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and representatives of the Associated
Press, who all declared that they were
maintaining strict neutrality in this
direction, as well as in the matter OF
handling the Burlington cars. etc.

maintaining strict neutrality in this
direction, as well as in the matter OF
handling the Burlington cars, etc.
RECRUITS SENT FkoM CANADA.
Up to midnight nothing definite
had been heard at the engineers head
quarters as to whether the Brother
hood men on the Reading were with
drawing from their places in compli-
ance with the arrangements with
Chief Arthur and representatives of
the Reading Knights. The principal
event Of the evening was the
arrival here of fifty Canadian en-
gineers to take situations on the Bnr-
lington. Little apprehension was
apparent among the Brotherhood
leaders over this accession to the
company. They stoutly maintain
that the Canadians would be prompt
ly disposed of under the Federal
statutes prohibiting the importation
of foreign contract labor.
A STATEMENT BY swEIGARD.
PHILADELPHIA, March 2.-General
Superintendent Sweigard, OF the Read
ing Company, said this afternoon that
the reports from the West telling
about hundreds of discharged Read
ing railroad engineers taking the
places of the strikers on the Burling-
ton road were greatly exaggerated.
Referring to the records, Sweigard
found that the entire number of loco
motive engineers who left the service
of the Philadelphia and Reading road
during the recent labor disturbance
was 100. Road Foreman Dobson and
Master Mechanic Vernon declared
that not more than twenty brother
hood engineers were employed by the
Reading Company during the strike
EFFECT ON COLORADO TRAFFIC.
DENVER, Mar h 2.-The situation OF
the Burlington to-day is unchanged
at this point, the company sending
out but one train, and that the local
mail. They are making no attempt
to get eastern business, and will not
guarantee anything. General Agent
Crosby said this evening that while
the road was doing some b siness on
its eastern lines, he could give no idea
as to when they would begin receiving
freight or through passenger business
in this city. They had train in at
4:S0 this morning, consisting of six
cars. The engine was run by a
man named Jeffreys, who some
railroad men said was found on a
ranch near McCook. The same train
was sent out at 10 O'Clock this fore
noon with fwo local mails opd about
fifteen passengers. The afternoon
train from Chicago was reported three
hours late, and is said to be the
through Kansas City and Omaha Mail.
Gillen, the photographer, who took the
train out on Wednesday, burned the
engine so badly that it had to be side
tracked at McCook in ruined condi-
ton. The company officials deny that
any of Pinkerton's men were en-
ployed by them on the Colorado di-
vision. At the committee rooms of the
Brotherhood to-day some very encour-
aging kilograms were received from
Chicago and Omaha, and the strikers
express themselves confident of ulti-
mate success.
AFRAID OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
Council BLUFFS, March 2.-It is
stated here that all the mail
clerks on the Iowa division
of the Burlington road have
signed a petition to the general
superintendent to have the govern.
ment compel the railroad to put COM
pstent engineers on mail trains.