Show but little violence reported proposed strike federated trades tomorrow will be an eventful day in the history of tho strike chicago july 9 the announcement was made that president samuel gompers of the federation of labor las called a meeting of the executive board of that association to be held in this city on thursday Thu and that he would leave new york for chicago tomorrow evening in view of this it ie believed the federated trades in chicago will not precipitate an action before consulting him As at gompers cannot reach chicago before wednesday night it will be impossible to decide on a line of action to be pursued before thursday arid probably u it should finally be resolved to declare a general strike of all these combined forces it could not be put into effect before friday morning in this connection the interesting question arises whether or not if president compere allows himself to be hauled from new york to chicago by nonunion non union engineers and firemen his visit will be of any particular profit one labor leader in chicago eaid today that if he did eo be might as well stay in new york another feature to be noted in connection with the meeting of chicago federated labor i the fact which was developed that there was in the meeting a large and influential and conservative element whose action has practically blocked the plans of the more hotheaded leaders until the latter in the excitement consequent upon the reading 0 president proclamation were enabled to stampede them and carry the strike resolution therefore there is reason to believe that if even the order for a general strike boea forth many of those to whom it is directed will decline to obey it so eliat with the men already idle by the effect of the tie up the walkout walk out will not be nearly eo important as anticipated by the lead arc what effect if any the action of vice president wickes of the pullman company in refusing in the most positive manner to even beut a committee to consider the question of arbitration will have upon the final decision of the labor loi idera and their followers to be seen action of alie city council io respect to president Cleveland 8 order bringing fed ral troops to chicago was forestalled by a carpe number of en dorte menta by prominent men of the city alio list of included those of almost ivory merchant manufacturer and banker of chicago Touch iiii in general it may be eaid in Clil cago the roads were all doing better than on any previous day since the strike began passenger trains wre moving with more or less regularity and freight traffic haa keen cared for at st louie kansas city and denver it was reported that railroad business bad about returned tu normal conditions dit ions nashville also reported an improvement about the only points at abo strike managers showed any gain were in the partial walk of firemen at fort scott kan the freight men on the kanawha and charleston ava and the strike of the american hallway union on the big four at mattoon it will bo seen that at the leading railroad centers alie strikers have made perceptible losses while their gains are at comparatively unimportant points regulations which prevailed in the government building today were a near approach to martial law deputy marshals were stationed on every floor and everybody was challenged who could not that ho had business in the building tomorrows will aeo in thia city 1000 more federal troops than there was thi morning these with tho forces already in the field it ie believed will be able tomorrow to make a further betterment in the conditions in this city and the mobilizing of troops and marines at san franciaco Fran citco and of regulars at other points on the pacific coast will suffice in all probability to traffic on the continental line tomorrow managers Manae ers official statement chicago july 8 chairman john M of the general managers association was aaker tonight by the aeao plated presa for an olli cial statement of the conditions of th roads represented in the association he eaid with the exception of two or three minor instances there have been no troubles or disturbances reported today all the linea leave run their regular passenger and mall trains and a lines resumed their suburban trains all of the lines commenced work in their aad many freight trains wore run n and out of alie city the anion company are clearing their tracks of wreckage and done during the week they expect to commence oper adione tomorrow morning the total number of trains that loyod today waa equal to the total moved in the past four days it is tro that trains have been guarded to prevent their beins molested but tho action of the tary toward the mob and rioters during the two days have bad a most effect tho presidente proclamation together with beneral miles orders have produced excellent all the linee of railway expect to abow far better results the men who have replaced the strikers are good men and satisfactory to the lines that have employed them DEBS president debs of the A E urben been by an associated reporter said we are stronger than ever nothing can break our forces but usurpation and tyranny I 1 am threatened with arrest what for for organizing labor wo say to capitalists here is our labor and these are our terms this is legal that is the spirit of the ace mr havemeyer organizes sugar trust and says to the public here is my sugar and these are my term he bas polluted the national legislature I 1 have acted honorably and no crime the authorities are bringing themselves into contempt by their wanton violation of law and the constitution the common people are beginning to understand this capital insists upon looking upon labor as it did upon slavery that it has no right like capital to ask or exact terms this is the principle of slavery 1 I want to call the attention of the people of this country to this the pullman strike while acute is not the underlying cause of this trouble the people of this country are paying over COO day in interest ir terest this is draining productive industry of its profit and pil ingup inon the money centers what old england failed lo 10 do with soldiers in the eighteenth cen tury she is doing now with the gold standard over each year goes there to pay interest we are not responsible for the lawless element and loss of properly not even disciplined armies have ever been able to prevent this element from rising we ask the public to be patient while labor stands with bia back at abe door hat leads serfdom and says to its oppressors thus far and no further it is better to lose a little now than more in the end and with it constitutional liberty |