The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-21
AMONG THE RAILROAD MEN.
Yesterdays Developments In the
Great Strike Of the Brotherhood.

CHICAGO, March 20.-It is generally un-
derstood on the line of the Illinois Central
that the engineers will not handle 20" cars.
A despatch from East st. Louis says that a
freight train made up exclusively of Bur
lington and Quincy cars was brought over
the Louisville end Nashville road yesterday
from Mount Vernon by the master mechanic
the regular engineers having refused to han
die the freight.
The Illinois Central engineers at jackson
last night refused to pull train until three
Burlington cars were cut out and side tracked
which was done. At Fulton, Kentucky, the
| company was obliged to refuse several Bur-
| lington cars from the Chesapeake and ONO
for the same reason. :,
General Manager Stone, of the Burlington
road, telegraphed his eastern agents yester-
day not to send any more engineers or nre-
men to Chicago. The raising Of the snow
blockade resulted in a rush of engineers that
has surpassed anything since the strike. ..o,,
The Central Iowa telegraphed to the ~
for men yesterday, and arrangements Will be
made to supply them with the overflow.
The Kansas board of railroad commits
sioners has sent a telegram to Chief Arthur
expressing approval of the law-abiding ana
conservative. position which ne mas assumed esi
In regard to the strike of the engineers on
the Sante Fe. and the belief that the action
is approved by 95 per cent of the locomotive
engineers of the road and almost all the bus
mess men of the entire State.
The leading feature OF the strike TO-DAY
was the rumored combination between. the
engineers and iremen and the $500 switch
men and brakemen employed on the
Burlington. The brakemen and switchmen
failed to authenticate the rumor although all
declared its cOnsummation would mean GER
tain defeat to the so" company.
Peace on the Central.
MASON CITY, Iowa, March 20-The strike
on the Central Iowa road is settled The
eight hundred men who laid off Sunday will
resume work,
The Tabooed Q Cars.
DECATUR, ILL.,, March 2O.-Engineers on
the Louisville & Nashville railroad at Deca-
tur, today refused to pull freight train to
was taken out and turned over to 1.-THE Mem
phis and Charleston railroad, whose engl-
neers also refused to move it. The car is
now standing in the yard.
A Surprise. :.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 2O.-A suIpris-
ing development in the situation at the Bur-
lington strike today was the handling Of
boycotted freight by all the roads but one,
the Wabash & Western. The engineers
made no objection whatever. This circum-
stance was partly due to the fact that the
grievance committees on some roads agreed
to make no objection to Burlington freight.
This amounts to practical surrender of the
one weapon with which the men have been
CARRYING on the contest, but they stoutly deny
it is an indication of weakening, and main
tain it was merely done as a matter of pru-
dence. The first freight handled by the
Santa Fe today was train of Burlington
cars and the Missouri Pacific, Fort Scott d
Gulf and the Union Pacific, all announced
their willingness and ability to take care of
all business offered.