The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-03-24
He LEFT HIS ENGINE.
sTPEREyTENDE COLLINS OR.
DERS TGXORED.
The st, Paul Company's Efforts to Move
Burlington Freights Result in
TroubIe-Engineers Stand by
the Strikers Judge
Gresham's Decision.

CHICAGO, H., March 13.-Affairs seem
to be approaching a crisis on the Chica-
20. Milwaukee x st. Paul road. Yester-
day supt. Collins sent a notice to the
Burlington officials that his road was
ready TO handle "Q' freight. This was
in pursuance of the decision reached by
the grievance committee of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul at a three days
session held in Chicago last week. The
jpint committee Of engineers and fire
men after a long session decided 10 han
die %" freight, and the individual
memhers of the committee reported their
decision back to their various sub-diyis-
ions With hardly an exception the
subdivisions rejected the report of their
delegates, and declared that they would
refuse to handle 90" freight. Several
of the delegates rendered their resigna.
tons, and were superseded by more
radical enginemen. The peculiar state
II affairs was reported to the strike
headquarters, and a meeting of the
gri vance committee ordered for to-
morrow.
This was the situation when Division
Superintendent Collins issued the or
der There were exactly seVenty-three
cars in the Milwaukee yards A train
OF twcnty-nine cars was made up and
hauled nearly to Western Avenue be-
was informed that he was hand
cv cars. He stopped his en-
CINE, pulled the coupling pin, and ran
his machine" to the round house. The
yardmaster telephoned the news to
Division Superintendent Collins and was
instructed to find an engineer who would
take the boycotted train over to the
Burlington Yards. He called upon two
Brotherhood engineers and was given
an emphatic refusal. He finally
found a non-Brotherhood engineer
who consented, but was checkmated by
the Brotherhood tiremen, who refused.
The yaFdmaster gave 1t up as bad job
and the twenty-nine cars still stand
within sight of Western Avenue.
This was a decided surprise to the
Milwaukee officials, who had bee n
notified that the two Brotherhoods had
no objection to their handling "Q''
freight An immediate investigation
was instituted and as result an
informal conference was held last niL ht
between J. Dougherty of the fremen,
Thomas J. Murphy ofthe engineers, and
the following officers of the Chicago,
Milwaukee 4 St. Paul: General Super
ntendeut ]. T. Clark, Assistant Gener-
al Superintendent A. J. Earling, Assist
ant General Manager j. +. Tucker, and
5. ). collins, division superintendent of
the Council Bluffs & Illinois divis-
ION. The meeting was held at the
division superintendent office at the
Union depot. The situation was fully
discussed, but no decision reached.
Murphy and Dougherty promised to
use their influence upon the twenty
sevcn switch engineers in the Chicago.
Milwaukee x st. Paul yards for the pur-
pose Of inducing them TO handle the sew
euty-three ears now blOckaded. They at
tempted 10 exact promise not to touch
any more q" cars from the Milwaukee
officials, but We're unsuccessful. They
assured Superintendent Clark thai un-
der no conditions would any new 90"
cars he stirred from their location if
placed IN the yards pending the Wednes-
day meeting Of the grievance committee
Fort Wayne engineer, on speaking of
the handling of 80" freight bv himself
ana ether Fort WAYNE men, said: ave
have been hau!ing it since last Friday,
but it is not permanent by any means
- Z EoutluutAl 10 10 50 btNulDS Tue dc-
ton of the grievance committees, which
are in session to-day. Our
future conduct depends on the report
of the committees" Other engineers
endorsed these remarks. They were
waiting for the issue of the fight in Judge
Gresham's court and the result of the
committee conference. All the fighting
is done down town.
There WAS no th1nua n tho situation
at the strikers headquarters this morn
ing. The grievance committees of the
Eastern roads which were III
session yesterday discussing the
freight question met again this
morning at McCoy's Hotel to conclude
their deliberations. On the western
roads it was stated by the strikers, the
situation as regards the handling of 90"
freight was unchanged. 1t was denied
that the Wabash engineers had agreed
to handle Burlington cars.