The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-22

The road is making no effol
to employ new engineers. an
its business is practically stopped. Tn
Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific an
Fort Scott roads are acceptin
very little perishable freight. Chair
man Conroe, Of the Santa Fe grievanc
Dut he absolutely refused to say wor
to reporters.
| CIAfMARRoN, Kas., March 16.-N
coal on hand, our supply being Unite,
TO q meagre quantity in the hands O
consumers. A continued strike Woult
make coal famine
TIE-UP COMPLETE AT DENVER.
| DENVER, March 16.-The tie-up O
the Santa Fe trains at this point il
complete, not a single train havinI
LETT here since last night, and the onl,
one reported as arriving is the Kansas
City express. The engineers, wheI
called to go on duty this morning
reported that they were tired
and wanted to lay off, anC
others said that they were ''sick'' anC
unable to go out. The hostler made III
the ThunderbOlt, scheduled to leave
for the east at 1870, and pulled the
train down in front of the union depot
but as Engineer Price had not reported
the engine was ordered back to the
round house without any attempt being
made by the company to send the train
out.
SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN Francisco, March 16.-The
locomotive engineers and firemen on
the California Southern and California
Central roads quit this morning. Those
two roads are controlled by the Santa
Fe company, and are practically part OF
the Santa Fe's overland system. AS
a result there is a complete embargo
upon all kinds of traffic. The cities of
San Diego, Riverside, San BarnardinO
and Pasadena are cut off from
communication by rail to the east.
There has been no trouble on the South
tendent Fillmore. of the Southern Pa
cific, said to-day that his company
was not handling any Burlington
freight, and the same rule was being
observed on the Central Pacific. The
Atlantic & Pacific gave notice to-day
that it would not accept any freight
for any points.
TEXAS LIKELY EXCLUDED.
GALVESTON, March 16.-The strike
of the engineers and firemen on the
Santa Fe railway has not extended to
the Texas lines comprising the Gulf
division of the Santa Fe sys-
General Manager Webster Snyder,
of the Gulf division, stated
to an Associated Press reporter this
evening that he did not anticipate that
the strike would extend into Texas.
He knew of no grievance on the part
of the engineers and firemen, and said
that their relations towards the COM
pany seemed friendly and satisfactory.
In view, however, of the unexpected
strike on the main line, he did not
know what to expect, and had issued
orders this afternoon instructing agents
to refuse shipments of live stock
for northern points. No cars
or freight for the 20" road had been
by the Gulf division. Trains
for Kansas City left to-day as usual,
but it is doubtful if they will get be-
yond Purcell, in the Indian Territory,
the end of the Gulf division.
FIXED FOR A LONG FIGHT.
KANSAS CITY, March 1.-THE Fort
Scott s. Gulf trains are all moving
promptly and with regularity up to
ten O'Clock: The situation on the
Santa Fe is unchanged. No trains
are due to leave until FLO and there is
no switching being done in the yards.
A meeting of the grievance committee
will be held at 1920. Chairman
Carroll, speaking in regard to the pub
lished reports of the finan-
cial strength of the brother
hood said: 1.-The newspapers are
trying to make us out as being very
poor, but the fact is we can stand as
large drain as any railroad, and then
not be hurt. 1t is true there is about
$500, 900 in the contingent fund, but in
- Ia III 4
fund in our treasury amounting to
lating for years for the purpose of
erecting buildings for the order. This
can be used to pay the expenses of a
strike, if necessary. Now, in addition
to these funds, amounting to 1850 900,
we have widows and orphans fund,
which we VIII not touch. There are
q 500 members in good standing,
and each of them could quit
work for six months and go on pleas
ure trip if he wanted to. and not be
embarrassed by it. Each of
the men can put up 500 at moments
notice if it is necessary, and you can
see We would then have $3.50, 600 for
a fighting capital. Can either of the
roads afford to lose that? At least 75
per cent of the engineers to-day in ser
vice have homes and have Compel
ence in hand, so you see we are not
quite in as bad fighting trim as some
people would be glad to believe"
REPORTED IN DESPER ATE STRAITS.
The brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers is evidently in desperate straits
this morning and they realize that
they must work every means to save
themselves. Chairman Carroll of
the Union Grievance committee
a
reports which he gave to
the associated press reporter yester-
terday were untrue and had been
given simply to create scare through
out the United States. There
was no truth in the statement that the
roads would be called one each day.
This morning there was large defec-
ton from the Santa Fee strikers which
was the result of warm fight in seS-
sion of the committees held last night.
At the meeting sixteen of the engineers
announced their intention of going
back to work to-day on the Santa Fe.
At this hour there is great stir among
the engineers and for the first
tine since the beginning of
the strike the members of
the committee are out among the men
pleading their cause. The Usage City
train, which is due to leave at 9:55,
still stands on the track, while Engin-
eer Chick receives the attention of the
strikers until he is full of enthusiasm
for the order, then he receives a visit
from the officials of the road and con-
cludes to go out. AT present he is in
the hands of the engineers.
Don't Experiment.
You cannot afford to waste time in
experimenting when your lungs are in
danger. Consumption always seems,