Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-03
THE NEWS IN THE BLUFFS.
Chief Mullen Captures an ALI
Around Young Man. -,
THE TRIAL or HALL PROGRESSES
The Independent Convention - The
Strikers and the struck-ToO Free
With q Ham a. Personal
and Other News.
Notes OF the Strike.

NOVee OF the Str1ke.
The 20" collision at the Wabash
crossing Thursday evening was the
principal topic of conversation yester-
day morning at the headquarters OF the
striking engineers and tiremen. The
strikers state positively that the "Q'
train did not stop until the collision
took place, and say there were brother
hood men on the train as passengers
who will testify to that effect. On the
contrary the railroad officials say that
the train did stop and whistle for the
crossing, and say that every passenger
on the train signed paper having that
statement. The strikers informed a
BEE reporter that the name Of the en-
gineer who was in charge Of engine No.
3l2, pulling the passenger train at the
time of the accident, has been scratched
from the train register at the local
depot. The reporter went to the depot
and asked to see the register. The agent
informed him that he could not allow
him to see it, as lit wouldn't do"
The cause assigned for the accident
by the so" officials is that the Wabash
showed no lights whatever, and the
first intimation their engineer had Of
the location Of the other train was when
his headlight revealed 1t.
The wrecking force was at work all
day, and just at night had succeeded in
getting the ''3l2'' Strengthened out and
again on the track.
General Agent Marshall says that the
damage done to the engine will amount
to considerable. He states that the
engineer in charge at the time of the
collision was named Johnson, and is an
experienced man from the east. The
officials claim that the new men are
passing good examinations and will
soon be running all trains as usual.
The strikers say that such statements
are gross Misrepresentation, and that
the company are buying up some of the
papers in order to create q false inn
preston among the general public, in
order to convince them that the new
men are reliable, and that the company
is satisfied with them.
why don't the newspapers give both
sides of the case?" is query heard
| among the strikers. One OF them went
further, yesterday. and said: Il notice
that the BEE and the Globe try to be
| fair about the matter, but all the other
papers act as if they had been bought
up, They always give what the rail-
way company have to say, but don't give
| our side"
"What new thing do you want to say
on your side?"
'"Fhere's a good deal that can be said.
| I noticed that the 20" claims they are
getting just as competent engineers as
those who have quit. The record of the
accidents don't show it. l know the
personal record of some of these
men, too. They don't show it.
Joe Cox, who now pulls the fast
mail, never ran an engine before the
present trouble. He used to fire. He
was expelled from the brotherhood for
non-payment of dues. J. Il. Sperry,
formerly employed in the train depart
ment OF the ID. NJ. O. & S. narrow
guage, was discharged by the Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy because he was
found to be color blind, but is now
deemed a competent engineer. William
Davis, after running freight engine
for two months or SO, met with an acci-
dent, run into another train, was let
out, but now comes to the front as a
competent engineer to run passenger
train. A brakeman has been given an
engine, and SO might 60 on and give a
long list. Why don't they show up the
record OF these competent engineers -
The company sent out an extra passen-
ger train last evening ahead of the
regular No. 6. Some OF the wipers at
the roundhouse quit work yesterday
alleging that the carelessness of the
new men endangered their lives. One
man stated that while he was at work
under the engine, the engineer pulled
out, running over him. Another one
said that while locking the turntable
the engineers had several times started
up, narrowly missing taking off his arm.
Similar stories of carelessness and in
capacity are frequent, and the men say
they want different deal or they will
have to quit work or be killed.
There are numerous predictions made
that as soon as any attempt is made to
move the freight consigned to the Chi
cago, Burlington u Quincy railway
there will be trouble on the lines thus
attempting to help that railway. There
are at the transfer now nearly five hun
dred cars of freight, brought in from
the west, and consigned to the Chicago
Burlington & Quincy. These cars are
on sidetrack and will remain there for
some time. The other day seventeen ol
these cars were sent over to the Rock
Island to 60 out over that line. but in
less than two hours the cars were
brought back, that road refusing to take
them. 1t is evident that the engineers
of the other roads will refuse to hau
any such cars. and il the road insist!
there will be a spreading Of the strike
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