The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-03-02
The c. B. & O. Strike.

CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-The Burlington road
this evening sent out notices to ali connect
ing lines that 1t would probably be . week
or more before the company would be able
to receive freight from them, and asking that
it be given to other roads. This afternoon
600 of the freight handlers of the G. B. &
@. line were laid of, and every freight office
10 the city shut down in consequence of the
engineer strike. These are the same men
who obtained work during the freight hand
lers' strike of 1886, and are all said to be
loyal to the company, but have to be laid of,
as no work remains for them to do.
QUINCY, Ills, Feb. 27.-The Burlington
strike has caused an almost complete suspen-
sion of business on that system in this local
ity. Quincy is the center of five divisions of
the road, and the traffic on them has been
nearly at a standstill to-day. No effort what.
ever has been made to move freight trains.
Two or three passenger trains have been sent
n with engines manned by master mechan-
les, roadmasters or division superintendent.
General Superintendent GRANGE, of the Han
nibsl & St. Joe, brought in the morning Ex.
press from the West and took out the night
Express tonight.
OTTUMwA, Iowa, Feb. 27.-The Burllng-
ton passenger train, due at 8 =. m, arrived
1t 1920 p. M, and left for Creston. It is
doubtful if it will 60 further than that point.
Thirty.four engines and 200 tra;nmen are
laid up here.
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 27.-The business on
the Burlington & Missouri River road is al
most entirely suspended. Freight trains are
abandoned. A few passenger trains, manned
by non.union. men, have been sent out, but
are not running on schedule time.
Dies MONIES, Feb. 27.-One passenger
train left over the Burlington road for Char
iton to-day with the conductor in the cab.
Travellers refused to ride. The train was
two hours running eight miles. No freight
has been touched.
P%oTTsvILLE, Pa, Feb. 27.-It is asserted
here tonight that between 100 and 200 en-
gineers and firemen will leave for the West
tonight and tomorrow to take service with
the Burlington road. These are all Knights
of Labor, but will 60 West as individuals
and not under the order or auspices of the
Knights. @-". "mM.
CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-Over one hundred en-
to take the places of the strikers on
the Burlington system were secured in New
York to day. The overland fast mail left
Chicago on time q a. my this morning.
The Brotherhood of Engineers did not inter-
fere with getting the train out.
CHICAGO, Feb. 28.-Oficials of the Bur.
lington road state that applications for posi-
tions rs engineers and firemen are coming in
constantly from all over the country, but IS
the company does not accept anybody except
after q rigid examination, the process of hir-
ing men is slow, and consequently they do
expect to be in running order for Al least
ten days. About fifty men so far have been
selected. Formal notice was issued this af-
ternoon to the striking engineers and firemen
that unless they report for duty by noon to-
they will be considered out of the
company's employ.
This evening rumor of compromise began
to fly about. 1t was said representatives of
neighboring roads, fearing . strike on their
own lines, had asked Chief Arthur to nego.
tiate further. Business men were said to be
anxious to arbitrate the differences. Chief
Arthur and Grandmaster Sargent said no
offers would emanate from them. They
were willing to compromise and added that
= proposition to the Brotherhood had not
been discussed, as General Manager Stone
refused to concede anything on the third
81 cents = mile and no classi1ca-
ton, and there the negotiations stopped.
Both assert . concession would have been
made by the men on minor details of this
demand. Chief Arthur denied that any
of . compromise or arbitration
bad reached him, but said he had received
from certain parallel liues that
would maintain "neutrality."
"Suppose they pool with the Burlington on
passenger or freight trafic?"
"Any pooling arrangement would not be
neutrality" said Arthur, with
emphasis.
y" Force Of habit.
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