Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-06

OF brakemen and swlichmen on all the
railways are now working harmoniously
and they sppesr 70 be as determined to
win as the railway companies.
BUSINESS PARALYLED.
CHICAGO, ILL, March Sl.-Along the
line Of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Psul road the freight business is com
pletsly parelyzed and passenger traffic /.
conductors on the Council BluftS division
arrived st the roundAouse this morning
They were brought here by thu 81. Pau
people 10 fl the places Of the striking
engineers, fcemen and swItchmen, bus
afr talk with Doherly, the
leader of the local S.. Pau
me-, they decided that not q man
would throw switch. During the
day as many as 8 & n men called on the
MayOr with complaints against the Bur-
llngton N managers. They claim they were
induc' to come here from the east by
promises OF POSITIONS Of brakes men,
swl'cnmrD, etc, made to them by
The Darlington management ard
on their arrival were declared
Incompetent, aud refused either work or
tr.nsp ,rtstion hcme ogsiu. They are
without money, they say, and In a bad
=
il their misery 2C0 or 800 others, wnG:e
condition Is exactly similar. TIE Mayor
promised 70 see the Burlington manage
mant ABOUT the matter.
DISCUSSING TEE STRIKE.
PITTs+UKG, PA AOrll I-R Dreganls-
tives Of a / lodges OF tae Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Elgineess in the Ptis5urg
DIVISION held an important meeting ta.s
si.ernoon at their hall on Butler street.
The BUSINESS wss TO discuss he Chicago,
Burlington and Qlncy strike Ond $50 to
Consider reports relative 10 the STRIKE
omOug the P,.LsDUrg and Fort WaVne en-
plOyes. The n, etieg was we'll streGded
and lasted four hOuIs. The chairman il
the opening proceeding requss' ii the
meeting 70 consider the rumOred str k
Of n Ptt'sburg and Fort Wayne fIeigrt
engineers, hremen and sWltc5meG. 10 8
few minutes " WIS soon cO0ClusYeIy
sted nc strike on the line nsm=d hsc
taken pace nor would any occur. Ilfor-
mStiUu Was rendered to the hecl thst
the repJrted strike YVES false and was in
tended TO do harm. The western strike
was then taken up snG every representa-
tive supported the strikers. After IN iu-
ier s1ag discussion it was agreed TO sup
port he Chicago, Burlington AID Quincy
strikers through thick aud thin. cIrcu-
lar signed by S. Z H0ge, chair
man Of the strikers CONN tee,
replying to statement # The
Cpic4go, Burlington ard QainCy Of
Gals, vas then read. The circular
which mas Oeen sent to every lodge OF
engineers in ths country, admits the fair
ness of the strikers demSnd for pay based
upon the NUMBER IF miles run, but it Is
clsimed that the comparisons made do NOT
jlstify all demands. This evening 20 Of
tic al OF the local ledge stated that the
strike would Lot reach Plgtsburg, but
t0ar there will be such general s.OppSge
on the western lines within few days
mat 90 live stock or any freigbts from the
vest of CniCsgO can be forwarded 10
P,tsburg. 1: will al De stopped a. Cal
cego.l
BECOMING SERIOUS.
CHICAGO, ILL April l.-Tne prospect
# an immediate tie up # lhs Belt Line
added 8 grsyer aspect to the railroad
situation tuls evening than at any time
since The Brotherhood Of Engineers and
Flremen gait the services of the Chicago,
Burlington aud Quincy. Every raiirCa1
entering Chicago depends almost wholly
upon the Belt Line as means by which
the interchange Of freight is to De con-
Quoted with any other rOau. Practically
every rsilrosd trsck stretching from Chi
cago is lnLefsec.ed by the b IL aud as
there has been general feeling from
the start thatthe Issue Of the struggle
might be sWayGd ore way or the other By
the attitude Of the Belt Line officials and
the men in their employ. The latter have
sll along been among the staunChest allies
Of t1e Brotherhood, while the manage
ment Of the Belt Company have appar-
emily sought as far SIS possible to main
taia c los tion Of So called neutrality. A
new face WAS put on Affairs when some
time Yesterday General Il. H. Por-
ter, president of the Chicago and
E stern Illinois Railway sent d strongly
wUrded letter to JoIn B. Carson, pIesi-
dent OF the Belt Line The Btstern ILL
nOls company holds & conIolIiug inser
est in the Belt corporation, and General
Porter's letter demanded formally 2nd
'xoiicitly that "the Belt Line transfer
Cars for every railroad and Individual in
exactly the same manner, and that suy
and ell employees that DO not choose to DO
THEIR WHOLE DUTY
and the same duty towards Any one Csr
or railroad company, or individual, IS a.
other, shall Immediately be dismissed,
aud no employe s1sll In any wsY be al
lowed to handle any particular car that
will not handle every other Car Ia the
same way" President Carson replied
asserting 10 General Porter's letter. To-
day meeting Of employees of the Belt
Lire was held at which the whole SUI ct
was earnestly debated. Il wss currently
reported this afternoon that the Belt mt n
decided to stand by their guns and see
whether the company would discharge
them en- masse.
No provocstion for the extension of the
stake was gwen to day by the Burlington
whether, o. alleged, it was giysn for
the purpose OF resting the new men, or
there WAS NO business. Il being Sunday
and many men Idle,
THE DANGER OF RIOT
was Increased. There Certainly was no
attempt made in any quarter to handle
Burlington cars in Burlington yards.
TIE managers of the Milwaukee ard
St Paul pursued exactly an opposite
course. They made most strenuous
eff )rts to keep things moving
and as q result 1t is probable thst the
strike on the St. Paul will eliminate to-
morrow in q general strike on the Pan
handle. A traiu WAS got in readiness so
thst tomorrow 81 attempt can De mste
to transfer ST. Paul freight to the Pan
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