St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-03

required to handle Burlington cars. A
Burlington freight engine was ditched
this evening in the northern part of the
city by the strikers who hurled vOlley
of stones after the engineer and fireman
as they ran off. Several other depreda-
tions were reported, but nothing of
serious nature.
WAS A CANARD.
A report was industriOusly circulated
this evening and obtained so much Gre
dence that it was published in extra
editions of the afternoon papers, that
the Burlington officials had at last de-
cided to effect a compromise with their
striking employees. Inquiries at the
general offices, however, developed the
fact that the report was simply canard,
and one of the general officials,
after conference with General Man.
ager Stone, said that the latter would
appreciate the action if the press would
state once for all that no compromise
could or would be effected, even if the
present condition of affairs existed until
doomsday. "Our position," he said, "is
precisely the same as it was two weeks
ago. The places of all the striking en-
gineers and firemen are filled. They are
no longer our employees, and
if they gave up the battle uncon--
ditionally tomorrow, very few OF
them could be given employment.
Hence there is nothing to compromise;
and all we are now asking is that we
may be allowed to carry on our buSi-
ness without moleStation, and that the
other roads shall transact such busi-
ness with us as they are compelled to
under the law, and as they did before
we filled the places of our striking EN-
ployes with new men. We have ample
facilities for moving both our freight
and passengers, and all we ask is to be
let alone"
THE MOST SENSATIONAL EVENT
of the day was the absolute and un-
qualified refusal Oh the part of the
O. During the afternoon train was
made up for transfer to the Rock Island
tracks, and one of the Q officials noti-
fed the management of the competing
line of the fact, at the same time re-
questing a reply. None came. Then
the Burlington'S attorney, Frank Col
lier, sent similar message. This also
was ignored. For a time thereafter
both tile telegraph and the telephone
from the Burlington headquarters were
kept red hot with messages demanding
what the Rock Island intended to do.
but all the messages were received with
stolid Indifference. Finally demand
was made for reply in writing, and it
was met with absolute refusal.
Then a demand was made for YER
bal reply and the messenger got it.
1t was to the effect that the Rock
Island management absolutely refused
to take any trains from the Burlington.
There the matter rests for to- light.
What the Burlington intends to do in
in the matter its representatives de-
cline to state, but it is pretty we'll
the morning and that all the power of
the law will be evoked in the direction of
compelling the Rock Island to fulfill its
obligations as a common carrier. The
Lake Shore and Chicago & Atlantic
railroads
MET THE ISSUE sQUARELY
during the day, and Burlington cars
are rumbling over their tracks tonight.
The former accepted an east-bOund
train and turned over one bound for the
West, while the Chicago Il Atlantic
took a heavily loaded train for Eastern
points. In neither case were any OBJ
jections raised by the employees. No
cars were offered to the Wabash, but
Mr.. Ryder, the right-hand man of Re-
ceiver McNulta, who is now
in New York, said that the
road would receive and transport
anything that the Burlington offered.
The representatives of the Illinois Cen
trail spoke in the same train. All inter
est now centers on the action of the
Michigan Central men, who are holding
a meeting tonight. The train of twelve
cars transferred from the @. this noon is
still in the Michigan Central yards, and
the men have until o'clock in the
morning to decide whether or not they
are offered go to its destination.
They were told by the division
superintendent to 60 home and take
the matter in consideration with their
wives, but the women are conspicuous
in to-night'S meeting by their absence.
Should the men refuse to handle q
freight and strike in the morning the
company has 100 engineers, fremen and
switchmen. brought here this morning
from Detroit and Jackson, who will at
once go to work. The company has for
mally accepted the bill for the trans
ferred cars, and General Supt E. G.
Brown is determined that
THEY SHALL GO OUT.
The determined attitude of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Central is more
significant in view of the fact that both
are Vanderbilt roads, and it has re-
lieved tendency toward tension of
feeling which was created earlier in the
day by the publication of reported in
terview with Chauncey Depew, in
which, while apparently non-committal.
he eulogized Chief Arthur in terms
which seemed to indicate the had
some sympathy with the striking
element. The position of the Rock
Island was clearly defined this evening
by Division Superintendent Chamber
lain. In an interview that official said:
''It is true that we have returned YER
bal answer to the Burlington to the
effect that we will not touch their cars.
What is more, we have issued written
general order to our employees not to
have anything to do with them. We
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