The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-07

however were slow to accept this excuse, and
suspected some connection between the IN
wonted absence of Messrs. Arthur aud Sargent
and the arrival in the city to night OF the gen.
eral manager of the Ft Wayne road. and General
Manager Spicer. of the Chicago & Grand Trunk.
Engineer Logan. whom Mr. Arthur left to
represent him during his absence. laughed
II the assertion that the Burlington is prepared
TO confne itself TO business over its own tracks.
such thing, he said. was an imposslbllity, and
10 any raiiroader absurd on it's face. The re-
ticence of the railroad officials over the proposed
congressional Intervention be regarded as con-
elusive evidence that il WAS fesred by the COM
pany. Mr. Logan said railroad officials and
their mouth-pieces were endeavoring to spread
false impression regarding the provisions Of
the int erstate-commeTce law. There was an at
tempt to befog the public. When the Brother
hood engineers other roads refused to handle
. car of Burlington freight no legal penalty was
Incurred.
do you mean to say" was asked. "that such
acton does not subject the other comnany to
fine under the interstate-commerce actW
Yes, sir; that is just what | mean." was the
reply. 'sIf the company cannot move the c.. B.
s. @. cars it will not have to pay ine. The
act says that company refusing to accept the
freight or passengers of another line may be
subjected to a fine. In this case it doss
fuse TIE company is willing bns not able to
move the cars
Fort Wayne Il Chicago and three Grand Trunk
crews had refused 10 haul Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy The men quit their engines. it
Is said, though this was denied by the strikers.
At Streator, ILL.,, . train of loaded coal cars
side tracked, because the coal belongec to the
Chicago. Burlington &c Quincy company. The
ENGINEER refused to haul the train.
General Passenger Agent Morton, speaking
for the Burlington management, said tonight
regarding the proposed appointment of Con-
greseionai committee to investigate the striker
I'VE will be glad to have committee of that
kind come. as the more this matter is investi-
gated, and thu better the public come to under
stand our position. the better they will think of
the Bur.incton road. We are not afraid of an
Investigation" Mr.. Morton expressed opin-
ion the arbitration part OF Congressman
Whites resolution.
Reports ars received daily at the engineers
headquarters OF the condition of affairs each
line of the Burlington system. The freight
traffic, they claim. has amounted to nothing,
and many of the freight trains reported to be
running have been comoosed of an engine and
way car. The engineers claim, also, that between
forty and fifty engines have been badly injured
by the handling of the men. In the round
run, either on account of burnt boilers
or other injuries, are tied up and
will have to be sent to the shop be-
fore they are used again. AT Creston,
Ia, Il is claimed there seven damaged
engines awaiting repairs. This morning three
engines from the Chicago & Iowa line
brought into the round-house at Aurora. with
ports come in from different points to the
operations of the new engineers A wiper who.
was put in charge of engine on the Iowa di-
vision, took out passenger train. Ii is said
that after getting under way he found that he
did not know how to shut off the injector, and
the result was that the boiler filled mp with
water and condensed the The train
csme panic-stricken aud fed from the engine.