The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-01
General Managers association and the

General Mana gers association and the
American Railway union
] President Debs has announced that
| ne intends to disrupt that association
and will not treat with any road that
remains member of it. On the other
hand the managers are saying nothing
| but know that if they defeat the Ameri.
can Railway union the end of Mr.. Debs
and the union is assured.
| Debs is fighting for his existence as
a labor leader now.
| That is the only point at issue to all
| appearances.
Advices to the Associated Press from
various points indicate that the rail-
road strike IS spreading.
| President Debs, of the A. r. u, is is
suing orders to strike in almost every
section, and they seem to be very gen.
orally obeyed.
1t is claimed on behalf of the rail-
road companies, that the movement
viii culminate today, and that the less
ening Of traffic on Sunday viii enable
them to organize their forces more
essentially.
On the other hand, Sundays rest
will turn loose thousands of the work
men on other lines and there are fears
that the action of q few hot-headed
men may result in great disorder. The
situation in Chicago is worse today.
The Rock Island road, which has been
free from disturbance up to this morn
ing, is now completely tied up in all
the adjacent territory.
The stock yards, so far as its re-
ceiving and distributing interests are
concerned, is practically at a stand
still, stopping the movements of
dressed meats outward and live stock
inward.
The Pittsburg & Fort Wayne road IS
lkl hut
Illinois Central suburban service, which
carries more people to and from bust
ness in Chicago than amy other line,
is completely tied up.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois line
is nearly blocked, and the other roads
which use the Chicago & Western In
diana railway as a terminal, are suf-
fering because of the strike on that
line. Those roads are the Chicago &
Grind Trunk, the Santa Fe and the
Wabash.
The Michigan Central and Michigan
Southern are suffering because they
use the Illinois Central and Roch Is
land tracks for entering the city.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
lis having great difficulty in moving its
trains, and, like the Wisconsin Cen
trad is under the ban of the American
Railway union.
The Chicago & Northwestern re-
ports that it is receiving and dispatch
ing its trains with tine usual regular
| ity. A like condition is reported very
generally throughout the west. No
lifting of the boycott is mentioned any
where, while numerous additions to
Its effectiveness are chronicled.
There is no Improvement in the sit
uation at ST. Paul or Minneapolis,
while matters are worse at Denver.
The outlook at Cincinnati is threaten
ling.
Taken by Mob.
The Santa F'e officials reported today
that no trains are moving through Las
Vegas. The management sent a pas
senger west from La Junta yesterday
but at Trinidad it was taken in charge
by mob, the engineer taken down and
threatened. The fireman escaped by
jumping from the engine before the
train reached the station.
At La Junta the train east bound
from Denver encountered a misplaced
switch at the west end of the yard,
with the switch-staff tempered with
80 that the lamp showed white. Very
little damage was done to the train.
At Chicago, today, Switchmen and
firemen refused to work with a yard
brakeman hired to take a striker s
place.
Passenger trains are running practic-
ally on time between La Junta and
Chicago. The Southern Pacific has not
tr1rnnd q uhpa1