Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-17
SEATTLE ". +. SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH II, 1883.

0Gns- The e1s0Fsiop made up for the
ea2 last nieAt, by the same partieA
ettIi lice here. The San Diego train tsft
toD mctning a time
nAxY RAslxxxxm rKrAuxD.
0Ax RExAaouc. March i6.-The loco
motive ecSiseers On the CAlifGnnia
6outhesn Railroad gut work this norm
t1R. oopesinseudent NcCooi Informed
the grievance committee shst his CON
pany vo1l6 continue 70 move all freight
ccn9i9ned to the road, vhereupon ihe
hse0en and enGineers quit. Many
esssssu people are detained mere in con-
. Qoecce.
Su xy8 up COMPLETE
Duvxa. March l6.--Tae tie OF OF ali
santa fe trains - this point II COM
paete. Not Q single train left heRe since
lAst night. and only one h reported to
have arrived On the Ksusas Cify EK-
pred which viii arrive tefe on time at
2ssS o'ciock tbs afternoon. The engi-
neers vhen called upon TO 60 en- dafy
tais nornina reported that they we're
tired" ard wanted . ''ssy ofI." OAhers
said shey we're sick and unable to 20
ouL
The "hest,erss made % the ashur-
derboat.s schedalsd 70 ieass here fos
The east at l0:30 o'clock, and pulled the
train down IN front Of the main depot,
bat EnRtnser Price had not reported up
TO 2:lb O'Clock, and there vas no likl,-
hood OF bis doing 50. The engine Vas
ordered b3ck to the round house vita
out any attempt being made By the
company to send ths train Gus in charge
Of A''esab."
A. the superintendent's oftioe il was
stated that the other roads csntesing
here have not Jet refused to recsive
from them all through freight consiRu-
ed to eastern points, bat number of
Santa Fe cars loaded here late yestef-
DAY afternoon for Missouri river pointe
are being uuioaded and transferred to
the Uoion Pacific cars, aud will 20 out
over that lins tonight.
The city ticket agent has received in.
strucsions from Topeka to sell no
through tickets, and tbs applicants at
santa Fe Offices ara sent to tne M,ssouri
Pacific OF tbs union Pacific. T CON-
pauy clAims taat they have no informa-
tton a. TO the reason for the raen going
ous or what their erieyances are, while
the brotherhood claim that she strike
resulted from the company hauiinR
Burlington cars in direct opposition 10
their agreement not TO do 90.
A brotherhood engineer IN converse
tiou With an associated pfess reporter
this afternoon said that he did not
only believe, Tout was positive that un-
less the trouble on the Burlington vas
speedily settled that every brotherhood
engineer and fireman running vest Of
Chicago would lave his engine inside
OF ten days.
sKNsATIoN OF rHE noUn'
ToPHKA, KANSAS, March l6.-rhe
strike on the Santa Fe system is the
Of the hour here at head
quarters. Everything this morning is
quiet. Toe side track nre loaded with
freight cara Oae passenger train
passed through here today enroute for
Kansas City. At 3,l5 this morning q
through passenger train left Topeka on
time. The fireman left bis cab here.
but new one was secured and the en-
gineeI tcek the train TO Kansas City.
Just before noon today q specia!
stock train with twenty-one oars Of cat
tie, hogs and horses, passed through to
Topeka without stoppinc, going east.
Al the general ofh,es Il vss stated that
trafie along the system vas practically
at o standstiii. except few through
trains, which we're en- route yesterday
and bad not yet reached their cestins-
tion. These officials stated thst their
attorneys had advised them that they
could not psremptoriiy refuse Burling-
ton freieht without bsinR liable TO the
penalties prescribed BY she interstate
csmmerce Law. The company today
says il has positive proof that the strike
vss ordered on Saturday to take place
at O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
SAID TO HAv. BEEN nKvoKED.
Los AH0KLEs, March 16.-The local
40 snt Of the Sante Fe road received Q
Telegram tonight from General Superin-
teudens McCooi, Of San Bsrnardino,
saving that he has been notified BY
vice President Smith that Chief
Arthur has ordered the chairman OF the
Topeka d Saata Fs grievaues
company 10 revoke the order for the
strike and instruc. the men to return
to work.