Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-03

Onlo, INDIANA aud western engineers and
| firemsn OF the Brotherhood have notified
General Manager Henderson that If he
accepts any more 20" cars they will
strike. A strike is expected By Wednes-
day morning,
REFUSING Q FREIGHT.
PITTsBURG, PA April 2-The T. II
Wayne Railroad Company is refusing
freight for the Burlington road, and ship.
pers in this city are sending freight by
river. The Fort Wayne officials state
that this action is taken at the request of
the Q road. Among the shippers the
feasibility Of entering suit sgsinst the
Fort Wayne road under the interstate
commerce law Is being discussed, but up
to this time no action in this direction
has been taken.
SANTA FE swITCHMEN STRIKE.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, April AT 5
O'Clock this afternoon the switchnen,
engineers and nremen In the Santa Fa
yards here quit work in q body. The
company has been hauling 20" freight
and this action was taken In pursuance Of
the policy determined upon at the gen.
ersl meeting Of ysrdmen last Saturday
night. The men have no other complaint
and Will 20 to work on the condition that
they are not required to handle so"
freight. The Santa Fe has abou. twelve
switch engines in use here.
CAME TO NAUGHr.
CHICAGO, ILL April Officers of the
Fort Wayne Rosd and striking engineers
snd hremen held conference this morn
ing. The men refused to 90 back unless
the officers agreed to boycott the go I"
This the latter refused to do, and the con-
ference came to naught.
Toe Burlington managers tried to in
duce the Wabash officials to-day to agree
to receive train Of Burlington freight,
nut IN the absence Of r ceiver McNults,
no action was taken. General McNults,
who is in New York, telegraphed ne would
start for chi seo at once.
LIABLE TO DETENTION.
CHICAGO, ILL, April General
Freight Agent Ripley of the so" COM
pony issued notice to-day to the other
railroads that owing to labor troubles at
Cnicsgo trhfic for the 80" is liable to
detention If routed via the city. The COM
pany, he says, Ia prepared to receive
freight for shipment TO all stations on the
Chicsgo, Burlington and Quincy, and
auxiliary lines at all junction points ex-
Scps SuiCakos
MORE READING MEN ENGAGED.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 2-Csptsin
Daugherty Of the Piukerton Detective
Agency Of this city had his HANDS full to-
day recruiting swltchDen, conductors
and brskemen for the Q road. In re-
Spouse to an advertisement about 100
men appeared at Captain Daug1erty's
office and there was great scramble for
two or three hours TO get up
70 the Captains deck. Most
Of the applicants were from
the ranks OF the late strikers on the r lad.
ing railroad System who are experienced
mep. and Very large number of them
sere engaged to go. About fifty men
were engaged, and Captain Daugherty
s,ys he Can get all the men he wante, and
will ship them to Chicago and other
p.rts of the 20" road ss fast as the con-
tracts are made
PLAN OF ACTION AGREED UPON.
CHICAGO, ILL April Al a secret
copfert nee of the dissatisfied employees of
the Michigan Central ROAD, held to night,
de fl lite plans for future guidance were
agreed upon, out they were kept from the
press. II is known that decisive r.
sponee will be msde tomorrow ct Z
O'Clock by General Superintendent Brown.
A rumor is we'll founded that the men
will refuse to handle 20" freight.