The Chicago Strike of 1894

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1895 Excerpt: ... The Pullman Company met this loss of about eighty per cent of its employes by closing its works altogether. From May 11 to June 12, the factories were shut down, and the company made no effort to resume work. The strike had become a lockout; the strikers seemingly were worsted. In the meantime, the officers of the American Railway Union investigated the conditions at Pullman, and decided that the strikers ought to be sustained with the full strength of the union. The Railway Times of June 1st, thus anticipated the railroad strike: There are a number of pressing matters requiring immediate attention, notably the Pullman strike, a battle royal between one of the labor-grinding monopolies of the day and the strongest Railway Union in the world wait until the convention will enable the A. R. XL, to get sponged off as preliminary to the next round. The A. R. U. does not intend to make requests or demands for peaceful settlements until it is able to back them up. THE CHICAGO STRIKE OF 1894. THE CONVENTION OF JUNE 12-22. On June 12th the first convention of the General Union--the governing body--of the American Railway Union assembled in Chicago. Local unions, numbering 423 and representing over 100,000 members, were represented, one delegate coming from each union. In his opening address President Debs said that the union was the first of the railway organizations that was properly constructed; that all others-' had blow-holes in their armor while this one was built for war, and no weakness would be found in it when it came time to test its armament.' The convention without dissent declared in favor of taking up the fight against the Pullman Company, and appointed a committee to wait upon the manager. On June 16, the committee reported that the Pullman man...