The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-30
TRAM TROUBLES.
Much Bitterness Aroused at In.
dianapolis By the Arrest OF
Strikers.
Something Like Q Riot and Worse
Threatened - The Vanderbilt
Switchmen
Move For More Pay and Less Work-Ea-
gineers on the Sout en- Pacific Hays
a Grievance.

number of striking swfchmen gathered
about the Panhandle yards. They spent
their time in loud abuse of the substitutes
working the passing trains and shouting
oaths and the familiar "scab" at them.
Among the crowd it was said that il tho
freight clerks and voadmen continued to
work after dark they We're going to Stay
for them and break their necks with
rocks" They sent deputations to the men
at work and made similar announcement
at their meeting. A number OF the new
men thereupon became alarmed and left
their posts, taking the early evening
freights out of town. Nothing could in
duce them to remain.
A crowd at the Noble street crossing be.
came very boisterous as early as six
O'Clock and stoned a Panhandle switching
train so that it was brought to full stop.
The ill-feelng of the men was increas ed
by the Panhandle officials discharging he
strikers who We're in their employ. Two
of the switchmcn thus dismissed were re.
T, ceiying SS5 per month. One at the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton e. Dayton who struck
was getting $50, and four more SO Prob
ably the strikers wages, everywhere over
the city averaged from So to 81. and
they are among the best paid unskilled
workmen, it is claimed by the officials,
employed in this countrys
Late Saturday night warrants wero
sworn out for the arrest of four of the
railroad ST ikers, and one of the leaders, W.
A. Conking. was placed under arrest, but
was Immediately released on bail. This
aroused much bitterness among the strk-
| ers and they intimate that if this policy is
! to be pursued the engineers and firemen
will come to their assistance. Railroad
officials, howe0r, claim that they
have the backbone of the strike
broken, and that to-day will witness
the moving o. their trains with con-
siderable promptuess. There is some doubt
about this, however, and the trouble as
sumes something of a serious phase, as it
is announced TO the press by committee
from the strikers that the grand officers OF
both the engineers brotherhood aud tho
firemen's association are now en- rou Q
here. The result Of their conference with
the strikers and with the railroad officials
will determine speedily whether the strik-
ers may expect any support from either OF
these two powerful sources.
Platform men were at work yesterday,
ard some switching was done i'm the yarls
without the men being molested. The
yards and union tracks were concerned,
but gave more or less trouble on the belt
road. Their plan has been to uncoupie
at dozen places when they slowed down
for a railroad crossing. The superin.
tendents will hold a meeting to-day,
to be in shape to meet any new phase the
strike may assume. While some of them
are sanguine that the worst has been
passed, those of longerexperience will not
be surprised if the men. when they really
find that they are out OF jobs. are NOR Q
troublesome than they have been.
VANDERBILT swITCHaEN UNEASY.
BUFFALO, n. Y, Nov. 26.-Late Saturday
afternoon orders We're received from New
York for a representative of the SWITCH
men employed on the Vanderbilt roads in
this city to proceed to New York without
delay to take part in a conference with
officials of these lines relative to the de.
mand for an increase of wages and shorter
hours. Pending the result of this coufer-
euce matters here will remain in statu quo.
Switchmen here say the movement ev-
tends from New York to Chicago and il
they are forced out at any point a general
strike will result. 1t is now generally be-
! lieved among them that their demands
will either lie granted or compromise eff
fected.
TROUBLE ON THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
HoUsToN, Tex, Nov. 26.--For several
| DAYS past the Brotherhood of Locomotive
| Engineers in this city have been in secret
session. 1t has leaked out however, that
| the engineers of the Southern Pacific Com
pany have a grievance against j. J. Ryan,
master mechanic of the road. and propose
to take firm stand against him. A com.
mittee from the brotherhood left for New
| Orleans last night to consult and arbitrats
with the management Things look squally
and it is thought by many that unless mat
tiers are speedily adjusted strike affect
ing the entire system will be inaugurated.
An IrOnciad Agreement Signed With Jay
| Gould by the Southwest Roads.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-For more than a
year the railroads 'of the Southwest have
been engaged in bitter rate war. Prompt
ed to the fight by jealousies growing out
of encroachments upon one auother's ter
| ritory, all of the great lines west of the
Missouri river plunged into a cut
| throat competition that has stopped at
nothing to work mutual disaster. Not q
single company in all the wide territory
of the Southwest was able to make a cent.
Yesterday it was practically settled. In.
volved in the fight have been the Missouri
Pacific and other lines controlled by Jay
Gould, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe, the St Louis & San Francisco,
the Rock Island, the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy, c. P. Huntington's
Southwestern trunk line and branches and
smaller roads galore. The settlement has
been on the terms offered by Jay Gould;
and cast-iron agreement has been signed
by which rates will be Immediately adj
vanced. Gould is said to have expressed
sinister satisfaction in the humiliation Of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and is
also said to have bought blocks of the
stock at deprecated prices-perhaps with
the idea of obtaining control.
Probably the most noted election bet
was that made by Ruel Gridley, of Austin,
New, in 1862. He bet that he would beat
his opponent. The terms of the wager
were that the loser should carry a sack Of
-four from lower to upper Austin. Grid
ley lost, and the day after election started
on his trip, accompanied by the entire
population of Austin. The question arose
as to what disposition should be made of
the flour, and it was suggested that it be
sold at auction for the benefit of the West
ern Sanitary Commission. Gridley was
auctioneer, and the bag was knocked
down for $3.50 The purchaser declined to
receive it and suggested that it be sold
| again. The idea took like wildfire, and
the bag was sold again and again,
and before night the sum OF 5000
had been realized. Gridley saw
fame for him and gold for the sick soldiers
opening before him. He entered heart and
seal into the idea, and he started with his
now famous bag of -four on an expedition
which immortalized himself and brought