Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-11
THE STRIKE.
western Railway Managers Say a
General Strike Would be the Death
Nell of the Brotherhood.
rbs Chief of the brotherhood of Railway
grahemsp Comes Ont Openly in Favor
Of the Pending Struggle.
sr1rL HANDLE BURLINGTON FREIGHT.

CHICAGO, ILL MATCH lV-lt Is etoleu
,,.t the grievance committees OF the
D.nhsudle and Fort Wayne roads which
.ere called here yesterday to settle the
r,.tter of handling Chicago, Burlington
nd Quincy cars and freight have after B
oonfereuce with the superintendents Of
.SsIr respective roads decided 10 do the
SoTk as heretofore. TIE superintendent's
,ook the stand that their lines could not
no nsed like the western roads to help the
darlington as they were in totally
yssrsnt territory. II the Darlington, how
80 WAS cole get freight through to
Chicago from some western point and
tnera transferred It 10 be taken east it
mid not be refused. As soon as IL
.'me on their tracks 1t becsme their
ireipbt and ceased to be Burlington
t-,ight It would also be source Of
-svtnue to the Pennsylvania roads. The
nan adopted the views Of the superb
;en1enIs
IRIS ISSUE WITH CURRENT OPINION.
CEICLGo, Ill March 10 The general
MANAGERS Of the western roads are con-
s;dersDly exercised over the criticisms
5rous1t out by the policy which they pur
med 10 reference to the Burlington STRIFE
aud are Inclined to take issue with cur
-eDt opinion. one Of them yesterday in
HscussiGg the mStter ssii: at is true
inst the road represent and others, have
considered it for our best interests to
5Isrersrd the inter state law, but We
6sys adopted the wisest course, and ore
wnich the outcome will justify us Ia tax
ING 1t Was right to avert 8
general strike by any and all means.
No one has yet measured the full
extent Of such calamity. 1t Is ali nom
sense TO say that our attitude hiss en-
5,rrsssed the BGrlingt in the slightest
degree. Iflt isEiDdependent Of strikes, az
II asserts, any backbone the managers
NAV get from our policy Of non-inter-
course would have no effect upon that
company. Ii would be strengthened If o
general strike came Oh, Inssmuch as ia q
anal compromise It would particle
nate Without uDbending from its
present oignifed stand lis
troubles would be swsmped in the great
calamity which would be il flcted upon
The country. Let US say that general
strike would not be declared Of 10 =
moment and that it would riOg the death
knen of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers. There would al once be
brought shout common understanding
among railway managers EEd it's pith snd
point would be that no engineer won
be placed in cHsIge OF q locomotive on
any line az = Brotherhood msu.
TO WATCH THE STRIKE.
WAsHIN GTON, March 10 Postmaster
General D .CElnsou has directed General
Superintendent Nash of the railway mSit
service to proceed at ouce TO Chicago,
there 10 remtin curing the present rsil
rosd troubles. Prior TO his leaving Wash
ipgton Mr. Nash received instructions
WHICH will govern any action he may
take. These Instructions have not been
made public.
IHRY WILL STRIFE.
NANsAs CITY, Mo, Marcn 10 AT
meeting Of the general grievance COM
nttee OF the Kansas City, Fort Scott and
Gulf Railroad held tbis evening, 1t wss
decided that II the cOmpany persists in
handling freight consigned to the Bur
!ington Road the engineers and fremen
would leave their engines on Monday
morning. The situation a. this point is
becoming more interesting every hour
Members OF the grievance clm-
mittees are arriving by each train,
lsd Brotherhood men openly say
that crisis will come Monday morning
Al the headquarters Of s NJ Stevens men
are reporting hourly and dispatches and
letters come thick and fast. The sub
stances Of these dispatches are immedi-
stely transmitted TO Coief Arthur st Chi
cIgO. The Brotherhood men are WORKED
upIO degree Of enthusiasm which, If
not controlled by cooler heads, will lead
t0E tie-Up Of all the roads at this point.
GWITCHMEN WILL STRIKE
KANSAS CRY, Mo, MNrch 10 The
members OF Switchmen's Union, sixty in
number, employed in the yards of the
KANSAS City, ST. Joe and C1uUcll Bluff
and the Hannibal and S. Joe, both OF
which are part Of the Burlington system,
are on the eve of strike. This morning
they expressed determination not to
work with the engineers DOW employed
by the Burlington. TCeir reasons
ere that the danger ia so great
because Of the ircumpetency Of the
new men that they f5ar hey are liable
TO be crippled or killed at sBy momsut.
The sWIrchmen are holding q meeting
sDd have passed resolutions to the feet
that they will uphold the Brotherhood of
2lginee r5 aud Fir. men. The silustion at
tnls point is becoming serious. Ia The
next tweuUy-f1ur hours matters are liable
TO develop which will have 8 great
effect, The conferences held this morn
Ing By Brotherhood meG who are out de-
cided not to yield q point, this acton hes
ing backed up by sentiments txpYsssed
oy tie employees Of al roads csntsEng
here. =
BRLKEMSN WILL AID.
most Significant met ting Of the Broth-
eIhoods Of L como i've Eoglneers snd
Firemen Was held this sfLeFnoo16 An
Associated Press reporter WAS sIlpHed TO
attend and report it. The principal guest
Of the Brotherhood was Grand Master
c. Z. wilkinson of the Brotherhood Of
Brskemen, who bsd come to this city
from his home at Peoria, Ill. He was in-
trOduced by S. M. Stevens Of the Fire.
mems organization. In bis remarks
wilkinson said the Brasemen's Brother
hood was comparatively young organiZsr
TO give Their mite to The engine ers and
dtemen. The duties Of the brakemen
were Identical with those who have their
engines and he wanted 1t understood that
individually and collectively the brake
men were with the engineers and firemen.
he WAS sorry they were not brought d.
rectly into the struggle st the
start. The bTakeHeI knew, he said,
that the engineers now employed
BY the Burlington system were incompe-
tent. They let water run so low in the
boiler that the brakemen were constrained
to take refuge In the cabooses for fear of
being blown up. They have in many
Instances Teported this state OF sffIirs to
the officers of other roaos. Wilkinson
believed some time in the future