Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-14
DUNDY'S ORDER DISRECARDED
Union Pacific Engineers and Fire
mon Quit Their Jobs.
THEY WENT OUT AT MIDNIGHT.
Engines Taken to tho Round House
and Freight Trans Left stand
ing i'm the Yards The
Strike Elsewhere.
Struck on the Union Pacific.

Struck on the Union Pacific.
Six Of the eight crews that man the switch
engines that work in the yards Of the Union
Pacific railway mounted their cabs at the
round house last night at O'Clock and pulled
out for their respective precincts In the
yards. The yardmaster, observing the ao-
seuce of the two additional engines and their
engineers and fremen, instituted inquiries,
and was informed by one crew that
the reason they did not fire
up was that they had quit and
did not wish TO work any longer. The re-
naming crew answered
THAT THEY WE'RE SICK
and were not anxious to work anyway. AS
the yardmaster had heard this same story
from two crews of road enginemen who had
deserted their cabs during the day, he began
TO grow solicitous, and asked the men why
they didn't put on substitutes. To this they
replied with some vigor that IL the yard
master wanted to hunt up substitutes for
them he had their full permission to do so.
The deserting crew of road engineers were
more explicit in their reasons and teegraphed
to the master mechanic to find new men for
the situations vacated.
BACK TO THE RouNDHoUsE.
The six crews of switch engine men that
came on duty at 6 o'clock waltzed their
locomotives around the yard for an
hour or more, and 1t was evi
dent from their actions that they were
determined not to work. Sighting number
of %" cars on the switches, loaded and pre-
pafatory for shipment in connection with the
Union Pacific trains, the engineers and fire
men exhibited their displeasure by facing
their engines towards the round house. Thi.
was done as promptly as n clear track woult
permit Of. and Night Yard Master East
noticing the rapid desertion, appealed to then
for the cause Of their action.
''Is it because there are 20 cars to bt
made upl If it is [ will take them off,, hi
volunteered.
""No, that's not it, was the ready response
from the engineers and firemen. "We are
tired of working, have all the money We
want, and need rest"
EVERY SWITCH ENGINE TIED UP.
AT midnight a death like. stiffness pre-
vailed in the yards, and every switch engine
in the employ of the company had it:
fires drawn and stood silently
in the round house. With the
exception of the restless putting of
freight engine attached to a train that stood
at the Tenth street crossing waiting for or
ders to depart for the west, there was not
stir visible. This train should have departed
at O'Clock, but was detained for some unex
plainable reason. The engineer rested calmly
in his cab, and when approached by BEE
reporter said he couldn't explain why he was
held out, as at the hour men
toned he should have beer
well. on his way to Grand Island, his termi
nal point. He informed the reporter tina
he had been asked to make up his train wheI
he came on duty, but this he positively re
. fused to do, and if he started out at all i
would be with about half the number of cars
he usually draws, as the train his engint
was attached to had been partl,
made up when he reported TO
duty. Asked if his train contained
any 20" cars he promptly answered in tn,
negative, and said he would not turn whee
if there was one
''1Nhat caused the switch engine men t,
refuse to work any longersn was asked o
him.
"They wanted the boys to handle 90 cars
and they wouldn't do it; that's the reason,
was the response.
p 'But tney don't give that as thee ause, ;
put in the news gatherer.
"Oh, well, that's all right. The lads are n,
fools,n was the reply,
TALK WITH YARDMAsTER EAST.
Yardmaster East was seen in his ofiic
near the Eleventh street viaduct, and t
queries said that no freight had left the cit.
all night Between the hours of o'clock a
night and o'clock in the morning from
eight to fourteen freights depart from tn
city daily, but under the existing
nj, pt.,,. hn 1nft s.s. ..,t
that any would go out on the schedule,
time. Switching he described as ''completel,
dead" and said that no trains had been mad
up since he had come on duty. at 6 o'clock
The transfer engine that brings freight
over from Council Bluffs TO be coupled on L
trains made up in this city had been owe
carly in the evening, and had assisted il
making up u train. The engineer of tn,
transfer engine declined any further service
saying that hls familiarity witt
tho yards was so poor that he did not con
slider 1t safe to do it. Mr.. East further stateC
that he could not tell why the men refused
TO work, and upon being asked If he at
tributed il 10 their determination not Il
handle so" cars ne said he could not, adding
''rhey to a man told me that was not tn
cause.p
STATE OF AFFAIRS ELSEWHERE.
Only two of the twelve switch en-
gines at Council Bluffs We're on duty a
midnight, and how long these would remain
was matter of guess work. They, il wa
thought would soon join in the tie up. Th,
two switch engines at South Omaha wer
also reported tied up.
JUDGE DuNDY's INJUNCTION
The temporary injunction granted by Judg
Dundy will come up for hearing this morning
: In the United States court What the effect
of last nights action will hg e Is mere mat
. ter OF conjecture.
The Strike Situation.
CHICAGO, March l3.--The new contract TO
fast mail service between Chicago AM
, Council Bluffs, which was entered into be
tween the government and the Burlington
road several weeks ago, aud which was 4
have gone into effect today, has been post
poned for one week in consequence of III
troubles on that road. Superintendent Nash
Of the railway mail service at Washington
who is now here, says it is intended 10 establish
fast mail from Chicago east, to leave Chieag
on the arrival of the Pacific coast train, an,