The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-09

Pathizing with the American Railway
Snion were adopted unanimously, and
an labor unions were advised TO take
81 h IA action as soon as the interests
OF thelr respective trades demand n
samuel Gompers, President of the
american Federation of Labor, was moi
g. MS headquarters this morning. but
Secretary Chris Evans was. The In tor
does not take the view of hnost Of The
other leaders with referenceho the strike
spreading to this city.
AS matters stand now" he said, 1--WE
corporations and the Federal Govern T
Inent arrayed on one side. Orp9niasd
labor all over the country is on the
other side. '
Had the trouble been confined. nc
originally intended. to the Pullman
company, everything would have been
settled by this time. But the railroads
nave ALREADY shown that an agreement
Tween them and the Pullman COMPANY.
Ihey took up Pullman's fight, and we're
SetQng beaten, when they called Presi-
dent Cleveland and the United States
government to their aid.
Nothing but the strongest kind OF In
nuence that can be brought to bear on
me trouble can now amount to anything.
a ia. inmuence in my opinion. would be
an over the country. Such an order IL,
IN my opinion, not only possible but
PROBABLE, unless radical change takes
place In the situation. Something must
happen inside of very few DAYS 10 alter
the situation.
The only thing to say about the
Proclamation or President Cleveland IL
that 1t would have looked even more
silly mad he waited for week or 80, un-
I'll the trouble might have been all over
ana then come out with his proclama-
ton.
Just fancy a man first sending United
states troops TO Chicago to terrorize the
strikers, and some days later to issue &
proclamation that he would do so. The
fact OF the troops having been sent there
has destroyed any effect which such
proclamation might have under ordinary
circumstances.
''Bvery worl<ingman all over the
country, without exception. is in favor
gone out to them, and now when work
ingmen see what is going on-that the
wnoie Government has been induced to
take sides against their brothers-in my
opinion 1t leads to but one conclusion.
so far as the Federation liz con-
cerned, we have to do mainly with the
street railroad men: | know they are
the subject. They have considered and
are considering. II. Pullman cars are
used on most of the surface roads.
80 far as the proposed mass-neetlng
meeting. l think you will see the sym
pathy of the strikers take some tangible
form.
Inc ACTION OF the SnlCapO TRADES ue-
Gliding to go out II Pullman does not
submit to arbitration will, in my opin-
ion, have great weight with labor men
all over the country In Fastening their
action. All such events have great
mltted to arbitration In the first instance
as had been requested; there would be
no such thing as a strike on i hand now"
Labor Fedora ton, said:
II do not think there is any immedi
ate prospect Of q strike, but the condi-
lions are such that a single act might
cause strike all over the country.
Events must shape themselves. So far
as New York and its Vicinity are con-
eerned, we all remember what fearful
time of hardship the workingmen passed
through last Winter Times are no bet
ter now, nor Is there any sign Of i'm
provcment.
These matters will also have a bear
ing on the Chicago troubles: and, in
fact, 1t Is impossible to say where 1t will
all end.
"As 10 the proclamation of Presi lent
Cleveland, l think 1t will have no weight
whatever. He discounted 1t himself
when he first sent the troops to Chicago"
President Clausen. of the Park Board
said this afternoon that permission would
probably be granted to the labor organi-
cations to hold Il mass-meeting in Union
Square to indorse Debs and the strike.
The Committee appointed to arrange
for the ma s-meeting did not call at the
Park Board this morning to secure a
permit because the date for the meeting
had not been agreed upon definitely.