Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-05
TIE LABOR TROUBLES.
An Understanding Arrived At.

TIE LABOR TROUBLES.
An Understanding Arrived AZ.
lBy telegraph 70 tho Dspatch.l
CHICAGO, April 4.-The final result OF
the meetings OF the employees OF the va
rious roads in this city which began yes
terday afternoon and lasted until a late
hour last night is announced this morn
ing in the declaration that the boycott OF
80 cars has been permanently raised
and that henceforth the contest will be
confined strictly to the 90" system.
This raising of the boycott meansthat all
strikes now on except the 90 are
stopped forthwith. and thnt all those
which were imminent are TO be averted,
the business of Chicago is to be restored
and maintained 10y the strikers with
strict decorum, other roads are absolyed
from the requirement Of neutrality, and
violence is 10 be dlscountenanced accord
ing to the well-knovn policy Of the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
The arrangement agreed upon, 1t Is
stated, is directly due to the exertions Of
Chief Arthur, Of the Brotherhood OF
Engineers Grand-Msster Sargent, OF
the tiremen Grand Master Monaghan,
of the Switchmen's Association Mayor
Roche, and Mark Crawford, who also
represent the switchmen. The final de-
cision was fastened by a mass-meet-
ing held with closed doors last
evening, and which was addressed by
General Manager Jeffrey, of the Illinois
Central road. Fifteen hundred railway
employees were present at the meeting,
representing elements which have pre-
viously been at times antag0nistic.
When the appointed time came this
morning for cessation OF the strike on
the St Paul all hands-tiremen, en-
gineers, and neutrality-suspicious.
selves for duty and the usual course of
things as far As the Milwaukee and ST.
Paul Company is concerned was resumed
1T once At the Fort Wayne yards there
was hitch and the strike on that road
continued. The engineers and tremen
were ready TO carry ont the understand
ing, but the switchmen were obdurate.
At9 A. NJ, however, everything WAS
satisfactorily arranged, aud the great
Burlington boycott was apparently
everywhere at an end.
There seems to be- no room for doubt
that the speech Of General Manager JET
FREY, OF the Illinois Central road, ut the
strikers meeting last night had greater
influence in bringing about the suspen-
sion of the boycott than anything else
that was done. Mr.. Jeffrey spoke for
two hours and was listened to with re-
spectful attention. He explained TO the
men the obligations placed upon the
roads by the interstate commerce law on
their unwrtten obligations towards
the community at large; toll them
that in their impulsive desire 70
help their brethren on tho Burning
ton road they were not niuriny
the Burlington, but were working
incalculable mischief on themselves, and
be promised TO use his personal efforts
with all the railroad managers in the city
against blacklisting or visiting any pun
ishmeut upon the strikers beyond what
thew suffer from the loss OF wages. This
promise be- fulfilled rs soon as the meet
iug adjourned by calling upon all that he
could reach 50 late at night, and he com
pleted his undertaking to-day All the
managers without exception, SO far as is
known. promptly gave the required
assurance.
The Lake-Shorc road delivered alarge
train Of freight TO the Burlington this
morning NO Sixteenth street. the so W
yard officials were busily engaged in
making up trains to send to other roads,
and the yards were very lively The
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific sent
train Of cars to Burlington this morning
for the first time since the "Q strike
began. This indicates that the boycott
has been completely raised by the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
and that the Rock-island officials no
longer fear any complications with their
men because of exchanging business
with the Burlington
The boycott against the Burlington
road was fully lifted to-day, and the
Burlington yards were jammed with
freight from other roads, the move OF
the Rock Island in sending in freight
seeming TO have become epidemic. Ten
minutes after the receipt Of the Rock
Island train 4 Baltimore and Ohio train
steamed in, aud following this came
another lot Of cars from the Lake Shore.
All the roads having freight COM
muuication with the Burlington con
tinued scrding in freight to the "Q
yards steadily. There seemed to be
no end 10 the freight that has been held
in check 10y the boycott on the "Q W In
terchsnge Of cars. It's broadly stated that
the strikers calculated that IN lifting the
boycott al the roads that had for weeks
suspended relations with the 90 would
at once proceed to unload on that COM
pany all the ears that had accumulated,
and that the effect would be to swamp
the 90" people with frcight-cars. 1t
was thought that in the natural order Of
things the Darlington would receive
more freight daily from other roads than
it could give to them, and that
it would be hut a short time be-
fore It would he Obstructcd with
freight consigned to it 10y other
lines. Having achieved this the Bur
llngton would be required under the
law to furnish facilities for the proper
handling of freight. This might grow
into Il lever 10 move the men back into
their old positions on the 90" 1t was
move worth making, and the men
made it. Up to tonight the Judgment
Of those ordering 1t seems to have been
good. 4 great deal more freight has
been received by the 90 " people today
than has been sent ont by them
Whether they will be able to handle It
all without difficulty and transact their
own business as well with their present
force remains 10 be seen.
Two Railroad Wntchmen Shot and
Aikted.