Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
A NEW COMPLICATION.

Prospect Of Z Split v Engineer.
and F~iremen-The st. Paul Men stil
out-lKansas City switchmsn Refuse
70 HandIe 2 Freight.
CHICAGO, April THE reported ordering
. the strike in Chicago on the Lake Shore,
Panhandle, Alton and Santa Fe roads late
Saturday night proved to have been erro-
neous. No such action was decided o.. a
meeting Of st. Paul strikers was held at
night, at which an answer is said to have
been received from General Manager Miller
to their propositions, saying that they
might return to work if they chose, with
ont handling @ freight, if they would allow
9 engines to come into the yards and do
the work Of switching. This was repudi-
ated by the strikers and
mo q CARs''
was made an ultimatum. The meeting was
very ~disorderly. A new feature was de-
veloped that bids fair to split up the engi-
neers and fremen into two factions. The
refusal OF the passenger crews to quit ex-
cept on the Evanston line caused the
trouble. The switch engineers accused the
passenger men OF bad faith ard demanded
they declare their intentions. A passenger
engineer made a speech saying he would
fora number OF Others. He was assaulted
and received a severe beating before his
could rescue him.
THE BELL LINE.
The prospect OF an immediate tie up of
Belt Line added a graver aspect to the
railroad situation this evening than at any
since the announcement of the Bur-
strike. Every railroad entering
Jhlcago depends almost wholly upon the
Belt Line as a by which interchange
ii freight is to be conducted with any
,ther road; Practically every railroad
raek stretching from Chicago is intersected
" the Belt. Employees of the latter line
ave all along been among the ~staunchest
lilies OF the Brotherhood, while the man.
cement OF the Belt Company has appar-
ntly sought as far as possible to maintain
position of so-called neutrality.
A NEW FACE
ras put on affairs when some time yester.
ay President Porter, of TIE Eastern Hi
OILS road, which holds a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
! the Belt Line, sent a strongly -worded
liter to the management of the Belt Line. ]
emanding that it transfer cars for eyery
and individual in the same man
and that any and all employees who do
OF choose to do their duty be dismissed.
o-day a meeting of the Belt Line en-
was held at which the whole subject 1
as earnestly debated. 1t was currently
ported this evening that the Belt men de-
.ed to stand by their gums and see /
neither the company would discharge them.
ne Burlington road to-day did not attempt
do any switching in their freight yards. +
st. Paul people, however, made
o EFFoRT
keep things moving and as a result it is l
obable the strike on the st. Paul will
Inmate tomorrow in a renewal OF the
anhandle strike. A train was got in
adiness 30 that tomorrow the attempt
n be made to transfer st. Paul freight to 2
at road and, as the Panhandle switch
en are pledged to support the st. Paul
trouble is expected. The st. Paul
ad got out four freight trains and the
burban passenger service was in much I
tier shape than on Saturday. At a
Of st. Paul strikers q majority of
engineers and fremen are said to have
vored a return to work on the
ms offered by General Manager Miller,
lie the switchmen and brakemen insisted 81
staying out. No conclusion was
lched.