Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-09
THE STRIKE SPREADS.
Chicago, Burlington and Northern En-
glneers and Hrsmen Have Refused
That Compsn.'s Employment.
Hardy = Rosd VIII Handle Freight on the
"Q'-PreTer n Law suis to
a Strike.
srRIsEs INEVITABLE,


Strikes on the Burlington and Northern
and on the COlcago, Milwaukee and St
Paul road are now considered inevitable
the former at 10 s. M, the lstter st noon
THE BRAKEMAN OBJECTS.
CHICAGO, ILL, March "a locsl pa.
per says Grand Chief Wilkinson of tht
Braksnen's Brotherhood was summoned
here by Chief Arthur yesterday. Til,
cause Of this action WAS the following or
der Issued by the Burlington road:
ITO Conductors:
GAS we are noY going TO open up oul
business and will discontinue the run
ming of pilots, we shsll expect you Of
one Of your brakemen to show tie new
engineers on the road when necessary ~
Mr.. Wilkinson Wss approached by S
reporter Snd said: "N0 member Of nv
organization will be allowed to do any
thing but his legitimate duties. l an
now going on the roSd to see what there
Is IN this report and look over the situa-
tion."
A GENERAL STRIKE OINTMENT.
CHICAGO, ILL March Chief Arthur
stated unreseryedly 20 an Associated
Press reporter At noon to-day that, TO
use Mr.. Arthur's exsc. words, there Wss
serious danger the strike of engineers
and fremen would row spread widely.
1t is impossible TO nppea5e cur men, SAID
he, when they knew that railroad comps
MES ell over the country are giving aid 10
the Burlington. We are Continually In
receipt CT kilograms showing that the
companies are rendering this assistance,
and 1t Is not in my power or the power #
any other man to use restraint unless
such things are stopped.
| NOT HANDLING BURLINGTON FREIGHT.
CHICAGO, ILL, March $50 far IS
heard from this morning not single rosd
upon which the Chicago, Burlington and
| Quincy had made q demand to handle
freight had responded favorablY. The
Wabash refused point blank. St. Paul
declined and heavy train switched to
its tracks from the Burlington tricks at
Western avenue for transportation over
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul lice
was hauled back. Other western roads
to whom formal request was sent h6vs
either refused or are prepared to reisc.
the freight when offered.
1--WE would rather have q law suit than
strike" said General Agent W. S. Hin
lin Of the Minnesota and Northwestern
Railroad, now the Chicago, st. Psul and
Kansas City, shut II formal request mas
been made 1t probably went TO the gen.
eral manager st 81. Paul. We don't wan:
any ENHANCEMENT II We can heIpit."
81 don't know whether the Wabash re-
fused TO take our freight or not" bur
riedly said Paul Morton Of the Burlington
general ottlce. ~ don't know what the
policy OF the railroad viii be unless it will
De that We propose to stand by our rights,
both IS REGARDS our employees and other
railways. We hEY= won the fight with or
Employees and we are sure 10 win the
other We bslieVe we csn compel other
roads to carry our freight when we dee
liver our cars on their tracks.
OTHER ROADS INVOLVED.
CHICAGO, Ill, March The Bur-
llDgton strike is involving other rail-
ways. At the stock yards this morning
five LSke Shore engineers refused to take
q train Of Burlington cars from Eugle-
wood to Sixteenth street, declaring Iney
would quit before they would haul any
thing bearing the 80" label. The carsd
corse quently remained at EogleWoqd |
The Wabash sTitchmen refused this
morning to receive Burlington earS.l
which were brought to the road al |
Root street. The switchmen employed |
oy the Union Stock Yards and TranSier |
Company, which has charge Of the swfteh-
ing st the yards, also decided to-dky tsAt |
they would handle no Burlington cars,
The company has, as yet, taken 10 actions
in the matter. 1T
Twenty. i've employees of thesTQ'fgat the I
yards, whore business 1t is tScsre FOR all
stock arriving over thaSsA, :" were sdis-t
charged to day, as no Stock is arriving
and consequently there Is no work to do.
FULL SUPPORT PLEDGED
CHICAGO, ILL March The full sup
port of the entire Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engiueers and Firemen has been
pledged to their members on any and ali
roads throughout the Uuited Slstes, who
deem 1t necessary to strike and formally
decide to do so in order to uphold their
brethren on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy. This Information VAS obtained
mis- evening on the best authority,
md WAS verified through another
source. Il can also be stated upon
that the genera meetings Of the
oCal grievance committees of the various
,oads held today were in each case Con-
1ened for the purpose of discussing the
Idyisability Of strike on each particular
Dad, and II such radical step WAS rot
considered essential, the object was to
iecide what m asures IN lieu thereof
Mould be adopted. The sanction of the
general executive OF the Brotherhood was
,iVen to advance The strike to the men on
my road, st the conference of the
,enerel grievance committee Of
ne Brotherhood held here Monday. /!
/ no longer rests with Chiefs Arthur and
sargent TO cav that tie men on sny road,
mould they strike, will be backed up by I
he Brotherhood as whole. The men '
N any single raIlrosd system or half 6
Iozen systems have It now absolutely in :
heir power not only to say whether they {
hsll strike but also whether they strike q
With the whole might Of the Brotherhood
'ehind them. That the men are not dis
'osed to use with undue haste the wespons q
q their grasp may be partly inferred from '
be fact that although several meetings
Tere hsld to-day, eaca closed with COM
etent authority to declare q strike =
fectiDg vast scope of territory, no
uch declaration bss been made up to
his evening. A. least TWO meetings Of
ne kind mentioned are known to have
cen held this city to-day.
wHY TIE STRIKE WILL SPREAD. t.
CHICAGO, ILL March 7-Mr. Arthur
1owed the following as sample OF the
with which he is del
ged:
AURORA, ILL.
NJ. Arthur, G. @. z Chicago:
E. r. r .ynolds, an engineer. says he
as in the employ of the New York Cen
al and WAS forced to come here and run