Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-28

"HoW Is 1t with the frelght cOnducIoIs |
and brakemen?"
az cannot say from actual experience |
az we are not atte pting to move any |
freight We shall start our noon trains !
to Kansas City and TO Missouri points as
usual" !
The Burlington is the only road that
has access to the lumber district, but |
having no engineers On their engines an |
attempt Yves made - have Chicago and J
Eastern Illinois engineer with his train |
run in the lumber district. He refused |
on the ground that there was no switch |
ing force, and further attempt had not !
been mace up to noon to switch INTO the
lumber district.
The financial loss Of the company by
the strike is tn subject OF curious com
ment. In ordinary times the gross earn
iDgs of the road ran from 1000 600 TO
SO O00, 900 3 month, but owing to the rate
war in progress for some time past among
the western raj ways the larger proper
ton of the Burlipgton's business has been
done st sn actual loss. Whetherth mar
gin Il profit on the remainder of the traf-
ic taken as whole WAS so small as to
make the strike also boon to the COM
pany the higher Cf6cers probably alone
know. Il Is point this seems TO have
escaped close attention by the engineers
and one which may prove fatal wesk-
ness to the strikers. All passenger
tickets are sold with the understanding
that the company is not to be held re-
sponsible tor failure to carry passengers
owing to the strike. At Omaha arrange
ments have been made with the Union
Pacific to honor all Burlington tickets to
common points. 1t is presumed that
similar arrangements have been made
with other roads
NO FRIGHT MOVED.
ST. LOUIS, Mo Feb. % Not pound
of freight was m we'd on the Chicsgo,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad at this
point 10 day. Freight is being billed at
the office where Il Ia received subject to
delay. While freight trains are tied up
the passenger trains are running as usual.
Every engineer quit his post, but the off
Gals were in some measure prepared for
it. The men went out according to orders
st O'Clock, but as there are no Sunday
night passenger trains, and the freight
treius had been so regulated as to be at
their destinations st that time, no trouble
was experienced on that score. The stu
side of the river. Every engineer Of
passenger, freight and switch engines
dropped their levers and stepped down
and out. Charles Keith, East st Louis
agent, was prepared for this, however,
and had engineers and hremen ready to
take out the regular morning passenger
train. Agent Keith SAL that he thinks
there will be little trouble in securing
o. all aJnh iy, 10
days.
COMPLETE TIE. UP.
Rock ISLAND, ILL Feb. 81 The Chi
csgo, Burlington and Quincy tie-up is
virtually complete here. The engineers
allow an engineer and fireman to each
mail car, so that the mails need not be
Interrupted, but no passenger cars can be
attached. A full train got off for Sterling
this morning, however, conductor who
had been an engineer running it out.
CIRCULAR To OTHER ROADS.
CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 81 The Burlipg-
ton to-day sent out the following notice
to all connecting lines: cit will prob
ably be week or more before this com.
pany will be able to receive freight from
you, and 1t will therefore be advisable,
and for the public interest, for you to de-
| liver all freight consigned to Us and des-
tined to competitive points, totsuch other
, roads as in your Judgment can b St
and most promptly t Ike it to its destina-
tion. We shall also be obliged for few
days to decline to receive freight for local
stations, but as soon SIS We are able we
will i've this the preference and will first
serve those places that are wholly Deepen
| dent upon us You will be duly advised
OF our ability to handle our freight" d.
PowDERLY ON HAND.
CHICAGO, ILL, Feb. % II. V Pow
derby, general master workman Of the
knights of Labor, arrived st the Grand
Pacific hotel this evening. BE did moi
register, and instructed the clerks to say
nothing of his presence. The Grand Pa
cifc is headquarters Of ? NJ. Arthur,
chief of the Brotherhood Of Locomotiv,
Engineers, who is directing the grea'
rike on the Chicago, Burlington ant
Quincy Railroad.
SEVERELY FELT.
KANSAS Cry, Mo-, Feb. % The
strike of engineers on the Burlington sys
tenn was severely felt here to-day The
6rst attempt to take out train was msds
at O'Clock this morning, when round
house foreman named Thompson tool
change of the engine hauling the 7;lt
fast train to Chicago. He WAS assisted
ny cowboy who volunteered to act c!
f.. man, and the train pulled out tive
hours late. The Denver express and thu
Des Moines express arrivtt
st Has as one tain, one hou
and two hours late respectiy lY
The Chicago limited express due at 8 III
arrived at 2:30, having been abandoned
bV the regular crew st Brookf I'D at
O'Clock this morning. About l O'clocl
the road managed to get out the Council
uff and St Paul express and Denve
sno Lincoln express as one train with
new engineer and fireman.
Men are applying in considerable mum
bers at the Office If the company here Z
succeed the strikers, and the official
CAIN they will get out through trains OF
time tomorrow. LJcsl trahc is almos
: at standst!ll
IN SYMPATHY WITH THE ENGINEERS
CHICAGO, T ID 27.-Cbis eveni' 60
of the freight handlers Of the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy line were laid OF
. and every freIgh, office in the city is shu
down in consequence Of the engir
GERS strike. These are tn
same men who obtained wor
during tee freight handlers strike OF 1SSt
and are all said to be loyal TO the com
pany, but have tobe laid off IS no wOr
remains for them to do. George Burt {
Hinsdsle, one Of the passengers on III