Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07
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8 Chicago Lifted Strikers on All Roads
but the = Q 4 Resolve to Return to Work
-COngressional Inquiry.
ss CHICAGO, April The rsilroad strike 10
of; its backbone Is broken, and to-day will
see every affected road In the city making
Preparations for the resumption Of regular
business This decision was arrived at last
evening between and O'Clock To say
that this action on the part of the strikers
surprised the heads OF the various railroads
which were compromised expresses their
feelings mildly.
During the afternoon nesting attended
by over 200 engineers, switchmen and
fremen was held at the Twelfth Street
Turner Hall, which lasted until 8 o'clock
stnight Long before its adjournment,
however, decision to resume work gem
orally was arrived at, and the various rail-
road officials were SO notified
The Milwaukee & ST Paul str kers held
meeting, during a lull ut the big one at the
Turner Hall, and sent committee to con-
fer with General Superintendent Clark.
The message Of the committee was to
the effect that the strikers would return
to work IL the scabs employed
would be compelled to clear the yarls
of all burlington freight now in them.
They would then be willing to return and
handle all freight, boycotted or not This
was refused By the superintendent, and q
further conference among the men took
place The result was that they
sent another message saying that
they would be ready to 90 to work
stlis morning. Their surrender was not
embellished with conc itions On receipt Of
this last message superintendent Clark In
formed the men smilingly that tie road
would receive them and give them back
Their old positions. And SO it was with the
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago road
General Manager McCrea, of the Fort
Wayne and Pan ii anGlle roads, was seen at
the Pacific hotel last night and he, without
hesitation, confirmed the report of the
strikers back down. He said:
$ At about 8 o'clock received request from
the representatives OF the striking switchmen,
engineers and hremen, to the effect that If they
returned in body would I permit them
all to resume work and not discharge
or suspend any of them because Of
the last two or three days happenings.
In reply I stated that il the men
would resume their places at once and handle
all traffic without discrimination of any kind
{ they could do SO, and no discipline would be
imposed for what had taken place. At 6:45
O'clock received q message stating that at a
meet ng held at 4 o'clock this evening it had
been decided that the men would resume work
Tomorrow morning. Shortly afterward repre-
sentatlYeS from the men came to me and con-
frmed the message. All arrangements have
been made to go ahead tomorrow as usual. On
the Panhandle the men did not strike, and
have advised the company that they will not
do SOL
General Superintendent Clark, of the st
Paul, said he could only reiterate the state
M 10Th 1iosU roI II
be working in full blast this morning; he
was glad of it, and that's all there was to it
Thus the boycott against 20 freight has
been declared off, and all roads will COM
mence this morning to handle the ship
ments of that road as they did be-
fore the strike The effect Of this is to
open the Burlington road to the full tide
OF business which belongs to it, and the
Brotherhood hopes by this means to
secure two ends. First the averting
of any unlawful acts either by them or
on their account; and second, the demon
s.ration to the Burlington and it's patrons
that it can not operate the road under the
full pressure of its untrammeled business
with the present men it has This course
meets with the commentator of the rail-
road officials, and the Brotherhood believes
it will be productive of good to their cause.
The Bedtime engineers commenced to
handle cars at $50 o. clock last night.
and will hereafter take and haul all cars Of
every description that the Burlington sends
it This action was brought about in a
large measure by the Injunction proceed
ings before Judge Gresham.
SO far as our road is concerned the situa-
ton is unchanged" said President Cable, OF
the Rock Island. The Situation of this
road consists in an unqualified and abb
solute refusal to take Burlington freight
at any price or under any conditions
Whether the result of the application
OF the Burlington to Judge Gresham
for an order in the matter will cause
the Rock Island to recede from this posi-
ton will probably be known in day or
two, as the case comes up in his court this
morning
When the Burlington railway asked Judge
Gresham for an order to compel the Rock Is
land to handle aQD freight. the Rock Island
answered by charging that the present strike
was simply a Iart of the Burlington pro-
gramme to force the other lines into join
ing railway trust" which the
Burlington was said to desire. Mr..
81. j. Stone, General Manager of.
the Chicago, Burlington Quincy,
makes answer to these charges in an aff1-
davit which was filed yesterday afternoo
The affidavit denies in detail all the
charges of the Rock Island, which it pro-
nounces scandalous and false It says
and and other lines against the most earn
est efforts Of the Burlington. Mr..
Stone denounces as false and
reckless" the charges of the Rock
Island that Tie strike was allowed
IN order to coerce the Burlington's compet-
itors into acquiescence with the railway
trust In conclusion, Mr.. Stone declares
that, contrary to the Rock Islands assertion
made In their answer, it was in position
to resume its former relations with COM
plainant
8 Judge Gresham has issued an order of In
juno Jon prayed for by the Burlington re-
straining the Belt line from refusing to ham
led G cars or from denying to the Burling-
ton the same advantages and facilities that
are extendedsto other roads
1t was reported at New York Monday that
President Perkins, of the Burlington, had
said that the strike had cost his road
81, SOC. OOO
WASHINGTON, April 1.-The House Com
merce Committee created quite stir yes
terday by reporting fayorably the resolu-
tion to investigate the Chicago, Burlington
q quincy BGI1Ke Ine wording OF the resO-
luton indicates that the investigation pro-
posed by it will be thorough and far
reaching The indications are that it will
pass the House with little opposition. OF
course much will depend on the personnel
of the committee, of which nothing def
mite can be learned prior to action by the
House.
Immigration Statistics.
E New YORK, April A. Captain Moore, of
the Landing Bureau of Castle Garden, re-
ports that %. 945 Storage passengers ar