The herald., 1894-07-12
BEGINNING OF THE END.
The Great Railroad Strike
Collapsing.
Its Backbone Seems TO Be
Broken.
Train Service Almost Completely
Restored.
The A. II. US Hope OF Success Now
Rests on the Sympathetic strikes
Sovoreign's Order Not
Obeysd.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 1.-THE ultimate effect
of the appeal issued last night by Grand
Master Workman Sovereign. OF the
Knights of Labor, calling on all knights
throughout the country, and those in
sympathy with them, to quit work. and
the order issued about the same time
by the representatives of allied labor in
Chicago to do likewise, cannot yet be
certainly foreseen. All that ia now
definitely known is that the Knights OF
Labor, at all the points heard from, in
Guiding nearly all of the large centers OF
population in the United States, re.
manned at work today with practical
unanimity, and that in this city the
number OF memb bers Of the allied trades
who remained at work so far outnum-
bered those who quit as to make no ap-
preciable change in the industrial ap-
pearance of the city. The leaders, how
ever, say there is nothing in the situa-
tion to cause any encouragement; that
the public, through lack of knowledge
of the machinery OF industrial organiza-
ton, has been made to expect results
which were not in contemplation when
the strike orders were issued.
Mr.. Sovereign, for instance, points out
that his appeal was net an order to
strike that, in fact, he has no power to
order q walkout, but persons acquainted
with the working OF the organization
will know that, in effect, it will be the
same as an order. In short. he was per-
fectly confident that by Saturday next,
after the various local and district
assemblies had time to meet and take
formal action ON the appeal and to rally
their friends outside the order, the re.
suit would show 100000 men idle as
consequence.
The local leaders also claimed that
little time was the only necessary condi-
tion to walk-out OF the 100000 men
whom they represent, and that by Sat-
urday, after the various organizations
had had time to consult together, the
tie.up OF business would be fully as
effective as they predicted.
Surface indications so far, however, do
not bear out the claims OF Mr.. Sover-
eign or the Chicago men. 1t ia not re-
corded yet that any district assembly OF
the Knights of Labor has voted to
| strike. On the other hand, the Brook
lyn district, which is composed OF rail
road men, and therefore naturally sup
posedly in sympathy with their fellows
in the west, at meeting today confined
their expressions of sympathy to ten
| der of financial aid. but declined to
strike. Locally, several Of the organic
| atoms, members Of the Federated
Trades, have given it to be understood
that they do not intend to 90 out. Fur
! thermore, it is known that there was
large conservative element in the repre-
sentative trades maeting which passed
the resolution having strike in view,
ard it is underetood that they have been
earnestly at work ever since to minim-
ize the reeult of that action.
In the meantime, continued improve
ment in the railroad situation and else
where, except at Sacramento and Oak
al ba
place federal troopa were landed this
morning, but militia stationed on the
water front to cover their landing were
fred on from ambush after the regulars
had moved away; aud train which it
was sought to send to San Francisco,
under guard OF the military, was fred on
bv the strikers, resulting in the killing
OF one OF the engine men and the wound.
ing of one or two soldiere.
The general public, as we'll ae organ
lied labor, is looking forward with
marked interest to the meeting OF the
executive board of the American Feder-
att IN OF Labor, perhaps the most pow
erful organization OF the kind in the
country, in this city tomorrow, ana its
action is axpected to have a marke d
effect on the outcome of the present in
dustrial struggle. 1t is known that the
position of Samuel Gompere. ite preGi
dent, has been one OF opposition 10 a
eympathetic strike Of federation men at
this time, and that he looks on the ez-
listing situation "a critical. He has in
vited the heads of the other labor organ
izations to meet him here at that time.
and the belief is that he will etrsnu-
ously advocate measures to bring the
trouble to an end.
A new feature was injected into tho
situation today when it was announced
BY some of the labor leaders that they
were ready to go before the federal
grand jury with proofe that tho general
managers of the railroads had conspired
to delay mail trains as part of their
fight against the A. r. U., and would
oak that hndv to indict them.