Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-19
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III. to-day.
llo Immediately proceeded to the
headquarters of the General Managers
Association, presumably to endeavor to
arrange for the return of the strikers to
work.
President Dcbs' action leaves only the
original strikers, the employees OF the
Pullman car shops.
REFUSED TO CONFER WITH HIM.
The general managers refused to have
any conference whatever with Debs.
SOVEREIGN SAYS IT is VICTORY.
When questioned about the arbitration
movement, Grand Master Workman
sovereign exclaimed: "rhis is great
victory for the Knights of Labor. No
one thought of it until the Knights
suggested it, and it will settle the strike.
1t is as good as won now. cannot tell
who the arbitrators will be, but it is
certain that Carroll ID. Wright will be
one Of them, as the O'Neill bill provides
that the Commissioner OF Labor shall
be, eX.oflicio, a member of any commit
tee appointed under its provisions.
AS | understand IL, the committee
has all the powers OF Congressional
investigating committee. 1t may sum
mon witnesses and compel them to
testify of the matter in dispute even to
the extent OF producing the books of
the company. In this way all phases of
the controversy will be brought out. 1t
is true that the committee has no power
TO enforce its finding in the matter, but
that is true of any arbitration. The ar
bitrators have the power merely to in
vestigate and to declare finding and the
parties may or may not abide by that
finding. | believe that this committee
can compel Pullman to show his books,
and the result will be that the public
will be given all the facts in the contro-
versy between him and the employees.
81 regard this as great victory for
the Knights of Labor"
MUST HAVE ARBITRATION LAWS.
In the course of an interview with
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation OF Labor, shortly
after midnight last night, reverting TO
the cause and effect of the present crisis,
he said; u doubt whether the action of
the committee on arbitration to be APP
pointed by President Cleveland will
materially affect the Pullman strike as
it was originally, because do not see
how it has anything to with the Inter
state Commerce law. My understanding
10 that the O'Neill law can only be
| effective when the Interstate Commerce
law is violated. p"
Mr.. Gompers referred to the settle
ment of the great miners strike in Eng
land last year, when Lord Rosebery
arbitrated the differences between the
mine owners and strikers. 1.-The condi-
tions," he sand, "were the same as now
exist here. Military force was brought
in to force a settlement, but il could not
be done in that way. Lord Rosebery
took upon himself to settle it and did.
1t seems to me if that could be done in
Europe, it could be done here in
America. We must have arbitration
| laws here"
PACKING HOUSES RUNNING.
The packing houses were all running
at the stock yards this morning, many
| of the striking butchers having returned
to work. The receipts were II 600 cattle
$4,000 hogs, 5000 sheep. Hogs were one
cent lower and cattle ami sheep dull
The packers were doing very little buy.
ing, most of the purchases being made
by shippers.
STRIKE LEADERS CONFER.
At O'Clock this morning President
Debs called meeting of directors al
the Revere House, and for half an hour
the strike leaders were in close confer
ence. When the doors of the council
chamber were unlocked, Mr.. Debs an
nounced calmly that he had officially
declared the strike off, but reported he
would make no statement until after q
visit to the general managers.
| After President Debs had made the
| announcement at the A. II. u. head
quarters he Immediately left his office
to call upon the General Managers
Association. He said he would submit
proposition asking them 20 take back
all striking employees. The strike, il
was stated, would thus revert to it;
original status, as struggle between
the Pullman Co. and its employees. Be
fore seeing the General Managers Mr.
Debs declined to make any statement
as to his reasons for calling off the
strike.
An Associated Press representative
saw j. b. Sovereign at 10 O'clock. The
papers to call the strike off, were al
drawn yesterday. They contained two
provisions: First, that there should be
arbitration; and second, that all striking
employees, except those charged with
crime should be taken bach by the EN-
ployers.
II have notseen Debs this morning.
said Mr.. Sovereign, but as arbitration
has been secured, and as that was whai
we wanted, a great victory has been OBJ
tanned for labor. Debs has done JUS
right AS soon as see him | shal
issue an order calling off the knights Of
Labor strike"
,GoMPERs AND OTHERS NOT CONSULTED
Gompers and the other labor leader,
in conference at the Briggs House
declared before 1890 a. m. that the
directors of the a. II. U. had declared
the strike off could not be true. Il
would be unfair to all the other labol
organizations, they said, that such actor
would be taken without consultation
with them.
WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH DEBs
A Chicago Post reporter has Just hat
a conference with President Deos an(
Mr., Sovereign. Debs said he was oil
his way to the general managers office
to ask them to reinstate such of the
strikers as had not committed crimina
acts.
"What if they refuse?" asked
Sovereign.
"Then," replied Debs, "our executive
council will meet in little while anc
take action"
Debs then went to the city hall ant
presented the proposition which he pro
posed to present to the general man
ayers to Mayor Hopkins, and asked thu
mayor to accompany him to the genera