St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
No Confirmation Of the Ru-
morS Of a Settlement Cur
rent Yesterday
Regarding the Great Strike
Now Pending Over the
Burlington System.
On the Contrary, the Report
Prevails That There Will
Be a New Move
Which Will Cripple Nearly All
the Great Lines in the
Northwest.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, March IA more conf
dent air was manifested by the Bur
lington strikers in this city to-day than
at any time since the commencement OF
the trouble. They argued that the
action of President Perkins last night
in consenting to a conference with
| Chiefs Arthur and Sargent but few
hours after he had issued his ultimatum
declaring that there was nothing to
arbitrate, was an indication that the
road would be very glad to find any
loop hole through which to es-
cape from its present resolute
position, and that therefore its
back down might be expected
at any time. Their hopes were raised,
moreover, by a sensational local article
published in an afternoon paper, which
stated that one Detwiler, the editor of,
a Knights of Labor paper, had spent
the morning with President Perkins,
Gen. Paine and Manager Stone, that
Detwiler had been authorized by Arthur
and Sargent to waive all issues if the
company would concede the pay clause,
and that an amicable adjustment might
be expected before night. AL
though every other line of the
history gave the lie to it's
reliability the strikers eagerly clutcheG
at it, and were jubilant accordingly.
From the officials of the Burlington it
to act as mediator. and who, having
no direct interest in the matter. is
merely tolerated by both sides, called
on President Perkins to talk over the
trouble.
HE HAD NO AUTHORITY,
however, to represent the chiefs of
the brotherhoods simply because iii,
the first place those gentlemen are
unable to delegate their powers;
while in the second place they are
just now perfectly able to attend to
their own affairs. just how the COM
pany looks upon the present situationis
indicated by the following dispatch,
which was wired to every superintend-
ent and master mechanic upon the
system: 4
''The reports which understand haFa
been sent out to our old engineers and
others TO the effect that the company is
intending to yield the position it has
taken are absolutely without founda-
ton.
ii. B. STONE, General Manager"
Mr.. Stone said to-day that the con-
ference last night was not sought by
him and that no terms of compromise
were offered or suggested. He did not
think there would be any more confer
ences yet awhile. He had received no
protest from any of the bOndholders OF
the road concerning it's present policy,
but on the contrary his course thus far
had met the entire approval of the board
of hot NV
week from Monday next at the latest,
every passenger and freight train on the
road would be running as though no
strike had occurred. The reports re-
ceived during the day by General Pass
enger Agent Morton indicated that the
company was making substantial prog
reSS.
THE SUBURBAN TRAINS
were running on time, and so were the
most important of the through mails.
Two trains were sent out of the local
lumber districts, while two more were
unloading grain at the elevator
for the first time since Saturday.
On the Illinois division more trains
we're running than yesterday. In Iowa
the freight blockade had been broken,
twenty trains in addition to the passen-
gers being reported as running. A num-
ber of passenger and freight trains were
running Oh the Nebraska division,
while on the Hannibal d st. Joe things
were in better shape than yesterday.
Two through freights had been started
from Denver for Chicago, and alto
gether the freight blockade was
considered as broken. The $50
engineers that arrived here
last night from Pennsylvania,
New York and other Eastern states
went through a rigorous examination
to-day, and not man was rejected.
1wo-thirds of the number were sent
West, and the remainder will be re-
tanned. Many of the new men wore
the button of the knights. A large
majority were from the Reading dis
trict, and dispatches from the company
say that another party of fifty leaves
the same regionatO-night.
THE NEW MEN TO STAY.
When asked to-day what would be
the attitude of the company toward
their new men in the event of an
amicable termination of the strike, Mr.,
Morton, who spoke on behalf of Mr.
Stone, said
"WS feel that it is great misfortune
that our old engineers have been in
duced to give up their places, and it is
with painful reluctance that we see the
vacancies being rapidly filled by stran-
gers. We desire to say, however, thai
whatever may be the outcome of the
strike we are not going to discharge any
of our new men. If they prove cOmpe-
tent we will keep them at all hazards
A dispatch from Creston, To-, re-
ceived by General Manager Stone
to-day stated that at meeting
held last night, attended by thirty-one
engineers, thirteen voted to return to
work despite the brotherhood and
eighteen to stay out. This is taken as
an Indication that the men in the ceun-
try are weakening, and that break in
the ranks is among the possibilities. |
The company expects to be able TO start |
out its local freights from this city by |
Monday, and if it succeeds it will have |
gained a big point. Meanwhile the men |
are quiet and peaceable, and express un- |
bounded confidence in the ability of |
their chiefs to bring about peace with |
honor.
LATE TONIGHT
it was given out that tonight important |
kilograms had left the headquarters of |
garding the strike. Master Workman I
the Philadelphia and Reading striking
engineers belong, is in the city fixing
up settlement between the knights
and the brotherhood. AS result the
following kilograms were sent out:
''Henry Walton, Philadelphia, chair |
man executive board of the Brotherhood /
of Locomotive Firemen: See all mem
bers of Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire T
men on the Philadelphia d. Reading I
that have taken the places OF the men
that went out Dec. "a, 1887, and re- |