Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-04-03
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
/ THE 70" ALL But BEATEN.
Unable to Receive or Handle
Freight.
AN OFFER OF ARBITRATION
Again Made by the Striking
Employees.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL WOMEN.
The Queer Plight of a
Western Town.
Mayor AND COUNCIL WOMEN.

go" BOYCOTT FIERCE AS EVER.
NO Men VIII Handle the Roads
Fre1ght-An Effort Toward a Com
promise Made by the Strikers-The
Road Notifies other Roads that 1t
Cannot Receive Freight
CHICAGO, April Am effort toward a
compromise of the strike on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy was made this even-
ing by the Brotherhood of Engineers and
Firemen. A card embodying concise state
ment of the situation from the mems stand
point. but giving no facts, was issued by
them. It is addressed to the public and
signed by S. E. Hoge on behalf of the en-
gineers and J. Fl. Murphy for the fremen.
The meat of the document is the concluding
paragraph, which involves fresh offer of
arbitration, this time on an entirely new
basis. The idea is that the arbitrator instead
of coming partly or wholly from outside
roads or other professions be selected from
among the Burlingtons employees. The doc
ument says in this connection that if the
SO" is satisfied with the present condition of
affairs, it has but little care for either the
business the lives of the public. "We
stand, as we have stood all the time, ready
to submit our case to a board of fair arbitra-
tors, and we believe such board can be
chosen from the railroad employees of this
company" IAN offer is also made to submit
the trouble to three railroad presidents or
general managers. Marvin Hughstt, presi-
dent of the Chicago and Northwestern, is
named as man who would be an acceptable
arbitrator to the Brotherhood, the Burling-
ton company to name a second arbitrator,
who in common with Mr.. Hughett should
choose the third.
The strike on the railroads is having no.
ticeable effect on the grain trade. Accord
ing to the report of the State grain inspector
not car of grain was brought in Saturday
over the c., 8. and Q. road, Chicago, Mil
YANKEE and St. Paul, Wabash or Chicago
and Eastern Illinois, and only two cars of
grain came in over the Alton and the Santa
Fe. The Kansas City division brought in
three cars. The only roads which maintained
anything like their usual showing were the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, Illinois
Central and the two divisions of the Chicago
and Northwestern.
This afternoon an attempt was made to get
a train of twenty freight Gals from the go"
road to the Chicago and Alton. AS the train
passed the yiaduct at Sixteenth street the en-
gineers of other roads refused to allow the
train to go by. They stopped its progress
by crossing and recrossing the tracks which
intersect the road at this point. These tao
tics were kept up for two hours and the SO"
train was finally taken back to the Western
avenue yards. After this an Illinois Central
train was brought to Sixteenth street drawn
by 80" engine. When the viaduct was
reached stones were hurled at the locomo-
tive. The assault was answered by shot
from man standing in the cab. The as
saulting parties withdrew and the train pro-
cseded. General Freight Agent Ripley
of the Burlington Issued a notice
to day to other roads that owing
to labor troubles at Chicago traffic for
the Burlington is liable to detention
if routed via this city. The company, he
says, is prepared to receive freight for ship
ment to all stations on the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy and auxiliary lines at all
junction points except Chicago. Live stock
and perishsble freight for points on the Kan
sas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs road
will not be received.
The officials of the Ft. Wayne road and the
strikers held q conference this morning The
men refused to go back unless the officials
agreed to boycott the GO" This the latter
declined to do and the conference came to
naught. The 80" managers tried to induce
the Wabash to-day to agree to receive a train
of Burlington freight, but in the absence of
Receiver McNulta no action was taken. Gen
eral McNulta, who is in New York telegraph
ed that he would start for Chicago at once.