Wichita eagle., 1888-02-29
BURLINGTON STRIKERS.
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Z. l.. Barry, member of the eXecutiv
board, knights of Labor, is in the city
When asked concerning the published re
ports that the Reading railroad Knight
are going to Chicago to take the places o
striking members of the Brotherhood O
Locomotive Engineers, he said: There i
no foundation for this report. Notwlth
standing the fact that members of the en-
gineers' brotherhood are ''scabbing' il
places of the Knights of Labor strikers
the Reading knights have. neve
''scabbed," as charged by the brotherhood
Every time, however, that the brother
hood has had chance they have
''scabbed'' on the knights, notably in tn
southwest and Reading strikes"
GALEsBURG, Feb. 2S-The officials of The
Burlington road succeeded in getting
nearly all the passenger trains out thi:
forenoon nearly on time. Thus far five O
company The officials report the prospect:
brighter. The brotherhood has expelled
the recreant engineers and will publish
| them. A number of engineers have beer
| sent from the east and more are coming
The strike is quiet.
SCRANTON, Pa, Feb. 2s.-General Master
Workman Powderly remains at his home
in this city and will not 90 to Chicago He
was seen this afternoon and said the
knights as a body would not order the tax,
ing of the places of striking engineers on
the Burlington by knights in retaliation
| for the brotherhood taking their places on
| the Reading system. He wants the
| brotherhood to win the fight and wants
the knights to help them, so that the two
organizations will be more firmly united
| hereafter in struggles that either may be
| forced to make.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 2S.-The tie up on
the Burlington system is as complete here
today as it was yesterday. The company
has succeeded in sending out passenger
trains manned with green hands, but they
have all been more or less delayed in de-
parting and as result only handful of
passengers has boarded any of the outgo-
ing passenger trains. The arriving trains
are worse delayed than the departing
| trains. The freight business is completely
blockaded and is much worse than pas
senger traffic Although the strikers
have behaved in an orderly manner, large
squads of policemen are stationed at the
Union depot and detail is sent over the
river to Harlem with each train for the
ernor Morehouse sent a telegram this af-
ternoon to Captain jeff Dunlap, of the
Kansas City light cavalry, instructing
him to hold his company in readiness.
Two Rock Island switch engineers aban-
doned their engines today out of sympathy
with the strikers. but the Rock Island is
having no trouble whatever and none is
anticipated.
ST. LOUIS, Feb 2S.-There were really
no new developments in the railroad strike
today. The striking engineers and fremen
congregated around the relay depot in
East st. Louis and read eagerly the news
from other points on the system. They do
not go near the yards. Very little was
done in the yards, only one switch engine
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passengers went out on time.
ST. JOSEPH, Feb. 2S.-The strikers are
gaining ground at this point, having per-
suaded ten men to leave eng ines today.
Passenger trains are running on the main
line of the Kansas City, St. Joseph &
Council Bluffs and On the Creston
branch: other branch trains are abandoned;
the Cameron division of the Hannibal & ST.
Joseph railroad is now tied UP, the last
engineer having left his engine tonight.
The train east is standing at the union de-
pot, the engineer and fireman having
joined the strikers. Travel is light from
st. Joseph, no train carrying
more than forty PASSENGERS. The
men have remained sober and
orderly But one switch engine is running
in the Kansas City yards. The Hannibal
yards are deserted No. II, on the Creston
branch, went north tonight with street
car driver Geo. Gilman in the cab. Engine
No. 6, came in on No. 4, south on Kansas
City, with guides and links cut by running
hot and sent in for repairs No engines
have been tempered with. Chairman
Thompson. of the Brotherhood of Engi-
neers, and Mcdonald, of the firemen, are
jubilant over the days work. Manager
Merrill is confident but nervous. Switch
men and brakemen have assured the
strikers of cooperation if necessary.
DENVER, Col, Feb. 2S.-It is reported
here that there was serious trouble at Nc
Cook, Neb., today, growing out of the
strike. An engineer, non-union man,
was working a locomotive in the yards,
and was asked by the brotherhood men to
get off. He refused and rush was made
for him. He was dragged off the locomo-
tive by the mob and was beaten almosc to
death. He was left insensible, and the
strikers then took the engine and ran it
away about a mile and killed it,
This was not the end of the trouble, how
ever. The town authorities arrested a
number of the leaders in the assault and
took them before q justice, who bound
them over This action incensed the
strikers, who became so unruly and bois-
ferrous as to necessitate active steps being
taken to protect the city from damage. A
telegram was sent to Lincoln, with a re-
quest that the state militia be ordered out.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2S-Everything and
everybody looked exceedingly dull at the
Burlington depot this morning In the
passenger depot the clerks were selling
tickets as usual, but as they sent the buy
ers off by other roads the business could
not have been very profitable one for the
company. Only three suburban trains
each way in addition to the fast mail and
a Council Bluffs train, which got off about
noon, We're; run today. The brother
hood engineers refused to move
the fast mail, so the company had to
put new men on it, but it is reported as
running practically on time. The officers
of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy state
that applications for positions as engineers
and firemen are coming in constantly
from all over the country, personally. BY
wire and mail, but as the company does
not accept anybody except after rigid ex-
animation to see that they are competent
the process of hiring men is slow and con-
they don't expect the road to be
in running order for at least ten months.
About fifty men have so far been selected.
No effort whatever was made by the COM
pany to move freight today. This evening
rumors of compromise began to fly about.
1t was said that the representatives of the
roads, fearing strike on
their own lines. had asked Chief Arthur to
negotiate further with the Burlington
people. Business men who feared a spread
OF the strike and the interruption of trade
Wte sdIIi 10 DC ANXIOUS Us afDltrate the
differences between the contestants Chief
Arthur and Grand Master Sargant said
that no offers to compromise or arbitra-
ton VIII emanate from them. They said
they were willingto compromise with the
as they had with other roads.
They added that the propositions of the
brotherhood had not been discussed. as
Mr.. Stone, general manager Of the Bur
lington, refused TO concede anything on
the third proposition. 81 cents mile and
no classification. And there the negotis-
tons stopped. Both Mr.. Arthur and Mr. |
Sargent insisted this evening in talking of
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