, 1881-05-14
THE RAILROADS.
Two Sides to the SWitchmen's
Strikes-The Managers and
the Merchants.
Tie Former 3ny There Is No In.
c0nvenicncc-T'lle Latter
Complain Bitterly.
Practical Union of the Oregon aud
Northern Pacific Roads.


TnE Sw1TCIrMES's STRIKE.
Another day has gone BY and LIFT behind It
nothing to reIieve the mnnotntUts sa1llel,ess
which has so long characterized the switch
n,en's strike, and Il Is entfrcly In order to
again lug in tie stcrentypeA pllrRse which
las already bee,, 1natle to lo s,tcil good
service In the preintsea-"n0 cl,angn In tho
situation" Indeed, about nil thsrU Is TO sAy
regarding the strike wns said Of, tho lay
following y! the importation Of krontl-
MIN to take the place Ut tho tout" swltel,-
men, and wns said tho next day, and 80 on,
The strike las taken on n somewhat nt,otnn-
tous condition. There Is strike, and yet
there Is not strike. 10 far "a the original
swltchmcn arc concerned. tho strike Is In
just AZ full force as II ever was, but 40 far as
the roads ara concerned tho strike Is
ended. OF about ended: the men who
struck arc still loatine, holding meet
ings, Eettfng no t,.uney, and probably
living OIL credit. bit tho work whict,
they loft fs being done by tic road.me,l. 80
that 1t Is now only half sttiket the burden
Ut which Is borne almost entirely by the
Superintendent Jcffesy, OF the Illinois Cen
tral, "tho strikers have got badly left"
They quit work, and thought that this would
So Interfere with traffic that the companies
would bo forced to acGctlo to their demands,
hut the companies got other men from
along the road to taku the pfaces of tho
| "uuts." and now what can the Inter do nhu,it
I'll They are too much afraid of the police,
since TINT order of ChEef McGariylc, to Inter-
fero with the new nicn to any npprecinbIe ex-
tent, md 1t Is said that uine-tentlls Ut them
| wish Tic strike lH.d never been iilal-
enrated, md are willing now to r.
eaonss sns Wsk bt T. 1e srf nfra e1f r. eyrrne ey ne
the tiispteiisl,rc OF tho "1r,lcrs." Yesterday
n,.nhss ot tse strikers trom the !:ot Island
thctr wi,nrncss n 10 remew work. bnt .horc wa
no rcsuiar oifer Of SERVICES, ana consequently
ths Til % roa. LID iso loosed Tor al tLe old mo to
ros,tn,e sa nov WORK In = Jay Or Two. ~ 'O WV
tbn;r naturalization ,,nt t,t sve r,s,nvnent t.,
tho etrxsrs aa1in undcr any circ,Il,lstun.
H. fsy a,c ,nx i, enov nv nj ,Sp etrs.ts
VIII, vii anreu hcrenfter to enter inIo nj con-.
| 6snuttors Or ,lnions, Thc CbicAvo, N,,tlt1,1ton
& Quincy isosd Isouaht III txcaty. now road-
s"t ' 'frssh !a:tsil'ns%tA iA q imprevissd sxtehs
Faas: S' alo ' maktnw @ MY cac.a,ops 10 M xot aony
Without employing Inv Ut ;ho oId
| nHrce win whnt vas saitf by lho Mich;Wun Cot,.
trMi md ti1c tinois centrn utsicins. IL aIready
s!aisl. lie tlli1oi; 6eSsrsl VI! t4kc Iack MI:
yse ys sg ] 81 ass sas sssss. 1ssn
standing aIcr. ot course The ronis COM
plsIasd i m"st q be!na unaS'or 70
shuEo 9 aud tbe Fort Eeyna, aithonuh WIS 1s 9h;s
is 70 d"es mt nnnoar' Tho ttl3cInIs Of thnse
roads deny that ,f,oy ire scrloasly ineonsonI.
cncr and fhnrc In cnrfn fnfuiv ,iu further ii,tnr-
fersrnc s mot with hy tho new mon fron, tbe
strikeTs o. any q .he rosas: Tho str!kets kssp p
,<,.n .,.
% nd sc % oit iSsy ~ s,a ' ths', I only wh xab W.
There y anotIor vgry singular fHaturo aoout
o,,sstton. iIow ,nuch nso @ tic r.atis roafIy icSt,
ycnienccti Dy it, Thc o.icors Of ncariy eycry
s.ytrt,nnn su m nov that inv nre1. md yct thS
| nrfchnnta of tho cIty po.ttiyeiv iccjnro Tint
ara i fFH,kht xsnsFa era y altered e
N1ciats ~, nf those @ stnteman,s mndo Vea.
! t,encrai s.ioorin,cuncnt JcEory, Of tho Illinois
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sn,, ev,.tiarav hr.s,an ,.s bm m nred nj INV
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