The record-union., 1894-07-09

praising the American Railroad Union;
praising the stand taken by General Mas
ter Workman Sovereign, and condemn
idg President Cleveland for sending
regular troops to Chicago, were unanl-
! mously adopted.
DAsTARDLY PIECE OF WORK.
PUEBLO, July S.-The most dastardly
piece of work in Colorado since the be-
ginning of the strike was done to-day. a
! freight train on the Santa Ee road left
here shortly after o'clock tonight and
shortly after which a terrific explosion
was heard. 1t developed that piece OF
| dynamite had been exploded in the ire
box of the locomotive that was hauling
| the departing train. The locomotive
was lifted from the track and
badly damaged. The engineer and fire.
man miraculously escaped with no in
/ jury beyond severe shaking up. LII is
! supposed that the dynamite was placed
/ In the coal by some miscreant, and that
/ the fireman shoveled il into the fire box
during the performance of his duties.
CHARGED THE CROWD.
| DANvILLE Gill;, July S.-Six empty
box-ca owned by the Big -Four and
/ Chicago and Eastern Illinois roads were
burned here this evening. Early ill the
day mob seized Wabash engine and
refused to disperse at the Sheritf's COM
mand. A company of military charged
the mob, several persons being badly
| hurt by bayonets.
STRIKE ON THE RICHMOND ROAD.
| RICHMOND Qnd.), July 9.-The en-
ployes OF the Evansville and Richmond
! Railroad struck to-day on order OF Presl-
dent Debs, and traffic on that road is
completely suspended.
AFFECTED BY THE STRIKE.
| WASHINGTON, July S.-Local railroad
business is not greatly affected by the
| strike, except the western traffic.
TIE GREAT STRIKE.
Not a Battle Between Labor and Capt.
| tai in Behalf of Pullman Workers.
PHILADELPHIA, July s.-The Inquirer
will say tomorrow: "The strike is not
now, and from its inception never has
been, battle between organized labor
and capital in behalf OF the Pullman
! of the the knights of Labor to-
day. "It is the result, pure and
simple, of fight tor supremacy
among laboring organizations; in other
words, the strike is a trump card played
| by labor leaders in the game which they
are playing against the leaders of rival
organizations, and against rivals in their
| own orders.
six months ago the knights of Labor
found positive proof of the fact that the
great body of the order was thoroughly
disgusted, and that the order was on the
verge of falling to pieces.
This decision was soon reached that
the only salvation for them lay in gen.
eral uprising of labor. They were also
urged to this determination by the tact
| that the Federation of Labor was
! W. q
the knights of Labor. There was
but one, young and vigorous order, IA
vorable to and built upon the Knights of
Labor idea of striking. That order was
the American Railway Union. The lead
ers of the knights of Labor at once pro-
ceeded to fraternize with the Railway
| Union for the defeat of the federation.
"At conference in January it was de-
cided to issue secret order to the Master
Workman of every local Assembly Of
the Knights asking him to call upon all
members to pay in five cents weekly to
an emergency fund to be used in a move
| ment of national Importance. Meantime
| the leaders waited for an opportunity for
| the proposed uprising.
"Plans were laid for the present up
rising, and the Pullman strike offered
the desired opportunity. All plans were
perfected and funds made ready before a
move was made. This strike is the most
formidable and most deeply planned of
any uprising that has ever occurred in a
civilized country. If it's outcome will
only serve to convince honest labOring
men that they are being used as footballs
| by lot of salaried officials, and if that
conviction will eventuate in the con-
| struction of organizations with the schem-
! ing leaders conspicuous by their absence,
the cost will not be so great as may now
aDDaarp