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The morning call., 1894-07-02
TO ENFORCE THE BOYCOTT.
All Chicago and Pacific Lines Join
the Strike.

! CHICAGO, July 1.-Business in Chicago
is seriously paralyZed as the result OF the
present labor difficulties
| Transfer via Chicago is entirely blocked
by. the American Railway Union. This
business is freight exchange between all
eastern and western roads centering in
| Chicago, and so long as the belt railway is
| tied up the interstate business between
eastern and western lines cannot be moved.
| It is absolutely necessary that this chan
! mel of interchange of interstate business
should be kept open, otherwise the roads
must continue to be paralyzed
About P. NJ. a gang of about thirty
| strikers broke into the Panhandle switch
tower at West Pullman, and with threats
and abusive epithets chased the telegraph
operator out Of il, with threats against his
! life if he ever returned.
A mob of 800 men is gathered at River
dale with the avowed intention of making
an assault on train q, carrying mail and a
| Pullman sleeper and diDing-car. Spears,
with ffty-two Deputy Sheriffs, and Soper,
with eleven Deputy Marshals. are there.
| and re-enforcements have been sent them
| with view of protecting the train.
Illinois Central bulletin-Sixty-five Dep
uty United States Marsnals have been
stationed at Riverdale Crossing all the
afternoon. All the Illinois Central trains
have been coming through without inter
ference, but at $50 o'clock one of the
trains was stopped near Harvey ard held
up bout an hour.
The following message was sent to Fort
Dodge and Cherokee, Iowa:
CHICAGO, July 1.
To ALL Employees: All Chicago and Pacific
trains have struck TO enforce the. Pullman boy.
colt; take same action and all men will be
guaranteed full protection. irrespective OF Or
ganization. Form a committee and send the
chairman's name to US. 1t is not necessary to
have money at present; they can settle when
they can gel IT, E.V. DEBs.
The engineers and firemen Immediately
sent Debs the following reply:
CHEROKEE. Iowa. July 1.
To z. Y. Debs. Chicago: AT meeting OF
the engineers and firemen of the Cherokee divi-
sion OF the Illinois Central Company, held at
Cherokee July /. it was resolved that the engi-
neers and 1remen OF this division have no
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SUFFERING OF PASSENGERS.
Three Hundred Who Have Little
Food and Water.

CHICAGO, July l. - All to-day three
Rock Island passenger trains stood on a
siding at Blue Island, where they had been
thrown Saturday night by the strikers.
Nearly 800 passengers, including many
women and children, passed Saturday and
to-day with very little food and less water.
Early this morning some of the male
passengers endeavored to connect hose
with the village Waterman to procure
water for the blocked cars for drinking
and toilet purposes. The strikers on watch
Immediately inlerposed and said that If
the attempt was made they would cut the
hose.
Such Of the passengers as could afford it
hired cOnveyances during the forenoon
and drove to West Pullman, whence they
came to the city on the electric cars. but
the majority of the unfortuDates spent the
day sweltering and hoping in vain that
the company would find some way TO re-
lieve them. Several raids were made on
the village stores for food, but the supply
was inadequate.
The two or three little hotels established
prices for sandwiches and imitation Iced
tea which would have horrified visitor to
the Worlds Fair, and altogether the pas
sengers put in most miserable day.
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INCREASING THEIR FORCES.
Strikers Are Gaining Recruits in
Various Localities.

VALPARAISO, Ind, July IA strike on
the Grand Trunk Road at this place was
ordered this evening at meeting of the
American Railway Union and the 100
members were ordered TO 60 out to-morrow W
morning. The towermen at the crossing
of the Grand Trunk, Fort Wayne and
Nickel Plate roads went out tonight.
DECATUR H.. July 1.-Since last night
only one Wabash train has passed De-
catur. 4 mailcar was sent East this
morning. All other trains, both freight
and passenger. have been stopped here by
the trainmen, who have joined the strikers.
Six hundred men are out here. Ten
Wabash passenger trains are sidetracked
and 500 passengers are delayed.
ST. LOUIS, July 1.-All passenger trains
were made up by yardmasters and office
clerks and left this city. both morning aud
night, without interference from the
strikers, but this mornings Vandalia
train came in six hours late and none on
the Wabash have arrived. With the ex-
ception of several trains Of perishabIe
goods, which were switched across the
bridge from East ST. Louis. the freight
traffic is al a standstil.
Nj. J. Elliot, American Railroad Union
director of the strike, denies the report
that the Iron Mountain men have decided
to return to work, and says not a switch
ing crew is at work on that road.
The yardmaster of the ST. Louis Rail-
road Terminal Association says lumber
of switchmen have expressed themselves
as willing to return TO work, but this is
denied at the strikers headquarters. where
it Is said the men are nut working.
AT a meeting of the Mercantile Club to-
day IL committee Of fifteen was appointed
to consider the strike situation and. if
possible. devise a solution TO the difficulty,
as the strike is doing incalculabls in jury
to the business interests of st. Louis.
Foreman Holster Of the Pullman shops
says he has force of 40 men at work,
some of whom are returned strikers. He
has the promises of thirty-fiye more to
come to work Monday.
PHILADELPHIA, July IA large meet
ing was held in Arton Hall to-day to or
ganiZe a local division OF the American
Railway Union. about $50 men being en-
rolled as members.
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Sher IF Pearl made the two trains up.
There was Deputy Sheriff on each plat
form of the twelve cars.
Sheriff Pearl telegraphed Governor Alt
geld tonight that he had been able to
maintain order to-day. but feared the situ-
alton would be worse tomorrow and he
would then need re-enforcements.
CHICAGO. July 1.-The Illinois Central
made step forward this after DON, but
it was with the aid of several details of
police. The New Orleans limited. which
leaves the Twelfth-street depot at :35
P. NJ, was put through Grand Crossing.
Riverdale and Harvey and is now on its
way south. The train carried New Or
leans mail and Pullman sleeper.
CINCINNATI, july 1.-The engineers
and fireman of tile Big Four and Cinein-
natl. Hamilton and Dayton met this after
noon and agreed they had no grievance
and would remain at work. Three en-
gineers Of the Cincinnati Southern at
Ludlow gave notice tonight they had
quit A new engineer and fireman took
out their southern train tonight. 1t con-
sisted of mail, express and baggage car,
TWO coaches and threePullmans.
On the engines and on each car were
Deputy Marshals armed with Winchesters
meeting tonight of the strikers and
their sympathizers, numbering 1000. was
addressed tonight by General" Kelly of
the Common wealers and by F. w. Phelan
of the American Railway Union. New
men to take the places OF the strikers to-
morrow are coming in.
BLooMINGToN. ILL.,. July 1.-The Alton
firemen have added to the strike trouble on
that road. When the Kansas City, Chica-
go Limited, reached Slater. Mo-. last night.
no fireman would 60 on the train. which is
still at Slater. No fireman can be secured
to take into Chicago nineteen cars of
dressed beef which came in from Kansas
City Friday night. Some one cut the air.
pipes of the meat last night.
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SIDE OF THE STRIKERS.
They Receive Encouraging Reports
at Headquarters,


CHICAGO, July 1.-At the American
Union headquarters to-day the principal
work was the direction of affairs on the
terminal system of the Illinois Central,
the Burlington and Northwestern.
delegation from the Chicago and
Grand Trunk reported that road tied up
from Battle Creek to Chicago, and Edge
water had given it out that no freight
would be moved ON the road until Noyem-
ber l. if necessary. The committee In
charge of the Northwestern system re-
ported that in order to get the northbound
express due to leave Chicago at 80 o'clock
away, Assistant Superintendent Moulton
from GAINESVILLE was compelled to act as
engineer. The Sunday morning news
paper train carrying Chicago papers for
the North and East was over an hour late
in leaving thu city, the fireman leaving the
cab, and it being impossible to fill his
place until one Of the grate-cleaners from
the round house was secured.
At Western avenue and Indiana street
an open air meeting was held. the men
employed in every branch of service on
the Milwaukee within terminal limits
baing present. A resolution was passed
meeting was held at Elston, on the Grand
Trunk. which was attended by engineers.
firemen and switchmen, and at which a
resolution was passed that no work should
he performed after tomorrow.
A delegation from the Burlington road
reported that the terminal yards were
completely tied up. and that twenty-i five
switchmen whom the company had secured
to take the place of strikers had been let
go again.
Telegrams were received from Amer-
can Railway Union officials at Denver
stating that the Union Pacific was tied up
and that at Great Falls everything was at
standstill. everybody from the trackmen
10 engineers having quit.
The switchmen from the Central Mil
waukee and ST. Paul held two meetings
to-day with representatives of the CON-
pany. The latter tried in vain to induce
the men 10 return 10 work. While a num-
ber favored resuming. the majority In
sisted upon continuing the strike.
ST. PAUL. July 1.-At the headquarters
of the A. r. U. it was stated tonight the
number of men on strike in this city as an
outgrowth of the Pullman boycott was
dpUut 1OOUs vi iuIo Otct Ouc-uail
are employees of the Northern Pacific, and
most of the remainder on the payrolls of
the Chicago Great Western, Chicago. Mil
waukee and st. Paul and Burlington.
About 1900 are out at Minneapolis.
Reports to the union were to the effect
that in spite of the fact that trains were
running pretty regularly in the passenger
service freight traffic was paralyzed.
Officials of the railway companies COM
pared news this afternoon and found little
in the situation to make them cheerful.
They admitted that traffic was pretty well
demoralized. but secuted the idea that
they would ever give uD the fight A
meat famine is threatened.
ST. LOUIS, July IA telegram was re-
ceived here tonight from Debs ordering
out the conductors, fremen and brakemen
on the eastern division of the Wabash sys-
TEN, AT it is reported that that portion of
the road Is entirely blockaded.
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| grievance against this division. We have al
| ways been well treated by the company. When
| grievances existed we have had Them adjusted
to our entire satisfaction. We do not work for
the Pullman Company and think this strike un-
! just and unealled for ON the Illinois railway
system. We propose to remain with our
engines and the company, and will do our Ut
most to protect the company's property when
called on 10 do so.
This was signed by twenty-five engineers
and firemen.
At1P. M. the Illinois Central started a
train out Of Cairo for the North and a
little later for the South, both with Pull
man sleepers attach ed.
On the Chicago and Alton passenger
trains in Illinois are moving in botn direc-
tiOns about on time with the usual equip
| ments. Passenger trains TO and from
| Kansas City and ST. Louis are stopped
al Slater. No., where engines are changed,
by reason of the firemen refusing to go on
| trains hauling Pullman equipment. The
The company has arranged for United
States Deputy Marshal to 60 to Slater and
raise the blockade.
On the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe
| this morning at Chicago the situation was
about as yesterday. Passenger trains
| have departed and arrived on time. Pas
| senger trains are now running through TO
| Grand Jun ction and Denver.
Train No 90, which was held up at
Grand Junction yesterday left there at
$40 P. NJ. with Pullmans and the men at
that point have all returned to work. In
Colorado The only point tied up is Trini-
dad. There is now no distractions to
moving trains, freight or passenger, on the
Atlantic and Pacific.
The Southern California Railway is
still tied up. The situation at Ration and
Las Vegas is as for several days, trains
| being tied up.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
passenger service in Chicago is intact and
no trouble is anticipated. Everything is
quiet along the line and at outside points.
On the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific
all trains are abandoned until further
notice. This notice Is given for the reason
| that the road is blocked with freight and
the strikers are in an ugly mood and it is
not safe to run trains.
Mr.. ST. John, general manager of the
| open our line in Chicago to-day, but we
shall open our road just as quick as we
can get men to operate it and afford these
men protection"
The Baltimore and Ohin this morning
attempted to start freight, but the train
stands at South Chicago minus links and
pins. which the strikers have taken.
The Chicago and Grand Trunk and
Wabash railroad experienced little or no
| delays.
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ON THE COAST DIVISION.
San Jose's Chief of Police and Sheriff
=. - Fire an Engine,


SAN JOSE, July 1.-The tieup on the
- coast division at this city has not bsen
broker. although two trains started from
here to-day. The strikers are confident
that, they can keen the road blockaded
from this: point. The railroad officials
aDnaunced last evening that they would
run a train to San Francisco to-day and
they succeeded, after a good deal Of
: trouble.
1t was the inten tion TO have the o'clock
passe uger train for San Francisco leave
on time. but the strikers were on watch 10
intercept the "scab" fireman, and the
crowd was so large that it was feared a riot
would be the result. The Chief of Police
and: Sheriff were Cd hand and while the
crowd was at the depot the Sheriff, Chief
of Police and a Deputy Sheriff slipped to
the freight yard, where passenger train
composed of three coaches and baggage.
car was already made up. A yard hand
had. steam up In the engine in the round.
house ard the Chief of Police and the
Sheriff took charge OF the cab while the
Deputy Sheriff looked after the tender. A
crowd Of strikers surrounded the engine,
but the officers refused to allow them to
board.
Presently Engineer James Hewett ap-
peared on the scene and took a seat on the
engine. No one seems to know who fred
the engine and it was asserted the Chief
of Police and Deputy Sheriff were the
stOkers. After steam was up the engineer
ran out Of the rOundhouse and switched
On the passenger train in the yards. Still
no fireman was seen and the strikers
thought that the train was going to back
into the depot A rush was made for the
depot, but the switch was opened on to
the main track and the train left for San
Francisco.
After the tram had gone the strikers
learned that the fireman was Ed. Hoff, a
''scab" who was taken off the Monterey
Express Saturday. Officers accompanied
the train as fal as Mountain View, where
they boarded train No. 5. which left San
Francisco for Monterey at 10 40 o'clock.
The train arrived in this city at IL 80 P. M.
Engineer Hibbard and a "scab' freEan
were in the cab. The Sheriff and Chief of
Police would not allow the strikers to
board the engine to talk to the fireman.
Division Superintendent Haydock and
Resident Engineer Culverill were on the
train and took the place of striking brake
men. The train pulled out of San Jose
and reached its destination without further
delay.
The Chief of Police and Sheriff were
Kissed by the CROWD for the stand taken
by them this. afternoon when the officials
ATTEMPTED to start q train for San Fran
cisco, but the fireman refused to leave the
ticket Office. He was afraid the crowd
would mob him. After several attempts
10 get other fremen the idea of dispatching
the train was abandoned.
No trains arrived from San Francisco
this evening, on the coast division. The
Darrow-gauge is running on time.
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that organization on the Santa Fe not to

that organization on the Santa Fe not to
strike.
CINCINNATI. July IA most ominous
quiet prevailed here to-day. All passen-
ger trains on all roads with Pullmans
arrived and departed as usual. The C. II.
and D. sent out freight trains to-day and
received them without any trouble. The
Louisville and Nashville brought in a
hundred cars of perishable freight and de-
livered it 20 the Panhandle. The engineers
of the Big Four were In consultation TO-
day over proposition from Phelan to go
out.
The railway managers held a meeting
this afternoon and report the outlook en-
couraging The engineers and other train
men will not go out. They have been
employing new switchmen all day and
arranging for special police and deputies
10 protect the new men, who are TO be
placed in the yards tom orrow morning.
SALT LAKE, Utah, July IA meeting
Of railway employees Of all roads here was
held late this afternoon.
The brakemeD. fremen and switchmen
decided to go out at once and the snopmen
will 60 ont tomorrow. They had received
The Union Pacific road made no attem pt
to send out trains for the North and East
to might. The Union Pacific train leaving
for the North this morning is held at
Ogden.
The Rio Grande Western through train
for the Est due to leave here at Z O'Clock
tonight, is still in the yard.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. July 1.-The local
American Railway Union to-day decided
to join the Pullman strike. Union Pacific
passenger train No. s was held at Evans
ton last night for want of fireman. 1t
was brought here to-day, where it is being
held for the arrival of the fast mail, when
an effort will be made to take il on East.
Westbound trains Nos. and are being
held at Laramie. The A. r. .. claims
200 members here and 400 at Laramie.
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to-day it was decided that all members
should report for duty 10 the Southern Pa
cic or Santa Fe Companies Tuesday
morning. The Order OF Locomotive Fire
men is still in session aud it is thought
that they will also arrive at the same con-
cusion before adjournment. The move
ment by the engineers will in all proba-
bility result in breaking the backbone OF
the strike.
A train was made up and loaded with
mail for San Diego on the Santa Fe this
morning and was to have been taken out
by Conductor Charles HeaTtt and En-
gineeI Jenkins. Just before the engine
was coupled on Conductor Heartt went
q into the Office of Superintendent Wade and
handed in his resignation. He was fol-
lowed by his brakemen and fireman.
=: About O'Clock, however, the company
succeeded in properly manning the train
and it pulled out of here with one mailcar
and three passenger coaches attached.
The action taken by the regular crew in
resigning their positions is supposed to
have been caused by the serving of papers
Of injunctsOn issued by Judge Ross re-
straining the regular employees from inter-
feriug with the handling of cars on the
Santa Fe system on which the United
States mails had been deposited.
T., The relief train which left here yester-
day 10 bring in the passengers and mall
. from Barstow arrived here this afternoon.
s. woe -begOne set of passengers. among
them a number of ladies and children got
of the train. They were dusty and travel
stained. and fully bore out the statements
made in the kilograms that they had un-
.dergone considerable hardship on the
desert.
One Los Angeles man said: THE delay
at BarstoW was particularly hard on the
Pullman passengers. amongst whom were
several invalids Some of the passengers
remained at Barstow and did not come in
on this relief train. because they were
bound for San Francisco and other north
.ern points and did not want to come this
way. They were left at Barstow and will
. take chances on getting further along"
About sixty passengers came down on
this train. The train had an uneventful
run to Barstow and back, no delays being
= experienced until on the return tip, when
: there was slight wait ct San BeTnaTdinO.
'~ SAN DIEGO, July 1.-The first train from
the north arrived at 9 O'clock this evening g
: with one mail coach and three passenger
cars Several hundred people met the
train a the depot, but there was no dis
tnrbance. Intellectual attempts to induce
- the engineer and fireman to quit were
made by American Railway Union men.
but the presence OF dozen United States
Deputy Marshals assisted in the main
tenance Of order. The train proceeded to
National City after discharging the mails.
and it Is announced that a train will be
made up 10 leave on schedule time in the
morning. The strikers insist that, not
Withstanding the MarshaPs posse. this will
nOt.be permitted. and trouble was antIei-
-pated at National City tonight No dis
turbance there has yet been reported.
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SIZED UP BY FRY.
Opinion of the Oxford Captain on the
Yale Team.

NEW YORK, July Ia special to the
World from London says: Charles Fry,
captain Of the Oxford team. discussed
quite freely yesterday the Yale visitors.
Captain Fry said his men were doing well.
Swanwick in particular is in fine form, and
may jump six feet on the day Of the exer-
cises. I'VE cannot beat Hckok," he con-
tlnued. and l am told their broad Jumper
does % feet. and unless 1 can GET into bet
ter form than have been in all this year.
it will be very close as regards foot races.
Time tests are never very sure. The
Americans may be handicapped" When
pressed 70 give an opinion on the general
result Fry declined. saying: 'As far as
can judge they are an average set of ath-
letes, and we are An average set also. Nav
the better team win"
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STATE TROOPS ORDERED OUT.
Militia to Proceed to DanviIIe an,
Decatur.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. July 1.-Governor
Altgeld tonight called out six companies
of militia to proceed to Danvlle at once
Three additional companies were ordered
to Decatur. The troops are sent upon ap-
plicaton OF the railroads.
DECATUR. ILL.,, July 1.-The Wabash
officials got Nos. 2 and out for Chicago
tonight as one train. One arrived at mid
night last mig ht and the other at o'clock
to-day. Master Mechanic Jeffrey and
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FOR RETARDING THE MAILS.
Arrest of Nine Strike Leaders in
Indiana.

HAMMOND, Ind, July Limited States
Marshal Hawkins left here for Indian
apolis tonight with nine of the mob
leaders as prisoners, arrested on
warrants sworn out before United
States Commissioner Van Buren, for
obslructIng and retardiug the pass
age of tie United States mails. No
difficulty was experienced by Marshal
Hawkins in serving the warrants. After
the arrest by the Federal Marshal things
were quiet here. The eastbound Erie
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Now at ST. Louis

ST. LOUIS, July 1.-The new torpedo
boat Ericsson. which left Dubuque sew
eral days ago, reached this city this even
ing. 1t wiIIemain at anchor here about
three weeks.
The morning call., 1894-07-02

ASK your grocer for Red. White and Blue Table
Claret;q 81 doz.; 10c each Deposit for emptIes
The morning call., 1894-07-02

CONTINUED on Eighth Pope.)