, 1881-05-11
THE RAILROADS.
Signs Of a Break Up Of the
Switchmen's Strike.
The Men Will Resume Work on Some
Of the Roads To-Day.

Of the Roads To-Day.
THE svvrTClfMEN'S 8rHtKE.
There cnn bo llo lOllKer any doubt TINT the
switci,tner's .sttlko Il rapidly tetcrfnE oMt,
and tint II, day or tTn all the troubles with
the swItchmetl on the yartuils rontis in this
city Will bo uver. A. number ot tho old men
f,nve glven nosice to the Milwaukee Il st.
I'attt, Fort Wayne, and Burlington that they
vera realty to resumo work. HDIne OF these
mel, commented yesterday and the others
will begin tt!s morning. Nearly MI the r0ads
centsrlng III this city. especially tbe Western
oncs, were WORKING NIL their switch engines |
yesterday. and dsotne III tha'n eyel, put On extra
engines, and twlco m inucil work VIVA done /
ns OIL my day slnco tho sttku commenced. |
Tie new men brought llura by the different |
railroad companies aro said to adapt thom.
selves readily 10 The business, and will In n |
foW days be ~ competent 10 do tho work |
rs any of the mon that have quit
Many Ut the roads llaye nov all the |
men they want, and the mhnagurs Of these
roadB say that under no consideration will
they rcumploy any of those Tint took a prom
inent part lit the strike. The new tncn they
brought here, they any, were promised saendy
employment, aud they Ito not 1near 10 dis
cllnrge then, to give the strikerB work.
The I,opelcsness Of thtlt cause and the
prnspecls of losing permanently tholr bread
and butter BY their foDlish action have made
tho strikers desperate, and under tho leader
ship OF reckless and irresponsible parties
they arc committing MI soris Of excesses and
acts OF lawlesllcss that aru rapidly doprtving
them Of all tho sympathy and respect
OF decent a,d brder-tovinz people.
These lawiess proceedings have done more
than anything else to help the railroads to al,
easier Victory tllnn they conll havc achieved
had they remained quiet mud orderly. Ii the
strikers wcro dissatisfied will, the COM
promise offered them b. the railroads they
llp.t perfect right t. refuse to work. but
they lad no earthly right to Interfere with
1t tio wagus tioy rujvcte,i. Those men will
INK 10 work fur the amount offered by the
railroad companies have Just as clear right
to work without being lainderel Of lnolested
innnrrallon Is not satisfactory. But wrong
us tl.p acts Ut Intimidation ptactlced by tiu
strikers Aurlng t!,ts week were. they are not
hult o. eensnra1le as ue depreda1f!uns they
the property Of the con,WAnles, and "
plRciIlx III eirbargo upon tho traffic 0f, the
country, thus tntictinE far gr"aster 'ntMry
npnil The puslIiess Interests 1m,. tli9u un91. t1a
they forfeited the sympathy 1T the public,
without whnsn ENCOURAGEMENT their cAttse
| must necessarily beeDln0 n hnrclrss Ulse.
| Thu railroads cuutd liarH wished for nothing
tuitpr than int such tR,yleS3 nets NJ llnyp
cfnrnc,nriz.af tIis t,r,cne,iinus ff tho strikurH
dmr{,,y t,n iast TT ftw tlavs. Nal oily l,s tic
rn,t I.nnS. m,S IT. tc i"a!i"rs and nivlsrrs If,
iEfA"sMcss -. LIN sn .a2, nn,,..s. @ ~ iii ,i,a
THIS strike 'iepfiveti We sWltcHi'lscn FL o. ~ Ill.,
sylMpatny o. tne nu@nne. @ p,i! X ms aaS asso NY
who went ihtO this strike rather reluctantly,
aid 1t ia therefore not ut oil surprising that
w ttln,,y " tIle,n took tile opportunity
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showing Lllut tey W lut nPpaoso " iis tM"tiiHis
atItl wrt,,lR uota Iho stfake y my & S.ttaiy u TX
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