New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-17
STRIKE STILL ON.
MEN SAY HEATHCOTE DID NOT
,rpREsENT THEM CORRECTLY.


prE IN THE STOCK YARDS - FEDERAL
AND STATE TROOPS NOT TO BE
WITHDRAWN AT PRESENT.
chicago. July 16.-Chairman Heathcote's inter
10, nublished in Chicago papers this morning
go created intense feeling among me Pullman
"-,,,.rs Meeting after meeting was held to-day
- ,onight 10 discuss the attitude of the chair
80 and the strikers unanimous IN re-
~rd,ating the statements made. At a meeting OF
- Central Strike Committee held tonight in
r,,-rer Hall Kensington. resolutions were
.aonted denouncing the statements made as
80 and unauthorized. 1t was also announced
., ,,e committees chairman that any letters OF
Communication alleged to have been sent 10
prss,dent Debs asking him to declare the strike
- were wholly unauthorized. Official action
iii no taken by the committee tomorrow.
Tho strikers are greatly excited. and there has
Ia, talk on the part of irresponsible persons
.mong them Of iynching the chairman. Al
nsting tonight in Market Hail. Pullman Colo
nnH l. Turner and Chaplin Thomas, Of the LIST
regiment Indiana National Guard. addressed
,bs strikers and asked for authority TO go y the
prlman Company in behalf Of the strikers with
nronoslt!on 10 return to work. The strikers
-oss as one man TO prctes; against any such
action.
Two thousand strikers met In the open air at
Eensington tonight and voted to stand hrm Tor
Dshs and their cause. Heathcoie addressed the
letting and denounced the newspapers. but
rade little impression on the crowd News
,onar reporters testified before a committee this
.ven,ng as TO the truthfulress OF the published
interviews
stating that Heathcote. leader Of the Pullman
cka i'm n off
nahs denied II. The Pullman strikers are JUST
49, Arm as ever" he said They have no inten-
,,o, NJ going back to work. If Pullman Is salts
GA they are Mr. Heathcote has not made me
.ov nropostion Of that kind on the contrary,
:. assured ME Of his continued co-operaton
Hsathcote said that all the influence OF
himself and other labor leaders was re-
ou,red TO prevent a general stampede OF the
rortnen. II don't know what these men would
do II the shop doors were thrown open To-
~,,rrov" ne continued 1T has been hard 10
v.a, many Of them from going back to work; ana
.rsr they do I suppose there will be nothing let
t- mo The railroad companies Will not De liheE
=. s4va employment TO the men who led TINS
..rike and held the men out against one Oh '"e
greatest corporations in the world.
pullman officials say that week would De re-
,,,,rea n get ready for opening the works They
thir
r,.as This week. and expect to begin operations
NTH all the men needed TO get out the contracts
now on hand.
Dohs receivad a report from La Sale, Ill. this
,,o,ning declaring that the Rock Island road
no. again badlv congested at that point. He
ssar,ed that within forty-eght hours he would
have the Rock Island IN bad shape as II was
IN several DAYS ago. The usual meeting OF the
ARU was held at Uhch's Hall this morning
President Debs addressed large audience. Yes
terdav he spoke at eight different meetings
Debs still asserts that he is certain of coming
out ahead in his fight Directors Goodwin ana
Hogan of the American Railway Union. left
here to-day TO begin the work Of organizing the
men in the Northwest and the country west OF
the Mississippi There are now eight OF the or
garzers out Our policy" said Debs. lis 10
keep these organizers with the men, so the strik-
ers will not weaken. We have everything solid
west Of the Mississippi. That is our strong point
! claim that long we have traffic stopped at
any one point we have not yet lost the fight. 1t
Is as II YOU stop the flow of blood in an artery
you stop the circulation of the whole system"
But everything seems to be running smoothly
on the different roads, does II not? asked the
reporter.
oh well" admitted Debs. "the passenger
business in and out is being transacted fairly
WELL but there no freights moving at all
and that's where we have the best of them.
That's where we expect to cripple the enemy.
At the depots Debs's statement that freight
traffic Is paralyzed is not by any means borne
out Most Of the roads now moving freight
without the slightest trouble.
Las, weeks traffic returns Of the Eastern roads
show that little freight business done. Five
Of the roads make report, and the largest
amount carried by any Of the others was less
than 1000 tons The total shipments amounted
10 only ll42 ;ons, as compared with l.66s tons
FOR the previous week and 50257 tons for the
corresponding week last year. The amounts car
red by the several roads as follows: Michi-
gan Central. 1872 Wabash. none: Lake Shore, 6s3;
Fort Wayne SO; Pan Handle, 1891; Baltimore
and Ohio, Grand Trunk, Nickel Plate Erie nohe'
Big -Four l0S
Five hundred extra policemen were on guar1
Today at the Stock Yards. In consequence OF
runnor tina; mob of rioters had threatened 10
pounce upon the packing houses and use FORCE
70 taxing employees away from their WoIk, NJ
strike at the yards to-day. The report that
walk-out would occur as a result OF Debss two
sunday speeches not supported by me con
dillon OF things. All the packing houses are
running. although with reduced forces. The man
ayers OF the houses say they have more men on
can than they can use at the present low sIa,1
Of business They are confident that there VIII
oe no more te-ups. .
There Is no Immediate prospect OF the WIN
Siawa OF the Federal troops from CmCdep
naturally the order for removal VIII come from
'he Secretary of War, but II VIII be issued only
after such course is recommended by Genera!
Miles At present he does not feel that the general
situation would warrant the decrease In the
military forces guarding the property or the
government and doing duty along the many
miles Of railroad track penetrating Chicago from
every point
II was stated at the City Hall this morning
tnaf there was no immediate intention on the
part Of the Mayor 10 advise Governor Altgeld
mill ,fort,t ho
o. Police Brennan said that all OF the special
omcers added 10 the force during the last two
weeks were still on duty Il regard the trouble
- practically over" he added but. at the same
Hgne, there may be isoatei disturbances here and
mere. and would not regard 1t as safe by any
means to withdraw the men from service our