Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-10
ENJOINED FROM STRIKING.
Judge Dundy Issues an Order to
Union Pacific Engineer ers.
MUST HELP THE BURLINGTON.
Incompetent Men at the Throttle
Cause Two Serious Accidents
The Rock Islands Attitude
Statements OF Engineers.
Enioined Union Pacific Engineers.


Yesterday in the United States court the
Chicago. Burlington g. Quincy railroad com
pany, through it's attorney, G. j. Greene, Sc
cured an injunction against the Union Pacific
railway company, its officers and agents, and
particularly its engineers, restraining them
from refusing TO perform their duties under
the Interstate commerce law; also against
the engineers Of the Union Pacific railway TO
restrain them from striking or from organic
ing or combining to direct strike. The bill
sets out that the Union Pacific railway com
pany yand-ts employees have refused and still re-
fuse TO haul, handle CIR deliver traffic original
ingon or destined to any point on the Chicago
Burlington & Quincy system or passing over
any part of 1t In the transportation of which
it has any interest. This action on the part
OF the men is the result of combination en-
tered into by them and other members of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers for the purpose of Grip
pling and destroying the business
of the Chicago, Burlington Sc Quincy, and
thereby forcing it to discharge from its en-
ploy the engineers now in its service and
compelling il to replace them with members
of the brotherhood. Such action is viola
ton of the interstate commerce law, and the
Union Pacific railway company and its en-
ployes in refusing to handle the traffic of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, lay them
selves open to punishment under that act
The engineers being fully aware of the un-
lawfulness of their purpose in refusing to
Interchange business with the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy, and knowing that they can
be proceeded against for refusing. the same
services to the Chicago Burlington & Quincy
that they give to the traffic Of other lines,
and anticipating any action that might be
taken against them for such unlawful refusal
by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Or. or any business man. or other inter
spired and agreed upon as individuals and
as members of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers to strike the moment the aid
of the courts should be invoked to compel
them to desist from their unlawful refusal,
or the moment their employees the Union
Pacific railway company, should authora-
lively and positively command them to re-
ceive and command them to handle the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy traffic.
The bill then goes on TO ask that the en-
gineers be enjoined and restrained from thus
striking in order to carry out the unlawful
purpose in refusing to handle Burlington
freight, viz: to force the discharge of the en-
gineers now in the employ of the Chi
cago, Burlington g. Quincy, and their replace
ment with an equal numher of members of
the brotherhood. This, says the petitioner,
is probably the first instance of the power of
the court being invoked to restrain men from
striking. 1t may seem very much like, COM
pelling man to work when he does not want
to- but that is not the real effect or purpose.
The order of the court simply says that men
who, as members of vast order, have re-
solved and agreed upon among themselves as
such members and as indiylduals to take the
EXTREMIST measures in their power in order
to destroy and damage the property of an en-
ployer for the sole reason that such employer
has in his service men who are not members
OF such order and thereby force