Huntsville gazette., 1888-03-03

| Inc brotherhood Engineers and Fireman
| of the Chicago, Burlington & Gu ncv SyS-
tenn, Being Denied Their Demands,
Leave Their Engines to be Run as Best
They May-The Company's FIRST Days
Experience.
| CHICAGO, Feb. PA few minutes be-
fore four O'Clock this morning the Chi ca.
go; Burlington & Quincy yards at Canal
and Sixteenth streets presented their US
ual appearance. The early morning mail
train had left on time, and the switch
| engines were at work. One engineer took
a switch train to the Chicago & Allan tic
| junction shortly before three o'clock. He
| said that he had heard nothing of an or
der to strike, and that he would certainly
take his engine to the junction and run
his engine back to the round
house. At $3.50 there was the usual
movement of cars at the freight sta ton
at Nineteenth street and Western avenue.
Just before the time appointed for the
strike Trainmaster S. T. Pope issued an
order that no trains should be moved west
| of Chicago. This is re arded as confess
sion that the company has not obtained
men to take the places of the strikers. At
four O'Clock precisely switch engine No.
| 447 went into the round house Three
others soon followed it and the engineers
and firemen quit work The strike was
on. All the switch engines started for
the round house at four o'cl ock.
| CHICAGO. Feb. 27.-Taken all in all, the
| first day Of the bloodless battle between
| the Burlington system and its engineers
| closed with the advantage rather in favor
| of the company. With the passenger
traffic the officials of the operating de-
| par tment consider they have had good
luck, and are jubilantly declaring that
| within twenty four hours, o far as human
| freight is concerned, nobody viii know
| that a strike has been declared against
| the road.
This map will show you how we made
out to-day" said General Passenger
| Agent Paul Morton. "Four trains
| brought in the suburban passengers from
the territory tributary to Chicago this
morning, and four more will take them
back tonight. These trains may be
| little longer and a trifie more crowded
than ordinarily, but / warrant you that
not woman or a man working in the
city and residing in the suburbs was
| left this morning. AS to the through traf-
! fic, we sent out No. 5, which left
| this af ernoon for Council Bluffs
| in charge of a new engineer and fireman.
| lh0 4NO. \SdHHDl bdills WAiCA SHOuid
have left here at / p. m., was suspended,
but No. Is left for Council Bluffs a 5:35 p.
m. as usual. The 10:30 tonight will not
be run. This disposes of our outgoing
through trains. So far as the in coming
ones are concerned our luck has hardly
been as good AS to the local traffic. here
are dispatches from our district superin-
tendents, which state that two trains
are running on the Quincy branch,
four on the Keokuk, four south
from Des Moines, two on the Abba
branch, one on the Hopkins branch, and
all on the Sidney & Carson branch. The
Importance Of this Information rests in
| the fact that these trains cover points not
| reached by other roads, and which con-
| sequently, in case of a general tie-up,
would be completely cut off from the
| outer world, except so far as telegraph
| facilities are concerned 1t is on such
points, as well as our suburban traffic,
| that we are now concentrating our ef
forts.'
1t was a motley and ever-changing
| throng that besieged the offices of Gem
eral Manager Stone and Superintendent
| Besler almost from daylight until long
| past dusk. One and all were certain that
| they could either manipulate a lever or
! keep up the requisite amount of steam.
| Those that indicated in the slightest de-
gree that they knew what they were
| talking about were turned over to other
| officials for a more searching examina-
| tion. just how many men were engaged
| during the day could not be ascertained,
but complete statement was promised
for the public in the morning.
Applications by wire for empl oyment
| L I. L
| and in every instance the local agents of
the company were instructed to look up
the applicant, and if competent to send
him along without delav.
Down at the Grand Pacific, in one of the
spacious parlors of which the striking en-
ployes have established headquarters.
| Chiefs Arthur and Sargent held an alI-day
council of war. Some little surprise was
expressed that the company had been
! able to do as we'll as it had on the first
day of the trouble. In general conserv.
| ative spirit prevailed, and the concensus
of opinion was that the strike would end
before the last Of the week.
Late last evening General Freight Agent
| Ripley sent out letter to the principa
| shippers of the road in which he stated
| that it would probably be week or more
| before the company would be abe to re-
| ceive freight and that in WOW of this
| fact it would be advisable aud for the pub
| lie interest to deliver all freight
| to such other roads as in
| the Judgment Of the shippers could most
promptly send it to its destination He
added that the road would also be COM
| peeled for few days to decline all freight
| for local stations, but that as soon as it
| was a bic it would rive such freipht the
| preference, and first serve those places
| that are wholly dependent upon it.
| General Master Workman Powdcrly in
| Chicago.