The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-15

CHICAGO, July 4-Everything about
the city is quiet tonight and there have
been no developments in the "'tie-up" an.
bounced for today but which utterly failed
10 mayerialize.
Chicago is very rapidly resuming its nor
NAL condition. The action of the con-
ference of the Federation OF Labor aud
building and trades assembly last night,
at which it was resolved to call off the
strike. is accepted universally As The death
blow to the Pullman boycott.
OF course Debs and Sovereign are saying
that it Is not over, and that they are going
TO fight to the bitter end. Dehs goes so
far as TO say that he will tie up every rail
road in the L nit-d States. but he also said
Ia speech last night TO 500 strikers:
THE only thing that now remains for Us
to accomplish Is to get you boys back at
your work. We made a proposal to the
railway managers in regard TO this. We
did not ask for recognition for the Ameri-
can Hallway Union, because you and
know that nothing would make d general
manager sick 50 quickly as any mention of
the American Railway Union. We simply
made the proposition TO them that we
would call the strike of If they would
promise not to be prejudlced against you
boys in taking on employees. All we asked
u Il
clean, former emDloyes-ones who had not
committed any crime. We offered to come
half way in settling the trouble. If any
man here can suggest any faiTer prOpo-
sitiOn We want him to do it; because, you
know, we want TO be perfectly fair in this
matter.
Ny heart goes forth in times to the
switchmou as the bravest and most loyal
men that work on railroads today. Swil CHI
men have more than once gone TO help
firemer, engineers or conductors; but does
any one know of any other brotherhood
ever having gone out in sympathy with
6witchmen? If engineers and conductors
had shown loyal, brotherly spirit in this
trouble aud acted as the switchmeu did,
the affairs would now be IN "A different
condition. / hope, boys, TO see the day
come soon when every man and laborer
will be ready ard glad to lay down his
work TO fight for the rights of any body
Of brothers who are being wroDged. Not
until you are ready to do this can labor
make any demands oil capital.
For the most part railroads are taking
back their old employees as fast as they
apply and there were a great many appli-
cations this morning. They are not dis
charging any men who were employed 30
take places OF strikers 1t necessarily fol
lows that large number of strikers VIII
find themselves unable TO secure reinstate-
InenU. The federal troops are getting
ready to leave
Grand Chief Stephenson and Secretary
Ronrmun, of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Car Men, representing, they claim, 1000
men, attended the conference and an
nounced themselves in sympathy with the
American Railway union. The officers
sent kilograms TO all local unions auUhor-
izing them TO go on a sympathy strike if
they see ut.
The executive council of the Federation
Df Labor finished its work tonight and ad-
journed. Little information of general
interest was given out except that he
council had decided to appropriate $500
towards Mr.. Debs' defense fund a mass
Uf routine business was disposed of.
President DebS retired TO his room early
this evening and declined to see anyone
His representatives said he had nothing
10 say in addition to what has already
been given.
General Master Workman Sovereign of
the knights of Labor left this evening for
Des Molnes without making any further
orders IL regard to the strike