The Portland daily press., 1888-02-28
the ROAD DESERTED.
Engineers Eegln the Struggle on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy.
Amateur Esgine Drivers on Two
Trains Meet with Accident.
Rock Island Men Refuse to Haul c,
8. & Q. Cars,

CHICAGO, Feb. GA few minutes before
4 o'clock this morning the Chicago. Burling-
| ton & Quincy wards 1t Canal and Sixteenth
streets presented tteir usual appearance.
| The early morning nail train had left on
| time and the switch engines were at work
| At $3.50 O'Clock there vas the usual move
ment of cars at the freight and switching
stations at Nineteenth street and Western
avenue. where cars for the east and the stock
yards are handled. Just before the time
appointed for the strike Train Master Pope
issued an order that no trains should be
moved west of Chicago This was taken by
the few trainmen in the yards as ! confess
| ion that the company had secured no men
worth mentioning and chat the road would
| in a moment more, be practically. tied up.
AT o'clock precisely switch engine No. 447
went into the Western avenue roundhouse.
Three Others soon followed it and the en-
gineers and flemen quit work. The strike
was on in earnest
The strike promises to be the most remark
able ever known. for in it the strongest sin
gle labor organization in existence has been
pitted against the largest railroad corpora
ton in the West and one of the greatest in
mileage and wealth In the word.
The Burlington has issued notice declln-
ing to receive freight from connecting roads
for probably week. Freight will also be
refused for local points during the next few
days. Six uhndred freight handlers were
laid off this afternoon. chief arthur d Is sun m
gether until the end He says the Brother
hood did not interfere in the Gould system
troubles.
TWO Accidents.
The first accident following the strike oc-
Cured this afternoon at Naperville H., and
six persons were more or less injured Pas
senger train No. 2, on which G. F. Geyre,
general foreman of the Burlington shops at
Aurora, was acting as engineer, ran short
of water at about D. m. The engine was
cut loose from the train to run ahead. Com
ing back it became unmanageable on a down
grade, and collided with the cars. :,
Another accident occurred near council
Blnffs. Master Mechanic Bndenstein was
ordered to take the Kansas City train out.
When near Pacific Junction he was con-
fronted by an engine standing on crossing
and his engine ran into it. A warrant sworn
out for his arrest for failingto stop at the
crossing, No one was hurt.
TruohIe on the Rock Island.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 1.-THE Rock
Island road quietly put some Burlington
cars in freight trains to-day with the ap-
parent intention of helping the latter road in
its freight business. Rock Island engineers,
discovering this became furious, and every
engine in the yard was pulled into the round
house, leaving score or more freight trains
on the tracks. The firemen joined the move
ment and the consequence is a total tie up OF
the Rock Islands freight traffic for tonight.
Both company and employees look for re-
sumption of work tomorrow cd an under
standing that the Rock Island win not otrepeat
its attempt and assist the Burlington.