The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-22
The Round House Full of Engines
and Several Standing Outside.
Thirty Cars Of Stock Stand in the
Yards all Night.
One Train of Twenty Cars Pulled
Out at $50.
The Other Cars Of Stock Untoaded
in the Yards.
The Brotherhood Take it Very Quiet
Iy ButAre Firm.

Thursday evening when the enginee
of No. 5 was handed, his orders for tn
run west, he smiled a very wide smile
A look at the orders told in plain term
what shape things were in on tn
western part of the road as he only hal
one train to meet between this city ant
Nickerson. The others were all aban
doned.
at nine o'clock the Howard Brancl
accommodation in two sections, ant
one train from Newton came in, ant
in these three trains were thirty cars o
stock. The trainsswere pulled up a
the depot, the engines cut loose ant
run to their stalls. The owners O.
the cattle were in bad shape anC
were much excited and at a loss t
know what to do. No engine could bt
utilized to even take them to the stock
yards to unload. The shippers stayed
up all night and watched their stock
and the outlook indeed was very blue.
The mail train due at $40 p. m. Thurs
day night over the Southern. Kansas, die
arrive, but is tied up in Kansas City
as is the mail train due at 3:45 Fri
day morning.
STRIKE ON THE SANTA FE.
KANSAS CITY, March 15.-The en-
gineers and fiIemen on the vast system
of the Atchison, Topeka s. Santa Fe
railroad company went out on strike
at O'Clock this afternoon. The strike
created intense excitement and sur
prise in this city for the reason that
the road has not been handling "Q''
freight. That the strike was ordered
by some one in authority there Is no
doubt, but in this city the men
profess utter ignorance of the issu-
ing of an order, and say that
they have quit because they
are tired. The first indication of
trouble here was at half past four
o'clock this afternoon, at which hour
the Usage City express was scheduled
to depart. Conductor w. M. Murray
gave the order to start, when Engineer
Higgins quietly stepped down from
the cab and refused to pull out. The
train was finally sent out an hour later
with Engineer Furst at the throttle.
Furst is a regular Santa Fe engineer,
brotherhood, and as he mounted the
engine remarked: 1.-THE brotherhood
gave me the worst Of it once and now
1 am going to get even." At the same
time that Higgins left his engine at
the union depot, forty men employed
in the Santa Fe freight yards at
Argentine Quit work, all declaring
tired Nothing positive
can be said as to the origin or cause of
the strike. The men had a grievance
ARTHUR QUESTIONED.
CHICAGO, March 15.-When ques-
toned regarding the strike on Atchi-
son system, Chief Arthur said to a re-
porter: lit is altogether beyond my
power to give you any information or
of this action. don't I'M
derstand it. The men have notified
me. l am completely in dark. !" .A'
Are you not ordinarily Informed of
such things? always, yes sir, and
this is what makes the matter still
more unintelligible. If the company
has not broken its agreement with the
men they have done wrong, and must
suffer the consequences. This action
is nothing less than open rebellion, for
it looks much as if either the men were
tired of the grand officers advice or will
fully disregard their duties to the laws
and the constitution. Never have they
acted in the past as they are acting in
the present troubles"
The following copy of message sent
to Mr.. Conroe, chairman of the Atchi-
son grievance committee, by Chief Ar
thur is printed here:
ITO l. Conroe, chairman.-It is re-
ported here that you have ordered the
men to quit work. Revoke it. Your
grievance can be settled here with Mr..
Smith. Come to Chicago by the first
train.
(Signed) p. NJ. ARTHUR.
General Superintendent Chase said of
the trouble: II never was more sur
prised in my life, and cannot under
stand why the men should give us such
a black eye. Some time ago the engin-
GERS got together and made demand
on the company and received nearly all
they wanted. They went back app
rently stiasfied. What their grievance
is now is beyond my comprehension y
"Have you been handling %"
freight" mo sir, none at all" The
other officials here were equally sur
prised.
THE SITUATION ON THE SANTA FE.
TOPEKA, Kans. March 16.-General
Manager Goddard, General Traffic
Manager White, and General Superin-
D.
offices until an early hour this morn
ing, and were in constant telegraphic
with division Superin-
tendents all along the system. The re-
port from these superintendent was
that the men have gone out all along
the line and business is practically suS-
pended, except passenger trains which
which are now on the road, which will
not be stopped until they reach the end
of the line.
1900 MEN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT.
There are about 700 engineers and
700 firemen employed on the Santa Fe
system, and $500 train men employed
by them, making ZOO men thrown
directly out of employment.
PERIsHABLE FREIGHT.
General Manager Goddard says the
amount of perishable freight on the
line between California and Chicago is
larger than usual, amounting to about
eighty-fiVe carloads, nearly all OF
which is stock and fruit. It cannot bt
moved and if the strike continues any
length of time the company will bt
liable for the whole amount. In addi
tion to this. there are over eleven hun
bred cars of merchandise tied up in the
various divisions.
AN EXPLANATION
firemen was held last night. Nearly
all the engineers of the eastern divis
ion of the Santa Fe were present
The following statement of the stu
alton was authorized to be published
THE question of the right to stop wa
fully considered and for the preSen
it was unanimously agreed that a
far as we are concerned, the Santa F
management having agreed that they
would not handle 20" freight and tn
engineers and firemen knowing full
well the Santa Fe has violated thi
agreement, every day for the pas
week, there is nothing left for us to d
but to quit hauling any cars until thi
trouble is settled. This is a question
of life and death with the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineer
and Firemen and they have been full
advised that the management of tn
different connecting lines with the SO
are working in an underhand name
to defeat them. and they think in jus
tice to themselves now and the trave
ing public hereafter, it is better tha
| this matter be brought to a settlemeI
at once and have used this, their las
resort, to bring about an equitable Sc