River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-03-22
eagsnAM.s DECISION.

He Refuses 90 Grant thc Petition Of the
Iur.ing un Rad IA It, SHIT Against tie
WaDash--Hi. II asons The Brl, Line
saed to q m?eI II 10 Handle Freight of
the 90" Line.
CHICAGO. NJ rch Is Judge Grssham yes-
ter law rendece his dects ion on tn points
raised BY the Bur ington road aga nst the
Fro ernood in is petit on asking that he
" bash road be compelled to receive and
b. nj e is IRE z 1t
Judge GresLa rehe rsed the main points
from tie pet ton and the nswer from the
receiver. which were publish I'd in fun som
vs. 20. Af5er samm.n NJ up the SITUATION
IN court said:
Although the pro eriy OF the Wabash road ia
In the hands OF the court T. IS opera Ell By the re-
&C yer, and he Is bound TO put forth every effort
20 transact It's bushes, in the most profitable
way he Is bound 10 receive all trans rendered
lin and he can not discr.m nate in favor OF
against any railroad mpany. More need not
be said on this question, as the rec eiver has
" sely reseinded his former order. which does
not appear % have been cons dered al any me
as his permanent policy.
Although the petitioner has aceompls shed
fits hief purposes in invoking the aid OF the
courts. il is urged by is counsel that persons
belonging TO the brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers, and especially p. NJ Arthur who
IS the eh ef officer Of that organ.zat on, has
interfered with the rece yer and h IS sub
ordinates in the man cement OF the Wabash
property, ana that they should be punished for
their illegal and eOutumacious conduct. TIE
receiver and his counsel make no such COM
paint On the contrary, tae receiver declares
that there has been no such interference with
HIM.
OF the pet tion show that MIR. Arthur sent tel
e yraph message TO the engineers Of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company at Omaha, direct
ing them to haul no ears of the petit ouers. IT
does not IA rly appear from ths evidence thar
the engineers in the service OF the receiver re-
eeived such orders, by telegraph or otherwise.
{" For the pres ut it is suaicien. 20 say that
the court will protect the property of the
w bash Company in its custody. The EN-
ployes OF the receiver can not be obhg
10 rema in his serv &c against the
will. Neither they others VII
be permitted 10 iuieriers with OF
d sturo the rece yer or his subor iinates in
the possession and operat on OF the property N
his custody. Lawless interference W tn the re-
ceiver and his employees in the dlscharge OF
their duty will not be tolerated.. IL is pro er
10 state, however, in Just ce 10 the Wabash
eng neers. that they do not desire 10
maiLta an att Jude OF defiance 10 the law,
and that they are now willing to aid the re-
ce.ver IN the lawful and successful adm mist a.
tiOn OF his trust The receivers answer
re ders IL unnecessary for the court 70 do
! n ore III n d rect that the petition remain on
I Ele for future action should there be occas Oh
for il !"
This 'cis.on appear d 10 give tisf C.
ton all round he Burlington offc lis
W re julilanJ and deCE rcd that they
cou dn'G have done better if hey had wri-
I the dec on themselves. 1t forced
[. III Brotherhood 20 recogn re The txis ence
or law, wLicb was what Bur ing on
W s after The company also claimed { al
/ I Is W s. case and won nave
wholesoms eff c in dytsrring my othef
70 ID from handling is freight At this
kers' ueadq Iar5rrs he dec.s on VS. Ie-
/ &c we'd with unconcern Those or he
| Broth r God wGo were willing TO speak of
the IN tier a. all ella m d that it Simply
/ p aced tue engineers in III same position as
before the pc ion was iiiei
! The lhrough-freigh5 blockade has now
| b en- pr~cucaily raised. al the inpor ami
roads n, n ling Bur ing on freight as
usual, capu the Ro:k Islanl, the
/ st. Paul AMI The Belt Line The
last named, witch is part of e Western
Indiana system, is CIV ng The Burlington
more trouble than any other &C present
/ Tie Bet lne is needed for expedi ious Lus
IS. and yesterday he BnIliDg on decided
TO thy the courts again TO compel the OPEN
| ing of traffic.
| Late in the afternoon Writ Dexter fled q
tion restraining The officials Of tie
Belt Line from refusing TO hIndle
/ Bur ington freight. and also thai the
/ b It's employs may be res raiut d from
! declining TO DIR w Chicago, BurIing on &
| Quincy freight and cars This petit on viii
be called up before Judge Gresham 1T 2
| o'clock this afternoon, when it is more tn n
/ likely that the Bat Line VIII secure a con-
| tinuance, MS was in the Wabash case.
IN n 4
| pling the %" road be ause much OF the
| Ce.ayed FIRE ght is perishable. The engi-
neers are charged W th having usurpe1 tie
pr. c5ical management or the Belt J. ne and
the officials OF The Latter continue to en-
\ p.oy them The persons responsib e for
I che dtl4y are changed with criminal
| offensa The bill mso says that it ia
flied under the Interstate Commerce law
and to prevent a mu tiplieity of suits by
| cOnsignees and cons gnors OF freight for IFS
| non-de livery by the Bel, L ne s T. Pope.
ira master OF the Burlington, made
/ tffidsvI1 that there were 1886 10 ded freight
C rs in the Burling on yard waiting TO lie
| transferred to the Bell Line and 200 in
! possession of the Belt Line awaiting trans
| fer to the Burling on
The grievance committees of all the
/ 70 Ids got together yesterday. After long
| sessions by themselves joint meeting was
| held. las ing near.y the wnole of yesterday,
/ at which abouc one hundred delegIt
/ were present. representing every 70 ID CEN
ter.ng in Chicago The result OF these
deliberations is variously construed. At
| the strikers he, dquarters the usua denss
/ ignorance prevailed or was professsd as to
| the action OF the meeting
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia. March 15.-Not a
| wheel or a regu ar frGig ut or SWITCH engine
was moving in ths yards of the Union
/ Pacific ut tits point If er 10 o'c ock
I yesterday, at which hour the las5 eng ne
| was run into the Tound-house and
I I'D ndoned Y the eng neer and fireman
! in chirge. Every still in the large rounl-
I house Is filed WITH abandoned eng mes, nd
the yards are deserted exc ps by The
crews engaged in unloading freight
I The engineers be an running tn sir engines
/ into the roun l-house Tuesday n gnJ an
/ q sietly aba ndOneI them one by one until
| every engine was house No asOn is as
gned y { EN- for their act on other than
| { .at they ara tired or troubled by some
bodily ailment, tut a 81. nee over The
| ri discloses he presencs of n | RE
numb of Ch 20, Bull ngton d Ga ncy
loaded fregh -cars made up IN regu r
ira ms nj consigned TO The Union Z, C hc
| for II ms OF. alton over that line. This is
OF course, the real Cause OF the difficulty,
although the ret NJ engineers Will not
sommit themselves by making a statement
! TO hat eICc.