Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-03
POWDER AND BALL MAY Be USED
Force to Be Employed if Found
Necessary.
THE BOYCOTT rs EXTENDING
Troops Called Out in CaIifor.
MIA.
CINCINNATI LEADER ARRESTED

CHICAGO. July 3.-with this mornings
dawn opened what is expected to be a day
fraught with exciting events, and possibly
the climax Of the contest between combat
ants in the great Pullman-American Rail-
way Union strike.
Not until the small hours of this morning
were yesterdays hostilities suspended, and
then only for an hour two to await day.
light that they might be renewed with re-
doubled vigor All night long from every
section west Of Pittsburg came reports OF
new strikes and tie ups: Of efforts by the
roads. aided by municipal. state and federal
peace officers. 20 start moving tie clogged
wheels Of commerce. and Of determined re-
sistance to such action on the part OF the
strikers and their sympathizers
At numerous points the tension has besa
highly strained, and only coolness ana mod
Grafton, IL would seem. can prevent an omen
rupture. Here and there sporadic instancea
where broken heads and blooded noses in
terspersed with much malicious mischief
played the leading part, cropped out but
hot suggestion Of anything indicating
that anything looking toward a settlement
OF the difficulties was being done.
Interest centers principally on Blue Is
land. a suburban town eighteen miles out
from Chicago. where traffic on the Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific is efectually tied
up. despite the fact that several hundred
deputy United States msrshals are on hand.
they being outnumbered ten to one by the
strikers. who are in anything but an amia-
BILE frame Of mind.
Every legal resource, having been tried IN
vain. and the United States marxharr AM
thorfty openly dened. naught seems 70 re-
main but to invoke federal aid to get tra,ns
moving. and 10 this end troops are held IN
! readiness at Fort Sheridan.
Even the marine engineers have causht
the Infection and stand ready, together with
eeVated railway men, to add their quota TO
the great army Of self-made idlers though
what they expect TO accomplish or of what
assistance they expect to be In coupell,n~
Mr. Pullman to submit the differences h.
tween himself ana his late employees TO ar
bitration is not clear
Inc shipment Of grain to this city As sera-
ousiy embarrassed. as is the movement ,n
every other commodity for that matter.
1here is. 1t is said. scarcely a ton of soft
eoai In this city. although usually 5000
| tons are burned daily
Every railroad entering Chicago ts cr,n-
pied Many Of the trunk lines are nara
lyzed. Traffic has been entirely .usnena.,
on some Of the lines
The suburban service of the citv in nr.c-
ocaiiy at a standstill engineers and fireme.
eeing tacitly allied with the strikru
Al O'Clock tonight. an attempt viii be
mace 10 stop all trains on the Lake street
road This line does not have the
Pullman cars. but Mr.. Debs has called the
nremen out. because the company As hurn.
ing non-union coal-that. is. coal hauled bv
the Pan Handle road
Troops are being moved to raise n.
blockade In California and Colorado hu,
there Is prospect that they will be stonnaa
IN transit by engineers who are i'm svm
pathy with the strikers.
4 Ihere have been many collisions between
the omcers and the members OF the union
out thus far there has been no loss of life
An attempt to move troops from Spring.
heid, Ill, TO Decatur and Danville precin,-
'a'eo small riot. and at several points
sage.
Will Not Join the Strike.
| Inc grievance committee of the en-.
pioyes OF the Chicago. Milwaukee and ST
raui raiiroad were In session until late LAST
night ana were visited by a large number
OF the Chicago employees Of the road.
Ihere Is no strike of the men on the 81
faui road. said Chairman Durhon. mar
VIII there be one unless IL is ordered NV
& eIS eommittee. A year ago We had n
strike an to ourselves and gained what we
our own road fedora ton, composed oS ,hs
iooses OF the regular organization We
think We are fully able to attend to our
part Of the business" '
In an inte view last evening Jobn NJ
Egan, manager of the General Man.vsr..
Association, said: The railroad comma ME.
| 90 not recognize in this strike the elenan,
OF Puilmanism and viii not have Il inter
4 "a sna.a L..
| proposition. We have 10 comprc-nis. -
Offer. r.and there is none that we will sccen,
as the railroad companies are standing 70
gether There is no back down from our
previously announced position and we an
| ming the places of the strikers whom -,s
no longer consider in our service"
Marine Enginecrs Go Out.
Land ana water are to join hands IN the
strike. A deputation of marine eneineer,
visited Uhlrichs' Hall last night ana sta,a,
that the local union here had resolved no,
to handle pound of freight hauled by anv
one OF the boycotted roads. They said they
had been authorized to give this informa.
,, ,lon Dy mos; r. Dowd. president Of the
local union of marine engineers and secre.
tary OF the national union. They added
that IL that would not suffice the union
would quit whenever called out The
marine engineers are licensed men, and n
they go out their places cannot be sup
piled. The railway union is much elated
over this accession
Lake transportation lines are suffering
from the effects Of the strike. On account
OF the inability OF the railroad to switch
grain cars to the elevators. the grain trade
| has become paralyzed. The shipments for
the past four days have been the lowest
| on record during the season OF nayiga ton
A large fleet Of boats has been forced into
idleness for lack OF cargoes, as effectively
! tied UP by the strikers as IL their crews
4 had been ordered out by Debs All the
N hox aixl.t s,
yards which cannot be moved TO the docks
Freight is continually pouring in on every
steamer and IL cannot be sent out by rail
| to western points. All the warehouses ON
the river are full to overiowing
| Not Animal Came.
| Today. for the first time In the history
OF the live stock trade in Chicago, not n
| single carload OF animals reached The