Daily Republican., 1888-04-04
a oRIsrs AT HAND.
The Burlington TO make Another Gen.
eral Advance To Day-Oats to be sent
TO Other Roads.


TO Other Roads.
CHICAGO, April IA local pane
says: The General Advisory Committe
of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive IN
Rineers held = meeting last night for tb
purpose OF considering what steps wer
necessary to prevent the radicals pnr
suing . course that It Ii fearful will enc
In the disintearatign Of the Brother
hood. The conservative embers hay,
become greatly alarmed over the law
ess actions Of the switohmen, as til,
blame for tho hctf0us OF the latter 4,
placed on the shoulders OF the engi
neers.
The switchmen, aided by the radicals
In the Brotherhood, Is ts claimed, have
assn med the management OF the strike,
and the officers Of the Brotherhood ara
no longer consulted as to the steps
necessary to be taken.
Referring to the notice served by the
Rock Island on the Burlington that
there shall be no further exchange Of
trafiic, the Same paper says:
"The traffic OF the Rook Island has
Increased 20 per cent. since the In
auRuration Of the Burlington strike,
and fs atill on the mp grade The com.
pany 10 prepared to enforce Its an
nonncement made to the 90 yesterday.
At all points where there are connect
ing tracks over which the o. could
enter the Rock Island yards, the latter
has placed locks on the switches and
given orders to allow no o. trains in.
The men are greatly pleased with this
state of affairs. The cardinal virtue of
the Rock Island's position is that .n
pounoed by General Manager St. John
that they Intend to avoid tyiuR up
their entire system and causing great
Inconvenience and damsge to :he peo
Pile on their line by refusing the freig ht
OF the CO."
PLANS OF THE ST. PAUL ROAD.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul strikers held O meeting last night,
lasting until lato hour. The chair.
man OF the Grievance Comm ittse m ade
q speech in which he declared that tho
road was nov practically tied up. He
pointed to the fact that 5000 employees
bad already been laid off as u proof Of
this assertion. He advised the men TO
stand firm, and predicted that every
road la the city would be tied up with.
In forty eight hours. Similar spesohes
were made by other speakers, and D
resolution In favor of Q continuance Of
the strike was carried with o yell.
The strike, 1t is stated, has already
seriously crippled the 1T. Paul rond.
The through passenger trains are run
ntnR on time, but with very few occu-
pants. The North western trains are on
the contrary. crowded in an uncom fort
able manner.
Tomorrow the St. Paul will Join the
Burlington In it's attempt to force tho
hRhs upon the roads that arc now reap.
Ing the benefits Of the strike. Tho
Western nyenua yards of the st. Paul
are full Of trains made up for every
road In the city. At 9 O'Clock in the
morning train Of forty.two cars will
be sent to the etocky ards.
Later In the day transfers will be
placed upon the tracks of the Chicago,
Burlington and Q1iney. Chicago and
North western, Pau Handle, Chicago
and EAstern Illinois, Chicago and At.
laniic, Michigan Central and Illinois
Central. The strikers say they have
positive assurances that the North.
western yardmen will strike rather
than touch %" car, while some of
the Moth western employees say the
road has so much freight of Its own
thai IL could not touch Burlington
traffic II IL wished to.
AN ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.
The Chicago TIMES this morning,
summing up the situation, says:
The existence OF general conspiracy
among the train hands on all the rail-
roads oentreipg In Chicago to enforce a
boy cott against the Burlington is un-
mistakabiy apparent, The policy of
ths Burlington In demanding the re-
csipt and delivery OF Its cars In the
regular course Of business has Demon
strated the conspiracy beyond question. |
For to-day general truoe 10 declared,
the Burlington agreeing not to deliver |
any cars to the other roads, In accord. |
ance with the request of the chief OF
police, whose force will be almost en-
tirely engaged at the polls, leaving no !
poiic1men for duty at the railroads. |
To morrow. In all probability. the con
dict will be renewed with added ecope |
and intensity.
MICHIGAN CENTRAL BEN RETURN.
at 2 o'clook the Michigan Central |
yard employees returned to work. Upon |
" that terms the strike Was declared off
they would not say.
An offiotr of the company said the