, 1864-01-22
the GREAT RAILROAD sTa;:yEE 6
FROM PHTY'SEsUaeE.

Especial Diethtch to the Chicago TribInc1
P177souRa& Jou. q, 1e6l.
I have had conversation with tho E7aaa,e-
ment Of the Pitfsburg. Fort Wayne & Gil
cago Railroad company, which devclopes tic
following facts, Joined with summary of
current rumors here.
The entire suspcnsios Of trains on Tuesday
morning last on tho road Of the company,
grew out Of conspiracy on the part Of
nearly MI the 1ocomotlTa engine men or run
ners to force the officers Of tho company to
Advance the wages beyond what is customary
on other roads, accompanied with still more
offensive proposition to dictate rules for the
government Of this class Of operatives diff
fe1ent from those that have been in force for
some yeara, and which hayer as the manage
H1ent claime, worked injustice: to no one,
Hence they declare theY CANNOT, with safety
to the interests Of the company nor could
they pretend to protect. the integrity Of its
organization, If they allowed any olass Of It's
employees to band together and diotate wages
and rules. '~>
+ ntheir thus declining to recognize such
TN organization or to aecede to their unwar-
1antable demands the engineers all stopped
work by preconcertcd arrangement
The company claim to haresalways paid,
and the President declares TINT he now stands
ready to pay full compensation for services,
and Ia willing to recognize the market rate
OF customary rate Of wages % fair wages or
wages proper to be paid, but as to the rules
and regulations for tho government Of men
!" they will be made aud adhered to BY the
officers, Of the corporation, and nli who
choose to take service with the Company
will be expected to comply with them"
Tie Company have to-day the local mail
running on the Eastern division, also the ac-
commodation trims into Pittsburg to-mor-.
row. The Newcastle train, running out fifty
miles, will be On; also coal train. It Is
!. thought here that the local mail will be run
ming into and out Of Chicago tomorrow, but
the officers cannot now say when the express
passenger trains will start, as they have
long road, and 1t takes great many men to
run it. In other words, the Company decides
to meet and settle the main question now,
and it apparently involves thorough rc-or-
gunization Of tic employees. In q convcrsa-
ton with prominent officer Of the road
here to-day, he stated that 1t will likely be
some time before the through freight traffic
will be resumed, by reason Of the large num-
Der of men necessary to do the work. He
says:
II bare, howcver, entire csasdcnce TINT time,
industry, money and nerve will bring ua through
the present strait, and that thereafter shalt have
better men, better discipline and better results for
the owners Of this Eosd than We have hsd. It Is
going to cost money and take some t1mo to work
the problem out. It would help us some II the
railway managers Of the West would countenancc
our cfcsts to vindlcate the integrity Of railway
management by its proper officers We will will
Inely foot the bill md gtvo them tho benefit Of our
work.
do not know that he will not be sir
prised By this publication, but the company
have taken their measures openly, and this is
only complete and fair statement Of tie
rrouni thew occuur