The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-03
The neutrality-suspicious. Deal.

The PowderIy- y-Sargent-Cahill Deal.
CHICAGO, March 2-The agreement between
the Brotherhoods of Engineers and Firemen and
the knights of Labor, whereby the former
to call their men out of the Pennsylvania coal
regions on the Reading road. and the latter to
keep away from the fight in the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy matter, had apparent
effect on the number of applicants at the general
offices OF the Burlington company this morning.
The majority of the men, however, were young,
and looked more like hremen than engineers.
The officials of the company claim that the sit
uation is steadily improving They accepted
160 men yesterday, and expect to put on $50
more to-day. Fourteen passenger trains were
sent out from Chicago to-day, and sixteen came
in. The company commenced running coal
trains on the Chicago division to-day, and
it IS claimed that they are running local
freight trains some portions of their
system. A number of switch engines at
work in the yards and lumber districts. and the
most important work there is being taken
Of. The officers of the company are confident
that they will be able to send several freight
trains out to morrow. They do not think that
the deal between the Brotherhood and the
Knights of Labor will have any effect on the
new men. Everybody looked bright and cheer
full at the strikers headquarters to-day. The
men sat around the stoves in the hall aud
cracked jokes, some telling stories and others
narrating their adventures en- the road. The
strikers say that everything looks favorable,
and are awaiting the results OF the agreement
between the Brotherhood and the Knights with
much confidence At the round house the fore
man said Il am tired looking at some of the
men who are employed to take the places of the
strikers. The engines in horrible
dition. have just ask for three machinIsts
and two boiler-makers to come and keep the
locomotives in the best possible condition Three
of finest engines are DESTROYED, and the rest
of them are badly broken down.
PHILADELPHIA Pa, March 2-General
Superintendent Sweigard, of the Philadelphia
& Reading Railroad Company, said this after
noon that trains running regularly and
promptly, and no dissatisfaction has been heard
of among the men. There were some members
of the Brotherhood employed on the road before
the strike, but he did not know what proportion
of the engineers employed to take their places
belonged 10 that organization The reports
from the West telling about hundreds of dis
charged Reading railroad engineers taking the
places of strikers on the Chicago. Burlington 81
Quincy railroad, were. he declared, greatly ex-
aggerated for hundreds of engineers" were
not discharged from the Reading servics Re-
ferring to the records, Mr. Sweigard found that
the entire number Of locomotive engineers who
left the service of the Philadelphia 81 Reading
Railroad Company during the recent labor dis
turbance, was 100 Road Foreman Cobson and
Master Mechanic Vernon seen. and both
declared that not more than twenty Brotherhood
engineers were employed by the Reading Com
pany during the strike
Il was rumored. late this afternoon, that MIR.
Edward Kent had been in consultation with
Henry Walton. the chairman of tbs executive
committee Of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen. a. Point Breeze nearly all day. but
nothing could be learned Of the result II any, OF
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