The record-union., 1894-06-29
Special to the REcoRD-USros.

trains leaving this city during the alter
noon and up TO o'clock Tonight got
away with their Pullman cars. but were
more or less delayed. The Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul road has agreed to
handle no more Pullman coaches. All
the freight yards in the city are crowded
with freight cars loaded with perlshaole
goods, which the roads are unable TO
move. AS the South Water-street mar
kets were sold out to-day, 1t is expected a
fruit and garden-truck famine Will be on
tomorrow.
The 1910 train on the Grand Trunk.
esstbound, was made up with the usual
Pullmans, but as no passengers appeared
the coaches were left behind,
Two trains on the Baltimore and Ohio
which left the city, one about 6:30 and the
other at p. NJ, for the East, are stalled at
the Western-avenue crossing OF the Fan
handle The switchmen refused to work
the gates, and it was impossible to pro-
ceed. A detail of police was sent tor, and
as soon as they arrive an effort Is 10 oe
made TO get the trains out.
The first passenger train for the East
on the Baltimore and Ohion to-day could
not leave. as the engineers OF the other
roads, using the yards, Kept switching
across the tracks in such manner that
the Baltimore and Ohio engine was held
back as effectually as though locked to
the rails. Forty policemen were sent 10
the Yards A bout 100 police were sta
toned to-day along the tracks Of the Hi
nois Central and the Rock Island roads,
and Vice. President Harahan to-day sent
a request TO Chief Brennan for more po-
lice. The Chief said he did not see how
more men could be detailed to that road.
Not car was moved on the c. Nj. and st.
Paul road.
All day crews of the Milwaukee and st.
Paul and Panhandle roads quit work this
morning. and not wheel is turning un-
der any passenger cars on either road that
is not manned by officials. The men are
ugly and violence is predicted.
The extent of the Pullman boycott
strike was indicated by flood Of tele-
grams received by President Debs OF the
American Railway Union. This move.
ment paralyZes the traffic Of the whole
West. Perishable freight is being ruined
on the slde-tracks OF overland routes in
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona. Southern
California, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah,
AIoutana, Oregon, Idaho, Minnesota and
the Dskotas Travel is stopped from the
Pacific Coast East, and not car is leav-
ing Chicago for the West.
The Association of General Managers
of the railroads centering in the city have
organized a General Managers Bureau
Association, and elected John NJ. Egan
General Manager. This bureau will
have entire charge of everything relating
to the strike, in behalf of the railroads.
A committee was sent to Chief OF Police
Brennan TO ask for additional police pro-
lection for certain roads tonight. The
Chief promised to furnish all the men
needed at any time.
The General Managers of two of the
leading roads said to-day that they an
ticipated and were prepared for general
tie-up of all the roads. There was moth
ing for the roads TO do but to resist the
boycott. They reserved the right to haul
any mans cars offered them, regardless
of his business or political affiliations.
Several thousand men will be thrown
out of employment at the stock yards by
the order from the Knights of Labor.
The entire spring industry will be COM
pletely stopped. The cut OF will be so
serious that the packing-house and rail-
road officials refuse to believe that any
such action will be taken. About 400
switchmen, trackmen, number-takers
and tiremen and engineers will leave
their positions at the commad of the
American Railway Union. The roads
that will be affected by tie-up in the
wards include nearly every railroad sys-
tenn running into Chicago.
OMAHA. June 2S.-The Pullman boy
colt trouble is growing more serious
and though trains were made up with
Pullmans attached, it was with the
assurance that they would be detached
elsew here out West, and never return
until after the strike.
4 circular issued by Grand Master
Sovereign of the Knights of Labor puts a
more complex phrase TO the situation
here. For time the knights of Labor
have been losing ground in this vicinity,
the different brotherhoods having largely
absorbed the members OF that order. but
lately they have been increasing their
membership at a rapid rate, and it not
only includes many shopmen of the
Union Pacific, but switchmen, engineers,
firemen and trainmen of the Milwaukee,
Rock Island, Northwestern, Elk Horn,
Chicago. ST. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha, Sioux City and Pacific, Missouri
Pacific, Wabash, as well as the Union
Pacific, and they have quite number of
Burlington employees.
The Northwestern seems to be the road
to feel the boycott first. Difficulties were
had with the switchmen. While the
Northwestern brings into Omaha two
Wagner cars and one Pullman OH its
north and south line and its st. Paul
Omaha line, Pullmans are hauled alter
nately with Wagners, it is very much
allow a substitution of Wagner cars DUR
ing the continuance of the fight
At Union Pacific headquarters little is
feared of the men in the employ OF the
receivers, the promises made oy the. rep
resentatives of the different 0rganiZa-
tions during the recent wage conference
toludge Caldwell being recalled by the
officials at this time, as being emphatic
ally against striking or handicapping the
road in any manner.
sWITCHMEN ORDERED OUT.
KANSAS CITY, June 2S.-All the switch
men on the Topeka Division of the Santa
Fe system were ordered out at midnight.
The representatives from all other unions
here have agreed to join them. This
action is the result of a meeting of the
American Railway Union held at Argen-
tine tonight. In the meeting was repre-
sented all branches of employees, from
the track walkers TO the engineers. and 1t
was unanimously decided that thew re-
main out till the last. Twelve hundred
men are affected.
The firemen on the Santa Fe road form
ally struck here at 3 O'Clock. The de-
layed California train had the third Pull
man attached by the Master Mechanic
and was ordered to go ahead. The fire.
man refused to go out. Other firemen
were ordered to take his place, and after
several had refused the strike order was
issued, applying only TO through trains
with Pullman coaches. The California
and Mexican trains, with about go pas
ssngers, are tied up here, without any