, 1888-04-05
A NEW WAY.
The Strikers Resort to Some
New Tactics,
And Decided to Raise the Boy
colt on @" Cars.
Rumored Arrangements With
the Knights.
A NEW WAY.
The Boycott Raised.

CHICAGO, April 1.-The final result of
the meetings of the employees of the va
rious roads in this city, which began yes
terday afternoon and lasted until a late
hour last night, is announced this morn
ing In the declaration that the boycott of
90 cars has been permantly raised and
that henceforth the contest will be con-
fined strictly to the %" system. All
strikes except the 20" were TO stop
forthwith, and all those which were i'm
minent were to be averted. The business
OF Chicago is to be restored and main
tanned by the strikers with strict de-
corum. The other roads were absolyed
from the requirement of neutrality and
violence is to be discountenanced accord
ing to the well known policy of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
The arrangement agreed upon, 1t is
stated, is directly due to the exertions of
Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of En-
gineers, Grand Master Sargent of the
tiremen, Grand Master Monaghan of the
Switchmen's Association, Mayor Roche
and Mark Crawford, who also represented
the switchmen. The final decision was
reached by a mass meeting held with
closed doors last evening and which was
addressed 10y General Manager Jeffrey of
the Illinois Central. Fifteen hundred
railway employees were present at the
meeting, representing the elements which
had previously been at times antagonis-
tic.
Grand Master Sargent Of the Firemen's
Brotherhood was the first speaker. lie
stated that he came not only as the repre-
sentative of the tiremen, but also to voice
the views of Chief Arthur of the engi-
nnnrS Tba. SfrtIn na thn R,rl,u+.- 80,
a Just cause and they had used every hon
orable means to treat with the company.
With such a record behind them it would
not be proper for the strikers to stand by
and see helpless people suffer from the
base practices of the company. Sargent
urged, therefore. that the boycott be
raised and the 20 deprived of its most
dangerous weapon
General Manager Jeffrey of the Illinois
Central road told the men of the disas
tiers that would follow a general tie I'D,
and appealed to them to shield their fel-
lows from such an infection. He said his
company would not consent to a general
black listing of the Burlington strikers by
the railroads, and he would use his inlu-
cnce with the managers of other roads
towards the same result.
Grand Master Monaghan of the Switch
nen's Association, emphasized the points
of the two preceding speakers so well
That the boycott was declared raised and
the meeting decided to redouble the fight
against the Burlington. Everybody con
nected with the system who could be
called out would be, and one embarruss.
ment after another was to be enforced.
Committees were sent out at once to
visit the officials of the different roads and
later reported that all lines had accepted.
BY overwhelming the Burlington with
business, the engineers argue, the fact
will soon be demonstrated that it is by no
means prepared to handle it with the new
hands now in its employ. The plea of the
Burlington that the places of strikers
have all been filled and consequently that
it has nothing to arbitrate, the engineers
think. will be demolished and the COM
pany be compelled to arbitrIte the ques-
ton at issue.
When the appointed time came this
morning Tor a cessation of the strike on
the st. Paul, all hands, firemen, engi-
nCcrs and switchmen, presented them
selves for duty and the usual course of
things as far as the Milwaukee x St. Paul
company is concerned was resumed at
once.
At the Fort Wayne yards there was a
hitch, and the strike on that road was
continued. The engineers and tiremen
were ready to carry out the understanding
but the switchmen were obdurate. At 9
O'Clock, however, everything was s~atisiac-
torilv arranged and the Burlington boy
cctt was apparently everywhere at an end.