The evening world., 1894-07-12
WAITING ON G0MPERS.
hs"rrlcRn Federation Conference"
tbe Event at chicago To-Day.

,By Associated rr"ssD
CHICAGO, July L. The event of To-day
10 the conference called for this morn.
ing at the Briggs House 10y President
GOmpers. OF the American Federation
OF Labor. Mr.. Gompers says the rrinci-
pal object of the meeting will be to dis
cuss the course To be- taken to get ult Of
the present crisis AS to possible meth
DDS he refuses to talk.
Patrick MClSryde. Secretary of tn"
United Mine Workers, said In rcf,reur"
to rumors OF anoth r miners strike that
neither he nor President McErid" oou'd
order another strike of the miners, hui
n the American Federation of tabor
should decide to tLl," any action h"
would Immediately 90 back and call
convention of miners ana a stink" would
probably lie ordered II" said further
that the miners would strike II new men
were sent to the mines 10y tn" railroads
to haul coal.
Union League to Ind0rsr tIr>r Innd.
There VIII he n joint meeting ur ,h"
BOARD Of Managers and tn" Commute"
on Political Action OF III" l'uiuu League
tlnb tnlS afternoon, 10 take dFlI. ia u
expressing the sentiments Of the Cuu ,u
Endorsement Of IN" position of President
Cleveland In the absence Of President
Wilson, the First Vice President, .Iud-r
c. G. Kuhlsaat will preside over tn"
Getting.
The Board of Trade. through IT, at
rectory. has indorsel tn" courS" of Pres
dent Cleveland, ana In special session
passed resolution Io that effect, which
was telegr aphed to Washington.
stock Yards Switching.
The switching department of the Stock
Yards Company Will resume WORK to-
day bat on a small scale. The depart
ment has not handled any packing house
product for the reason that that wur'
was done by engines leased for the tom,
to the packers, and thu "rgiu"rr~ and
fremen we've employees of the com
pany or packing -hous" Hruih"rhouH
engineers have told Supt Fitzgerald 'hlt
they will return to work, and 10 is ~
pectei 'nat considerable work. VIII h'
done today.
Engineers See the End Near.
1t is thought that Tia" engineers al.
firemen have commenced To regard then
ployces, conductors, engineers aud ur,
men, who realized what was apIuoa n
ing feigncd sickness and got leave "
absence. They were called in las tn
Company ana told they mast show .H..
hands. and that il too sick t" worI
must become deputy marshlls. The
marshals expect to 60 to work no,
when called. Wabash engineers hay
engineers are expected to follow t,
day or tomorrow,
Arrest for Intimidation.
George w. Lovejoy. OF Lat Sale. III
prominent member Of the America
Railway Union, was arrested last uITl
as he Was stepping off Rock Islam
train at the Van Buren, street depot. "a
Deputy Marshal Logan, who hal va
rant issued by Commissioner II yu
Lovejoy wag 4 yardmaster in the on
p,Cy Of the Rock lslard, and ne
charged with intimidatInC John r CAM
bell, telegraph operator IN the enp'r
OF the road at Spring Valley, on July
When Lovely reached the Marshal
ONCE he at once wrote note TO Pre-
ident Debs and sent II TO the strl
headquarters by messenger. Ho w
kept a prisoner IN the office Of the Ma
shall but he was not locked az In Il
cage. Iovejoy said he was at Sprn
Valley when h. heard that warra
had been issued for han Al Chicago. Al
came TO the city TO give himself up. /
denied all knowledge OF any attemp
on his part TO intimidate telegral
operator.
Looking out for Dyn","ite'
In consequence OF the dynamite eHpl