The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-02
CHICAGO'S BLOCKADE.
The Aspect of the Strike Grow
ing More Serious.
MEN STANDING BY THEIR GUNS
And the burlington compepy as
Stubborn as Evcr-DiGcrcnces
Widening and no Hopes of
developments.

CmcAGo, April 1.-The prospect OF an
immediate tie-up on the Belt Line added
graver aspect to the railroad situation
this evening than at any time since the
Brotherhood Of Engineers and Firemen
quit the service of the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy. Every railroad entering
Chicago depends almost wholly upon
the Belt Line as the means by which an
interchange of freight is to be conduct
ed with any other road. The latter have
all along been the stanchest allies OF the
Brotherhood, while the management OF
the Belt Company have apparently
sought to maintain a position OF
so-called neutrality. A new face
was put on affairs when some
time yesterday Gen. W. H. Porter,
President Of the Chicago & Eastern Illi-
nois Railway, sent a strongly worded let
ter to John b. Carson, President OF the
Belt Line. The Eastern Illinois COM
pauy holds controlling interest in the
Belt corporation, and General Porters
letter demanded formally and explicitly
that "the Belt Line transfer cars for
every railroad and individual in exactly
the same manner, and that any and all
employees that do not choose to do their
whole duty and the same duty toward
any one car or railroad company or lndl-
vidual MS another, shall Immediately be
dismissed, and no employe shall in any
way be allowed to handle any particular
car that will not handle every other car
in the same way"
President Carson replied, asserting to
Gen. Porter's letter.
Whether, rs alleged, it was for the
purpose OF resting the new men, or that
there was no business, or that it being
Sunday and many men idle, danger OF
riot was increased, there certainly was
no attempt in any quarter to handle
Burlington cars, even in the Burling..
toms own yards. The managers of
the Milwaukee & st. Paul pursued an
exactly opposite course. They made
the most strenuous efforts to epthings
moving, and rs aresultit is probable that
the strike on the st. Paul willculminate
to.morrow in renewal of the strike on
the Pan. Handle. A,train was gotinreadi-
mess so that the attempt can be
made to transfer st, Paul freight to the
Panhandle, and as tho employees OF
the latter were pledged to support the
st. Paul strikers, there Is little doubt
that they will refuse to handle the
freight and strike will ensue.
Eight switch engines were at work in
the It. Paul yards to-day. Four freight
trains were started to Milwaukee. and
the suburban passenger service was got
into much better shape than on satlr-
day.
The Fort Wayne men are fully deter.
mined not to handle any 20 cars ana
may refuse to have anything to DO with
st. Paul transfers. Saturday night Fore
man Benin Of the shops asked every en-
gineer to 90 to Sixteenth street after q
train, but all refused. Saturday, when
the engineers, frenlen and BwitChmen
ouit work the hands in the shops were
fold that they might 60 home. The
firemen, engineers and switchmen EN-;
ployed by the Lake Shore are dissatisiied
with affairs and may not wait until cleo
ton day to go out.
The switchmep, it will be remeln'
bered, were set to work during the big
strike. 1t is now known that the
switchmcn's Union has offered to take
them into the Union and thus square
the difference that has existed for near
" two wears. The dissatisfaction among
iEe stock ward men was communicated
to the men employed by the Chicago 4
Eastern Illinois, and with the Lake
Shore they are simply waiting for their
turn to step out.
Wednesday has been settled upon rs
the day, and unless there is a decided
change the men employed on the Lake
Shore, Chicago & Eastern Illinois and
the New Albany will 60 out.