The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-05
THE BOYCOTT LIFTED
And the Strike Confined to the
Burlington Road
ALL OTHER LINES RELIEVED
And Things Working Smoothly
Amlcablc Agreement Between the
Roads and tho Brothcrhoods'
The Fad in View.

CHICAGO, April 1.-THE final result oil
the meetings of the employees of the va
rious roads in this city which began yes
.orJov afternoon and lasted until n late
bour last night, is announced thismorn.
in, in the declaration that the boycott oil
90 , cars has been permanently raised
and that hcnceforth the contest will be
confined strictly to the system. This
rajsing of the boycott means that all
strikes now on except the 20" are to
s,op forthwith and that all those who
wcro imminent are to be averted. The
business of Chicago is to be restored ana
maintained by the strikers with strict
Jccorum. Other roads are absoIved
from the requirement OF neutrality, and
yiolcnce is to be discountenanced accor-
ding to the well known policy OF the
9ra1berhOod OF Locomotive Engineers.
rio arrangement agreed upon, 1t IS
s,atoi il directly due to the eXertlons OF
T%;sf Arthur, OF the Brotherhood OF En-
Hincrrs, Grand Master Sargent, OF the
Firemen, Grand Master Monaghan, ol
the Switchmen's Association, Mayor
Roche and Mark Crawford, VINO also
represents the switchmen.
a. SPEECHES WITH THE RIGHT RING.
,1rhe final decision was hastened by the
,noss meeting held with closed doors last
evening and which was addressed by
General Manager Jeffery, OF the Illinois
Central railroad. Fifteen railway EN-
Moves were present at the meeting, rep
rcscntinpelements which had previously
been at times antagonistic
Grand Master Sargent, OF the Firemen's
Brotherhood, was the first speaker. lie
stated that he came not only as the rep
resentatiye OF the fremen, but also to
voice the views OF Chief Arthur, OF the
engineers. The strike on the Bur!ing,,
ton road was n Just cause, and they mad
used every honorable. means to treat
with the company. With such record
brhind them it would not be proper
for the strikers to stand by and see help.
less people suffer from base practices OF
the company. Sargent urged, therefore,
lint the boycott be raised aud the u
deprived OF its most dangerous weapon.
General Manager Jeilerys, OF the Hi
nois Central road, told the men that rail
road companies had certain delegated
duties to perform. These duties could
neither be disrcgarded nor rabused. The
Interstate law was especially severe in
its commands, and that the law had been
enacted by men elected by the ballots OF
the people, including men engaged IN
this strike.
Mn. JEFFERYs SPEECH.
Mr. JeGcry spoke of the dis
aster that would follow ageneral tie-up
and appealed to the men to shield their
fellows from such an inAiction. His
speech occupied nearly two hours and
was received with the most respectful
attention. Grand Master Monahan OF
the switchmen's association, also dwelt
at length upou the dangers attended on
the further extension OF the strikes and
reminded his hearers OF their interests
rs citizens and men OF families. The
Burlington road, he claimed, had acted
in bad faith toward other lines to get
them in trouble SO that in their crippled
condition itcould dregain its lost prestige.
The boycott was, therefore, q great
weapon in the hands of the 20" He
wanted that weapon removed and he
knew society would applaud the men, II
they disarmed the foe OF social order.
Mr.. Jeffrey had assured them that they
would not be blacklisted for the sincere
effort they had made for the men who
were fighting the 90" and everything
was to be gained, and nothing to be lost
by raising the embargo. r.
DOES NOT AFFECT THE 90" STRIKERS.
After u number of other speeches ol
similar tenor, u vote was taken and the
boycott declared raised, but the meet
ing declared its undivided confidence in
the cause and conduct ofthe 20" strikers,
and urged them TO fight with even greater
though always honorable fury. AT
a later meeting OF the men, the action oi
the mass meeting was ratified, and the
emploves of each road were instructed
to notify their employer and be ready to
report for duty everywhere except al
the Burlington yards to-day. Commit
tees were sent out ut once to visit the
different officials, and later reported that
all had accepted the action OF the meet
ing, and that the restoration OF traffic
this morning would be us complete and
harmonious rs it had been since the
engineers abandonedthe 80" Oicourse
the union action OF the meeting does moi
affect the attitude OF the 20" strikers.
EVERYWHERE AT AN ESD.
When the appointed time came this
morning for the cessation Of the strike
on the St. Paul, all hands-tiremen, en-
cineers sandswitchmen-presentcd them
selves for duty, and the usual course o.
things, rs far Us the Milwaukee u St
Paul Company is concerned, was re-
sumed Mt once. At the Fort Wayne
Yards there was hitch and the strike
on that road continued. The engineer
and tircmen were ready to carry out tht
understanding, but the switchmen wert
Obdurate. At u. m, however, every
thing was satisfactorily arranged, anC
the great Burlington boycott was appan
emily everywhere at an end.
DID rowDIRLY HAVE A HAND IN 1T?
A report is in circulation to the eiTec
that Mr.. Powderly has had hand il
bringing about the present state o
affairs. His antagonism to the Brother
hood 81 Locomotive Engineers is so wei
known that it was considered yer,
strange when the Burlington switch
men. who were knights Of Labor, qui
work in order to back up the strikinI
engineers. There is no doubt but thu
they did so without Mr., Powderly'
knowledge or consent, aud for the pas
lew davs there have been numerou
commands issued from headquarters OF
dering the engineers to fight their owi
I,otOn Tha switchmen finally agreed /