Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-15
in it's contest; certainly the country is
in presence of great danger"
Tha raDnrtar aakad if thara waa Eka-

in its contest; certainly the country is
in presence of great danger"
The reporter asked if there was like
lihood of the companies combining.
The officer replied that he could not
say, but "If they had the courage OF
their convictions they would, and
speedily settle the difficulty"
EvAsIvE MEASURES.
Council BLUFFS, March 14.-All the
switch engines of the Union Pacific
road that are doing work in the Coun-
Gil Bluffs yard were quietly taken to the
round house last night and this morn
ing by the engineers in charge. When
asked their reason for quitting work
they either said they were sick or tired
of work.
1t is understood they gave these
reasons on account of Judge Dundy's
decision, but it was very noticeable
how suddenly an engineer became
sick or tired when he espied 90"
car coupled on behind his engine.
All passenger and dummy trains are
running as usual.
NOTES FROM NEBRASKA.
OMAHA, March 14.-At 2 o'clock
this morning every switch engine in
in the employ of the Union Pacific
railroad had its fires drawn and stood
silently in the round house. No freight
left the city all night. Ordinarily
from eight to fourteen freights depart
from here daily. The sudden sick
ness developed among the engineers
yesterday at the sight of the Burling-
ton cars continued to spread. When
the night crews came on and found a
20" car on nearly every side-track
this morning, eighteen engineers were
sick and only four of the seven
teen yard engines were at work.
A freight train bound west with one
"Q'' car in its makeup waited for a
crew, but one after another pleaded
illness, until the car was marked Sin
bad order' and set out, when Engin-
eer Murphy convalesced and took the
train out. Two crews of engineers
and firemen in the day service and
two of the night crews have quit the
service altogether. The Grievance
Committee of the road held consult
alton with General Superintendent
Dickinson during the day, the out
come of which is not revealed. As,
however, number OF the sick en-
ployees returned to work, the general
impression is that the road will not
compel the men to handle Burlington
freight.
THE ENGINEERS DEFENSE.
The answer of Nicholas Weeks,
representing the Union Pacific engi-
neers, was filed to-day in the United
States Court by their attorney, Gene
raj Gown, in the injunction suit.
The answer, which is voluminous, de-
MES the allegation of the bill which
alleged that the Union Pacific refused
to exchange traffic with the Burling-
ton and Missouri, handle its cars, etc.
The answers AYERS, on the contrary,
that the Union Pacific does exchange
traffic with the complainant
and handles its cars in the
same manner as those of the
other roads, and this performance Of
duty on the part of the Union Pacific
through it's engineers and firemen, the
answer claims to be the cause of the
present suit as undertaken and insti-
tuted by perfect understanding be.
tween the two roads, for the purpose
of libelling, intimidating and oppress.
ing the defendants to the bill. This
action is claimed to have the effect ol
making the engineers subject to every
arbitrary order that the railroads
may issue for the benefit oi
the Burlington and Missouri by either
driving out of employment the
engineers or compelling them to work
for inordiEately low wages. The
charges of conspiracy are denied in
toto, and the sole reason of the strike
is claimed to be the inability of the
engineers to support, maintain and
educate their families becomingly or
the wages paid them by the Burling
ton and Missouri. The tyranny Of the
road is complained OF, and all lega
means to resist, whether by meetings
on the part of the engineers
or otherwise, is claimed as a
right. In conclusion, the answer
denies the power of the Court
to compel him or any of the defend.
ants to continue in work whenever il
is his or their desire to quit, and asks
that the temporary restraining order
be dissolved.
1, The answer was a great surprise,
and further time was asked by The
Burlington and Missouri counsel il
which to submit affidavits denying
the statements contained in it. Thi
Union Pacific attorney urged speed,
decision, as it was of the greatest i'm
portance to the interests of the road
Judge Dundy, however, deferred tht
hearing until Friday.