The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-14
Debs Says There Is Only Re-
naming ITO Put You Boys
Back to Work"
ST. PAUL TIE.UP STORY DEvIED.
Railroads Taking Many Of the
Strikers Back in Their
Old Places.
iBy Associated Press 4,


CHICAGO. July 1.-THE switchmen
have taken decided action regarding the
strike. a meeting held to-day resulted
in the following being promulgated:
We. the Grant Board of Directors Of
the Switchmcn's Mutual Aid Association
of North America. now assembled I'm
the city of Chicago. have carefully con-
sidercd oar position in the pending strike
of the American Railway Union. and.
Whereas. oar Grand Master. Mil.y
W. Barrett. did not countenance tie
same. bur held that all members OF the
Swltchmen's Mutual Ala Association be
governed by our Constitution; be it.
therefore.
Received. That 1t il the sense OF this
body, the Grand Ronrd Of Directors as
semblei. to fully iniorse our Grand
Master in his action in the said strike.
"Cl ARIES MCCARTHY, Chairman.
JAMES -. SHERIDAN,
wv. e. M'LEAN."
building Trades Won't strike.
The Building Trades Council has also
deserted the cause of the A. r. u.
We will adhere to the action which
We took last night. In any event. said
President j. j. Ryan to-day. When
We decided on that course, last night,
We were under the impression that the
Managers Association would accept
Mr.. Debs's proposition. or had already
done So and that the strike was all
over. ! hardly think they would have
taken that course II they had known the
contrary. However. II IL a lost cause,
and even though an attempt Is made to
prolong the fight We will not alter our
decision"
Chicago Is very rapidly resuming Its
normal condition The action OF the
conference of the Federation Of Labor yes
terday afternoon, supplemented by a
meeting Of the Building and Trades AS
semhly last night. at which 1t was re-
solved to call off the strike and resume
work at once, Is accepted universally az
the death blow OF the Pullman boycott
OF course Debs and Sovereign are say
ing that it is not over and that they
are going To fight to the bitter end.
Debs goes so far as 10 say he VIII tie
up every railroad in the United States.
hut he also says. or did say, in speech
last night to 800 Of the strikers:
only to Get You Boys Back"
The only thing that now remains for
us to accomplish is to get you boys back
at YOUR work. We made a proposal to
the railway managers to-day regarding
this. We did not ask for recognition of
the American Railway Union. because
YOU ana | know that nothing will make
q general manager sick so quickly as
any mention Of the A. r. L. We SIM
ply made the proposition to them that
we would call the strike off II they
would promise not to be prejudiced
against you boys in taking on EN-
ployees All We asked them to do was
to take back the honest clean. former
employees-the ones who had not COM
m'tted any crime. We offered to come
half way in settling the trouble. II any
man here can suggest to us any fairer>
proposition, We want him TO do II, be-
cause, you know. We want TO be per-
fectly fair in this matter.
Sian AT the Brotherhoods.
MY heart goes forth in these times to !
the switchmen as the bravest and most
loyal men that work on railroads to-day
The switChmen have more than onG
gone out to help the tiremen. engineej
or conductors, but does any one kn9
OF any other Brotherhood ever hav5
gone out in sympathy with the swiJ
men, II the engineers and conduq
had shown a loyal brotherly spirf
this trouble and acted as the switch
ala, affairs would now be in veV
ferent condition. | hope, boys, "a
TIE day come soon when every Sad