Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-07-19
Trouble 10 Over.

Tf0uplO - over.
The great railway strike 10 st an end
In Chicago. Trains on all roads are
moving. Passenger trains ere again
on time, and freight traffic L. rapidly
becoming regular. The railroad COM
panies have called q halt In the impor-
tation Of new men to take the places Of
strikers. They claim to have manned
all the important vacancies with coln-
petent men, and that the operation OF
the various r ads Is rapidly assuming
normal smoothness. 1t Is said by the
general managers that there are now
enough applicants for work In Chicago
to supply remaining vacancies, and
that no neces ,ity exists for bringing
In more men from other labor centers.
On some of the roads it Is pretty
we'll known. though Officially" denied,
that in the employment OF men the
strikers are b,ing Disseminated
against. On other reads a more gen.
o spirit prevails and the old men
are given the preference, thou b
without exception the companies say
they will stand by the new men who
came forward at tho risk o. their lives
las they believedl ana took the places
OF lhe strikers. +
In the scramble among former en-
ployes to get back their Jobs some
amusing incidents cop out. The pres
ident Of one OF the largest corpora
tions vas running through the exc 1895
piled upon his desk from employees ex-
planning how it happened that they had
not reported for duty the last two or
three weeks, and found that out Of 125
communications, t~hirty-two related to
births in the family and the conse luent
train OF sickness and misfortune. On
comparing notes 1t was learned that
the employing officials on every other
road were overwhelmed with similar
excuses, which led them to the conclu.
sion that strikes have an extraordi-
naryly stimulating effect on population
statistics. The epidemic OF sickness
in the families of strikers who want
to get back to work is widespread and
include relatives Ct all degrees, from
wives, children, mothers and fathers
to thirty econd cou ms by marriage or
adoption.
Quiet Everywhere.
Reports from all over the country
indicate that the greatest labor dis
turbance which ha; eve occurred in
this or in any other country is a. an
end, and it may be sad to the credit
Of the authoriti IS that the trouble was
suppress ed with comparatively little
blooIshe1. Happily the struggle b.
tween the armed represen a.ives OF
order and those engaged in defying
law, destroying property and obstruct-
roads centering In the great town
~ IlliuOio did mt uutorioli1 Or,
any great extent.
For those not disposed to reason the
presence of an army OF 10000 men i'll
Chicago had a quieting effect, as the
troopers had orders to shoot to kill,
W en- law breakers set out to burn and
pilla 9 the property OF the Ia lroad
companies. Undoubtedly their pres
ence did much to keep the turbulent
in subsection. And it must be con-
fessed that the regulars bore them
selves like brave s)ldiers in refraining
from shooting when p~rovocation to do
SO was worry strong.
Cleveland Tor Arbitration.
1t is reported from Washington that
the President will appoint q commits
sion, by tina authority given him by
the arbitration act Of 1883, to investi-
gate the labor troubles at Chicago ard
elsewhere and report to the President
and Congress. This determination on
the part of the President was arrived
at after an interview with Secretary
Treasurer Hayes of the Knights of
Labor, Mcclure and French of the
Execu i've Committee, and Mr.. Schcen-
faber, who were introduced to the
President by Senator Kyle, and
who came bearing credentials
from the American Railway Union,
the Pullman employees, and sew
eral labor organizations. After
discussing the various features Of the
situation for more than an hour the
President promise | that if the leaders
would return to Oh 'cago and use their
influence toward restoring. peace and
order he would appoint the commission
as scon q, the disturbances had ceased
to such an extent as to render q care
full, thoughtful investigation possible.