The morning call., 1894-07-07
WAR ON DEBS.
Under the Lead of the Order of Rail-
way Conductors.

DENVER, Colo, July 6.-The Order of
Railway Conductors will tomorrow begin
war upon Eugene V. Debs. his order and
the strike. The first step will be to expel
from the order all members who have gone
out on strike on the order of Debs. This
decision has been arrived at because OF
several reasons.
First Members of that order who stopped
work violated the flaws OF the order.
Secondly their acts the striking men,
bers have weakened the influence of the
order, which has always been so strong
that it has never been called upon to strike
in order to gain desired point. 1t is IN
tended to punish the sobedient ones
and to stop the weakening of the order's
influence.
1t is stated on reliable authority that
grave things depend upon the action OF
the Federation Of Labor, now in session at
Cheyenne. Wyo. The Federation OF Labor
is holding conference at W hch it will be
decided what action shall be taken in con-
nection with the A. r. U. If the fedora
ton shall decide against the A. r. u, all
railway organizations on all roads entering
Denver will, it is said, not strike, but en-
deavor to bring about the downfall of the
strike and its instigators. The reason as
signed for this action is that the miracu-
lOus growth of the organization since the
beginning OF Its existence, about year
ago, and It's probable grow h If successful.
constitute menace to every other organ
iZation of railroad men. and they propose
to fight for their own existence.
The knights of Labor of this city tele-
graphed Corbin, who is at Cheyenne, to
give instructions to the members of the
order in this district to strike. They were
instructed by Sovereign to wait the action
of the Federation of Labor. This request
was made, because 10 the shops of the
Union Pacific, which have been running
on half time, notice was given that the
works would be shut down entirely until
further notice.
II is stated tonight that the fremen of
the Denver and Rio Grande road sent a
telegram to their representative at Chey-
enne to-day that unless orders were
issued for them to strike by 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning they would go out with
out orders.
AS result of last nights meeting of the
A. +. u among the employees of the Den
yer and Rio Grande road a comparatively
small number of men struck this morning
The strike is by no means general, al
though it may become so and the road is
not apparently crippled. Trains have moved
as usual to-day. The continuance of traf-
fc is insured by the action of the en-
gneers, who requested to be sworn in as
Deputy United States Marshals. Their
request was granted.
The Rock Island IS running its passen-
ger trains. but all its Offices in this city are
closed and the clerks laid off, tickets over
that line are being sold by the broker at
the union depot. On the Midland, the
Sante Fe and the Missouri Pacific all
trains are running without interruption
The Union Pacific continues 10 run its
rains as far as Cheyenne only. A num-
Der of union meetings are now being held,
which may change the aspect of the Den
yer and Rio Grande affair for the worse.
Following the example OF the engineers
of the Denver and Gulf system the cou-
ductors OF the Santa Fe road, it is said,
have requested to be sworn in as Deputy
United States Marshals and armed. Their
desire will be complied with tomorrow.