River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-04-05
The ST. PAUL LED UP.
Engineers, Firemeu, Switchmen and
Brakemen Qait work-The Pam Handle

Engineers, Firemeu, Switchmen and
Brakemen Qatt worl-The Panhandle
Men to Follow Subtitle Situation ON
other Roads Decidedly TickIish-Moro
Violence In Chicago-Chief Arthur Goes
East.
CHIclGo, March 31-At II O'Clock last
night general tie-up was inaugurated on
the Milwaukee K st Paul road Not an en-
CINE nor a car viii be moved to-day by union
meI- The engineers. firemen switchmen
AVID brakemen have all been ordered out
Only the freight and switch engines were
affected by the strike yesterday. while the
passenger trains were running regularly as
usual To-day all work, even on the pas
senger trains, will be stopped. and it is .
question whether the road will be for some
time in position to carry on its mail serv-
ice.
This decisive move was the result of a
meeting held at Carrs Hall, corner of Like
ard Wood streets, last night The hall was
packed Nearly all the local en-
gineers, firemen, switchmen and brake
men of the st Paul road, together with
representatives from all the other roads
leading into Chicago, were present The
temper of the men was wrought up to the
boiling point and several very fiery speeches
were made. There seems to be perfect I'M
derstanding between the various branches
represented, and no one after hear
ing the speeches could have any
possible doubt that a movement
exists which threatens to tie up the roads in
ChicSgo. Delegates from the various roads
announced their determination to stand by
the strikers A delegate from the Pan
Handle road said that "a meeting of
the Pan Handle switchmen had been held
and that IL had been decided TO call
out every man at an early hour this
morning. No statement of the grievances
of the men was made and the only infer
ence that could be drawn from the speak
er's remarks was that sympathy for the Bur-
lIugton and St Paul men was the real
cause of the threatened strike The Pam
Handle men decided TO remain on duty I'M
til O'Clock this morning in order to clean
up the ysrds At that hour they will. it is
declared, all go out
The s. Paul officials were as determined
as those of the Burlington yesterday in de-
claring themselves masters of their own
property The striking St Paul switchmen
and engineers were spoken OF in
bitter terms by the officials who
had already conceded to them every
thing out Of which a grievance could
be constructed Their offers to return to
work were rejected unless they made rep
aration for their wGnton violence of Thurs
day, and this the men refused duriag yes
terday to do.
train of coaches, mail, baggage and ex-
press cars drawn by Chicago Milwaukee
St Paul switch engine was discovered to
be on fire about / / O'clock last night The
mail car and a luggage car were consumed
before the flames could be extinguished.
The fire when discovered was in the entry
way on the platform of the ma car Just
NN.rzN vsua..
CURED on the platform of the mail car. Lut
the cause of the explosion could not be as
certained. The railroad men are OF the
opinion that the fire was IN incendiary one,
but were very reticent in the matter.
A train of thirty-three stock cars left the
% yards at Western avenue for the Stock
Yards at 8 o'clock yesterday, with engine
1856 in front and engine 344 in the rear
There were fourteen Pinkerton men
on board in command of Oscar
W. West The train proceeded with
ont difficulty until Center avenue was
reached At this point engine 800, of the
Chicago St Louis & Pit sburgh, was passed
As the engine in the rear of the 90" train
was passing this engine brakeman on the
latter picked up two coupling pins and threw
them at the crew of the 90" engine One
of them struck W. W. Thomas, the fireman,
in the right eye. He fell senseless on the
floor of the cab with an ugly cut, about
three inches long and half an inch deep
across the eye. He was taken to the Stock
Yards, where he received medical attend
ance.
Other trains which entered the Stock
Yards later were also stoned, but the tr in
hands escaped serious injuries All ths
trains moved on the @" tracks during the
day wer5 heavily guarded by Pinkerton
men
The st Paul Company yesterday issued a
circular announcing it's refusal to receive.
via its Chicago terminus, freight for points
reached directly or indirectly by its lines or
for switching on its system in or around
Chicago
Chief Ar hur. of the Brotherhood of En-
gineers, left Chicago for Cleveland last
evening, and the radical members of the
organization claim that he will not
return, but viii send in his resigna-
tion as the chief officer of that organiza-
ton and thus escape any unpleasant con-
nection with the lawless events which may
follow the combination of the swItchmen
and the engineers. Chief Arthur, however,
evasively denied this, and claimed that pri-
waite business demanded his attention.
He stated however. that during his stay
in Cleveland be would call a special
the Brotherhood to consider the entire
situation. He discaimed any knowl-
edge of the action of the st Paul men, and
said that as the men acted as individuals
they could not expect nor would they re-
ceive a dollar of assistance from the Broth
erhood He also stated that not dollar of
Brotherhood money would be applied to
assist the switchmen now on strike and
that so far as he knew no combination
of general railroad employees was in
contemplation. He said the company
could probably keep up this expen-
sive battle as long as the stockholders
would permit 1t, bu0 he knew that the men
would hold out rs long as the company did
He says that at the proper time he will be
prepared to prove the utter incompetency
OF large number of men now running en-
gines on IT, Burlington road
The Advisory Com mittee of the Brother
hood, cons sting of A. g. Dunn W. B.
Huskey, 4 W Logan and W. r. Handy.
adopted resolutions yesterday expressing
their confidence in Chief Arthur and
their explicit fsi h i'll his Judgment
They also fully indorse every action that
he had made and advised since the strike
was innugurated. The resolutions were
prompted undoubtedly by the recent pub
locations that all was not well within the
Brotherhood, and that Chief Arthur was
threatening to resign because of the turn
affairs had taken since the switchmen