St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-12
NO CHICAGO wALK-oUT.
SOvereign's Order Fails to Have
Any Effect,


CHICAGO. July 1.-THE ultimate re-
suit of the appeal issued last night by
Grand Master Workman Sovereign, of
the Knights OF Labor. calling on all
Knights throughout the country and
those in sympathy with them to quit
work, and the order issued at about the
same time by the representatives of
allied labor in Chicago to do likewise
cannot yet be certainly fOreSeen. All
that is now definitely known is that the
Knights of Labor at all points heard
from, including nearly all of the large
centers of population in the United
States. remained at work today with
practical unanimity, and that, in this
city. the number of members of the
allied trades who remained at work so
far outnumbered those who quit as to
make no appreciate change in the iii.
dustrial appearance of the city.
The leaders, however. say that there
is nothing in the situation to cause them
encouragement; that the public.
through lack of knowledge of the ma
chinery of industrial organization. has
been led to expect results which were
not In contemplation when the strike
orders were issued.
Mir. Sovereign, for instance, points
out that his appeal was not an order to
strike; that in fact he has no power to
ORDER A WAIK-oUT,
but that any persons acquainted with
the working of the organization would
know that in effect it would be the same
oh no
confident that by Saturday next. after
the various local and district assemblies
had time 10 meet and take formal action
on the appeal and to rally their friends
outside of the order, the result would
show 100000 men idle as a conse-
quence.
The local strike leaders also claimed
that little time was the only necessary
condition to walk-Out of the 10000
men whom they represent, and that by
Saturday, after the various suborgan-
iZations had had time to consult to.
gether, the proposed tie-up of business
would be fully as effective as they had
predicted.
Surface indications 80 far. however,
do not bear out the claims of either MIR.
Sovereign or the Chicago men.
1t is not recorded yet that any dis
trict assembly of the Knights of Labor
has voted TO strike. On the other hand,
the Brooklyn district, which is com.
posed of railroad men. and therefore
naturally supposable IN sympathy with
their fellows in the East, at meeting
today confined their expressions of SYM
patty to a tender of financial aid,
but declined to strike. Locally. several
of the other organizations, members of
the federated trades, have given it TO be
understood that they do not intend to
go out. Furthermore, it is known that
there was large conservative element
in the representative trades meeting
which passed the resolution having a
strike in view, and it is understood that
they have been earnestly at work ever
since to minimize the results of that
action.
In the meantime continued improve
ment in the railroad situation here and
elsewhere. except at Sacramento and
Oakland, CAL, Is noted. At the forme +
place
FEDLRAL TROOPS
were landed this morning, but the state
militia, stationed on the water front to
cover their landing, were fired on from
ambush after the regulars had moved
away. and train which 1t was sought
to send to San Francisco under guard
of government troops was thrown from
trestle and tred into by the strikers,
resulting in the death of one OF the en-
| ginemen and the wounding of several
| soldiers.
The general public. as we'll as organ
| lied labor, is looking forward with
marked interest to the meeting of the
executive board of the American FEEDER
alton OF Labor, perhaps the most pow.
| erful organization of the Kind In this
country. in the city tomorrow, aud its
action is expected to have marked
effect on the outcome of the present in
dustral struggle. 1t is known that the
position OF Samuel Gompers. its presi-
dent, has been one of SYM
pathetic strike of federation men at this
time. and that he looks OH the existing
situation as critical. He has invited the
heads of other labor organizations to
| meet him here at that time, and the be-
| lief is that he will strenuously advocate
| measures to bring the trouble to an end.
| A new feature was injected into the
situation today when 1t was announced
| by some OF the labor leaders that they
were ready TO go before the federal