Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-01-28
THE GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE.
Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.
PITTsBuRa. Jan. 81. 1864.

opecihi Dspatch 70 the chicago Tribune.
PTTTsBURe. Jan. 21. 1854. ~
have had q conversation with the
management of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
H& Chicago Railroad company, which de-
velops the following facts. joined with a
summary Of current rumors here.
The entire suspension Of trains on Tues
day morning last on the road of the COM
pany. grew out of q conspiracy on the part
Of nearly all the locomotive engine men oil
runners to force the officers of the company
to advance the wages beyond what is GUS
tomary on other roads. accompanied with
a still more offensive proposition to dictate
rules for the government of this class OF
operatives different from those that have
been in force for some years, and which
have. as the management claims, worked
injustice to no one. Hence they declare
they cannot, with safety 10 the interests
of the company. nor could they pretend to
protect the integrity Of its organization,
If they allowed any class Of its employees
to band together and dictate wages and
rules. vs .st
On their thus declining to recognize
such on organization or to accetle to their
unwarrantable demands the engineers all
stopped work by preconceted ar
rangament. fi.
The company claim to have always paid.
and the President declares that he now
stands ready to pay full compensation for
services and is willing to recognize the
market rate or customary rate of wages as
fair wages or wages proper to be paid.
but as to their rules and regulations for
the government OF men "they will be made
and adhered to by the officers Of the cor
porstion, and all who choose to take SER
vice with the company will be expected to
comply with them
The Company have to-day the local
mail running on the Eastern division. also
the accommodation trains intoPitrsburg to-
morrow. The Newcastle train, running
on. fifty miles. will be on; also a coal
train. Ii is thought here that the local
mail will be running into and ont of Chi
cago to- morrow. but the officers cannot
say when the express passenger trains will
start, as they have a long road. AMI it
takes o great many men TO run it. In
other words the Company decides to meet
and settle the main question now. and it
apparently involves a thorough re organi-
cation of the employees. In converse
ton with prominent officer Of the road
here to-day, he stated that It will likely
be some time before the through freight
traffic will bs resumed, by reason of the
largo number of men necessary to do the
work. He says:
! 81 have. however, entire confidence that
time. industry. money and nerve will bring
us through the present strait, and that
hereafter we shall have better men, better
dicipline and better results for the owners
Of this road It is going to cost money
and take some time to work the problem
ont. 1t would hel pus some it the rail.
way managers Of the West wouli ceunte-
nance our efforts to vindicste the integrity
Of railway management by its proper off.
GERS. We will willingly foot the bill and
give them the benefit of our work"
do not know that he will not be sur
prised by this publication, but the compa.
ny have taken their measures openly. and
this is only a complete and fair statement
Of the ground they occupy.
VALPARAISO. Ind, Jan. 81. 1864.
The strike on. the Pittsburg. Fl. Wayne
and Chicago Railroad. is misrepresented
in your paper Of yesterday, if the state
ments of parties here can be relied upon.
The men propose to work for ninety
dollars per month, and to run fourteen
trains per month over line CT his mil, 8 in
length. with freight trains. and eighteen
trips per month over the same line for pas.
senger trains. This would be between
three and four cents per mile for passenge,
trains, and little over four cents per mile
for running freight trains. which they be-
lieve to be q reasonable compensation.
The engineers will allow one small train
per day to run over the line until their de
mands are complied with, and no moro
and no man from abroad will be permit
ted to run on said train. but man will
be detailed from their own number to run
the mail train.
The company paid them heretofore
seventy-five dollars per month for running
about three hundred miles. more per
month than they now offer to run.
They also demand that when an engine
is in the shop to be repaired, the engi-
neer employed on such repairs shall be al
lowed two dollars per day. instead of one
dollar and sixty five cents as now.
These are the facts, as stated by the en-
ployees of the road.
The Cincinnati and Chicago Air line
railroad, which rms from this station to
Chicago on the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne
and Chicago railway track, are running
one train per day each way. 80
From Banks DEPARTMENT.