New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-09
APPEAL TO JUDGE GRESHAM.
THE BURLINGTON ATTACKS TIE WABASH.
ASKING FOR AN ORDER TO COMPEL THE HANDiIN
OF BOYCoTTED FREIGHT CARs-AN INJCNCTio
SOUGHT AGAINST THR BROTHERHOOD
fRY IELEGRAPI THE TRIBUNE

OF BoycorrED FREIGHT CARs-AN INJUNCTION
SOUGHT AGAINST THE BRoTHERHeop.
far TELEGRAPH TO THE rRiBusEJ
! CHICAGO, March s-Thc Chicago Burlington
| and Quincy officials to-day transferred the fight
from the lines of the road to the United States
| Circuit Court At an early hour big petition
was filed in the court by Writ Dexter, chief coun-
| sci for the railroad 1t set forth the history Of
the strike, with the grievances of the road and
wound up by praying injunction against Chief
| Arthur and the Engineers Brotherhood, as well as
an order on the Wabash road compelling it to
handle Burlington freight in discharge OF its duty
| as common carrier. The order issued by the
court covers the ground Of the bill and shows the
specific matters prayed for therein. The Burllng-
road makes Charles T.. Beers act in the capacity
of conipIainant in the Case slthHnhh the SUIT S;t
Timber merchant. and as he has had his bust
| ness tied up since the strike began, he gladly
relief for himself 1t is understood that the en-
tire lumber trade is back OF the road In lts neht
" come .e COWS S"W the "heaso % burlington and Quincy
Railroad Company and d. f. Richardson bS thcr
solicitors and pcsen. Their petition reo"ns ,% me S" e"" Ie
cever of the court appointed herein ana MS agehs
public carrier az respects traffic with such petitioner,
and also Tor order restraining the associa''1m' on
ono, p. NJ Arthur. its chief executive officer as
orders to the engineers in the employ OF the receiver
for them TO to haul loaded cars coming 10 n'
usual business ntcrc with the said petitioner
corporation and also praying for an order 10 pmm1n
interfering with the administration of The property
in tho custody of the court In this cause .,-.. J.,
WhereupOn the couit orders the said pciItoli, 10
eether with the aiiidavs and paIeis IN suplor heI,oi
be fled and the said apnealon SET idr Ia
notice of such application be forthwith served on inc
receiver his solicitor. -,
hat al Mon
main passive in the matter. strong heh, ~
court against the Bnrlingtons petition Wiii DE-
the auspices Of the Brotherhood. They have en-
gagged Alexander Sullivan and his PAINT .Ir
Thomas g. WndeS 1t is donniim, Whe,r w aomr Ip ,o
morrow as tonight ne in Springfield on busI-
ness before the State Supreme Cont; Ko"crt l.
| Lincoln will appear for General McNulta
TINE STRIKERS SURPRISED But NOT D'sM,yrD.
There was considerable surprise among the strikers
and their chiefs when the news of this latest move
I of the road was broken TO them. have an oh
Injunction tha: was served on me in the LAKE
Shore strike" said one of the strikers. anu the
railroad can have copy of it if they want. IL
never made me pull a throttle , The position
that the engineers body Will take III any
event will be a simple one. No law they claim,
can compel man TO work when he is not Wiling
to- Mr Sargent said an injunction, il u was
! granted would have effect Cn the Strike, SO
far rs The engineers and ircmcn arc c0hcerneu'
Mr. Arthur" he said does net order ,r s,fNrs, mr
On the ether hand. the difficulties of the Wa
bash line are steadily on the increase 4 tne
court tomorrow grants an order requiring III, ,iae
Wabash 10 perform its duties o., pnbllc Garner
as respects traffic with the Burlington, tnrn I1,a
n general ticup of the Wabash must io'ioW me
engineers will o! course, refuse to handle the
Burlington cars The moment the frst man ~
discharged, strike VIII follow.
| rur ROAD RELYING on THE COURTS
Writ Dexter was I'm close conversation with
President Perkins all the morning. lie claims
that if the engineers can't he caught as n society,"
they NAV be reached under the conspiracy law.
The road officials are not going TO connne tncir
efforts to the Wabash, but say they Will go INTO
the courts against any road TINT refuses 10 hahic
The Lake Shore road has been receiving frcight
and to the BurlngCm h ,TS Of th" road
say that they will continue to hindIe INC ircIsi. i
transferred to them. Most of the Eastern @ roau'
have signiGcd their willingness 20 do the same;
bnt. with the exception of the Union Pacific, al
the Western roads remain firm in Their reinSal 10
tSnSS SnSSr ant BrrngG nf the % Pa Paul Morton
when the strike first began. tho other % roa,I r. "ole @
with US in Sr to o run nSn SnE NoW When
have broken the Sackbone Of 10 strike they think
Hs' ,Hs ciei sls Arhs So is aN"s for
lie says that they can say that ihey 9"nldn ,o n smG
hsy 1s care are not aoHi REQUIRED 10 do what impossible
now isn't any harder for them to MAKE S mex %
oid discharge them and get others These r fosHs 3D.,
are bound by tho action OF ticir emp'oyes. IL ,hc
he general manager ;ss .sfsTS viii Il ihs s.N Ua@ns e%
Ss dsc s The 10 han only 0h ng s ous Us
to get few moro rsiclass engineers We arc goins G
sSsf% We Sroasht a%& s IN f"-y his morning
The strike on tho burlington and Northwestern did
not afYcci ns any Mr. Harris Is sim running NUN
bcr OF trains the road and IS getting new engineers
, as rapidly as he can
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEES WORKING IN SECRET
The Grievance Committees of the Northwestern
xl,n and
met at McCoys the Grand Pacific and the Sara
toga Hotels respectively and discussed the charges
of hauling the Burlington's freight that
had been made against those roads
Inst what was the result of thcl
J deliberations could not he learned, all the mem
bers having been cnjoined to strict secrecy. AT
old Burlington engineer conVersaht WIN Ilc opjcc'
"'rhc contest is at present in this situation
The Burlington is dGng work wSr IL is how ts
aid has got to be and shall be stopped Ihr load'
all declare that they are not hauling burlington
dons dtsnss'i it and and they they will VIII be served With notice
that, upon. their next offence, the cnginemer
g will strike"
"Yes, to all Of them. This thing has got {
. be stopped, and you may be certain that u VII WI
r be- Hands off, or take the consequences Is th'
| whole thing in q nut she'll , -,
/ The following communication was issued th
afternoon by the Brotherhoods OF Locomotive
D Owing to tho reports that arc being circulated II
regard the attitude OF the locom0'.e eheeels s
| there being a tendency the part OF the press !,
| indorse tbs stand taken by the railway company W.
deem IL necessary In own behalf 10 stare that VI,
, | two org zaions which engaged IN thc pescH
trouhle aro composed of conservative men, ahu Az
ready and willing now, and have been, 10 me-, n'
\" arbltrafe the question In dispute. They arc no
only willing 10 do this through their executive Officer
bu are also willing to pace the whole matter IN IN
hands of three railroad managers, and TO abdc b,
| he decision Now, In all candor, we would ask any
bnnesf thinking II the organizations already ''en
= ,inned can do any and malnf ain the privilege
granted them by the Constitution Of the United states
- fhis trOube still cOninUcs the public at lare
sniers on account of The same, the blame must res
where belongs. and that is with the parties who re
n IN nrl,if