinois
Central men out. The switchmen were
the first to obey and quietly walked
out, tying up the suburban as well as
express train service. The union men
were quiet and orderly, but apparently
determined to Il man, to maintain the
boycott.
Chicago: The employees of the Chi
cago Great Western railway went out,
making total of If Chicago roads
now tied up or crippled by the Amer
lean Railway Union boycott of Pull
man ears. The roads so far affected
by the strike at this point are the llli-
nois Central. Santa Zee, Chicago Great
! Western, Chicago IL Northern Pacific,
| Western Indiana, Wisconsin Central,
| Chicago q Eastern Illinois, Wabash,
G. and Trunk, Monon and the Balti-
more Il Ohio. The strike has precipi-
| tated fuel famine on the steamboat
docks. There is not pound OF coal
| to be had on any Of the docks, and
| business on the river is at n standstill.
The strike came SO suddenly that it
found the coal men utterly unprepared
Il lOI H. anu W llllt biltN lldNt Dltlibl VI
coal in the switch yards of the Illinois
| Central, they cannot get IL To the
| docks There have been several slight
disturbances in the various yards
where few men have started to
work, but nothing serious has DC.
Cured The Michigan Central came
very near being tied up for using their
crews to move blocladed Illinois Cen
trail cars. The 4. X. L. threats forced
| the superintendent TO order the NJ. G.
men to attend their own trains only.
st. Paul, Mimi: The \. Il. L. boy
colt against Pullman ears is beginning
to be felt here. the first trouble being
on the Northern Pacific, one of the
switching crews refusing to make up
train and being promptly laid of.
Livingston, Mont: All men en-
ployed i'm the Northern Pacific yards
went out on strike and all shop hands
went out. Not single employee of
| the switch department in Montana is
at work All American Railway Union
men refuse TO work on engines hauling
| Pullman ears. Not train Is now
moving in either direction.
Detroit: The prospect is that Detroit
will experience little or no trouble
| from the boycott of the Pullman cars.
! The Only road into Detroit using the
! Pullmans to any extent is the Grand
| Trunk. The Wabash road, between
| Chicago and Detroit, uses the Wagner
| and the Mann boudoir cars. but has
the Pullmans on its line between Chi
cago and 81. Louis. The Michigan
Central and ether roads use no Pull
mans.
sim Growing-Later Dispatches.
Chicago: The older this strike grows
the more alarming it becomes. The
movement has gathered strength. until
now it paralyzcs the traffic of the
whole west. Perishablc freight is be-
ing ruined on side tracks or overland
routes in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona
and Southern California. as well as
Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Montana,
Oregon, Idaho, Minnesota and the Da-
liotas. Travel is stopped from the
Pacific coast east, and not car is
leaving Chicago for the west. The
officials of the American Railway union
are greatly pleased with the situation.
The first overt act of violence in the
railroad strike occurred when the
engineer and fireman of an Illinois
Central suburban train were driven
from their engine by mob of 200 men.
They were pe.tcd with rocks and
bricks and chased away. The engine
was taken to "a round house and She
cars left standing on the track.
Cinc;nnati: The situation is serious.
The Pennsylvania is the only railroad
receiving freight. The Chesapeake Il
Ohio is unable to receive coal and
West Virginia mines have closed in
consequence. The Hooking Valley
mines must close because the railroad
is tied up from the Ohio river to To-
ledo. Coal trains were stopped al
Logan, Straitsville, Jacksonville and
other points. There are preparations
being made TO call out troops if neces-
sary.
California Fruit Grower Ruincd.
San Francisco: In Che great strug.
gle between the American Railway
Union and the Southern Pacific the
strikers seem TO have the upper hand.
Traffic on the great railway system Is
paralyzed so far as the Pacific coast il
concerned. No trains are running
north or south from Ogden, Dcming
and FL Paso. Little effort has been
made to move freight An order was
issued from the general offices of the
Southern Pacific closing all the freight
offices. and informing the clerks that
their pay would cease until further
notice. 1t is this freight blockade
that is the most disastrous TO the bust.
ness interests of California. Severe
losses to the fruit growing interests
are inevitable and fruit growers and
dealers are face to face with bank.
ruptcy. Hundreds of cars laden with
perishable fruit are sidetracked. In
northern California this is the fruit
mems busiest shipping season, and
peaches, apricots, cherries, plums and
berries are fast ripcning in every
orchard. A blockade of only few
days will see fruit to the value of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars too ripe
for shipment. All this will be a total
loss to the growers.
The Wisconsin Central is tied VI
tight. The brotherhood engineers re
fused to work with non-union firemer
and arc thus tacitly helping TIE A. R. u
San Francisco is completely shut of
from railroad communication with the
outside world, though there are nc
| A & IL. 2.