Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-07-05
THE BOYCOTT.
Railroads Paralyzed by the Op.
erations OF the A. r. u.
hallway Lines Pool Issues-Man Trains
Held Up-Freight Trafic ut . Stand
still - The Blow to Fruit
Growers and Shippers.
ISSUES ARE POOLED.

ISSUES ARE POOLED.
CHICAGO, June 29.-All the twenty
one lines entering Chicago have
agreed to pool issues and bear jointly
the expenses Of the strike, whether the
road is affected or not. They declare
they will fight the boycott to the bit
ter end.
No Freight Carried.
CHICAGO, July s.-All freight traffic
west and south is wholly suspended.
A fruit and vegetable famine, as well
as milk famine, is threatened in this
city.
Its Character Changed.
Pullman cars no longer cut q large
figure in the boycott, for it is now laid
upon every road belonging to the Man
ayers association, whether running
Pullman cars or not. 1t is fight to the
finish between the American Railway
union and the Railway Managers as
ISOLATION.
Steamboats, Profit by the Strike.
The strike on the railroads is divert
ing great quantities of freight to the
oVcd1uDOdL lilies WHICH AdVC AoAA COu.
nections on the other side of Lake
Michigan. The Big Four turned all
it's freight for Cincinnati and the
southeast to st. Joseph. and the Mich
gan Central diverted freight wherever
possible to the lines touching at its
points on the other side of the lake. I
Railroads That Are Affected.
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Ohio, Chicago s. Western Indiana, Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific, Chicago + Grand Trunk
Chicago s. Erie Chicago s. Great Western
Chicago s Northwestern, Chicago s. Alton
Chicago, Milwaukee & st Paul, Chicago &
Eastern Illinois, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Illinois Central, Inner Belt Line, Louisville
New Albany s. Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati
s. Chicago, Union Stock Yards and Transit
company, Wisconsin Central, Wabash, Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern, Nickel Plate, Cal
umet Terminal. -
The foregoing comprise the roads
converging in this city against which
the boycott has been laid, and one and
all of which are either practically tied
up or are so crippled as to be
ineffective in helping q solution
of the trouble precipitated upon
them by President Debs in his combat
against the railroads Of the country.
Besides these Chicago railroads the
tie-up has proved effective against the
following roads in the west and the
castor that section, too, has been
touched by the boycott:
Cincinnati Southern, Denver & Rio Grande
Evansville b Terre Haute, Hooking Valley, st.
a., n mi
Pacific, Southern Pacific. Union Pacific
To Support the Boycott.
At "a meeting of the Trades and La
Dor assembly Sunday the executive
board of the organization was given
power to call out all local trades In
support Of the boycott.
Fruit Shippers Suffer.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.-The tie-up
has caused enormous loss to fruit
growers, as the big shippers have given
orders they will receive no more fruit.
This unexpected calamity will ruin
hundreds of small horticulturists.
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis, July g.
The strike is having serious effect on
tn berry shippers at this point as the
express company refuses to accept
anything in the way of perishable
goods unless charges are prepaid and
subject to all delays The result will
be many thousand dollars damage to
this locality. as the berry crop is now
reaching the highest point and tons
are ripening daily which will be a total
loss unless traffic is resumed on the
old basis. Shippers will not send sub
ject to delay.
Ten Mall Trains Held.
CAIRO, ILL.,, July 2.-Ten mail trains
and one local passenger were on Satur-
day lying idle in the Illinois Central
yards and three tons of United States
mails were detained at the passenger