The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-01
American Railway Union TYING
Up the Entire West.
CHICAGO III A STATE OF SIEGE.
Every Union Workman in the City
May BE Called Out.
Get . Few Iraias 0ut. bat Are No
Nearer to Resumption Of Business
Enort 10 Tie Up PennsyIvaafa Line.

that the railroad strike is spreading
President Debs issued orders 20 strike in
almost every section, and they seem to be
very generally obeyed In every direction.
1t is claimed on behalf of the railroad COM
panies that the movement will die out
gradually, and that the lessening Of trahic
on Sunday Will give them time TO organ
ize their forces gradually On the other
hand, Sundays rest will turn thousands
of workingmen in other lines, and there
are fears that the action of a few hot
headed men may result in great disorder.
The situation at Chicago is worse today
The Rock Island road, which has been
free from disturbance up.to this morning,
is now completely tied mp in 'all the ad-
iacent territory. The stock yards, 80 far
as receiving and distributing interests are
concerned, are practically at standstill,
stopping the movements of dressed meats
outward and livestock inward. The Pitts
burg & Fort Wayne road is severely
crippled in its terminals, and the
Illinois Central suburban service, which
carries more people to and from
business in Chicago than any other dine.
is completely tied up. The Chicago d
Eastern illinois line is nearly blocked. and
the other roads which use the Chicago 4
Western Indiana railway as a terminal
are suffering because of the strike on that
line. These roads are the Chicago &
Grand Truak, the Santa Fe and the
Wabash. The Michigan Central and
Michigan Southern are suffering some de-
lays because they use the Illinois Central
and Rock Island tracks for entering the
city. The Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St. Paul
a
trains. and. like the Wisconsin Central, Is
under the ban of the American Railway
Union. The Chicago & Northwestern re-
ports that il is receiving and disparching
its trains with its usual regularity. A
like condition is reported very generally
throughout the West. There is no i'm
provement in the situation at st. Paul or
Minneapolis, while matters are worse at
Denver. The outlook at Cincinnati is
threatening.
There is general rise in the price of ell
perishable goods. as an effect of the strike.
Lemons, which ordinarily sell for 81
box. We're quoted today at $40 boz.
while thousands of boxes are rotting be-
tween New 0rleafss and Chicago. Ice,
which is ordinariiy ~oiih 81. Is ton, has
risen TO $40 and is scarce at that. Straw
berries, melons and all kinds of garden
produce have advanced in like fashion.
The hotels find themselves in peculiarly
unfortunate predicament. Travel has
been very generally cut of, and the price
of articles of food is generally increased.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific train
No. 10, outbound, after picking It's way
successfully over the city tracks this even
ing was ditched by striker at Blue Island
about 6 80 p. m. Trouble has been feared
at Blue Island all the afternoon. The
train was made up with Pullman car
next TO the engine. As the engineer APP
preached the station at Blue Island James
Marvin, striking switchman, rushed for
ward and threw the switch. There was no
time to stop the train and the engine and
Pullman were thrown off the track.
Deputy Sheriff Nickerson placed Marvin
under arrest. No one was Injured.
Superintendent Lore, of the Panhandle,
at o'clock tonight teiegraphs that n mob
has sc zed freight train No. 20, chased the
engineer and fireman of the engine. took
the crew away from the train and put all
of them under guard. The mob then ran
the train outside the yard, cut of the
engine and eaboose and put the engineer
and fireman back on the engine and the
crew in the caboose and ordered them to
pull out, they did not care where, but TO
'get out of there, saying they would kill
any man that came down there and
wanted 10 run any trains while the
strike was on. Riverdale is practically in
the hands of mob, without protection
from the authorities. The Panhandle fast
trains from Cincinnati, New York aud
Louisville and indianapolis are all in the
hands Of mob. A special train has been
made up to carry thirty deputy sheriffs to
the scene, and 1t will reach Riyerdale at
about IL o'clock. Serious trouble is ex-
pected.
The yardmen employed in the Michigan
Central freight yards at kensington, with
the engineers and nremen of the switch
engines. numbering about nifty men.
struck at O'Clock. They refuse 10 handle
illinois Central ears. The Michigan Gen.
tral uses no Pullman cars.
The situation tonight is worse than at
any tms simce the strike began, and as
climax TO 1t all Chicago is threatened with
iie-up of ali the trades unions in the city.
President NJ III. Madden. of the state fed
Grafton OF labor, 10 which practically every
labor organization IN the city belongs, and
which has fully 10000 members, said TO-
night: I'VE are in sympathy with the
American Railroad Union. aud viii help
IL IN every way we can" The present
programme. as outlined by Mad9en, is TO
call out all the men on the elevated roads
and the employees of the street-ear COM
paaies if the strike is not settled within
few dsys. IL it is not settled within
week. the federation OF labor will go
on strike.
The American Railway Union has had
emissaries at work among the street rsr
men for some time. and claim 20 be able
to tie up the whole city. When asked
What earthly object brlcklayers, beer
bFesers and similar trades conld have in
striking. Madden replied: simply 10
bring more pressure 20 Gear upon the
railroads. The genersi managers have
combined, and We must do the same
thing
The situation on the various roads re-
ported by the General Managers Associa-
ton Is as follows;
Chicago. Burlington 4 QaiEcy-freight
engineers and arsrsen aeid meeting to-
day. ard sent . committee 60 the master
mechanic, and said they had decided TO
20 on strike. Since that tifne, however.
GS FER cent OF them advised the master
mechanic personally thai they viii not
styiks. but will return 20 worK. All pas
senger tyains have m0Ssd np With faii
passenger equipments
Panhandle route Nobs gathered IS
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