Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-06-28
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Tho American Railway Union States II
Utimatum-The Pullman Palace Ca
Company Must Arbitrate Existing Differ
ences with Its Old Employees or Sune
the Terrors of q General Boycott-Th
Company Obdurate.
CHICAGO, June 23.-Unless the Pull
man company effects settlement with
its striking employees on or before 6
o'clock on Monday evening next, gen
eral boycott against its sleeping and
dining cars will be declared at noon OF
the following day by the American
Railway union. This was the decision
reached by the national convention OF
the order at the executive session yes.
terday afternoon.
When the delegates assembled yes
terday morning the question was made
a special order and it was considered
with closed doors. Representatives O,
the strikers made an appeal for imme
date action and after considerable de.
bate committee consisting of C. A.
Timlin, of Roodhouse. ILL.,; George
Lovejoy, of Terre Haute, Ind, and C.
Pallons, of Pullman, was appointed TIC
wait at once upon the executive Off.
Gals of the Pullman company and re-
quest an immediate adjustment of the
questions in dispute.
The committee proceeded to the geu-
eral offices of the Pullman company on
Michigan avenue and was ushered into
the presence of Vice-President Wickes.
The chairman of the delegation ex-
pressed desire to meet George Nj
Pullman, who had arrived in Chicago
early in the morning after an absence
in New York of several weeks,
but the reply was returned that tie
vice-president was prepared to listen to
the delegation. Chairman Timlin then
stated that the American Railway
union desired to make formal, but re.
spectful request for a settlement of the
existing troubles at Pullman, either
by arbitration or by any other method
that might suggest itself to the COM
pany, and which would be accepta BILE
to all parties concerned.
Mr.. Wickes responded that the com.
pany had already time and again out
lined its position, and added that it
would not receive or treat with any
committee claiming to represent the
American Railway union. Thereupon
Chairman Timlin in an emphatic man
ner told the vice-president that unless
his decision was reconsidered before
midnight of Monday boycott on the
plant and operation of the Pullman
company would be declared by the
union to take effect at noon of Tues
day. Having delivering this ultima
tum the committee turned on its heels
and left the room.
When the convention reassembled
at 2:3O o'clock it was decided to con-
tinue the executive session. The COM
miotee on treaty with the Pullman Off
Gals presented it's report, Heated
speeches were made by a number of
the delegates, and finally res
olution was adopted declaring
that unless the Pullman company
made manifest before midnight on
Monday its willingness to treat with
the strikers, a boycott against all OF
on lines represented in the union should
go into effect on Tuesday noon. When
the final motion was put, the dele
gates rose to their feet en- masse and
cheered for several moments. A writ
ten copy of the resolution was trans
mitted to the Pullman headquarters
last night.
1.-THE resolution means precisely
what it says" explained President Debs
to representative of the United Press
Immediately after its adoption, eff the
boycott goes into effect, not a car in
spector belonging to our union will in
spect a car: not switchman will
switch a Pullman car. and not a train
man will handle train to which
Pullman car is attached. The switch
men will naturally be in the front
rank, and if single one of them is dis
charged for refusal to handle Pull
man car, it will be the signal for the
calling out of every member of our
union on the line concerned