The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-04-05
MOTIONLESS WHEELS.
The Strike on the Chicago Mil
waukee g. st. Paul a Co.
The Resolution to Strike Carried With a
whoop and Hurrah---Prafhc suS-
pended--Panhandle Switch
men Also Go Out.

CHICAGO, March 31.HSpeclal. + Inc
en0iI GERS. iremen, switchmen, brake
men and a large number of conductors
of the Chicago, Milwaukee " st. Paul
railroad struck last night. The strlKe
includes employees of all divisions cen
tering in Chicago, both freight ana pas
senger. The last passenger train man
ned by a Brotherhood crew lett tne
TTnion Depot at II o'clock last night.
This hold move was made at a special
meeting held at 762 West Lake street,
at which fully 700 were present; Ihe
meeting was an excited and enthuslas
tic one. and as speech after speech
was made the excitement increased;
and when a motion was made
to stop every wheel on the road at MID
night it was carried with Whoop Gnal
co1ld be heard blocks away, ms
strike. which by tonight may lnclude
avery division of the st. Paul system,
is The result of Yesterdays work at the
yards. The men are lncellseu oEol eAo
action of the company in employing
new engineers and tiremeh anu cohuuc- !I
tors, who acted as engineers w Vahe
Garded Thursdays strike as trivial
aIIdlr anu tApeCICu UnS WI PJ
gracefully give in and make % a a
promise not TO receive ",
cars. Instead, the company ac-
cepted the situation and commenced
filling the places of the strikers at once
This is the real cause OF the strlke tha'
promises to be long and desperate
one. 1t was expected by otficlals OF the
company that committee WOulu Oe
appointed at last nights meeting ana
conference had, at which satisfactory
settlement could be reached. "A taclt
agreement of this kind was made FIJI
day afternoon and officers OF the road
met at Supt. Collins office to await the
result of the meeting These gentle-
men waited and anXiously watched
but the committee did not come.
In the excitement of the occasion tn,
committee was overlooked by the strik
ers, and after waiting until nearly
midnight, the officials went to their
hotels, unconscious of the fact thai
their road was to be tied up. At l2:lO
this morning news of the strike was
taken to them by reporters, and long
consultation held. Superintendent
Earling, of st. Paul, refused to be inter
viewed and the strike was not form
ally declared by any organization OF
Brotherhood. The men say that it is
entirely an individual action. Even ii
the strike extends no further
than at this writing, the eff
feet will be practically suspension
of business on the entire system.
PAN HANDLE MEN STRIKE.
Chicago. March 31.-[Special. THE
Pan Handle switchmen struck at mid
night Friday. They had been on the
verge of a strike for several hours
owing to dissatisfaction resulting from
the receiving Of "Q" freight train.
The men all quit at IL o'clock but re-
turned after being out half an hour,
Engineers took their engines out of the
round house and commenced work, but
sWitchmen quit work again at 80 this
morning and declared that not man
would go to work at 7 o'clock, when day
men were due to so on duty.
LUCKY ESCAPE.
AURORA, ILL.,, March 31.-LSpecial.l +
One-half of the 20" shop has been fitted
up as a hotel for new engineers and
firemen, 100 of whom were in bed
Thursday night when fire broke out
in several portions of the building.
The men had barely time to escape i'll
their night clothes. Several of them
were assaulted as they ran about the
yards seeking shelter. The officials
claim that the strikers fired the shop.