The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-12
A SLAUGHTER ON THE @.
STRIKERT SAY THE ROUND HOUSE
IS AN INFIRMARY

Corpses Hurried Under Ground With
out Notifying the Police Authorities
Tho Company Denies that the Cas-
ualties are as Appalling as the Strtk-
ers Insinuate.
CHICAGO, April lit is asserted by the
Ne'oS that a dozen serious accidents have
occurred to new men who are handling
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rolling
stock, but that in every case these cases
have been suppressed, and even kept from
the police.
jameson rien the press representative of
the striking engineers, called on Coroner
Hertz and Chief Detective Henshaw, this
afternoon, and as result m investigation
was ordered regarding the disposition made
Of the bodies of brakemen and switchmen
killed on the Burlington road The strik-
ers claim that half a dozen employees have
been killed on the "Qn since the strike, and
that the police were not notified of the &C
cidents
a DENIAL BY THE COMPANY.
Paul Morton, who acts as spokesman for
the Burlington Company, denies emphatic
ally that the facts are as stated Mr. Nor
ton objects particularly to the term sill
Urinary" being applied to the company's
round house at Western avenue. He does
not deny that several injured persons were
carried there and were being treated by the
ccmpany's physician. Since the new en-
plcves took the places of the striking
switchmen about 100 hunks have been
prepared in the roundhouse for their
accommodation. The night men occupy
then in the day time and the day men sleep
there at night. Whenever an accident has
happened, instead of carting the victim to
a hospital, ne was carried to his bunk
where he might be taken care of until his
recovery. This, saws Mr.. Morton, is I'll
there is to the report that the 80" road is
maintaining hospital. I'VE do not sire
to keep the matter secret said Mr.. Morton:
ut has always been our custom to furnish
medical attentions free of charge tn persons
injured while i'll orr employ"
THE MEN UNDER TREATMENT.
"Two men are now under treatment for
crushed hands and arms. Three have beeu
taken to the hospital, who had been injured
by the strikers throwing coupling pins at
them in the riot few days ago at the st.
Paul yards But two fatal accidents have
occurred since the strike began. One was
caused by the strikers or their sympathizers
throwing a switch and dumping an engine
into the ditch, and the other was that of a
man found dead in the yards yesterday,
and whom nobody knows how he came to
his death"
Mr. Morton was just as ready to bel
that he had been knocked from the cars by
flying rock, as that his death was acct
dental.
TAMPERED WITH THE BRAKES.
A new engineer, in charge of an engine
drawing suburban passenger train on the
Burlington read, yesterday discovered a
man on the front of the forward car of
whom he was suspicious When approach
ing Rivers de the engineer endeavored to
set the air brakes and found that thew would
not work. He whistled for brakes from the
trainmen and they stopped the train. 1t
was found that the aircock next to the en-
CINE ha been turned, thus cutting off the
engine air reservoir from the train. A
Pinkerton man had also observed the sus-
picious actions of the stranger, but
did not understand them, and had
driven the man into a car, where
he was captured when the discovery
of his work was made. Had any other
than the automatic air system been in use,
and had there been any obstruction on the
rails. great loss of human life and property
would have been certain to result.
Chief Arthur left here for Cleveland last
night He refused to say anything further
to the reporters, and before going appeared
to be i'll very pleasant frame of mind.