Omaha daily bee., 1884-05-03
ON THIS SIDE.
ON THIS SIDE.
The Strikers Determined but Orderly
and Quiet.
How Matters Stood at,the Trans
fer Yesterday.
Details of The Doings.


ci6c, at the Broadway depot, received
!. orders early yesterday morning not Il
receive any freight, and Immediately no
tilted the Council Bluffs merchants t,
that effect. The four employees at thu
Broadway depot remained on duty say
ing, "there is no use in striking for there
is nothing to do and we might as vel
loaf about here and get paid for it.
There were many would-be passenger
who we're coming and going all day
Some on learning the situation woult
not run the risk of crossing, while others
more persistent and venturesome waited
until a stray dummy train would take
them over.
At the transfer passenger depot every
thing went along smoothly yesterday
morning, the employees standing about in
groups talking over the situation until
nearly noon, when the two passenger
trains No. 10 and No. 3 arrived from
Omaha. When the time came for them
to be loaded up with baggage the bag
gagemen all quit work. In this extremi
ty, A. Traynor, general baggagemastel
of the U. r., peeled off his coat and
summoning Lou Carrier, his assistant,
and Tom Lowry, head checkman, and
Lon Linkey, the big four proceeded to
pile in the trunks and toss about the
grips, while the crowd laughed and
cheered them on. After a little the crowd
of strikers stopped the work, but after an
hours parley concluded to let the baggage
be loaded and leave it for the boys on
the other side Eof the river to settle,
and while this was going on some of the
boys uncoupled the engines from the
trains, and threated that the trains should
not be allowed to leave, but finally con-
cluded to let them go across, relying on
the employees across the river.
The Lincoln train left at 1926 with
Wilcox as conductor, and No. 3, the
night express, at l p. m, with Allen as
conductor. Neither of these trains had
any brakemen on.
No. 3 passenger arrived from the
west thirty minutes late. The baggage
was unloaded by the same quartette who
loaded the two which left at loon. They
were evidently ashamed of the gu. p"
hats and wore their unofficial head COW
erings.
A report proceeded No. 4 that she
would come In with nothing but an en-
CINE and mail car, and a number of Coun.
Gil Bluffs people were gathered by this
time at the transfer Watching matters
with interest. Among them was the
jolly postmaster, Phil Armour, who was
looking after Uncle Sans interests. He
found the mail matters running all right,
and the usual number of passenger cars,
also.
At the freight transfer yesterday morn
ing the switchmen refused to 60 to work,
and proceeding in a body to the plat
forms requested the freight handlers to
strike also, which they did a few min
utes after the days work had common
ced. The car repairers, working under
Boss Page, hearing this, also quit. The
check clerks, who were loud in telling
the day before what they were going to
do, rather weakened when the time
came. They could not work because the
gangs who work with them had all left.
The clerks hung about ostensibly on
duty all day, probably in the hope of at
least keeping their names on the reduced
pay rolls, and getting some money salts
faction from the U. p. for the days
labor.
All the employees held q meeting to
hear the report of the committee who had
been appointed to attend the mass meet
ing in Omaha, the night before. During
the meeting VIM. H. Burns, the agent at
the station, appeared and tried to induce
the men to 60 to work, while he would
go to Omaha and see what he could do
with the officials In their behalf, and he
then would report to them. They sat
down on the proposal by o unanimous
vote, refusing to return to work.
Ex-alderman Fonda, engineer OF the
switch engine sat in his cab all day, with
steam up, waiting to 60 to work. The
only work done by the switchmen wal
the pulling out of two cars of oysters, al
the special request of Mr.. Burns who
wanted the cars replenished with ice 80 al
to save the oysters. After they dom
this MI. Burns wanted some one to pu
ice in the cars. but the only help he coult
Get were the five check clerks, who made
a sorry figure of it.
ued the day out, but the opinion seemed
8 to be III favor Of going to work thi
| morning. At the same time they knew
that one-half of the clerks in Auditor
{ Taylor's office, in Omaha, understoo,
, the business, aforesaid, that if they qui
o surplus from that Office will be calle
: ON to fill the vacancies.
I Mr.. Burns acted as yardmaster on
several occasions yesterday.
a Tho pool lines had to do their ow
, switching yesterday in order to get tn
: cars that were consigned to them.
The too-too secretary, Stripe, of MI
Burns, made some very tlowery speeche
}, to the strikers, but could not exert niue
y influence over the men of muscle, an
. they gave him the quiet laugh.
Mr.. Burns, in IN interview, says h
fears no violence or attempt to iniur
property. He says he finds the me
very determined, but disposed to b
: peaceable sndgentlemanly. tNo evidences
Q of drinking or disorderliness were man
fest yesterday.
|, The switchmen and check clerks offel
: ed their services az night watchmen, an
o have stationed themselves so as to guar
againstfre or other trouble. They do tn
v as a matter of self-protection largel,
They say they do not propose to let an,
y thing happen which can possibly Col
strued into any act Of violence on tn
g part Of the strikers.
The men at the Union elevator qui
work yesterday.
The gray haired street car conducte
was q little shaken up by the boys stoI
ping him with the threat that if he mad