Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-05
THE PULLMAN STRIKE.

trains are running in this city and six
teen roads are badly tied up by the
strike. Garden truck is becoming
scarce. President Debs, of the A. r..
IT,. has received flood of kilograms.
They show that traffic is paralyzed
over the entire west. Perisha BILE
freight is being ruined on side tracks
in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Cal
ifornia, Oregon, Idaho, Minnesota and
the Dakotas, in fact practically every
thing west of Chicago. The Chicago
refinery, employing $500 men, closed
its works yesterday afternoon on ac-
count of the railroad strike. Grand
Master Workman Sovereign of the
Knights of Labor has ordered out the
men in the stock yards and they have
given the railroads notice. These roads
are almost completely tied up: Santa
Fe, Northwestern, Pan Handle, Mil
waukee q st. Paul, Baltimore & Ohio.
Northern Pacific, Rio Grande, Union
Pacific, Wisconsin Central and dozen
roads of smaller note.
CHICAGO, June 30.-The strike is
spreading. 1t is said 1850 men have
struck on the Chicago lines within the
terminal limits. The stock yard
switchmen have struck and trains are
at a stand still. Six thousand men at
work in the packing houses are thrown
out of employment. The engineers
have decided they will not work with
non-union men. On the Illinois Cen
trail the strikers pelted an engineer
and fireman and drove them from the
train. Reports from over the country
show the situation is tightening.
CAIRO, June 30.-Twelve Illinois Cen
trail trains are blocked here. The Big
Four and Mobile & Ohio trains are run
ming without Pullmans. Violence is
threatened and the governor has been
called upon for troops. A colonel is
investigating.
CINCINNATI. June 3O.-Five thousand
men are out here.
ST. LOUIS, June 3O.-The strike is
becoming serious here and general
tie-up is probable.
DUBUQUE, June 30.-The Great West
ern road is blocked here by the strike:
$50 employees of the Northwestern were
discharged and the rest have walked
out.
HAMMOND, Ind. June 3O.-Strikers
who interfered with a mail train have
been arrested. The governor has been
appealed to for troops.
CHICAGO, July 1.-The strike is
spreading in all directions. About
thirty thousand men are now idle in
the stock yards districts. The engi-
neers and fremen have adopted res
olutions of sympathy with the strikers.
Provisions, garden truck, milk. ice
etc, are very scarce and prices going
skyward. The Southern Pacific re-
ports, Not a wheel turning" The
Federation of Labor, in which are rep
resented all the trade unions of Chi
cago, is threatening joining the move
ment towards general business stagna-
ton. An order has been issued to tie
up the Rock Island. one of the few
roads that have thus far escaped the
ban. The Milwaukee, Wabash, Bur
lington, Northwestern, Illinois Central
and Great Western, all running through
Iowa, are IN trouble. Chicago roads
are now making no effort to run any
thing but passenger and mail trains.
Reports from all over the west show
that the strike is the worst in history.
Very few roads are attempting to car
ry any through freight and on many
roads local freight is refused. No cat
tie or perishable goods are being re-
ceived in any direction except in the
far east, where the strike has not yet
extended. Business generally is be-
coming Stagnant. as factories cannot
send out goods. Another week will
tell the tale and half of the people in
the nation may be idle.
Dies MONIES, July 1.-The men on the
Great Western have gone out and it is
probable that other roads will be eff
fected to-day. Master Workman Sover-
eign has issued an order for members
of the Knights of Labor to assist in the
strike and to boycott those who in any
way patronize the Pullman company.
SIOUX CITY, July 3.-The Milwaukee,
Omaha and Illinois Central roads are
in the hands of strikers and companies
Fl and l., local companies of the state
militia, have been called out to preserve
peace.
PITTsBURG, July 3.-The strike on
the Pennsylvania will take effect to-
day.
DIES MONIES. July 3.-The situation
in Iowa is becoming worse hourly.
The Rock Island is tied tight. The
Great Western is moving no trains on
time. The Northwestern is slightly
affected. The United States Express
Company is accepting no express mat
ter. The freight houses are closed and
the transfer companies have discharged
their men. Des Moines is feeling great
ly the effects of the strike.
CHICAGO, July AT Blue Island.
where the Rock Island is in charge of
a mob of 1000 strikers, deputies sent
to the place were Overpowered and
compelled to withdraw and wait for
reinforcements. The federal judges
have granted an injunction against in
reference with the mails by strikers,
which applies to all roads. and the
notice of the action has been served in
many places. The situation is alarm
ing in this locality and advices from all
over the country show that the strike
is hourly becoming worse.
SPRINGFIELD. Ills, July 3.-Thc gov
ernor ordered troops to Decatur, where
rioting exists. The engineers refused
to pull the train, which was unable to
proceed until manned by officers of the
militia.
DENVER, July 3.-Five companies of
federal troops have gone to Trinidad,
where deputy marshals were disarmed
by the strikers.
DIES MONIES, July 3.-Sovereign is
ready to order a general strike of
Knights of Labor if desired. Advices
f,on, C1avo1an6 SaU the National Assoc