The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-04
GENERAL BOYCOTT
Against Pullman Cars Ordered by
the American Railway Union.
All the Switchmen Employed by the I'LL
nois Central Road Go Out-What
Promises to be the Greatest
Railway Strike on Rec
ord Has Begun.

CHICAGO, June 27.-The boycott de
clared against the Pullman Palace Ca
Company by the American Railwa!
union, went into effect yesterday at L
o'clock. The order is supposed to in
cludc every railroad in the United
States which handles Pullman cars an(
as declared by the union officials, every
road which insists upon running thu
sleepers will be subjected to strike i
necessary. As result of the boycott
all Of the switchmen in the freigh'
yards Of the Illinois Central went ou
at G:10 o'clock last evening and nj
freight of any character is being
handled in the yards. The order t.
strike was issued in the afternoon, but
not served until late and after 1t be
came apparent that the Illinois Central
officials were determined to run the
! Pullman cars.
! When the boycott order became ef
fcctive at noon, it marked the begin
ming of what is expected to be the
greatest struggle between capital and
labor ever inaugurated in the United
States. 1t is n battle in which an effort
will be made to uni'e all railroad en-
ployes in the country in one common
effort to secure better wages, and while
the boycott is ostensibly declared as a
demonstration of sympathy in behalf
of the strikers in the Pullman shops, il
is really Il life and death struggle be-
tween the most powerful organization
and the entire railroad capital.
At about o'clock last night, a mob
of switchmen and sympathizers con.
gregated at Grand Crossing, the juno
tion Of the Illinois Central and other
roads out of Chicago, and overpowering
the special officers, they took charge OF
the signals and refused to permit the
passage Of Illinois Central trains. The
signal men who were members of the
American Railway union had gone out
with the switchmen. The st. Louis
Diamond special, leaving Chicago at Q
p. M, was caught at the crossing and
held for nearly an hour. The officials
of the road were notified and request
for police protection brought out a
squad of police. The mob was driven
away without violence and the officers
opened the gates themselves.
The men again attempted to secure
control OF the signals but were re-
pulsed.
CINCINNATI, O., June 27.-There was
no attempt to tie up the Pullman cars
in Cincinnati yesterday nor last night.
Cincinnati was exempted from the Or
der Of the American Railway union to
begin the boycott at noon Tuesday.
This was the instruction received by +.
w. Phelan, A. r. U. representative
here, from President Debs, in Chicago.
Mr.. Phelan, on being asked to explain
the situation further from his stand
point. said: 81 am of the opinion that
the countermanding order was sent be-
cause the railway union does not wish
to tie up too much territory at once.
There is no desire to put any more in
convenience upon the public than we
are compelled to-
Abulletin was posted in the Ludlow
shops Monday that all men not report
ing Tuesday morning would be dis
charged, and twenty-eight out OF the
1913 returned to work.
ST. LOUIS, June 27.-The Pullman
boycott is in vigorous operation here,
but only the shop strikers are involved
so far. A committee OF strikers called
on the chief of police yesterday and
stated that they had well-grounded
fears that the Pullman shops would be
fred by their enemies in order to dis
credit the boycott and render the strik-
ers liable TO arrest on suspicion. They
asked protection for the shops and
proffered the services of 100 men to
help guard the place. The offer was
not accepted, but the place is well
guarded.
CHICAGO, June 27.-Tl estibuled
train on the Illinois Cenvral railroad
left for New Orleans at 1885 p IN. yea
terday, schedule time, without any in
terfcrcnce on the part of the members
of the American Railway union or their
sympathizers. All the coaches were
chained, locked and sealed, the train
consisting of three Pullman coaches be.
sides the baggage car and engine. On
the platforms of each coach stood de-
tectives of the railroad prepared to re,
sist any attempt which might be made
to cut the Pullman cars. One hundred
members OF the railway union were at
the depot where the train was made up,
but there was not the slightest demon
stration. A squad Of city police were
also at the station to preserve order.