The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-08
Their Big Strike Appears to
be Spreading.
THEIR MEETINGS AND ACTS.
The Burlington and Northern-TheD u.
& K q. Affected-Probable Spread
Over the Whole Country.
The striB ing Engineers.

OF the entire brotherhood Oh Loco
motive Engineers and Firemen has
been pledged to their members on any
and all roads throughout the United
States who deem it necessary to strike
and formally decide 10 do so, in order
touphoid their brothers OF the Chicago,
Burlington IL Quincy. This informa-
ton was obtained tins evening, on the
best OF authority, and was verified
through another source. 1t can
also be stated, upon authority, that
the general meetings of the local
grievance committees of the various
roads, held to-day, were in each case
convened for the purpose of discussing
the adVisabillty OF strike on that par
ticular road, and if such radical step
was not considered essential. the object
was TO decide what measures, in lieu
thereof, should be adopted. The sane
ton of the General Executive of the
Brotherhood, thus given in advance, to
strike, of the men of any road, was
secretly obtained at the conference of
the general grievance committee of the
Brotherhood heId here on Monday. 1t
Chief Sargent TO say that the men on
any road, should they strike, will
be backed up by the Brother
hood as whole. The men
on any single railroad system,
or half ga dozen systems. have
it now absolutely IN their power, not
only to say whether they shall strike,
but also when they shall strike, with the
whole might of the Brotherhood behind
them. Th' the men are not disposed
TO use, with undue haste, the weapons
in their grasp, may be partly iAferred
from the TACT that, although several
meetings were held to-day, each clothed
with complete authority to declare
strike affecting & vast stretch of terri
tory, no such deciara ion had been made
up to this morning. At least two meet
ings Of the kind mentioned are known
to have been held il this city to- day.
Others are said to have been convened
at Rock Island. Omaha and Kansas
City. One meeting in Chicago was COM
posed of delegates from every Brother
hood lodge having members in
the employ of thu Chicago and North
western Railway About thirty dele
gates were present. The meeting was
held in McCOy's hotel. Little is known
of the proceedings, beyond a rumor
that the delegates manifested extreme
reluctance to strike, except as the last
resort. Both the Northwestern and the
st. Paul men will be again in session
tomorrow.
General Manager Harris, of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Northern road,
said this evening that he was not sur
prised at the strike of his engine hands
to-day, though he had no notice.
He claimed the rike would not cripple
the road. I'VE had nearly enough men
to take the strikers places" said he, |
"before they went out. We will go
right ahead. All l have done is to
order agents not to receive perishable
freight"
MINNEAPOLIS, March THE evening
train left on time, in charge of the
master mechanic of the road. The
o'clock train for Lacrosse was in charge
of Reading engineer. He endeavored
for little time to start the train with
the air brakes set on the driving wheels,
the jeers of the crowd. The strikers
say they will not so back to work at
the present scale of wages. The officials |
of the road say they anticipate no diff |
Guilty in filing the strikers places; that |
the latter had no grievances, but simply |
went out to help their Chicago, Bur- |
ingtOn d Quincy brethren.
The Omaha road has discontinued its |
sleeper service to Kansas City, as its
cars run from Council Bluffs over
part of the 90 system. The reason
for this is believed to be the wish of the
road 10 avoid trouble with its men
CHICAGO. March IA prominent
railroad official said, this evening, that
he understood the grievance committees
of a number of the roads will each
formulate an appeal to the general
manager OF the company by
which they are employed asking for the |
Intervention of the general managers of |
the various roads, as body. to help the |
Burlington strikers to q settlement. 1t |
is rumored, tonight, that a meeting of |
the general managers Of the roads en-
tering the city will be held here to- NOR
row or next day, to discuss the situa-
ton.
Marvin Hughitt, president of the
Chicago d Northwestern company, is |
credited with being the leading spirit in |
the movem mt to bring about an inter |
vention by tho general managers of the |
outside roads. A knowledge of this fact |
is limited to b one cause of the reluc-
lance of the Chicago & Northwestern
grievance committee to-day, to adopt
hostile policy.
Among the many rumors flying about
tonight, which could not be hunted
down to veri6cation or denial, was one
that the strikers had telegraphed to
the Interstate commerce commission
asking that body to take official cogni-
zaRce OF the sirlge, and that dispatches
had been sent 20 Governor Oglesby, re-
questing him to formally call the matter
to the attention of the Illinois State
railroad com mission.
KANSAS CITY, March The indica-
tons to might are that the strike on
the Kansas City, Fort Worth and Gulf
system is inevitable. The Burlington
road, to-day, notified all the roads en-
tering here of its readiness to resume
all business Gs usual, and followed thi
by pushing twenty-five
freight cars from the Hannibal Division
into Gulf yards. The Gulf road has
announced its willingness to han
die freight, and unless it re-
considers its determination the men
will surely go out. About 800 men are