The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-28
American Railway Union Be-
gins Pullman Boycott.
TRAINS STOPPED Ar NOON.
Employees Willing 20 Handle Ail but
the Beyeotted Cars.
The Northern Pacific. Southern Pacific,
santa Re. Illinois Central. Michigan
Central. Wisconsin Central and Bal
timone 4 Ohio Affected.

HELESA. Mont. June e7-The first ef.
fects OF tas Pullman boycott were seen
here today. When the east-bound North
ern Pacific train arrived last night the
west-nound train was tied up AZ Living
ston and the superintendent OF the Mon
tana division ordered the east-b0und train
to be killed whea il got 10 Helena. THIS
was done and the ID passengers who are
aboard are scattered about the city sight
seeing. There has been no excitement of
any kind, and every one takes the situa-
ton good. d.nasuredly. On the Montana di-
vision. extending from Helena TO Law
ingston, not wheel is moving. This is
due TO the fact that the shopmen at the
latter point have taken advantage of the
Pullman boycott to present their demands
Tor an increase of pay, and in sympathy
with the other employees have gone
out on that division. There are n
lot of tourists at Livingston and
big number in the National park who have
been caught by the tie-up. No freight is
moving east of Helena in this state. but
from Helena west trains are operated. The
Great Northern. which runs its own sleep
ing cars, Is running all right, and today
for the first time in two months, began
running through trains TO the Sound.
ST. Paul. June 27.-A Northern Pacific
switching crew refused To make up a train
today. The United States marshal sent
half a dozen deputies to the yards. The
Northern Pacific has posted notices calling
the attention of the men to the fact that u
owns half interest in the Pullman cars,
and warning them not 10 interfere with
their operation. All trains carrying Pull
mans left Minneapolis in regular order to-
day.
LIVINGSTON. Mont. June 27.-All the
employees of the Northern Pacific yards
struck last night. and today al. the shop
hands went out. Not a train is moving IN
either direction. The American Railway
Union has decided that one OF the condi-
tions of the strike would be the restora-
ton of the wage schedule in force prior 20
January l.
TACOMA. June 27.-ISpecial. when the
operators IN the Helena Northern Pacific
office struck at 5:2o p. m. today Helena
time. some of them were in the middle OF
messages, but did not stop to finish them.
1t was not expected among railroad men
here that the operators would join the
strike. The operators here do not expect
10 strike. j. B. w. Johnson. OF the
Brotherhood Of Railway Conductors aud
chairman of the Northern Pacific griev-
ance committee which had charge of the
company's wage conference last winter,
dcnounces the action of the American
Railway Union as nonsensical and doomed
TO defeat
The American Railway Union has called
general meeting for tomorrow night TO
discuss the Pullman boycott Most of the
members of the order seem inclined to obey
Debs' orders. A strike will put the North
ern Pacific in an embarrassing position.
Ii sent out six freight trains today. four OF
which carry early crop China tea. and
were to be rushed through to Chicago and
New York: besides. il has had great
quantity of freight left over from the food,
and has just made ready TO put every piece
of rolling stock into service.