Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-29
THE GREAT BOYCOTT.
Forty Thousand Railway Employees
Now on Strike.
A CHANGE OF BASE.
Tho Centre Of Disturbance May BE Moved
To-Day from Chicago to ~.
Louis-The Situation.


mated to-day at the headquarters Of the
American Railway Union that fully 5000
men are now out on strike on account
of the refusal OF the Pullman Company
70 settle the differences with It's EN-
ployees in the shops. BY tomorrow night
nearly double that number will have been
ordered out, and the strikers will In
ciude not only members OF the union.
but knights OF Labor. Brotherhood men,
and other Organizations which can In any
way AFFECT the interests OF the roads
which have decided to stand by Pull
man.
1t was given out at headquarters to-day
that tomorrow morning the different rail-
roads out OF Chicago handling Pullman
cars would admit of the removal OF the
base OF operations OF the American Rail-
way Union from Chicago to St. Louis.
Marshall Elliott, representative OF the
union. was sent TO ST, Louis tonight TO
call out the men on all the roads except
two entering the union depot with Pull.
man cars In the trains. Tomorrow night,
II necessary President Debs and Vice.
President Howard will so 10 St Louis
TO take charge OF the strike there. 1t
is confidently asserted that within two
days all the railroads out OF ST. Louis
handling Pullman cars, except the MIS-
souri, Pacific, will be asked TO cancel
Pullman contracts or incur strike
Vice President Howard said that the
union would not exempt a single road In
the West or Southwest, and II necessary
all Of the more important OF the eastern
roads will be tied up In order 10 force
q settlement of the Pullman strike. From
the showing made within the last three
days by the union, the railroad men are
inclined TO believe that the statement IL
no idle boast.
Trains on all of the roads were gotten
out in fair shape to-day. although most
OF them were made W by the officers
and their assistants.
THE MILWAUKEE, CAPITULATEs.
The feature OF the unions work to-day
was the speedy settlement effected with
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul.
This morning n special committee was
sent to the general manager OF the Mil
waukee with a request that the road re-
fuse to handle Pullman sleepers. Through
a misunderstanding a number OF the MIL
waukee men struck before an answer was
given and this led TO the report that the
road was tied up. The company's ofi-
Gals lost no time In informing the unions
officials that Pullman sleepers would not
be hauled over the road, and within an
hour the nine Objectionable cars which are
run on that line were side-tracked Presi-
dent Debs Immediately ordered the men
back to work. and the road suffered but
little inconvenience.
United States Circuit Judge Caldwell
has tcleeraphed the receivers OF the santa
Fe system that the employees are at liberty
to strike, but they must quit the employ
ment Of the road and refrain from inter
ference with others who take their places.
Attorney General Olney has telegraphed
Dlstrict-Attorney Milchrist to a similar
effect, and tomorrow action will be taken
upon these lines by the officers or the
United States courts along the lines
The strikers had much the best OF the
situation to-day on the Illinois Central.
That road Is almost entirely tied up in
this city and on the Illinois Division ana
thousands OF dollars are being lost along
the line by the inability OF the company
to handle freight the practical abandon
ment Of its vast suburban service and
the timidty of the travelling public. The
greatest loss to the road Is probably In
the decentralization OF suburban traffic
CHICAGO AND EASTERN ILLINOIS.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois men
were ordered out at o'clock tonight, and
responded promptly. Inside of half an
hour not q wheel was turning in the
yards, except where the engines and cars
were manned by officials. All of the pas
senger trains were made up and started
out, but the strikers. aided by several
hundred sympathizers, gathered at the
crossing at FOrtieth street and held all
trains attempting to pass. The roads suf-
ferng most were the Erie and the MonOn.
all of their passenger trains being held.
At 10 o'clock between three thousand and
four thousand people had gathered al the
crossing, and four or five trains were held
there unable to break through the gates
and the crowd. All efforts on the part
of the officials TO get the trains through
met with failure.
In California no through trains are
moving upon any of the transcOntinental
roads. The strike had not reached the
Oregon lines tonight
There is considerable talk about the
shutting down of large manufactures in
Chicago on account of the strike. and
owing TO the inability to ship out goods
or get in material. The first 10 notify it's
employees of shutdown was the Chi
cago Sugar Refining Company. This
throws $500 employees out of work.
TIE-UP COMPLETE.
The tie-up Of the Northern Pacific Is
complete from st. Paul TO Missoula. Re-
ports up to s o'clock were TO the effect
that the Pacific Division OF the road was
still open. At ST. Paul all the men with
the exception of the telegraph operators
and clerks in the general offices had left
their places. The shops at Como, Mimi,
are deserted. The tie-up In Minneapolis
is complete.
The only man working In the yards OF
the Northern Pacific yard is the head
clerk, and the Minnesota and St. Louis
employees expect to be called out at any
moment. Every switchman on the North
ern Pacific and Omaha lines al Duluth
and all of the Northern Pacific switchmen
in Superior, forty altogether, are out The
st. Paul and Duluth refused to handle
business that would involve IL in the
strike,
MOBILE AND OHIO.
MOBILE, ALA, June 2S.-The Mobile
and Ohio railroad authorities received in
formation this afternoon of the strike
OF their switchmen at Cairo along with
the Illinois Central men, in sympathy
with the Pullman strike. The officers OF
the Switchmens Union assured the Mo-
bile and Ohio that their men had made a
mistake, and the officials of the road
are assured also that the men will go
back tomorrow. President j. 1. clarke
and the superintendent Of the Mobile and
Ohio left for Cairo tonight. The Mobile
| and Ohio will discontinue hauling cars
until the matter is settled. They say they
cannot jeopardize their fine freight BUSH
ness to help Pullman fight his battle.
IN TEXAS.
Ell PASO, TEN, June 2s.-The local
lodges Of the American Railway Union
were called together tonight, and mem
bers of the organization give II out that
| no trains on the Santa Fe, Texas Pacific,
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio.
| Southern Pacific. or Mexican Central VIII
| take out Pullman-cars tomorrow.
THE OHIO METROPOLIS.
| CINCINNATI, o.. June &.-Twelve hun
| bred yardmen went out on strike this af-
| ternoon The order was issued at o'clock.
| All roads are affected, except the Big
| Four and the Panhandle.