The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-03-03
The C.. Il. & q. Strike.

The T.. IL. q g. Strike.
The strike of the Brotherhood of en-
gineers and firemen, on the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy road, which had
been in contemplation some time, took
definite shape on Monday last, when all
employees left their engines promptly at
4 a. nj, This action directly affected
about 1000 engineers and firemen, be-
sides five or six times as many labOrers
in other departments, and involves
5000 miles of track, owned and leased
by the company. The grievance which
led to the strike was question of
wages, the engineers claiming that un-
der the system of classified wages the
company had retired old and expert
enced engineers because younger men
could be secured for smaller wages.
| The engineers demanded the adoption
of scale agreed upon at the meeting of
the brotherhood at Chicago in October
ast,-3115 cents per mile for freight and
4 cents for passenger engineers. The
western roads generally acceded to this
demand until the Burlington was
reached, when General Manager Stone
refused to consider the proposition,
which resulted in the strike as above
stated. Since Monday but few trains
have been run over the Burlington line
and these were principally manned by
foremen Of the shops and officials of the
road. So far but five of the brother
hood have refused to strike and they
were promptly expelled. Three acci-
dents have occurred as result of the
inexperience of new men employed, but
none have resulted fatally. Both the
company and employees express deter
mination to fight to the bitter end, and
the outcome will be watched with in
terest. The announcement that Knights
of Labor would fill the places made va
cant by the brotherhood, in retaliation
for similar treatment by brotherhood
men during the Missouri Pacific strike
two years ago, seems to be without
foundation. Grand Master Powderly
has written letter in which he advises
the knights to keep their hands off, and
denounces as scabs any members Of
either order who would supplant a
laborer in struggling for his rights
with corporation.
A Terrible Tragedy.
A horrible crime was enacted in Ash
land county. Ohio, on Sunday last.
Lewis Chesrown, ST., man 76 years of
age, is resident of Mohicanville, a lit
tie settlement. He is estimated to have
been worth about $4,000. OF late years
he has been perfectly helpless and has
resided with son. All of his property
was decided to his children, upon the
condition that they would keep him the
remainder of his life. For number OF
years they have been quarreling among
themselves over the division. Recently
Lewis Chesrown was appointed guardi-
an of his father. Another son lives in
the same house, and on Wednesday of
last week both were decoyed from home
and in their absence the other sons car
ried away their aged father. The alb
ductors were arrested on the charges of
assault and battery and were bound
over to court in the sum of $500 each.
Lewis Chesrown obtained writ of
habeas corpus, which was given to
Constable w. II. Kelly to serve. He
went to the house of John ChesroWn
where the old man was confined. Five
of the Chesrown boys were in the house
and refused to open the doors. Kelly
got posse and forced an entrance. AS
he crossed the threshold he was shot by
Elias Chesrown and SO badly wounded
and died soon after. Kelly's deputy,
Jacob Helbert, next fell dead with q
bullet in his brain. Elias then jumped
on horse and rode to the Ashland jail
where he gave himself up. The four
other brothers, Adam, Wesley, John and
Joseph, were also arrested.