Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-08
MORE IDLE ENGINEERS.
The Burlington and Northern Engineers
Abandon Their Enrinan

MINNEAPOLIS, March 7th.-The strike of
the engineers on the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy road has extended to the Bur
lington and Northern. ALI the Brother
hood engineers and tiremen left their cabs
at 10 o'clock. The effect is not yet observ-
able, because the road does not send out
passenger train till 4:15 P NJ At that time,
the officials claim, the express viii start as
usual, while the Brotherhood cain that
the road will not be able to move wheel.
The strike effects about 100 men.
DENVER AND RIO GRANDE MEN QUIT.
DENVER, March 7th.-The strike on the
Burlington to-day threatens to extend to
the engineers and fremen on the Denver
and Rio Grande freight yards From a
Rio Grande official it is learned that several
loads of freight consigned by the Burling-
lington to the Rio Grande for transfer
to the West arrived at the yards this morn
ing. Orders were issued to have the cars
switched, but the engineer of the switch
engine refused to touch them. Another
engineer was sent after them, with the
same result. The cars were abandoned.
and the men say they will quit before thev
will move them. President Moffat will
hold conference with the men tonight
for a settlement
The situation On the Burlington remains
uiShonSSu. lue COlnpdHy SenL OuL pas
senger on time to-day. Ore from the East
arrived but few minutes late. The COM
pany sent out three freights to-day, and
had two in from Omaha.
THE SITUATION AT MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 7th.-The evening
train left on time in charge of the Master
Mechanic of the road The o'clock train
for La Crosse was in charge of a Reading
engineer. He endeaYored, for little time,
to start the train with the air-brakes set on
the driving-wheels, but finally managed to
get away, amid the jeeis of the crowd
The strikers say they will not go back to
work at the present scale of wages. The
officials of the road say they anticipate no
difficulty in filling the strikers places
that the latter had no grievances, but sim
ply went out TO help their brethren.
The Omaha road has discontinued its
sleeper service to Kansas City. As its cars
run from Council Bluffs over part of the
Quincy system, the reason for this is be-
leved to be the wish of the road to avoid
trouble with its men,
THE STRIKE EXTENDING WESTWARD
KANSAS CITY, March 7th-The indice-
tions tonight are that strike on the Kan
sas City, Fort Scott and Gulf system is
inevitable. The Burlington road today
notified all the roads entering here of its
readiness to resume all business as usual,
and followed this announcement by push
ing twenty-five freight cars from the Hani-
bal Division into the Gulf yards. The Gulf
road has announced its Willingness to
handle the freight. and unless it reconsiders
its determination the men will surely 90
out. About 500 men are employed on the
system as engineers and firemen.
FURTHER COMPLICATIONS FEARED.
1t is the general talk among the men
here that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe,. the Missouri Pacific, and possibly the
Union Pacific will be drawn into the
strike IN a very few days.