The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-01
THE GENERAL aIANAGERs.
No Idea of Entering Into Any Com.
promise Whatever.

Chicago, June 30.-The General Man
ayers association today issued the fol-
lowing statement regarding the strike
This strike embarrasses the freight
traffic of the west to the most serious
extent of any strike since the eastern
labor troubles in 1877 and 1878. The
companies have no idea of entering
into a compromise with the strikers
on any basis whatever.
"The railroad companies fail to see
the justice of the position taken by the
American Railway union of fighting
Mr.. Pullman over the heads of the rail-
road companies who have no control
over Mr.. Pullman's movements or his
manufacturing business. The men
who are now on a strike are considered
men who have resigned their positions,
who are not anxious TO work. Any
men who desire employment under the
railroad companies eentering in Chica-
go, and are competcs.t, Will be furnished
positions, and will be- afforded all the
protection that lies in the power of
the companies, police of the city of
Chicago, the Sheriff of Cook county and
the state of Illinois. Men are now be-
ing hired in the east and brought to
Chicago to take the places of those who
will not work. 1t has been charged by
the American Railway union that the
General Managers association is i'm
porting men from Canada. This state
ment is absolutely false. The railroad
companies do not propose to employ
any men to take the places of the men
now on strike, unless such men are
American citizens, and whoever we can
find who wants to work. to take the
place of man who will not -Hork,
whether the substitute comes from New
York or California, we propose to give
him a job and see that he is pro-
tected.'
At meeting at Ulrich's hall this
afternoon. attended by members of the
American Railway union and members
Of the American Federation of Labor,
resolutions were adopted pledging the
latter organization to aid in the present
strike. The brotherhoods OF locomo-
tive engineers and firemen, conductors,
trainmen and telegraphers were asked
to give their assistance.
Acknowledgement Olney was con-
demned for his action in reference to
the hauling of trains carrying mails as
beyond the province of his Office. The
railroads were condemned for refusing
to haul mail cars when detached from
Pullman cars. and committee was ap-
pointed to ask Governor Altgeld to re-
woke the charters Of such roads on the
ground that they were obstructing the
mails.
United States Marshal Arnold re-
ceived the following reply this after
noon from Acknowledgement Olney to
the telegram sent by the marshal in the
morning:
you are authorized to employ suf-
fcient deputies to prevent the obstruc-
ton of mails and to arrest all persons
who may attempt such obstruction"
The amount Of it all is said the
marshal. 'the time has come for the
to take a hand in all the
roads and not in one, simply because
it is in the hands of receivers. The
mails must be allowed to run. I will
appoint as many deputies as may be
necessary
The marshal swore in fifty more
deputies today, on the Santa Fe. This
makes over 100 federal officers on duty
at the depot and in the yards of that
company. No arrests have yet been
made by the deputy marshals and no
has been made TO Interfere
with the Santa Fe at points where the
are on duty.