The morning call., 1894-07-01
STEADILY WORSE.
The Federated Trades Will Join With
the American Railway Union,

CHICAGO. June 30.-The situation to-
night is worse than at any time since the
strike began, and as climax to it all Chi
cago is threatened wi h tie-up OF all the
trades unions in the city. President NJ.
Fl. Madden of the State Federation of
Labor, to which practically every labor
organization in the city belongs, and
which has fully 100000 mem bers, said to-
night: I'VE are in sympathy with the
American Railway Union and will help it
in every way we can"
The present programme, as outlined by
Madden, is to call out all men on the ee-
waited roads and employees OF the streetcar
companies if the strike is not settled
within a few days. If it is not settled
within week, the Federation of Labor
will 60 on strike.
The A. R. U. has had emissaries at
work among the streetcar men for some
time and claims to be able to tie up the
whole city. When asked what earthly OBJ
ject bricklayers. beer-brewers and similar
trades could have in striking. Madden re-
piled: Simply 10 bring more pressure to
bear on the railroads. The general mana
gers have com bined and we must do the
same thing.
The situation on the various roads re-
ported by the General Managers Associa-
tion is as follows:
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy freight
engineers and tlremen held meeting this
|, afternoon and sent committee 10 the
master mechanic and advised him that
they had decided to go on strike. Since
that time. however, 25 per cent of them
have advised the master mechanic per-
sonally that they will not strike, but re-
turn TO work. All passenger trains have
moved up with full passenger equipments
Panhandle route-MoDs gathered at Ada
street, Ann street and Curtis street and
abused and stoned the men working the
five switch engines at that point. About 3
p. NJ. they assaulted and badly bruised
Tom Kuhn. The main trouble is at River
dale.
Wisconsin Central-Outside OF Chicago
there have been no OBJECTIONS to amount
to anything outside of Chippewa Falls and
at points west. The total number of men
now out is in the neighDorhood of fifty, in
cluding firemen. brakemen. coalhandlers
and half of the Chippewa Fails station
force.
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern-A
large number of Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern switchmen are on strike, and a
committee is now endeavoring to secure a
tie-up of all of the switchmen in Chicago
and Cook County. The road is unable to
handle perishable freight in Chicago This
is Wagner line.
Baltimore and Ohio - The passenger
trains of this road are running with full
equipment, including Pullman sleepers,
without delay.
Chicago and Northern Pacific Terminal
systems. r. Rainsley. general manager.
says everything is in good shape.
Passenger and freight trains on the
Chicago and Alton road are moving with
their regular equipments. including Pull
man ears. nearly on their regular time.
Freight traffic is practically abandoned for
the time.
Atchinson. Topeka and Santa Fe-This
afternoon the Chicago station freight
handlers went out on strike, although
twenty-five of the men concluded TO re-
main at work. They will ask Egan to give
them forty freight-handlers for service
Monday morning, and will get thirty addl-
tlonal United States Msrshals assigned to