Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-08

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Q lincy sent free"
CHOW" said Caief Arthur, "&hsn yon
know that the men have 10 FORMATION lise
that aud more is constantly coming, you
csn understand the danger that the strike
viii spread. II is not to be eXpe cted thst
| they Will submit 10 such prCCe ediDgs, puI
will put stop to them sff1ctusliv."
REAssURING CONDITION.
CHICAGO, ILL, March THE business
situation st the Burlington headquarters
was quite resssuring to-day. The COM
| pany reported IS follows: ave ran
forty-sevsn passenger trains yesterday
and eleven freight trsins 10 lows. We
will run N IRE than that number to day.
In Hannibal, 81. Joe, and Kansas City
things are progressing slowly, but we ran
more trains there to dsy th.n We die yes
terday. Ga our Illinois division We
handled more trsins than on cur lows
division"
| NOT SURPRISED.
| CHICAGO. Ill, Marcn General
Manager H,rris of the Chicago, Burling
ION and n )rthwestern said: "t was not
surprised at the strike of to-day. We re-
| fused to agree not 10 handle 20" cars"
Harris clsimed the strike would not
cripple his road.
1--WE mad nearly enough men," he said,
40 take tn strikers places before they
went cut. We will GO right ahead win
our business. All have done is to order
our SCENTS not TO receive perishabie
freight"
BOUND TO SPREAD.
KANSAS CITY. Mo, March The in
dicstioDs tonight are that 4 strike or
the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Cult
system is inev table. Ia fact 1t is given
out that all engineers and f:smen will
ABANDON their engines a. or before 2
o'clock to morrow afternoon. The Bur-
, lipgson Rad to-day notified roads
! everywhere Ct its readiness 10
J resume ell business as usual and
folio wed this aunoul cement by pushing
j twenty FIVE freight cars from The HinDi-
= bal tiVsion into the Gulf yard. The
} Gulf rOsd has announced its willingness:
j to handle freight, and unless 1t Teconsid,
e ers this determination The men will sure
IL go out. Chairman Chase OF the griev
I auce committee, whose Jurisdiction ex
g tends over that portion Of the system eX.
tending from Memphis to Birmingham
left for Memphis to night for the purpose
S Of calling the men of to-morrow. Abou
q 500 men are employed on the system q
d engineers and flremen.
) Assistant Gem raj Superintendent FISH
e OF the Burlington declares he hes received
Il assurances from nearly al roads that the.
o will accep. Burlington freight. At tn
t Missouri Pacific local eli ;es 10. day 1t wa
r said that the DAD felt obliged to accep
e any freight offered 1t.
s Ia the face Of these facts the men de
e clare that as loon as any roads attemp
Il to haul Burlington freight the engineer
vii! strike Il is accordingly thought ths
n q crisis has been reached, and that K
= morrow will bring forth startling develop
n minis. It is general talk here that th
d AtcnisoD, Topeka and Santa Fe, the Mis-
10 snuri Pacific ard possibly the Unio
J. PsclGc will be drawn into it in very te'
1t days.
This afternoon and tonight secrt
= meeting OF the chsirmen of the grieVsnC
: committees OF all the roads running b.
n tween here and Chicago was in session c
lie the New Albany hotel. The local strikin
Il committee took par in the deliberstion!
8, and it is thought important action {
r some kind was discussed The msetiD
II was sill in efsion at 10 o'clock to. nigh
lie and nothing had been learned OF the sut
r jsct discussed.
= ON THE BURLINGTON AND NORTHERN.
La CROSSE, Wis MAIcn $50 fsr 8
Can be lesrned, along the line Of the On
: cago, Burlington ana Northern road th
: Bro nerhood engineers deserted thel
g trains st 10 O'Clock this fore
e noon. The men on 1egulsr train
: OF course had to ran them L
y the ut 1t station, but these switching wer
y laid up promptly. Arrangements ha
8 been made by the company TO man all de
serted trains in time 10 prevent seriou
Is delsy. At late hour this afternoon tn
e Burlington general Office In this city wa
It still crowded with on-brotheThood mel
q awaiting examination previous to takiD
II the positions deserted by the engineers
l. The officers of the road were inter
II viewed by reporter and stated thst a.
3. trains would run the same IS before tn
u sbike. The prime cause Of tie strik
as designated By the officers c
e the road is the refusal OF tn
Ii Chicago, Burlington and Northern
s. Company to cease handling Chicag Bul
e lipgton and Quincy business. On tn
other hand the company states they ar
governed entirely in this matter by III
j. infor statn cOmmaPca Ia u