Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-05
The Boycott Of Q Cars Permanently
Raised Contest 10 be Con-
fined to the Q System.
Chief Arthur Courts inquiry Into tn
Great Strike by the Congress.
slonsl Committee.
1t IL Maintained That the Bnriin gton
Wants TO Force Other Roads IntO q
Railway Trust.
THE 80" BOYCOTT OFF.


suit of the meetings OF employees OF the
various railroads in this city which began
Yesterday afternoon and lasted until
late hour last night is announced this
morning in the declaration that the boy
colt Of 80" cars has been permanently
raised and that henctforth the contest
will be confined strictly to the 90"
system. This raising OF the boycott
means that all the strikes now on except
the so" are to stop forthwith and that all
those that were imminent are to be
averted. The other roads are absolved
from the requirement of neu-
trality and violence is to
be discounteranced according to
the we'll known policy of the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers. The arrange
ment agreed upon, 1t is stated, Is directly
due to the exertions Of Chief Arthur,
Grand Master Sargent, Grand Master
Monaghan of the switchmen, Mayor
r che, and Mark Crawford, also repre-
senting the switchmen. The faal deci-
sion was fastened by mass meeting hello
with closed doors last evening, snd which
was addressed by General Manager jeffrey
Of the Illinois Central. At later meet
ing of the men the action of the MACS
meeting was ratified and the employees of
each road were instructed to notify their
employers and be ready to report for
duty everywhere except st the Burlington
at once to visit the different Officials and
later reported that sll had eccepted the
action of the meeting. The strikes Oh
competing snd connecting roads ar
therefore to be abandoned. The engineer
gills hsgd every aid to those roads in in p
tarchar glng the freight possible with
the Burlington. By thus Overwhelming
the Burlington with business, the men
argue, the fact will soon be demonstrated
that It is by no means prepared to handle
1t with the new hands now in its employ.
ARTHUR INTERVIEWED.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, April In regard
to the Congressional investigation into
the Burlington strike at Chicago, Chief
Arthur said to-day: 1--WE will be very
Glad to have q committee Inquire into the
matter. 1t will tend to bring the policv
of the railroad company to the light Of
public scrutiny. cannot tell what the
effect will be, but believe that Inquiry
EWill be productive of much good"
When shown copy Cf the late rele-
graphic dispatch containing abstracts
from the report of the grand secretary Of
the Order of Railway Conductors, Chief
Arthur was not surprised, his only fee
irg seeming to be one Of contempt. H.
glanced at the dispatch very hastily, then
laid It down saying: ~ am not at all
surprised at the attitude Of tbs conduct
ors, IS Indicated both by this report and
By other actions of theira. 1T Is nothing
more than I expected. We don't and
never have affiliated with them In any
way, and in consequence have offended
them. We don't like their ways,
and we don't propose to
have anything to do with
them. The attack does not merit an
answer CT even notice Of any kind from
us. We recogniza the fac. that 1t comes
from Daniels, the grand secretary of the
I conductors order, and we know just whist
he is. You do not need to believe every.
thing you see that comes from that
| source. It Is sure to be unreliable. This
statement you have here contains many
falsehoods 1t Is unnecessary to deny
them. Il the order of conductors would
attend to its own business and take some
steps to prevent the wholesale discharge
OF its members without cause instead o.
meddllDg in the affairs of other organi
cations 1t would be much better for al
concerned"
HAVE RETURNED TO WORK.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, April Genera
| Manager Miller OF the ST. Paul road salt
this morning all the men who quit tn
| company Of their own account have re
turned to work. "The only employees
who are out are those thrown out by m.
order Of Monday. shall cancel that to
day. The order in question WAS that re
ducing the force of the road one-thir,
which threw out Of employment SU00 per
sons. By the new order the department
will be recognized on Monday next Wit
full force"
MAINTAINS THE CHARGE.