The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-06-29
WILL Sc BovcoTTep.

The American Railway Union state. H..
uitinsatum- The Pullman Palace e.,
Company Must ArbttrAte Existing nir.r
e0ces With Its Old Employees or sar.~
the Terror- Of - General boycott ~,
Company Obdurate.
CHICAGO, June e3.-Tnlehs the PM
| man company effects a settlement with
its striking employees on or before !,
o'clock on Monday evening next. gen.
cral boycott against its sleeping ana
dining ears will bc declared at II ,on ~
the following day by the American
Railway union. This was the decision
reached 10y the national convention ~
the order at the executive session YES
tcrday afternoon.
When the delegates assembled yes
tcrday morning the question was made
special order and IL was considered
with closed doors. Representative 81
the strikers made an appeal for imme.
date action and after considerah bile dc.
bate committee consisting ~ G. A.
Timlin. Of Roodhousc. Ill: Georce
Loveioy. of Terrc lIaute. Ind. and 81
PallonS. Of Pullman. was appointed {, i
wait at once upon the executive OH
Gals Of the Pullman company and rel
quest an immediate al justmcnt OF thd
questions in dispute.
The committee proceeded To the ger
eral offices Of the Pullman company orl
Michigan avenue and was ushcrcd infc
the presence Of Nice-prcsident Nickes
The chairman 81 the delcga ion ex
pressed desire to meet George NJ
Pullman. who had arrived in Chicago
early in the morning after an absence
in New York of several week.
but the reply was returned that "a
vicc-prcsidcnt was prcparedto listen Il
the delegation. Chairman Timlln the
stated that the American l,ailwa|
union desired To make formal hu' r,
spectful request for "A settlement ~ Il
existing troubles nj Pullman. eiihc
by arbitration or by any other mefhu
that might suggest itself to The cpu|
pany. and which would he accep'at
10 all parties concerned.
Mr. Wicl<eS responded that the con
pany had already time and again Nu1
lined its position. and added tha'
would not receive or treat with ar|
!, committee claiming To represent : i
American Railway union. Thcrcup'
! Chairman Timlin in an emphatic ma 1
ncr told the vice president that uuir
his decision was reconsidercd hctnj
midnight Of Monday a boycott on II
plant and operation of the lnllma
company would be declared hy III
: union 10 take effect at noon az Tue
day. Having delivering this nliiin|
T tum the committee turned on its hee
and left the room.
When the convention rca>semhle
: al 300 o'clock II was decided 70 co1
tinue the executive session. The cCI
mictee on treaty with the Pullman 4
= cials presented its report. llcats
speeches were made by a number
, the delegates. and finally ri
= olution was adopted dccarir
. that unless the Pullman compar
made manifest before midnight i
Monday its willingness 10 treat WI
the strikers. boycott against all
4 its sleeping and dining carr op~rat 4
on lines represented in the union sh"u
90 into effect on Tuesday noon WIND
> | the nUdl Was put Wv ~
i gates rose to their feet en- rnasse an
sheercd for several moments wri
. ten copy Of the resolution was tram
! mitted to the Pullman hcadquarte|
!, last night
i The resolution means precise
|, what il says" explained President be
: 10 representative Of the United PRE-
u Immediately after it, adoption. ~
n boycott goes into effect. not car
=, spector belonging To our union Will
- spect car: not switchman
:, switch Pullman car. and not q ira
Z. man will handle train to which
= Pullman car is attached. The swite
- men will naturally be in the fro|
/, rank. and II single one of them j. Z
:. charged for refusal tn handle I'M
man car. IL will he the sigma for
!, calling out of every member 81 u
- 1nion on the line concerned.