The morning call., 1894-08-04
ALL TO COMBINE.
One Result of the Big
Strike.
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ROADS STAND TOGETHER.
This May End in a Union of
All the Lines.
MIR. DEBs FOR ORGANIZATION.
The Only Way in Which Labor Can
=. tiope to Combat
-. .~... Capital.
NR. .DEBs FOR ORGANIZATION.

CHICAGO. Aug. 3-The plan which vas
evolved from the strike to organize all the
Western roads in one association was
given an impetus to-day by proposition
from the Southern Pacific to revive the old
Iranscontinenial Passenger Association.
The. Union Pacific which three months
ago was accused of demoraliziDg the Pa
citlc Coast passenger trade, Is again
charged with the same thing. Rates from
SAP Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles
t. Chicago and New York are being
freely cut. and no information re-
cetved here has shown that any of
the other lines have made any
reductions. The competitors of the
Uhion Pacific have taken no steps to meet
the reductions it has put in, which are
about S13 so to New York and 50 80 to
Chicago. but will pro baby do so in very
short tlme. There is a very small pas
s5ngeT business coming out of California
. now, and the lines can have lively little
row and reduce the rates without hurting
anybody 10 any extent.
:The gross earnings of the Rock Island
for. July are S1.108. .436. a decrease CON-
-paTeT with the estimated earnings of July,
1898. Of S523,67S.
The second days session of the Amer-
can Railway Union convention was de-
voted to hearing reports from local organi-
ZatiUus On the various railroads. Presi-
dent Debs urged more complete Organiza-
tiQB, .
IS AT the afternoon session representatives
of committees were heard from the South
efn Pacific. Burlington ana Ohio, Mem
phis system. Crank Trunk, Nickel-plate,
Panhandle aud MOnOn, the representatives
showing an encouraging condition as far
:,as.the strikers are concerned. The ques-
tfon of declaring the strike on or off was
,howled down. Nothing of Importance
was done.
The force in the Pullman shops was in
creased to-day. At noon 552 men were at
work. The company expects to have 800
men Monday, but few are members of the
American Railway Union.
W AsHINGToN, Aug. 3. - The House
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com
merce devoted an hour to-day to the dis
cussiOn OF the sleep eping-car system. For a
text it had Representative Brickner's bill
which was lntrodu ced during the Chicago
strike aud which provides that after jan
uary 1. 1895. railroad companies engaged
troll by lease all sleeping-cars used on their
roads or branches operated or controlled
by them, and fixing a penalty of $40 day
for failure to comply fu each case.
Several members spoke in favor of the
principles EN- bodied in the bill. Members
of the committee believe measure of that
kind will be reported, which will include
dining-caTs and all palace cars, but the
time will doubtless be extended to 1896,
with view to giving the companies time
10 adjust their business to the change.
OMAHA, Nebr., Aug. 3.-The Depart
ment Of the Platte announced to-day that
all the Federal troops in Montana and the
West guarding railroad property would
not be withdrawn before September, even
if there is no more violence. The plan,
as announced, is to gradually withdraw
the troops as the situation warrants. Sew
ersl companies were Withdrawn to-day.
SUPERIOR, Neb., Aug. 3.-Thirty thou |
sand veterans attended the closing Of the |
Interstate Encampment of Kansas and |
Nebraska to-day. It was the largest gath
ertng in the history of the association. |
The greatest enthusiasm was manifested |
when Senator Ingalls, warned the old |
soldiers to be on the alert to again save the |
Union from anarchy. he was the orator |
of the day, and in the course of his re- |
marks said:
Another condition conIronts us that |
almost amounts TO civil war. Coming to
Chicago recently was kept in that city as
city held by siege. There is one class in
this country that has known no law but
the bayonet, no means of redress but the |
: pom6 and stiletto. 1 am not opposed to
foreign immigration, but for the dregs.
sewage and scum of European humanity |
the gates Of Castle Garden should never
swing Inward"
=, TOPEKA, Kans., Aug. 3.-Opeu declara-
:tfon OF war against the A. R. U. was made
today by the Pullman Palace Car Cam
pany, when the official announcement went |
forth that under no circumstances would |
the company give employment to labor |
agitators or any others who had taken An /
? active part in persuading the workmen to
strike.