St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-01
CHICAGO is CRIPPLED.
Threatened Tie-Up Of All
Trades Unions.
THE STRIKE IS SPREADING
With Great Rapidity, and All
Cable and Elevated
AEK MAY Be CALLED OUT:
Deputy Narshals and Sheriffs
Swarm the Big City.
TROOPS HAY Be CALLED FOB.
Uncle Sam Ready to Show
His Power.
Troops AAY Be CALLED FOR.
Uncle Sam Ready to Show
His Power.
1T IS WAR TO THE DEATH

CHICAGO, June S0.-The situation to-
night is worse than at any time since
the strike began, and, as climax to 1t
all, Chicago is threatened with tie-up
of all the trades unions Ill the city.
President Madden, of the state Fedora
tion OF labor, an organization to which
practically every labor organization i'll
the city belongs, and which has fully
100000 members. said tonight:
I've are il sympathy with the A. r.
T., and will help it i'll every way we
cam
The present programme, as outlined
by Madden, is to call out all the men on
the elevated roads and employees Of the
street car companies if the strike is not
settled within few days. If it is not
settled within a week the Federation Of
Labor will 20 on a strike, The a. R. Z.
has had emissares at work among the
street car men for some time, and claims
20 be able to tie up the whole city.
When asked what earthly object
brickiayers, beer brewers and
SIMILAR TRADES
could have in striking, Madden replied:
"Simply to bring more pressure to bear
on the railroads. The general managers
have combined and we must do the same
thing"
The situation on the various roads is
expressed tonight by the general man.
ayers association as follows:
The freight engineers and firemen in
Chicago held meeting this afternoon,
70 = ha
chanlc and advised him that they had
decided to go on strike. Since that
time, however, p per cent OF the men
have advised the master mechanic per-
sonally that they will not strike, but
Will return to work. All passenger
trains have moved up with full pas
senger eQ uipments.
Outside of Chicago there have been
no defections to amount to anything
outside of Chippewa Falls and at points
west. The total number of men now
out is in the vicinity of fifty, including
fremeu, brakemen, Switchmen, coal
handlers and half of Chippewa Falls
station force.
Mobs gathered about Ada street, Ann
street and Curtis street in this city and
abused and
STONED THE MEN
working FIVE switching engines at that
and badly bruised Tom Kuehn, brake
man on the passenger shifter.
The main trouble is at Riverdale. A
large number of Lake Shore & Michi-
gan Southern switchmen are on a strike,
and committee is now endeavoring to
secure tie-up OF all the swtchmen in
Chicago and Cook county. The road is
unable to handle perishable freight in
Chicago. This is Wagner line. The
passenger trains on this road are run
ming with full complement of equip
ment, including Pullman sleepers, with
out delay.
S. r. Ainslie, general manager of the
Chicago Il Northern Pacific, says every
thing is in good order. Passenger ano
freight trains are being handled
promptly and with no interruptions.
all passenger trains on the Chicago
& Alton road are moving with theil
regular equpments, including Pullman
cars, nearly on their regular time
Freight traffic is practically abandoned
for the time.
On the Atchlson, Topeka & Santa F.
this afternoon the station freight han
dlers went out on a strike, although
twenty-five of the men concluded t
remain at work. They will ask Mr.
Egan to give them forty freight han
dlers for service Monday morning, anC
will get thirty additional deputy Unitet
States marshals assigned to the duty O
guarding freight houses and protecting
the men employed.
The following was received from Al
buquerque, n. NJ: Strike here on a
d. Z. is broken. The fremen all agre
to 90 TO work"