Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-04

section men who took advantage Of the oc-
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their hall received the usual messages from
| other points on the line stating THAT the men
were adhering firmly to their position and
that they had full confidence that Mr. Ar
| thurs future actions would reverse the pres.
ent apparent advancement the company was
| making.
| There were number OF visitors TO the hall
during the day, among them Deputy Secre-
tary Of state ,S Cowdry and Attorney Cen
| conference with the leading men in the
brotherhood regarding their side Of the qucs-
tion, their demands and the wages they re-
ceived, IT may become necessary for the
state board Of transportation TO take
| similar action in Nebraska as the state
| commission of Iowa has taken TO see what
character Of men the company arc using and
employing and to take such steps as the
public safety may demand. The labor
sympathy for the brotherhood and forward
| ing resolutions to the hall which the men ap-
| preciate. The following resolutions from the
| Plasterers' union was read today:
| Resolved, That we, the Plasterers' union
| No. "a, of Lincoln, do hereby tender our
| sympathy, both moral and financial TO the
two brotherhoods OF locomotiv eengmeers and
| fremen, and we condemn any persons who
| aid the corporation in their unjust attempts
| to destroy the brotherhood
| The Investigation at CrestOn.
CREsToN, Ia, March 3.-[Special Telegram
to the BEE. THE investigation of the Iowa
railway commission was continued here to-
| night and reports will be printed and submit
| ted to Governor Larrabee. The evidence
| has shown that many incompetent engineers
| have been running passenger engines during
| the week.
Nineteen Reading engineers arrived here
to-day and will remain permanently in Cres-
ton. Passenger trains are more regular and
freight trains are improving in this respect
At Kansas City.
KANSAS CITT, Mo, March 3.-[Special Tel
egram to the BEE. There was no noticeable
change IN the situation Of the strike this
morning. The passenger trains, almost on
time; others arc several hours late; very lit
tie freight is moving on the system, and no
| freight trains left or arrived here this morn
| ing. The Kansas City and st. Louis express
No. 4, due at 6o'clock, came in at Z 30 OF clock
| The Des Moines and st. Paul express,
which has not run since tho strike COM
| menced, was abandoned again to-day, as was
No. Is on the Hannibal. The kansas City
express, due at 10 so was almost two hours
late. The passenger trains left Kansas City
almost on time.
Messrs. Stevens, Ringe and Murray, the
| local committee, were not called to Chicago
as reported, and are still in the city. Mr..
| Stevens denied the report that anything
would be done by the strikers to-day. "Chief
| Arthur is surrounded by his lieutenants from
every great railway system in the country"
said Mr.. Stevens, "and they will be in con-
sultation all day." The reason for calling in
the engineers of other roads is to investigate
the reports that other roads are aiding the
Burlington. If this is found to be the case,
| the men on the offending roads will undoubt-
| edly strike. At Kansas City, and every
| other Burlington terminal point, are stationed
representatives of all the competing roads
that employ brotherhood engineers. The
reason for the presence Of these
the strikers and to be in readiness to receive
| orders from Chicago at any moment at every
| important station on the Burlington system.
An investigation committee is continually at
work hunting evidence that the other roads
are favoring the Burlington. A striker re-
| ported to Mr.. Stevens that an engine of
| another road had handled Burlington cars in
| the yards this morning. Mr.. Stevens said
hastily Yesterday | investigated many
| such reports" said he, land found that they
had little or no foundation. We must treat
these roads which are not oppos-
ing us with every consideration. Ssia The
excited over a little thing. am glad to see
| them so watchful, but they must keep cool.
do not think there is anything in this
story" Tho strikers say that their advices
| from Chicago state that more of the Reading
| men will leave for home to-day, and declare
| the situation is brighter than ever.
The railway company officials, although
looking for some new move, express them
| selves as more than pleased with the outlook.
VI have engaged thirty men here and sent
them TO other points," said Mr.. Fish.
"Most of them were engineers, there being
only two or three firemen. Many of them
had the best kind of credentials, and could
have engaged at least thirty more. would
have sent out freight yesterday. but could
not get crew, as most Of the men had gone
home, thinking the strike would prevent
train from being sent out" 1t is reported in
some quarters that the conductors and brake
men are u,posely absenting themselves
through sympathy with the strikers.
Blue Monday Coming.
CHICAGO, March 3.---The meeting on Mon
day of the chairmen of the grievance COM
mittees is looked forward to with great anx-
iety by both the Burlington officials and the
brotherhood officers. Upon the outcome of
this meeting depends the future course of
Chief Arthur. Should a reasonable excuse
be found for it on any one of
the western roads, the brotherhood
men will probably be called
OUT. IL Is DelleVcu Dy many tnat every west
ern road is liable under the strict neutrality
construction to have its men taken of by
Tuesday morning. The officers of the broth
erhood now admit nothing satisfactory will
come of their order to the engineers and fire.
men of the Reading road to quit work, and
dispatches from the east this morning
confirm this belief. Only twenty
five or thirty Reading men
went back to their homes. At the Burling-
ton offices it was not thought the brotherhood
would carry out the threat to call off the en-
gineers and fremen on other western roads.
"Their object of course" said one official,
sis to endeavor to bring such pressure from
the public and other roads to bear on us that
will compel us to accede TO their demands
We have made no attempt TO move through
freight and will not attempt to do SO for the
present"
"Next week we will receive and handle
through freight. and should any attempt be
made to cut us off from accommodations by
connecting lines, we will see what virtue
there is in the interstate commerce law.
We can compel other roads to han
die our cars, or we can
make them pay 81, 600 for every car they re-
fuse to. We are moving trains now almost
TO our usual capacity on the Iowa, Ne
braska and Missouri lines, and will have our
own line service complete next week. The
fight on the other roads by the brotherhood
will hp m ale sOlalv of fraiuht