The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-04
THE STIKE STATUS.
Opinion of a Railroad Official
On 1t.
THE FREIGHT TARIFF FIGHT
A New Dramatic Combination -
Obituary In Memotism - TAe
Afflicted Plince-A Hurricane.
The Strike.

committees is looked forward to with
great anxiety by both Burlington
officials and Brotherhood officers.
Upon the outcome of this meeting de-
ponds the future course of Chief Al
thur. Should reasonable excuse be
! found for it on any one OF the western
roads, the Brotherhood men will prob
ably be called out. It is believed by
many that every western road is liable
to render the strict neutrality construC-
ton to have its men taken off by Tues
day morning. Officers of the Brother
mood now admit that nothing salts
| factory will come of their order to the
engineers and firemen of the Reading
road to quit WORK, and dispatches from
the east this morning confirm the belief
Only about thirty OF the Reading men
were induced to 90 back to their homes
at the Burling ton office, 1t was not
thought the Brotherhood would carry
out the threat to call off engineers and
nremen on other roads. ''TheIr
object" said one official, is $40 endeavor
TO bring such pressure from the public
and other roads to lear on as as to COM
pei US TO accede 10 their demands
| We have made no attempt to take
| through freight, Ind will not attempt
| to do so until we have completely
modified our local traffic. Then We
will receive and handle through freight.
and should any attempt be made to
cut US off from accommodation by con-
Meeting lines, we will try what virtue
thee is in tie Interstate law. We
can compel other roads to handle
our cars, or we can make them pay
S. 90 for every car they refuse to. We
are moving trains now almost to our
usual capscity on Iowa. Nebraska and
Missouri lines, and will have our lire
service complete next week. The fight
| on other roads by the Brotherhood will
be made solely on account OF freight
I tariff
CHICAGO, March 8 There was no ap-s
| parent change to-day in the passenger
service Of the Burlington road. The
suburban trains arrived and left en-
time. Other trains which came in
we're the ones which lave been ruiz
ming for several days. An Official
of the company said the through pas
| senGer business Is not as yet being
either solicited or received.
| Notice was issued this evening that
| the company's freight houses in this
city will be opened Monday for the re-
ception OF merchandise for STATIONS in
| Illinois only, and it is desired that
shipments for points not reached by
any other road be delivered. The
notice says: We expect to make reason
ably prompt delivery, but tire will
not be IS good as ordinarily"
Chiefs Arthur and Sargent are not
very hopeful of any good coming from
their request to the Brotherhood On
the Reading road toe step out. They
are confident, however, that there are
not enough idle engineers in the east
to materially assist the Burlington,
and that the road will arrive at the
limit of its resources within a few
days. They expressed the belief
this evening" that they had the whip
hand on the strikers, but do not ex-
pect there will be many developments
until Monday, when the chairmen of
the various grievance committees get
together. To keep up the spirits of
strikers. circular letter was sent out
to-day signed by Arthur and Sargent.
complimenting the men Oh their firm
stand and devotion TO the people and
duty. and expressing the firm belief
that their cause will triumph.
air. Arthur was, this evening, handed
a copy of q telegram which was sent,
this afternoon, by twelve Reading Ell
gineers to their master workman, in
Philadelphia, saying: we are on our
way back; stop the boys" Grand
Master Sargent showed to the Asso-
Ciated Press representative telegram
from many western points, showing that
the men are standing firm and are con
fdent Of ultimate victory.
Chief Engineer Arthur had not heard |
Of tronody OF prnnk En4H M ir,l
which Bridge Foreman Bostwick fatally |
shot John Roxy, a Brotherhood en- |
gineer, until shown the Associated |
Press dispatch to night. When it was
read TO him, Mr.. Arthur seemed
affected. His eyes dropped to the floor,
and after a minutes study, he said:
I'm sorry deeply sorry. l deprecate
violence of any sort, for there is nothing
to be gained by It. The instructions
given to our agents who left head
quarters for outlying points, were to be
particularly careful to request our men
to stay away from company property,
so that Just such trouble this would
be averted. This was supplemented by
, telegram of the same tenor TO the
Brotherhood on the Burlington system.
cannot discuss the case further, for
have received no official advice about
t."
At pm. special train of three
coaches left the Union Depot, carrying
westward ITO men said to be tried en-
,ineers and fremen. They marched
)ver from the company's headquarters
u charge of the Iowa division superin-
endent and few of Pinkerton's men.
rhe ITO will be dropped along the line
here and Council Bluffs, where
most needed, This last batch makes
he third since Thursday noon, and
ives total of 300 shipped to points in
illinois, Iowa and Nebraska.
At Chief Arthur's headquarters to-
light, it was given out that Monday :
lorning a prominent Chicago firm,
those name is withheld, would bring
ompel it to carry freight. or show
ause why 1t did not Action, it is
laimed. will be brought under the =