The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-19
STRIKE IS AT AN END.
TRAINS At CHICAGO NOW RUN.
MING AS USUAL.
From Every Direction Come Reports OF
Men Returning to Work. and Both Pas
senger and Freight Traffic Kssuming
Normal Conditions-For Arbitration.
Trouble Il Over.


in Chicago. Ira rs on all roads a"c
moving. Passenger trains are again
on time. and freight t'a:i:c is rapidly
becoming regular. The railr a / com
panies have cal ed Il ha.: in the impor-
tatiOn OF new men to take the places OF
strikers. They claim 70 have manned
all the important va aucles with com
potent III n, and that the operation OF
the various =, ads i, rapidly assuming
normal -moothncsS. It Is said by the
general mana GERS that there are now
enough applicants for WORK in Chicago
20 supply remaining vacancies, and
that no ncces ,ity exist. for bringing
in more men from other labor center>.
IN some o. the road, It l. pr.tt..
we'll known. though "otti' tally dcni ID.
that in the employment Of men the
strikers are b ing Discriminate
against. On other rra1s II more gem
ecu, spirit prevail, and the old men
are given the preference, thou h
without exception he companies say
tncv will stand bv the new men who
came forward at he risk O their lives
IA they believed an / took the places
Of he strikers.
In the &c. amblc among former en-
plOyc5 to get back their obs some
amusing incidents cop out. The pres
ident of one of the largest corpora
tiono wa. running through the exc .ses
piled upon his dc k from emp Dyes cX-
pl .ininy how it happened thai they had
not reported for duty the last two or
three weeks. and found that 0 1t of 13'
communications thirty 20 related to
births in the family ana the ccnsc iuent
train of sickness and misfortune. On
Z, mparing notes it was learned that
the employing OF cialS on every other
road We're Ovcrwhclm d with similar
EXCUSES. which led them to the Onc.u-
sion that strike, have an eXtraordi-
naryly stimulating effect on population
statistics. The epidemic of sickness
in the families OF striker, who want
to get back to WORK Is widespread AMI
include relatives If all degrees. from
wives. ch ildren, mothers and fathers
to THIRTY ecOnd on ms by marriage or
adoption.
Quiet Everywhere.
/ Reports fir III ell over tho country
indicate that the g. ca:c,t labor dis
turbance which ha, ever occurred in
this or in any ether country is a an
end. and it may be sa d to the credit
of the authOriti = that the trouble was
suppress Il with comparatively little
bloc ishei. Happily the str Sgl,- b =
tween tho arm ii rep essen ativcs OF
order and those engaged in dtfying
law, dest ,'ONing property ana ODstruct-
ily the operation OF the raj
roads centering in the great town
of Illinois did not materia ize t.
any great extent.
fOr those not disposed to reason the
presence OF an army of 1910" men in
Chica % had Il quieting effect, as the
troopers had order, to shoot to kill,
WI on law breakers set out to burn and
pillA c the property Of the Ia Tread
companies Undoubtedly Their pres
enc did much to keep the turbulent
in subsection. And it must be con
fcssed that the regulars bore them
selves Xix brave ,ldiers in rcfrainin4
from shooting when provocation to dc
so was very strong.
Clrvrl md Tor Arbit RI: ion.
1t is reported from Washing ton thai
the Presid ent will Il point commits
sion, by tn. authority given him by
the ar. itration act of 1873, to investi
gate the lab II troubles at Oh icago {
elsewhere and report to the President
anu Con .rcsS. This determination or
tho part of thu Pre- ,ident was arrived
at after an interview with Secretary
Treasurer Hayes of tn, knights OF
Labor, Mcclure and French of the
Executive Committee. and Mr.. SchCen
faber. who were introduced to the
President by Senator Kyle, ant
who came bearing credential:
from the American hallway Union
the Pullman employees, and sew
eral labor organizations. Ate
discussing the various features of tn,
situation for more than an hour tn
President promise that if tn. leader
would return to Oh cago and use thci
influence toward restoring peace an,
order he would appoint the commission
Is soon IA the disturbances had cease'
to such an extent as to render a care
full, thoughtful investigation possible