The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-07-10
LABOR LEADERS CONFER.
Five National Presidents We're In
Session All Through the
Night
Order for a General Strike OF K
OF L. Delayed Until
Wednesday.
A CommltlSs Me0ts Vlcor pFeaiaan6 WInk a.
A COMMITTEES Meets Vice President wicks.
Of tho fulimAa csmpAay. who
Refuses TO Arb!trnts.

cHIoAoo. July 0.-Ths oonfsrsnes Of labor
leaders occupied The whole OF last night.
infianmAtory sroochss wero made By Dsbs.
Sovereign. Mcbride. and othsra. A oom-
mittss Of seven WAS appointed 10 wal, upon
Mayor Hopkins aud make n Last effort 10
bring about arbitration. A motion 10 cali
out sve'y uuion man on "Wednesday, unless
In ths meintimS some adjustment IL made
with Pullman, was adopted. II Ia olaimsd 4
a number Of unions. including this printers.
marine engineers and brickmakefs. will
refuse TO be bound By The order.
Five naiioaal prssidsnts OF labor orRanl-
zations sre In the city viz, John Mcbride,
OF the Mine Workers association; W. ID.
hahon. Of the National Association OF
Street Car Men; General Master Workman
Sovereign. Of tho Kuights Of Labor; J. W.
Mekinney, OF tho Bro.hoihood Of Painters
and Decorators. and UConnsll, OF tho
machinistL They will have q conference
to-iay.
General Master Workman Sovereign said
to-day that be had dete mined to delay the
order for . strike Of his order until wednes-
day. He said: III make this posipon ens n 1
to await the ,outcoms OF the fight among
the Chicago trade uniona do not CON
sider IL imrossibls that the tremendous
import OF paralyEiug Chissso Industries
will force George III. Pullmsn and the rail-
roads 10 meet the A. X. U. half way. II 10
high TINA that pubio ssntiment should
move the corporations to arbitration"
The committee Of seven appointed by ths
labor leaders, asked Mayor Hopkins TO ar
range for q citizens com ittee of infusn-
tisl busiscss men, which should undertake
to foros Pnllman to arbittate. Mayor
Hopkins rsfe rcd the matter to the com
mitteo appointed by the city council q
week ago. Tho mayor has called on the
governor for another regiment OF state
troops.
Az the Uhlrich hall meeting resolutions
were adopted isqasstiBg Bapuel Gompers,
president OF the Federation OF L,bo-, TO
como TO Chicago al once, and autbefizina q
tho appointment OF committees 10 TsquesI
the city council 10 dsuand Of the prssissni
the withdrawal OF the federal trseps. A
letter was also sent 10 Gov. Altesld. insist
ing that he comsei tho withdrawal Of fed
0 al troops Immediately.
A committee representing the labor
unions met tho committee at one o. clock.
suggested that a com nittss Of five promi-
nent buainsss men bo invited TO visit the
Pullman company TO dstermns II the Pall-
man company has anything 10 arbitrats.
He suggested that tho com mmittss consist OF
two officials Of ths Pallman company. two
prominent cltiz,ns to be appointed bT ths
judges OF Cook county. and the nth 10 be
chosen by the four. Tns labor cenmittee
appointed q sus-com mittee who. with the
| council committee, went at once 10 confer
with Vice President Wickss. Of the Pullman
| company.
AZ 2:50 this afternoon Vice President
wiekss positively refused to meet ths com
mittee. ltn said that IL 10 probable that
President Dsbs will b, under arrest ~
Tuesday afternoon.
The Pullman company has nothing 10
arbitrate." said Wiokes. ''snd ws mus,
refuse 10 receive the committee TO which
you refer. Oar company has not reosdsd
from the position taken at the inception o.
the strike. This 10 fibal."