The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11
sCORNs ALL OFFERS.
Pullman Company Blocks Every Adj
vance Made.

! vance Made.
! CHICAGO, July 9.-What effect. If any.
/ the action OF Vice-President Wicl1es of
the Pullman company this afternoon IN
refusing in the most positive manner
to even meet committee TO consider the
question Of arbitrating the strike will
have upon the final decision of the labor
| leaders and their followers. remains 10
| be seen. At ? o'clock this afternoon a
! joint committee of the council and
/ federated trades unions called on Mr..
| Wickes and asked him to consent to the
| appointment Of committee of five citi-
zens whose function should be not those
| of arbitration. but TO determine whether
or not the Pullman company has any
| thing to arbltrate. The committee, as
! proposed. was to consist Of two citizens
! chosen by the Pullman company, two
/ by the circuit judges, and one By these
! four.
! Mr. Wickes stated at the outset that
arbitration was impossible. but listened
while Alderman McGnlen, chairman Of
! the committee, talked of the gravity of
! the situation and urged that the company
take steps looking TO the amicable settle
| ment of the strike. At the close of the
| interview Mr. Wickes retired with his
! attorney and returning after a brief con-
sultation declared that the company
| could not receive the proposed committee.
| Alderman McGnlen again urged that
! the company receive the committee and
| intimated that a corporation which de-
| rived such benefit from the government
| as the Pullman company should be will
| ing TO make some concessions for the
/ welfare Of the city and state
we have nothing to arbitrate," Mr..
! Wickes replied we cannot receive such
/ a committee"
Tonight's action of the city council. in
respect To President Cleveland's order
bringing federal troops to Chicago, was
! forestalled by a large number Of indOrsc-
| ments of his action sent him by promi-
nent business men Of the city. The list
| of signatures included those Of almost
| every conspicuous merchant, manufac-
| turer and banker of Chicago.
! Touching the situation i'm general it
may be said that in Chicago the roads
were all doing better than on any previous
! day since the strike began. Passenger
! trains were moving with more or less
! regularity and some freight traffic has
! been cared for. a large number of strik-
] ing freight handlers of the Illinois Cen
/ noted acCesslOns TO their operative forces.
! At ST. Louis. Kansas City and Denver
! il was reported that railroad business
! had about returned TO normal conditions.
! Nashville also reported an Improvement.
! About the only points at which the
/ strike managers showed any gain were
| in the partial walkout of tiremen at FIT.
| Scott Kas.. the freight men on the
| Kanawha 4 Michigan at Charleston, w.
| Va and the strike Of the \. \. L. men
| ON the Big Four at Mattoon. 1t will
| thus be seen that at the leading railroad
! centers the strikers have made per-
| ceptible losses, while their gains are at
! comparatively unimpOrtant points
| Regulations which prevailed in the
| government building today were near
! approach to martial law. Deputy mar
! shals were stationed on every floor and
! everybody was challenged who could not
| show that he had business in the build
| ing.
! Tomorrow's sunrise will see. in this
| citv 600 more federal troops than there
were this morning. These with the
! forces already in the field, il is believed,
! will be able tomorrow to make a further
] betterment in the conditions in this city,
/ and the mobilization of troops and
] marines at San Francisco and of regu-
! lars at other points on the Pacific coast
| will suffice. i'm all probability, to start
| traffic on the transcOntinental lines to-
] morrow. The sun shines and the clouds
| seem to be scattering.
! Ii cannot be said Of Chicago, for the
| tread Of armed men is still heard i'm her
! streets and the wheels of commerce still
| lag at the bidding of the American rail
/ way union Nevertheless the war cloud
/ which has overhung this city and this
| land for the past ten days shows dis
| tinct signs OF lifting Instead Of stories
| Of additional railroads tied up at various
| points throughout the country, today's
| dispatches, almost without exception
| bring advices of strikers returning to
| work and an increased resumption of
| traffic, amounting i'm some places to
| return TO normal conditions. The day IN
| Chicago has passed without serious con-
dict between the rioters and the armed
| forces now on duty here
| Reports from the various roads having
! terminals in. Chicago, as issued by the
| general managers association today,
| showed that passenger trains were being
| received and sent out on nearly all lines
| Sufficient number of freight trains to
| care for the traffic offered were run. All
| tracks were, however, heavily patroled
! by police and troops.
! At about 1 a. m. a crowd of Poles and
| Hungarians gathered at Ashland-ave
| and the Grand Trunk tracks and before
| the authorities were warned had torn
up several hundred feet Of track.
| A company from the Second regiment
/ charged the crowd and dispersed IL after
/ firing several shots. No one was hurt
| as far as known.
! The packers are preparing TO send fifty
| carloads Of dressed meat east over the
| Panhandle road after 4 o'clock in the
| morning. A heavy military guard will
be provided as far as the city limits and
| no trouble is looked for.
| Speaking tonight Of the prohibited labor
| meeting. Mayor Hopkins says his order
| was not intended to stop labor meetings
| except in the district where acts of law
| lessness have been committed His OBJ
| ject in forbdding them there was simply
| to prevent possible collisions between
crowds which might collect and assault
| the troops.
MEAT WAGONS ATTACKED.