New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-08
ECHOES OF THE "Oo STRIKE.
wRECKING A BURLINGTON TRAIN.
YARDMAsTERs REFUSE TO WORK WITH NEW MEN
EACH LII


result of deliberate purpose to wreck the train as
another engine had passed safely few minutes before
and the switch lights showed right the train ap-
preached The wrecker made his escape.
There were on the engine at The time besides En-
gineer Latham and Fireman Gerhardt. Yardmaster
Truman and two policemen. They jumped when they
felt the first Jar and all escaped safely except the
fireman. Gerhardt, who caught under the cab when
the engine overturned and pinned to the ground.
II took full hours work to release him from his
painful position. He suffered serious injuries. The
cars of the train were piled up helter-skeer along
the track but not badly smashed.
At 10 o'clock last night a report received at
the Of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
a the Grand Pacific HOTEL that all the yardmasteIs
OF the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road except
three, had LETT the service of the company; mere
in all about twenty yardmasterS In the nisht anu
day crews and it is their knowledge Of the local
geography Of the yards which makes them ya9aoe'
for upon this knowledge depends the proper az
sitiOn OF the freig hts they arrive. Hece IL VIII %
that they occupy important positions Just ths
time the rush OF freight on the ROAD when inc
raising OF the boycott has caused renders 1t imperative
that all consignments be handled with expedition
the moment when It would produce the most harm
has and looks If the fight was not yet over
When the swtchmen went out twelve Oh me a aau
went with them. Five more went out a..
night and this leaves only three of tho old men IN the
service. They refuse 10 work with scabs. - -,
with the exception OF this incident the q STRIKE
is tapdly sinking into that state OF mon0t0ny gu.
Arthur viii. II is expcc ed return to Chicago on
Tuesday night. Unl thai time # +. not Likely mat
any further attempt Will b. mad toward bringing
the Burlington company and the striker to an an
officials OF the O. and the Brotherhood we're yes,
teday brought together 10 talk over the genera
situation After a hafhour's talk The conference
came to end without either side having gained Ut
a wrong Impression of the strike is gaining
some c'rcuaiion,~ said Chairman Hog to-day
day than has been a. any I'll 3e s' or l' ,nefinc
and that We arr Ia better rOndl on Oui n'o us MS
MN DrIier N and Mr. ecy di MT AMOUNT to ayth NJ
We anew II wouldn't lcfOle the meeting t0oh piI..
II va, held throu-h the eff ms OF Mr.. jeffrey. we
know that the road has incompetent ensnr r I ana
too few OF them We arr sure thai II cannot manure
business without us ana we VIII never SsaA wauIi
return TO work unier any cilcuhs ces tna w ro
Indicate that hal rctrcaed from the stand We
little over sou euguecrs such a. IN ART; naDHot
not do lis business without o0o NOR. IL ca.I,o.
indy dually and giving other Places UrC I'm
stance, might determine. II cuullnt 40 lnh c.tu
.scabs' Writ Dexter aid t. me during TIE con
ference thai our engineers had done their share IN
tSIe and iIat tie road sim wanted the best en-
gineers obainaIle II thai means anything, lt
that we ould go BACK the ne" bIe men wouId
be got rid Of am satisfied that ms thlns t %o Mo
have been settled long ago hSl II nor heen ior d
knows it, but Mr. Stone IS too proud TO ackno"[
edge It, ,.. -i.., -, , mart % vrbat thew
sked If the road would yield a part, TOO ies'
think they would. We have a great deal OF ialIh In
The committee will pass upon the competence OF tho
new engineers and Will also inquire INTO me cduScs VI
tbe strike and the Justice Of our demands hnOW
of no law that will make the findings of the commit
tee binding either upon the road or Ourselves, IL
cannot compel the road take back at our terms,
nor order 10 go back al the ROADS. but We arp
so sure that are right that we court thc nVestu,
cation OF the committee. II is really trlai AT Ino
bar Of public opinion, and If the road purs ues It's pres
course alter the committee has given us decision
will lose and business and ma many smts lor
:. People in Chicago don't how bad the road s
bloc keds said Mr. Clarke Of the committee to-day.
Il have just returned from trip over the line 10
handled a. rapidly possible, but lumber and other
freight Is side tracked all along the line Every
yard IS full, and the further west you go the wo'so
I is. There are 40 men at aurora ana bet"een
thirty five and fifty engineers Not one Of these en-
gineers trusted alone but mechanics go with them
10 fix things I'm any little accident happens to the
engine and TO help them run them. The road can
not do its business with IT, present force, and IL can
not get any more competent engineers
Mr. Huskey. Of the committee said: We viii
make the road good one or poor one Every en-
zlncer. fireman and switchman Will be brotherhood
nan IL Will be scab road from one end to the
Jthero
II our business Increases this month as antic.
pate, We Will need about 100 additional! enancers,
rom the ranks ~ the old men because they bet
err acquainted with the road than The new ones would
10. Now. II they VIII consent 10 20 back AZ the Ola
crms We can. as ! say. lind places for them a. last
Is business increases, That j., the only proposition
We have 10 make The Burlington people have taken
heir stand and propose 10 abide hy an they have said
Z is useless for these 10 talk of arbitration The
me for that has long since expired There Is simply
ncn who satisfied with their positions and are
giving satisfaction 10 the company. To suppose that
give these strikers work which they once proudly
cfuscd is nhuman II IS more than that-t Is
knowledge themselves beaten. II IS useless to think
# a settlement under other conditions
OPPOSED To WORK N THE uOr-p For DrNNFP