Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-28
Law, but at Galesburg the passengers

this morning about fifty Of the applicants
had been accepted. The suspension Of
work is complete at East st. Louis A
dispatch from Des MONIES, Iowa, says
not a train is moving on either the Albin
or Charlton division OF the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy.
A dispatch from Rock island says the
tie up Is virtually complete there. The
engineers allow an engineer and fireman
to each mail car. so that the mails need
not ne interrupted, but no passenger cars
can be attached.
CHICAGO, February 27.--The crowd OF
applicants for positions as engineers and
firemen kept steadily increasing during
the afternoon and evening. One OF
them, an engineer, who gave his name
as Michael Reilly. stated openly that he
was a member OF the Knights OF Labor,
and had been for number OF years. ." /
vas running a locomotive on the Iron
Mountain Line before the Southwestern
strike" he said, "and went out with the
Others. In little while Brotherhood
man took my place and / have not
had n steady Job since Now. | am going
to step INTO the shoes of member Of the
/ brotherhood. Whatever may be said OF
the w0rknQmen sticking together, l say
tuat when a man has 0een slapped in the
face he has a right TO return the blow. :"
Reillv's words were well received by a
knot OF men surrounding him, and the
opinion was pretty generally expressed
that the engineers aud firemea belong
ing TO the Brotherhood should be paid
Ia their own coin. II is estimated that
there will he 5000 men idle within the
next two days who are now employed IN
the city lumber district IN case the strike
continues.
Ninety per cent. of the lumber traffic
must in one way or another pass over the
Burlington tracks in the city to reach the
lumber district, and all day to-day not a
stick passed III or out. owing to the VIZ
tual boycott of Burlington established by
the engineers OF other roads. All OF the
Sunday and Sunday night men were kept
busy at many of the yards loading cars
and getting them started in anticipation
of the strike Many we're not loaded IN
time, aud were LETT. At some yards the
only work for lumber-shoyers to-day was
to fill cars in the yards. Many hundred
Of the men will have nothing al all to DO
tomorrow.
The general manager of one OF the
principal railroads terminating at Chr
caoO commenting on the situation, said
at has been question OF expediency
or principle whether to grant tue de-
mands of the engineers. All OF the lines
/ 10 whom it has been presented
/ have chosen the former, and it
has been left to Burlington TO VIM
dictate the principle. Whether it has
+ chosen wisely or not is not to
( he determined now. The majority Of
us have shrrmk from the contest, not
/ only for the immediate losses which
would be entailed, but for the reason
/ that the public has been educated to be-
+ lieve that members of the Brotherhood
I were such "a superior class OF men, that
/ they have proven 50 conservative and
orderly in the past, that they would not
take such a grave and serious step unless
their grievances were so great as 10 lustl-
fy it. Public opinion has much to do
with the success or failure of any such
movement, and We thought we saw that
that would be against lis. / am free TO
confess that the contrary appears to be
the case, but that only proves that our
Judgment was not infaliible.
PorTswLLE, Pa. February 2Z-The
strike Of the Brotherhood men on the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy sys-
TEN has created great sensation among
the supplanted Reading engineers and
fremen at this end of the road. James
Gleason, of Port Richmond, an ex-em-
ployee of the Reading railroad, came
here this morning and IN few hours
recruited between one hundred and
two hundred engineers and tiremen Cf
this city and Palo Alto for the service
Of the Western road. These men are
Knights OF Labor, but they will not 80
West under the orders or auspices of the
organization, but as individuals. They
will be given transportation TO Chicago,
and are assured of permanent employ
ment if competent. The time of their
departure is not certain. but they are
held in readiness to start Immediately
upon receiving orders, and expect to
leave on the late Philadelphia and Read
ing train tonight
WASHINGTON, February 27.-The dis
patches are very conflicting concerning
the attitude that will be assumed by the
knights of Labor towards the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy strike. One
from Chicago says General-Master-
Workman Powdelly arrived at the Grand |
Pacific Hotel there to-day, did not regis |
ter, and instructed the clerk to say
nothing of his presence. Chief Engineer /.
Arthur, of the Engineers Brother |
hood, has his headquarters at that /.
hotel, from which be Is directing the strike. /
On the other hand, General-Secretary !
Hayes, in Philadelphia, says Powderly |
is at home in Scranton, and will not /
leave there until he comes to Washing !
ton in the interest of the postal
telegraph bill. Hayes also saws the /
Knights Of Labor will not NEEDLE III |
the Burlington strike III an official ca
pacity, but the members will do as they /
see fit as individuals.
OTHER ROADS BEING AFFECTED.
KANSAS CITY, February IA serious /
result of the strike occurred this after
noon at o clock. The Rock-lsland road |
had put some Burlington cars In its /
freight trains, with the apparent INTENTION /
OF helping the latter road in its freight /
business. The Rock-Island engineers
on discovering this became furious, I
and every engine in the yard was
pulled into tine round-house, leaving /
a score or more of freight trains
ON the tracks. The tiremen joined
in the movement, and conse-
ouent total tie-up of Rock Island
freight traffic. al least for tonight
Both company and employees look for
resumption OF work tomorrow on the
understanding that the Rock Island will
not repeat its attempt to assist the Bur
lington. burlington officials are working
like Trojans to keep their passenger
trains moving, but they 40 not claim to
adhere to schedule time.
Freight traffic is IN a worse condition
than the passenger, and no perishable
freight is received. The sentiment
throughout is that the strike will eventu-
ally spread to other roads, and the action
OF the Rock-Island men is cited in sup
port OF this prediction.
Strike Of sfeei-workers.