The evening world., 1894-07-10
NO STRIKE LIKELY.
So Says the President of the Sur
Hfaoe Road Employees Union.
Ridicules Gompers and the American
Federation's Claims.
Byrncs Anticipates No Trouble at
the Big Mass-Mceting.

DlONtSs, ldubnS at lHS VI SlIihc
taking place in this city. lie also ridi-
cules the idea OF Samuel Gompers. of
the American Federation of Labor. go-
Ing to Chicago to bring about settle
ment OF the trouble In that city.
why" he said. 1.-The American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor Is absolutely poweress
to dc anything in thls city, and
doubt very much II Mr.. Gompers would
be able to call out 300 men. The
strength OF that organization here lies
in the Garment Workers. OF whom 40
per cent. have been out OF work for over
nine months. There would be little FUN
in calling them ont on strike. They
have got the cigar-makers and one or
two locals OF the bakers. That about
winds them up.
II see the American Federation men
claim to control the street railway men.
Now, / want to denounce that as false.
They have nothing whatever to say TO
the street railroad men OF this city, nor
have they got a single steam railroad In
their Federation.
II have said that in my opinion the
strike will never reach this city. why?
Because 1T will. fall to pieces long before
reaching this place. 1t IL fast crumbllns
now. and 1 can see nothing In II but
hopeless defeat The only thing that can
lie done IL to have every state Legisla-
ture pass laws compelling the submits
II shoull'be made compulsory.
III you examine the roll Of the Aneri-
can Feleratlon-that document In which
they claim to control 10000 me a-.you
VIII find that-they take in the locomo.
everybody. But 1t is on paper only In
this, case. as in every other. Mr. Gompers
VIII claim that his organization Is the
strongest at some place remote from
the strike. ..
Nov want to, say something as to
the conference OF big railroad men held
s ~ GlheAS T,sr rev days , ago Ds6s soy
present. A man named Malone got up
with r flourish OF trtimpets and declared
that he represented the Amalgamated
ees. As a natter OF fact Mr.. Malone
does not and cannot control as many as
80, men. hope Mr., Gomners does not
get sick before reaching Chicago"
From another well-known labor man
II was learned that the street-car men
Of this city are nopelessly disorsan!zed.
ganize the. Third avenue road. and all
that could be mustered were fifteen
men. rneir request to be organized was
the number.
on the Fourth Avenue Railroad 1t Is
claimed that no organization OF any
consequence eNlStS, anu " IL tnt same
way. with the other roads. Out or
total of about tO.rUU street-car men here.
It IL asserted that only n little over one
tenth are organized.
recent strike on the Atlantic Avenue
roa. showed That the men were thor
ough!y organ!zed. The employees of the
Brooklyn city road are organized win
the consent Of President Lewis.
Out of the ten organizations of bakers
In this city. nine OF them stand together
~,.A IFN1NH tIt
tached to any other organization. They
will not strike, neither win the huiu-
ing trades. who are Governed by n
The belief seems to he gaining ground.
THAT the strike is lost. That however,
WIN not prevent sympathetic meetings
samuel Gompers, President OF the
Fees to Ghieaf9 tSo.nsn was at sh h'i
hsen a me NAM
calling at his residence last nis ut that he
was forced 10 come downtown and
.lesr a. his espsinS house n,I He went vent
read ali about the strike. He said he
would give out a statement later.
Later on President 'Gompers said: IL
OF the national and international
unions. inviting. them to attend the
Chicago conference. This morning !
they viii meet the Executive Board OF
the Federation At the Briggs House
OF railroad organizations inviting then
to be present. ! have received one tele
gram OF positive cooperation from one
Susis"t Is under no consideration.' A WV
President Gompers said further thai
the Presidents second proclamation
f,rst and that all he said yesterday re
gerdine the first proclamation would APP
ply equally as we'll to the second. II,
sse psssS SI s1pss General sny SP skc
would he give any forecast of the pos
sible action to be taken at tomorrow
conference.
The Committees appointed ny the Cen
trail Labor Union and the Central i.abo
Federation for the two mass-meeting
naye neatly Sne of IN
the Central Labor Union, will be held oi
Thursday night IN Cooper Union; Las
night the Committee prepared the TO,
cast to-day:
Mass.AEEriNG,
TO MAINTAIN CiNlI. RIGHTS
WHICH Is THE DICTATOR
pnEsIDGNT DEps OR PRESIDENT cLEvE
rEpEnAL AUTHORITIES HASTEN TO PRO
TECT CORPORATE PROPERTY AND I
TRAMPl.E upon THE RIGHTS OF LABoF
THEY R KhIFt 81 h coFr H NoE JUN
FEDERAL MlLITAR. RULE IN FREE AN
sELF -GOvEREING STATES
.. IS MONARCHICAL.
BOWS WITH TING TIL, J., T,tN-AMERIcAN COT
Corporate Monopoly has grown so arrogant TIL
Thousands OF industrious and Intelligent worl
insnsn In Pullman are poNerleSs to secure
arbitration Of their complaints and just erie
Corporate Monopoly is so almighty that railw,
companies break their contracts and refuse
carry United States mails except in cOnjunctii
with the offensive and offending Pullman mono
oily.
Tho American Railway unlon duly ropr
scented BY President Debs, hGs inauglratel
sympathetic movement !oi Organised Labor. ca
culated to centre The nations attention upon Il
INDUSTRIES OF the Pullman management and
estAblish the right OF vage-earners 10 uni
against oppressive employers.
In tie Interest OF corporations the FEEDER
Administration has cAussd omnibus iniunctio
70 he issued. which show utter disregard o. 4
established principles OF American institution
snd Il utilizing the militar' forces TO back
this Unprecedented and unNsrrsntsble proc.du'
T. Is therefore time 10 call meeting OF
lihcri' loving citlZenr-
1. To express rrmpsthy With The Pulnsn q
poSse7, and with President nebs and his +
lowers.
.. To condemn tn. coup d'.tst b. which I
T.1eisl cogrts and the Federal military ,
uiih.el practically 10 sbrosste the rights OF IL
speech trial bv -tury and habsss corpus in ORD
to'suttsln corporate Interests snd 10 de'er, in. ,
msnnS Of striking employees.
. To- ,nsis. thsi The Government shall cont
,he gestures ~ is creation and com
ne rAINEy companies TO perform their contra
rnh The GOyernmen'.
Ana 10 demand that the Pr,,Id,nt n,
ruItsd sEtp, the h:torn.y-Gshsrsi and his