Wichita eagle., 1888-03-01

WASHINGTON, MATCH i, d. Ill VI
Missouri: Light rains; slightly colder;
light to fresh variable winds.
For Kansas: Threatening weather and
light snow; colder in the eastern portion:
colder followed by rising temperature in
western portion: light to fresh northeast
erly winds, becoming variable.
CHICAGO, Feb. 29.-Within twenty-four
hours probably the great strike on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy will be
ended. c. +. Perkins, president Of the
road, tonight personally met p. M. Ar
thur, chief of the engineers brotherhood,
and arrived at a partial understanding.
When they separated it was with the
agreement that they should come together
again tomorrow and in a friendly spirit
resume the consideration of the difficulty
between the company and its men, and
bring it if it is possible to quick and
mutually satisfactory conclusion. 1.-THE
conference was held in a parlor at the
Grand Pacific hotel not far from the
strikers headquarters. The details of the
meeting were not made public, but the inn
preston was sought to be created that the
strike was largely the result of a misun-
derstanding on both sides The only per-
sons present at the meeting besides Mr..
Perkins and Mr.. Arthur were Chief Sar-
gent, of the firemen, Mr.. Perkins private
secretary. and prominent Knight of
Labor. 1t is understood that the latter
person, whose name is withheld, was to a
large degree instrumental in bringing the
meeting about.
CHICAGO, Feb. 29.-Taking the number
of trains moved during the day as criter
ion, the Chicago, Burlington q Quincy
railroad may be said to have made consid-
cradle Roadway within the past twenty
four hours in furnishing accommodation
for their enormous passenger traffic and
to have gained point on the brotherhood
and so flattering do the officials of the
road consider their prospects that they
predict a resumption of their entire pas
senger service within the next two days.
The supply of new men is increasing every
hour. Many of the men come from out of
town and every train over the Pennsylva
mia road brings a number from the Read
ing regions. Nearly all, according to the
compaDy's story. are competent in every
way to take the places vacated by the
strikers.
At the meeting of the strikers this morn
ing the character of the men engaged to
take their places was freely discussed.
One of the engineers said: The men who
are working in our places would not be
allowed to walk the track month ago"
The following may be given as few sam
piles of the subs" John Chamberlain
was an engineer on the Burlington for
several years. The road adopted system
in regard to color blindness. Chamberlain
failed to pass the examination and was
discharged. Monday the company sent
for him and offered him a permanent Stu
alton as engineer of a suburban run.
Charles Tyler, another engineer who was
discharged by the Burlington for general
neglect of business, has been offered mail
train and has accepted.
The members of the brotherhood, as far
as can he ascertained. to a man, ignored
the order of the company to report at noon
today or consider themselves discharged.
The superintendent of the railway mail
service reports that all the trains are run
ming all right in Nebraska with the ex-
ception of the line from McCook to Denver
on the Burlington " Missouri river. All
passenger trains are running in Illinois
and Iowa.
New YORK, Feb. 29.-The agents of the
Chicago, Burlington a. Quincy railroad in
this city are doing their utmost to fill the
places of the strikers. A number of APP
plications were received at the offibe of the
company. at No. 81 Broadway, principally
from Germans. 1t is claimed that 200 or
800 engineers and firemen have been
sent west. They were all shipped to Au-
rora, H., for further examination.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 29--The Burlington
road sent out its through passenger trains
about on schedule time today. The freight
business is still tied up and they will not
make much effort to move freight until
they have got the passenger service back
to its normal condition. Twenty extra
police were sworn in today for the benefit
of the company. The strikers continue to
behave with discretion and as an instance
of the careful control they are under, it
may be said that they were directed today
by the committee to use no profane Ian
guage in the vicinity of the depot
ST. LOUIS, Feb. @.-Engineer Smith, of
the Wabash q Western railroad, who
usually takes the Chicago, Burlington a.
Quincy train from the union depot over the
Keokuk and Northwestern railroad at 9
O'Clock in the morning, refused to take
the train this morning at the usual time
and was prevailed on to do SO at noon only
on receiving telegram from the commit
tee in charge of the Burlington strike in
structing him to take the train as far as
St. Peters. where the Burlington line be-
gins, and no further. He complied with
the order.
PoTTSvILLE, Pa, Feb 29-Another party
of seventy-five locomotive engineers and
firemen left this city this morning They
Were provided with through transporta-
ton TO Chicago, furnished by Manager
Stone. Recruiting Is still going on despite
the master workman's published appeal 70
the Knights of Labor, and 1t is expected
that another large party will be ready to
start west in day or two. All the men
who have already gone are Knights of
Labor The knights of Labor leaders
here express no sympathy with Powderly's
position, but favor the action being pur-
sued by the late Reading strikers as
measure of retaliation and as one of self
interest.
Boston. Feb. 2a.-AH the papers have
an advertisement today for locomotive
engineers Ito leave the city at once The
wording of the advertisement is the same
as published elsewhere. A reporter
learned that the agent had secured fifteen
men today and shipped them to Chicago.
One of the men said that he was an
engineer but had never been on q locomo
tive cab
CHICAGO, Feb a9-United States Marsh
al March says no official notification has
set been received by him calling him 10
to take any measures whatever in relation
to the strike on the Chicago. Burlington 4
Quincy road. So far there has. been no in
timation beyond trivial and Indirect de
lay to the transmission of the United
States mails, and no obstruction in this
direction is apprehended.
Thirty-two engineers in charge of the
Burlington agent arrived on the Pennsyl-
'ahAd fodo last night. Inc agent WouIu
not say where they came from, but from
remarks dropped by some of the men 1t is
understood that they are part of the con-
slgnment from the Reading road
MACON, No.. Feb 23-The strike on tine
Chicago; Burlington a. Quincy has caused
closing down of all coal mines at Bevier
Summit and Lingo, in this county, since
there is no way of gctt ing coal into mar
ket. One Thousand men are thus temper
arlly thrown out Of employment
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. CIT is officially
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