The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-07-05
THE STRIKE EXTENDS

II III D1hLAI LA 1L1NDD
MANY RCADs ARE TIED UP BY THE
Not "a wheel Is TurnInE on the
Chicago Roads Are Tied Up or Arc
Hadly Crippled.
Chicago, June 2S-The employees of the
Chicago Great Western railway went
out, making a total of eleven Chicago
roads now tied up or crippled by the
American Railway union boycott of Pull
man cars. The roads so far affected
by the strike at this point are the llli-
nois Central, Santa E'e, Chicago Great
Western, Chicago & NortlRrn Pacific,
Western Indiana, Wisconsin Central,
Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Wabash,
Grand Trunk, Monon and The Baltimore
a. Ohio. On some of these roads Pull
man cars were still being carried, but
the strike leaders confidently asserted
that tomorrow will see the boycott COM
pletely effective. The men, who have been
leaving slowly and in small lots are be
ginning TO show the effects of the A. IL.
u. missionary" work, and the boycott
sentiment was much more general and
more apparent than any previous time
since the strike began. An attempt was
made this evening to send out the st.
xh
ern with Pullman sleeper attached.
The train started out but when it was
found that the sleeper had been copied
on, train man pulled the bell rope and
as the engineer reversed the engine twen-
ty men rushed to the coupling and i'll a
few moments the train pulled out leav-
ing the Pullman in the depot. Crowds of
strikers and sympathizers gathered in the
railroad yards in various portions of the
city and the police were kept busy in
preventing threatening riots. Strikers
drove Illinois Central employees from the
yards at Fordham despite the efforts af
detail of police and an additional force
was sent to that point Later in tht
evening large crowd gathered in the
Western Indiana yards at Archer avenue
and became so threateningly demon
strative that the police force there was
doubled.
Chicago, June 29.-The extent of the
Pullman boycott strike was indicated
to-day by the flood of telegrems rec eiyed
by President Deb5, of the American Rail
way union. The mo 7tment has gathered
strength until now it paralyzes the traffic
of the whole West Perishable freight is
being ruined on side tracks of overland
routes in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona
and Southern California, as we'll as Ne
bra ska, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Ore
gen, Idaho, Minnesota and the Dakotas.
TrsNel is stopped fro'l the Pacific coast
east, and not car is leaving Chicago
for the West.
is practically tied up. General Manager
Kendrick admits it and confesses that the
American Railway union has ordered
out every member who works in any
capacity for that line. The general strike
began at midnight, the fight is on and
it promises to be d long one and a strong
one, but in this particular instance the
A. r. U. has tackled the United States
of America and has job on it's hands.
Not only was the train for Fargo due
out of here at 8 o'clock last evening
stalled, but a similar train, due to leave
here ut 8 this morning, was left idle at
the Mississippi street yards. The only
part of the road that is being operated
is the Pacific division. In St. Paul the tie
up is complete.
Chicago, Juns 30.-The packers at the
stock yards tried to induce the strikers
to take eight trains loaded with beef
:.nd held by them, through, as their re-
.,sal to do so would throw thousands OF
men at work at the yards out of en-
ployment The men refused and the
trains were returned to the packing
houses. The packers say they will be
afraid to send perishable freight out ol
the yards while the strike lasts, as they
fear it would spoil The result already
Is that before long the stock yards bust
M ss will be paralyZed, whether the rail
road employees in the yards strike or not
To-day two trains of live stock on the
Santa Fe and on the Illinois Central out
side of the yards remained on the tracks
because the trninmen refused to move
them. The Chicago & Alton is badly
crippled. Passenger trains have been put
in fairly good shape. Freight traffic il
badly congested and much perishablC
goods is being ruined. The railway
union officers claim that they will havt
the road tied completely. President
Debs says that within twepty-four hours
matters will be in such a shape them
selves that a strike on the Burlington
would be effective. Said President Debs
1T is life or death with one of the tive
sides. We must kill the managers as
sociation or it must disrupt organized
labor in America for years to come"
st. Paul. June 30.-The tie-up in st
Paul and Minneapolis was broken las
night, when trains on every road enter
iEg both cities -1ent out. All had Pull
nan cars attached. 1t is not certain thai
the trains will not be stopped before go
il G very far. Large crowds collected a
the depots. but there was no trouble.
st. Louis, June 30.-Director Kern. OF
the a Z. u, received word from Presi
dent Debs that a strike had been de
elaIed on the entire Gould system M
j. Elliot, another director of the A. Il
u: has arrived here to assist Kern il
the management of the strike
Duluth, Mimi, June 30.-The tie-uI
o the Wisconsin Central and Northern
Pacific roads was broken last night. TIL,
west-bound and Chicago trains, both car
lar train crews and without any diff
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