, 1888-04-05
GENERAL NEWS.
The Great Railroad Strike Still
Extending.
Fiendish Attempt mt Murder in
Seattle.
A Procession Four Miles Long
in Denver.
The Strike.

CurcAoo, March 3O.--The st. Paul yard
men who started to go to work last night at
10 o'clock had but begun to gek their en-
gipes started when message caNo to the
Western avenue round house that all the
men should wait until Assistant General
Superintendent Erling had seen them be-
fore resuming work. ErlInE stated the case
briefly to the men Us he understood 1t and
then said: 1--WE have submitted to many
acts that we have considered unjustihable
ON your part. This afternoon tho men in
our employ deliberately ditched and
wrecked number of cars that are our
property. We will consent TO overlook
This, and you can go to work, but the first
thing that Is done will DO to replace those
cars upon the track This the men posi-,
by 80" engine. The strikers hung
around for while and one by one went
home and strike was still on. The men
Who struck last night embraced twenty.fOur
switching crews or total Of 10 men.
Strikers held u big meeting in the hall ad-
This morning. They were enthusiastic In
the position they have taken.
MANAGER MILLERs STATEMENT.
MILWAUKEE, March 30.--Manager Ros-
we'll =, Miller, of the Chicago, Milwaukee
4 St. Paul road, this morning said There
" no truth In the statement OF the SWITCH
men at Chicago that the st. Paul company
mas DceO beCretiy bluiuB tuo DuriihBtoh
Co. The trouble Is that the Chicago switch
men have combined to make q thorough
boycott against the 90" company, and In
sympathy with the movement our men re-
fused to handle some new carssbrougbt to us
by the Burlington from the factory to the
Burlington road. We told the men that
IL they did not handle those cars they
could not handle anything, and we propose
70 maintain that position. No other point
will be affected. Freight trains held in this
city this morning will be sent out before
night. We are using our rOadnen in the
places OF the striking switchmen, and they
will stay there until we can get new gangs.
As the strike occurred only last evening,
we have been able to make no permanent
arrangements as yet. We will continue to
receive and deliver freight ut Chicago but
little on us for four. days. We do not ap-
prehend any serious trouble, and we are
not fretting much over the matter" There
are no freight trains moving on the Chicago
division of the st. Paul road this morning.
The switchmen, engineers and firemen of
the st. Paul road who struck yesterday as
sembled ct the yards this morning, but
none Of them went to work. They are re-
ticent, and refuse to talk OF their action or
outline their demands, but were unani-
NOUS not to return to work. Superintend-
sut Collins said that the company would at
once Dogln preparations 70 secure new men
TO take the places vacated by the strikers.
The riot Of yesterday lad its effect on the
new switchmen In the employ of the Bur
nngton. Only those whose duties kept
them within the 20" yards were on duty
This morning. Those delegated to work
along the tracks between the different points
refused TO 60 to work unless given arms to
defend themselves II set upon by the strik-
eTs.. Ninety-eight switChmen from the
Reading road arrived last night. They
we're warned by the strikers not to 90 to
work on the "Qy and a quarrel ensued, in
which the Reading men drew their revolv-
srs and declared that they would protect
themselves ifinterfered with. This morn
ing they we're escorted to the 20" yards by
Pinkerton men- Twenty-seven more
switchmen arrived this morning.
-'-''f-'. ORDERED OUT.
QUrScY, Illinois, March 30.-The switch
men in the Quincy yards received orders
his morning to strike, and oil left their
posts ut o o'clock.