Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-01

the order is now in effect. The men, how ever, will not strike until morning.
 The action of General Manager Newell or the Lake Shore in working the switch tower for Rock Island trains caused the union board to declare strike on that road this afternoon. Strikes were also de- clared on the NickIe Plate, the Northern
 Indiana, Big Four and the Colorado Mid
 land. On The Big Four the complaint is the company has Pullman cars at Cincin-
 nati.
 The order for a general strike on the
 Gould systems was also issued this after
 noon. On account of the Michigan Gen.
 tral being a member of the Managers as-
 socation, a strike was ordered on tbat
 road, and almost immediately number of
 yardmen and roadmen went out.
 It was reported at unIon headquarters
 that the railroad people had asked the
 Western Union and other telegraph con-
 panies to supply men to take the places of
 the striking operators on the different
 divisions and acting on the same union
 officials are threatening to cause strike
 among the Western Union operators who
 have recently joined the union.
 A general tie up on the Union Pacific had
 been attempted, and the men on the Chi csgo Great Western have been ordered out.
 Union officials say that there is nothing iu the reports that the employees of the Chicago Elevated roads and the street car lines have been asked to strike. A com plete tie-up was reported on the Monon as far south ss Lafayette, Ind. Late tonight it was announced that an understanding
 had been arrived at by the union officials and the grand officials of the hremen' S brotherhood. All firemen would be per
 mitted to act either in a body or individ-
 ually in supporting the union. Strikes among the fremen will be ordered on all roads in consequence.
 The engineers of three divisions in Chi cago have agreed to take advantage of the | interpretation of the rules by Chief Arthur
 and refuse to work with green crews. What is looked upon as significant
 move on the part of the capitalists, as the union designates all employers, was the | visit to headquarters today of P. Il. Stude- baker of Stakeholder Bros. MT. Stakeholder IS large stockholder in the Pull | man company, and while the con- | ference between he and the union off, l cials was secret it was given out that 1t was l for the purpose of arranging for meeting l tomorrow. It is not known whether the | subject will be compromise with the | Pullman company or a protection to the | Studebaker works.
 | The strike assumed such prominence to- | day that over ten roads abandoned all at- l tempts to run any mail and passenger | trains. Freight business is almost entirely | suspended, and many roads have refused to | accept business of any nature. The sub- urban service on all of the roads, except the Milwaukee, has practically been aoan- | doued.
 A FAILURE AT CINCINNATI. | CHATTANOOGA, June BOA special to | the Times from Cincinnati from thor | oughiy reliable sources says that the att | tempted boycott of Pullman cars at Gin | cinnati has been an absolute failure. Every train in and out of the city scheduled to | haul PulImans has been run and has hauled | such cars. All roads are commencing to handle freight again. The Cincin nati | Southern is fully able to handle all busi- I ness offered.