The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-12
PLANS ARE MAPPED OUT.


 PLANS ARE MAPPED OUT. All Laboring Men In tho Country Win bo
 Called Out on Strike.
 Chicago, July LA. R. U. officials were busy. to-dny comforting with Grand Master Workman Sovereign and Committeeman Kinney of the Knights of Labor and the chiefs of the trades unions. A decisive plan of campaign was mapped out and the result of the meeting was general md positive agreement to call out every laboring man in the oity and country, if possi- ble.
 MT. Sovereign had received no official reports from the Knights of Labor as- semblies of actual strikes. and the ma jority of the messages received by him announced that meetings were to be held tonight, tomorrow and Sunday to take united action.
 Mir. Sovereign said this evening that his committee had estimated that over 500, 900 men would respond to his call.
 The action of the trades unions to- day was not unanimous by any means. although 1t was generally conceded that within the next three or four days all of the orders will be more or less represented in the strike.
 At most not over 5000 men have struck thus far, not counting Knights of Labor men. Meetings are being held by twenty or more unions to decide upon action. AS yet the street car men have shown no signs of going out, all though the South Side men are holding their second meeting tonight There is a general feeling among the men that the street cars and the typesetters should be kept going for polite reasons, but the leaders seem determined to call out all the orders.
 President Debs moved his headquar- ters to the Revere house this afternoon and a meeting of the board was held there. All the orders were represented and the question of taking legal action in opposition to the general managers was discussed.
 W. W. Erwin of St. Paul, Minn., the attorney who successfully defended the Homestead strikers. will reach Chicago tomorrow. The board decided to place MT. Erwin in charge of the legal de- pertinent of the union and 8 dozen or inal pleaders will be placed at his dis posal. .-,4
 After the meeting it was announced by MT. Debs that Mir, Erwin would be consulted upon taking action against the United States marshal who is held responsible for the seizure of MT. Debs' private papers, which were returned to him to-day.
 It was announced that Mr. Erwin's efforts would be directed mainly toward securing the indictment of the general managers, who will, if possible, be called to account on the stiine charge as that against. Debs--obstructing the mails.
 An attempt will be made, according to Debs, to establish case of con- spiracy against the general managers, who, says MT. Debs, organized before the announcement of any strike or boy colt and conspired to defeat any move- ment on the part of the employees through the premeditated delay of mail trains.
 Director Hogan, of the A. R. U., an- nounced to-day that the arrest of Debs and other officers of the union had re- suited in solidifying the movement among western railroad men.
 Peace and quiet were maintained throughout the city to-day. Some union men concerned in the burning of cars and stoning of trains in the earlier part of the trouble were brought in by dep- uty marshals and escorts of military during the day. but most of the number were released on small ball. :. United States Marshal Arnold to-day reduced his force by 300 men. These were withdrawn from outlying points where no further necessity exists for their services.
 The situation tonight is that of an armed truce.