Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-09
THE STRIKE TAKEN INTO COURT

THE STRIKE TAKEN INFO COURT. Chief Arthur and the Brotherhood Cited To Show why They Should Not He Punished For Interfering With the Eurlinston's Business-A Move That Means War To the Death.
 CHICAGO March 8.-This morning the fight between the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road and it's striking engineers and fremen was changed from the lines of the road and the strikers headquarters to the United States court. At an early hour big petition was filed in the United States court by counsel for the railroad. It set forth the history of the strike with the grievances of the road and wound up by praying cut injunction against Chief Ar thur and the Engineers Brotherhood, well as an order on the Wabash road compelling it to handle Burlington freight in the dis charge of it's duty common carrier. The order issued by the court covers the ground of the bill and shows the specific matters prayed for therein. The Burlington road makes Charles E. Beers act in the capacity of chief complainant in the case, although the suit is the work of the company MT. Beers is big lumber merchant and as he has had his business tied up since the strike began, he gladly threw his lot with the 'Q." in the hope of obtaining some relief for him. self. The order is as follows:
 Come now the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad company and D. E. Richardson by their
 citors and present their petition to the court pray ing for order of the court requiring the receiver of the court appointed herein and his agents, off cers and employes to perform his duties public carrier respects traffic with such petitioner and monlv called the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gneers and it's officers and it's agents and especially charged in said petition from in any giving any orders to the engineers in the employ of the recev or going from the railroad in charge of said recev usual business interchange with the said peti toner corporation and also praying for an order to punish the said Arthur for contempt of court in unlawfully interfering with the administration of the property the custody of the court in this
 Whersupon the court orders the said petition, to- gether with the affidayits and Iapers in support thereof be filed and the said application is set for hearing at o'clock of March g. 1s8s and it is ordered that notice of such application be forthwith served on the receiver or his solicitor.
 There was considerable surprise among the strikers and their chiefs when the news of this move of the road was broken to them. Mr. Sargent said an injunction if granted would have no effect on the strike as far as the engineers and fremen are concerned. "Chief Arthur" he said, "does not order strikes. He does not order men to quit work and has no power to do so. The constitution of the Brotherhood of Engineers does not give him such power. An injunction against him therefore to restrain him from ordering the men to disobey the orders of the road employing them would cut no figure whatever" Chief Arthur could not be seen, but the press committee authorized to speak for him said: "An injunction against Mir. Arthur would not be worth the paper it is printed on, sim ply because he does not order the men to quit work. An injunction against the Brotherhood is equally worthless, because it is not an incorporated body. If the engiin- eers on the Wabash do not want to handle Burlington freight no court can make them do it."
 The position that the engineers body will take in any event will be very simple one Whether they appear in any court to morrow by counsel at all has not been dscid- ed, for matter of fact they are or appear to be quite indifferent as to whether the court will or will not issue the order prayed for. They are determined, and so expressed them selves to-day in a score of instances, to re- fuse to handle train on any road that handles the "Q." cars and no law can com pei man to work when he is not willing to.