St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-06

ing to orders. The train left before I
O'Clock, but we are not mean enough tC
leave it on the road. We must take il
to the end of division. l live at La
Crosse. That is the end of division
and quit the road there" At this mo-
ment the committee, composed of three
engineers, and instructed their brother
to ''go on through" Rumors of all
kinds were flying around the yards, but
the engineers were quiet and attended
strictly to their own business.
EFFECT ON OTHER LINES.
Conferences Between Road Of
ficials and the Brotherhood
Committee.
During the forenoon the committee
Oh grievances called on Mr.. Eagn, gen
eral manager of the st. Paul q Kansas
City road. formerly the Minnesota &
| Northwestern, and informed him that
the engineers on the Chicago, Burling-
ton q Northern would be called off from
their engines at Z o'clock in the even
| ing, and that after that the brotherhood
did not want the Chicago, Burlington &
Northern cars or passengers handled by
the different companies, and that any
track being used by the Chicago, Bur-
lington d Northern company that would
allow Chicago, Burlington q Northern
engineers OF trains manned by the men
| of that road after Z p. N. would
be considered in the same light
as the Chicago, Burlington &
| Northern, viz: scab road, and
| fuse to run or operate trains on which
the scab road trains run. Mr.. Egan en-
deavored to talk with the men and to
show them that the brotherhood was
| making mistake, and from it's present
course would ALLEVIATE the public senti-
ment from it. They said that made no
| difference, they had been ordered to
take that course and would follow their
instructions. Several of the officials of
the st. Paul roads telegraphed Chief
Arthur at Chicago, informing him of
the situation here, and last night Mr..
Egan, and also Judge Chandler, of the
Milwaukee & st. Paul, went down to
Chicago to consult with those higher up
than they are, and also to see Mr..
Arthur. "The St. Paul q Kansas City
road," Mr.. Egan says, occupies curl
GUS position, which serves to illustrate
the complications of the strike. This
road some time ago
with the Chicago, Burlington 81 Quincy
road, and leased from the latter three
miles of its road, about thirteen miles
east of Dubuque. j do not see how the
| brotherhood expect to overcome the
complicated legal aspects of the case.
| The roads here in St. Paul that are
| mostly affected by this strike are the
| Chicago, Burlington & Northern, Wis
consin Central. Omaha, Manitoba and
the Chicago, st. Paul & Kansas City
| seven roads. Several of these roads
have contracts with the Manitoba.
| Now, if the Manitoba forbids these
roads from running over it mandamus
will compel it to permit the 'scab' roads
to run over its track in spite of itself.
Then will the brotherhood call the
Manitoba 'scab' road and call the en-
| gineerS from their engineS?"
The committee also called on Mr..
Winter, of the Omaha road, and stated
the case in about the same way that it
did to Mr.. Egan. Mr.. Winter also in
formed the members of the committee
that as soon as the strike began inStruc-
tions were given to receive no freight to
go over the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy; that the Omaha was so far
away that naturally it would have little
or no traffic with it. Possibly there
| might occasionally be Burlington car
out here, but not many of them nor
| often. Mr.. Winter stated the Omaha
men who belonged to the brotherhood
were an intelligent class of men and
had no grievances against the
company, and that the company
had no occasion to anticipate
any trouble. Mr.. Winter stated that
one of the members of the committee
said that he was an Omaha man, and
that he would do anything for the road
or for any Of the officers of the road, but
if the brotherhood would go out he
and lot paid for,' he said, with some
money in the bank, but if every dollar
of it had to go l would stick by the
brotherhood and let it CO." Mr.. Winter
said that he was satisfied that there
would be no aggressive action without
| suitable notice having first been given.
81 know" he said, ''our men, many of
| them, and they are reasonable" He
| cautioned the men, however, not to do
anything rash, and to be very careful
| not to make such demands as would
| bring down upon them an adverse pub
lie opinion.
AT THE MANITOBA.
When the committee called upon Mr..
Mdllfel, VI tllt mdllltOUd IOdu, III llldut
| the same request of him that had been
made of all the other roads, and that
was that the engineers would leave the
| Burlington & Northern road at o'clock
at night, and the committee wanted the
| Manitoba to not allow the trains of the
| Burlington & Northern to run over the
Manitoba line, etc. Mr.. Marvel list
ened respectfully to what the commit
tee had to say, and replied that he
hardly knew what to do under the cir
cumstances. 1.-The Manitoba" he con-
tinued, several years ago entered into
contract with the Burlington & North
ern, giving that road the right to run
over the Manitoba tracks, for series of
| years, between st. Paul and Mime
| apOlis. That contract has not eX-
plred. On the contrary, it is in
| full force and effect. L don't see how
the Manitoba can get rid of carrying out
| the contract. If it should refuse to
allow the Burlington & Northern to go
over its road between ST. Paul and Min
neapoliS according to the terms of that
contract, the Manitoba would clearly be
| liable to the Burlington & Northern in
| hea, !" damages. Beside this, the Man.
itoba W Md be compelled by the courts
| to carry Out the terms of the contract in
| good faith, and to allow the Burlington
| q Northern to go over its tracks. AS l
said before, 1 don't see how the Mani
toba would be justified in violating its
clear, undisputed legal obligations by
preventing the Burlington & Northern
| from going over its lines between st.
Paul & Minneapolis, and even if we at
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