Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-10
No Signs Of Yielding by the
G., B. Il Q. Strikers.
ACTION OF THE OTHER ROADS
Probability That a Lockout VIII
be Declared on the Santa
Fe System.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

halt by Judge Gresham this after
noon. He announced that the whole
matter had been postponed until Mon
day. Thereason for the delay is osten-
sibly to give the attorneys for the Wa
bash time to prepare an answer, but
the Burlington did not particularly op-
pose the postponement.
AN INTERVIEW WITH ARTHUR.
'sThe attitude of the brotherhood at
this juncture, said Chief Arthur this
afternoon, when some time subse
auent to Judge Gresham's postpone
ment of the action he was asked to
define his position, 'is practically
identical with statement which
has appeared most opportunely."
Mr. Arthur had in his hand as he
spoke an editorial clipped from a
morning paper, which has heretofore
opposed the stand taken by the en-
gineers. This article strongly favored
resort to arbitration to avert the
threatened great injury to business.
ssNow,'' said Mr.. Arthur, "the
point is that the brotherhood is and
has been ready to submit the whole
matter TO three disinterested persons
for settlement"
''But Mr.. Morton speaking for the
company claims that there is nothing
to arbitrate," said the reporter.
"That is a question OF fact" said
Arthur dryly, "of which we must al
low the people to be judge. If Mr.
Morton's claim is correct, how is it
that the Burlington Company, with
many hundreds of miles of country
dependent upon it, is that only thirty
per cent OF the business it was when
the strike began? The proposition is
manifestly absurd. Not only in our
own interest, but in the interests of
the public, who SO far have been the
principal suffers, we say that there
are ample grounds for arbitration.
/ want it to go on record before the
public, that we are now, as we always
have been, willing and ready to
arbitrate.'
GOOD NEWS FOR THE COMPANY.
A dispatch received at the head
quarters OF the Burlington system in
Chicago, this afternoon, from the Cen
eral Manager of the Burlington and
Missouri Railroad at Omaha, says:
"Judge Dundy, of the United States
Court, has this day issued an order
requiring the Union Pacific Railroad
Company to take our business in ac-
cordance with the Interstate Com
merce law, and restraining the en-
gineers of the Union Pacific Company
from refusing our business, also re-
straining the engineers from striking,
combining or confederating tor the
purpose Of organization or advising
strike."l
AFFAIRS ON THE PANHANDLE ROAD.
The relations between the Panhan-
die Railroad Company and the en-
gineers are greatly strained by COM
plications due to the Burlington strike,
and meeting OF the mems grievance
committee was convened this after
noon to decide the advisabilitv Of de-
claring strike on the Panhandle.
LEGAL POINTS RAISED.
OMAHA, March &C. j. Green, gen
eral attorney for the Burlington and
Missouri Railroad, brought suit in the
equity in the United States Court to-
day and has obtained restraining Or
der from Judge Dundy enjoining the
Union Pacific Railroad, its officers and
agents, and particularly its engineers,
from refusing to perform their duties
under the interstate commerce law
and also restraining the engineers of
the Union Pacific Railroad from strik-
ing or from organizing or combining
to direct any strike. Mr.. Green pro-
ceeds upon the theory that when men
combine together for an unlawful
purpose and in furtherance thereof
agree to strike or to organize q strike
they thereby place in the hands of
such com bination their individual
right to quit employment and there
after are the agents OF such combina-
ton acting for the entire body so that
when strike occurs each individual
not only quits. work for himself but for
every other member OF such comb.
nation.
The order was served late this after
noon and hearing for permanent in
junction will begin on Monday.
ANOTHER DISASTER OCCURS.
ATcHIsoN, Kan, March ga col
lision occurred yesterday evening on
the Burlington and Missouri River
road. The through Denver passenger,
which left this city in the morning,
was standing on the track at Hum
boldt, Neb., when southbound pass
enger from Lincoln, in charge of a
Reading engineer, dashed into the
station at the rate of ten miles an
hour. The fireman, conductor and
brakeman were more or less injured.
Mr. Edmonds, OF Lincoln, was badly
bruised and injured internally. A
travelling man, whose name is not yet
known, was seriously injured.
DECISION OF THE DULUTH ROAD.
ST.. Paul, March 9.-President
Fisher OF the st. Paul and Duluth,
notified the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers to-day that his road
would handle @. B. & @. and Burling-
ton and Northern cars. The st. Paul
and Duluth engineers say that the
men on that road will strike within
twenty-four hours.
STRIKE ON THE SANTA FE PROBABLE.
Topeka, Kas., March 9.-Ihe Grlev-
ance Committee of the Santa Fe road
to-day notified the officials that on
and after Sunday the engineers will
refuse to handle, receive or transfer
any Burlington freight or any passen-
ger traffic in the interest of that sys-
tenn. The officials of the company
referred them to the Interstate Com
merce law and said that the matter
would be referred to the President
and Board OF Directors in Boston for
action. The members Of the commit
tee say that there will be a general
strike, although many engineers may
quit rather than handle the Burling.
ton cars