Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
THE @ A AGGRESSIVE.

Employees Resolutely Refuse 10 Handl,
Il It-Rock Island Absolutely Decline
It - Effort at Compromise = switch
mons Strike ON the Santa re.
CHIcAGo, April 2.--About 9 O'Clock this
morning the Burlington notified the pole,
that it was going to deliver a train o
freight to the Michigan Central Railroad
detail of officers was sent to the Michi
gan Central yards, and soon after Bur
lington train, bristling with Pinkerton de.
tectives and various railway officials,
pulled in. Beyond the usual curses and
cries OF "scabs" that Invariably greet .Q''
trains nowadays, there was no hostile
demonstration. The cars were delivered
to the Michigan Central, and the
/ 20 engine, Pinkertons and officials quickly
disappeared from the scene AS soon as
they had gone the Michigan Central switch
men notified their yardmaster that they
would not touch 20" cars. Astrike on the
! road will, therefore, be eprecipitated whenever
bhe order is given to move the cars now in
the yard. Unless the st. Paul switchmcn
are at their posts tomorrow morning ready
Tor work they can
NEVER OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT
on the road again. This was the ultimatum
OF the officials this morning. At a meet
ing OF the strikers to-day, at which there
were some two hundred, they resolved to
stand by the position already taken in re-
gard to Q cars Fourteen switch engines
were working IN the st. Faul yards this
morning, and the superintendent had
enough crews to man half dozen more if
they were needed. All was quiet at the
yards. The suburban service OF the St. |
Paul was resumed this morning, all the |
trains arriving nearly on time AM manned |
mostly by their own crews. A number of |
old passenger engineers have decided not to |
Join the strike and will stick to their en-
gines.
OBSTRUCTIVE TACTICS.
ihls afternoon an attempt was made to |
get train OF twenty freight cars from the
'Q road to the Chicago & Alton. As the
train passed the yiaduct at Sixteenth
street the engineers of other roads refused
to allow the train to 60 by. They STONED
Us progress by crossing and recrossing the
tracks which intersect the road at this
POINT. These tactics were kept up for two
hours, and the 20" train was finally taken
pack into the Western Avenue yards. II
WONT RISK TIE-UP
The Rock Islani managers declined once
u re 10 r'sa tis-u:, os heir r3s.d by at .
empting to receive freight from their com.
'etitor, the Burlington. 1t was in vain :
hat the officials and lawyers of the latter +
Dad telegraphed and dispatched messages | +
o the Rock Island Railroad officials this .
1orning. A verbal reply was finally re- !.
urned that the Rock Island refused to take | o
ny cars from the Burlington. This after
DON, speaking for the Rock Island division,
uperintendent Chamberlain said: I've +.
ave not only returned verbal answer to
ne Burlington to the effect that we would
OF touch their cars, but we have issued
'neral order to cur employees not to
andIa them" An
EFFORT TOWARD COMPROMISE
the strike on the c., B. & @. was made
lis evening By the Brotherhood of Engi- r.
'ers and Firemen. A card embodying a :,
'ncise statement of the situation from
10 mems standpoint, but giving no new ts
cts, was issued by them. At q street 'e
inference OF dissatisfied employees OF the ~
lchigan Central road, held tonight, def
te plans for future guidance were agreed
ION, but they were kept from the press. an
rumor is well founded that the men will
use to handle @ freight.