Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14
WILL APPEAL TO THE LAW.


The Burlington Ofi,cials Likely to Try
inc Effoct Of the Intor-Stato Com m eroo
ACT Upon Roads Which Refuse to
Handle Their Frcigl.t-The Burlington
q Northern Men Quit Work. and There
A." Fears Of ~ Further Spread Of tho
St'ixc.
CHICAGO, March s. --Whether to strike and
nell The Chicago, Burlington T. Quincy
strikers or remain ut their work We're the
questions which agitated several grievance
committees yesterday. At the conference OF
chalrmen OF grievance committees Monday
Chlet Arthur gave the committee his ap-
provol in advance He authorized each
OF strike II 1t were decided that u strike
was necessary Chief Arthur pledged the
committee the support of the general off,
GERS OF the Brotherhood.
The grievance committees of the Chicago
q Northwestern and the Chicago, Milwau-
kee d ST. Paul roads met yesterday, but
neither reached an agreement Men on
both roads are not feeling amicably to-
ward the company for receiving Burling-
ton freight, still they are slow about quit
ting work.
Little probability of general strike on
oil the roads at the same time exists Each
grievance committee will settle the ques-
ton itself and fix the time for the strike on
the road over which it assumes jurisdic-
uon. general strike may come, but
1t will probably arrive in sections
new scheme was sue .ested by some Of
the committees yesterday, and that was
that the strike on each railway system ex-
tend only to the freight tr.ftic The move
men1 Of freight has caused nearly all the
complaint This action would have the ef-
feet Of bringing the strike to speedy
termination, it is believed When gen.
eral freight blockade is ordered the other
railroad companies and the business men
will take hand in the settlement of the
difficulty
About forty crews-eighty men-of the
Chc ago Burlington & Northern railroad
engineers and firemen quit work at 10
o'clock yesterday:
Unless tine strike is settled the Illinois
Railway Commission may begin an in vesti-
CATION. The matter has been laid before
Governor Oglesby, and yesterday the Rail
way Commissioners were communicated
with, but what they would do was not as
certained
Under the Inter State act one road has
power to proceed against another road
which refuses or fails to fulfill the require
ments OF the act, and the penalty attached
to each oftense, il proved, is very heavy.
There have not been many instances thus
far of one road complaining against an
o her, but the trials that have taken place
prove to most railroad men the value and
wisdom of tho act
The Burlington road, with its new force
of engineers and firemen, is now in po-
stion to tender freight to its conn acting
lines. and the vital question is: Will they
receive 1t? II they do, the Brotherhood is
bound in Its present position to call off its
men and leave the offending road handi-
capped. If they do not the Burlington
Company has recourse both under the
illinois statute and the Interstate Com
MERGE act to legal proceedings to compel
them to do SC.
Fortified under the Commentaries act
and special Federal legislation, and with all
the engines manned with new men, the in
dications ere that the Burlington will
assume warlike position Yes
terday it rendered freight to the Wabash
Company, which declined temporarily
to handle it The Lake Shore switchmen at
the Stock Yards also refused to move Bur-
nngton cars, and it is reported, that similar
refusals were made on other lines The
Illinois Central handled the tabooed cars,
only road that did 50 to any considerable
extent
Il don't know whether the Wabash re-
fuses to take our freight or not" hurriedly
said Paul Morton. Of the Chicago Burning
ton & Quincy general ofacea Il dou't
know VIII ut the policy Of the road will be-
unless it will be that we propose to stand
by our rights both as regards our employees
and other railroada We have won the
fight with our employees, and we are sure
to win the other The law compels other
roads to carry our freight when we deliver
tho cars ON their tracks We propose to
maintain our rights at all hazards"
Chief Arthur received yesterday from 81.
E Hayes, Of J. ". Hayes l. Sons, bankers at
Cleveland, O., letter common ding bis
course and offering him assistance
Mr.. Hayes says that in Cleveland the public
opinion is that Chief Arthur could do
nothing except fight as it is generally
understood that the %" people ure not
paying their engineers as high wages as
one will question the right Of labor to COM
bine for protection any moro than capital,
II it does not border upon extortion-
The general anxiety over the possibility
of the strike extending is reflected in bank
ing cirolea For several days the banks
have shown disinclination to loan any
amounts below the current rates for general
accommodations A spreading and long
continuation Of the @" trouble would
make country collections difficult The
spring iobbing trade. which Is now fairly
under way, has been but slightly at
fected al yet, except in the territory
reached exclusively by the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy. Even here the effect is
comparatively small There appears to be
confidence among country merchants that
their goods will be delivered somehow
From dispatches received yesterday fears
are expressed that the Kansas City, Fort
Scott l. Gulf system will soon become in
volved, and that trouble Is also brewing for
the Missouri Pacific, the Atchison, Topeka l.
Santa Fe and the Union Pacific At Den-