Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-04-07
Strike on the Milwaukee and Lake Shore.

strike on the Milwaukee and Lake Shore.
CHICAGO, March H.-The rumor that tie
up of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
road was decided upon at meeting of tina
strikers last night proved to have been true,
The engineers and fremen, switchmen and
brakemen and number of the conductors
of that road have quit work. The strike in
cludes the employees of all the divisions en-
tering in Chicago, both freight and passen-
ger. At a meeting of the st. Paul employees
last night fully 700 men were present. The
meeting was an excited and enthusiastic
one. It was learned that when the move
was made to ''tie up" the road it was carried
WITHOUT A DISSENTING VOICE.
This strike which, by tonight, may in
clude every division of the st. Paul system,
was the result of yesterdays work at the
yards. The men are incensed over the ac-
ton Of the company in employing new enc
gineers and iremen and conductors, who
have acted as engineers to take their places,
Many men regard yesterdays strike as
trivial affair, and expected that the company
would gracefully concede and make bind
ing promise not to receive 20" cars. In
stead the company accepted the situation,
and commenced filing the places of the
strikers at once. This is the real cause of q
striks that promises to be
LONG AND DESPERATE ONE.
I he strike was not declared by any organ
ization or Brotherhood, at least not for
mally. The men say that it is entirely an
individual action ON their part. Even if the
strike extends no further than at this writ
ing, the effect will be practically suepen-
sion of business on the entire system. The
Pan Handle switchmen struck at midnight.
They had been on the verge OF strike Tor
several hours, owing to dissatisfaction re-
sulting from the receiving of 20" train.
The men all quit work at IL o'clock and re-
turned after being out half aElI,ur. The
engineers took their engines out of the
round house and went to work, but the
switchmen quit again at 100 o'clock this
and declared that not man would
60 to work when the day mon were due to
60 on duty.
ACT IN HARMONY WITH UNION MEN.
It is learned that the grievance committee |
of engineers on the Lake Shore road, called |
upon Superintendent Amsden last evening. |
Thay informed him that non-union SWITCH |
men on his road had been induced TO join |
the switchmen's union and act in harmony |
with the union men they, the engineers, QUO
not Like to involve the company in strike, |
and therefore hoped it would issue orders to |
agents not to handle Burlington freight, az |
the sWitchmen were determined to strike II |
the company persisted In handling suon
freight. The committee would not state what
the engineers would do in case they were
compelled to handle 20" freight. Superin-
tendent Xmsden told the committee that,
while il was his earnest desire to avoid trou-
BILE ON the Lake Shore road, he could not.
under the existing law, refuse to handle ~
freight. ALI the switch engineers and
evitchmen in the Panhandle yards reported
for work this morning in spite OF their re-
ported decision to stop work to-day, ana at
8 o'clock they are working a. usual.