Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-30
DEBS'SHIGHESTCARD
He Plays II by Declaring War Against
TWenty.0no Roads,.
SWITCHMEN DECLINE TO STRIKE.
Their Action Victory for the Railway
Peopie--GencralM Managers Organize
for Aggressive Warfare.

CHICAGO, ILL, June 9.-President
Qebs and his assistants of the American
Railway Union played high card to-day
and made a radical move when they
formally boycotted every road represented
in the General Managers Association.
Commissions were given TO committees
representing the employees OF each road,
with orders to call out the mtn the In
stant sufficient support was obtained to
warrant strike. The roads represented
In the association and subjected TO the
boycott are the Chicago. Rock Island and
Peoria, Illinois Central. Chicago and
Great Northern, Santa Fe Chicago ana
Alton. Chicago and Eastern Illinois. Chi
cago and Northwestern. Western Indiana,
Chicago. Burlington and quincy, Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul. Chicago and
Great Western. Louisville,f New Albany |
and Chicago. Chicago and Northern Pa
cifc, Lake Shore, Michigan Central. New |
York, Chicago and ST. LOUIS. Panhandle, |
Pittsburg. Ft Wayne and Chicago, Wa
bash. Wisconsin Central, and Baltimore |
and Ohio.
AS rapidly as possible the men will be |
ordered out on the roads named, ana IL |
is the intention OF the union officials to |
inaugurdto strikes on the lines mentioned |
In preference to roads throughout the |
country which haul Pullman-cars. Ac- |
cording 10 the official announcement the |
Managers Association has been organized |
for the sole purpose OF crushing the |
American Railway Union. and. waitng all |
other first claims. the union wiz proceed |
10 do battle with the associated lines. |
Wherever the boycott or strike Is not |
made effective tonight the organizers |
will be a. work tomorrow and until suf-
ficient men have been organized to tie
up the roads The orders issued yesterday
for strikes included the men on the Rock
Island, the Burlington. the Chicago and
Alton (second orler. the Chicago and
Erie, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois,
the Monon. the Fort Wavne Second order), |
the Wabash. the Chicago and Great West
ern. and the Lake Shore.
formal strike will not he declared on
the Milwaukee until the situation on that
r. ad has been canvassed by the Board OF
Directors of the union at a meeting to-
morrow. Tho Michigan Central and
Crank Trunk are not affected as yet, but
the union officials say they will be tied
up unless they withdraw from the Man
ayers Association.
BUSINESS PARTIALLY SUSPENDED.
JACKSON. TENN, June 29.--Business
on the Illinois Central and Mobile and
Ohio roads is partially suspended here on
account of the strike at Cairo and other
points north Local freight and passen-
ger trains ran north to-day as far as
Cairo. The crews from Water Valley,
Miss, were sent home to-day
NO EFFECT AT NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. June 29.-The boycott
against the Pullman Company has had
no effect here All trains are moving on
time and hauling Pullman sleepers as
usual
BOYCOTT DECLARED UNWARRANT-
ED.
ST. LOUIS, June 29.-At a meeting OF
the officers Of the railways centering here
resolutions were adopted to-day declaring
that the boycott Is unjustinable and un-
warranted. and that it is the duty of the
railway companies to resist the same IN
the interest of their existing contracts
and that We Will act unitedly 10 that
end"
United States Judge Thayer has d.
rected the United States marshal here TO
protect the ST. Louis and San Francisco
road, and deputies guard each train made
Up on that line.
Director Kern, Of the American Railway
- hiptl' i'ffAFth NRiu liOUl iItNlltUl DEUS
;that a strike had been declared on the
entire Gould system. NJ. j. Elliott drec-
tor OF the American Railway Union, has
arrived here to assist Kern in the man
agement of the strike
LIFE OR DEATH
CHICAGO, June 29-Presllent Debs, OF
the American Railway Union. IS quoted
as saying to-day: 1T Is life or death with
- Ia Iii "a.
Managers Association. or il must disrupt
organized labor in America for years to
come"
The packers AZ the stock-yards tried 10
induce the strikers to take eight trains
loaded with beef and held by them
through, as their refusal 10 do so would
result in throwing thousands OF men at
the yards out OF employment. The men
refused. and the trains were returned 10
the packing houses. The packers say they
will be afraid to send perishable treights
out of the yards while the strike trouble
exists. as they fear it will become tied
up on the road. whore IL will spoil. The
result already Is that before very long
the stock-yarl business will be- paralyZed.
whether the railroad employees in the
yards strike or not.
After the meeting OF the General Mana
GERS Association to-day, General-Manager
h.arling, OF the Chicago, Minneapolis and
81 Paul, said that those present had de-
cided to pursue an aggressive policy. IL
was determined at the outset said Mr..
Earllng, that we would have to fight
this strike. All the roads represented
have determined To secure new men TO
take the places Of those who have struck.
New men are being employed now. and
they will be put TO work under ample
protection.
SWITCHMEN WILL NOT STRIKE
Nv a vote of lJ7 10 1913 the delegates
TO the special conference OF the Switch
mems Aid Association decided tonight at
It:i5 10 take no part In the present strike.
This is decided victory for the rail-
roads the American Railway Union nav
ing confidently calculated on the SWITCH
men being called out tomorrow morn
ing The conference was IN session from
6.P. NJ. until midnight.
Every train on the Chicago milwaukee
a.od 81. Paul; the Omaha the Great
V'sstern. the Northern Pacific, and the
Wisconsin Central left st. Paul exactly
i, time tonight hauling Pullmans The
Northern Pacific was only ten minutes
lSaving for Fargo.
The roads comprising the Chicago Gene
RAJ Managers Association have opened
headquarters in the Rookery building
uhere reports are received from the roads
as to the progress OF the night. An EN-
ploynent bureau Is also located there'
and Information OF the doings Of the
association Is given TO the public.
II Is the general opinion among railroad
officers that the American Railway Union.
In attempting to tie up all the roads In
the United States that carry Pullman
sleepers. and incidentally those that do
not. has undertaken herculean TASK.
While IL is true that almost every road
running into Chicago Is In a measure ieei-
ing the dlsafIection among It's employees,
and losing much money thereby. IL Is
equally true that a stff and determined.
fight is being put up by the General Mana
gers against the boycott, and they agreed
10. use every possible means TO defeat the
eGds OF the strikers. IL Is likely to be a
Geht TO the bitter end. but the chances.
from the point OF the Rookery build
ing. seem to be now with the railroads.
Meetings are held daily.
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