Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-13
MORE STRIKES.
Employees of Several Other Roads Follow
Their Burlington Brethren.

Employees of Several other Roads Follow
Their Burlington Brethren.
CHICAGO, April 1.-The rumor that a tie up
OF the Chicago, Milwaukee q st. Paul road
was decided upon at a late meeting of the
strikers Friday night proves to have been
true. The engineers, hremen, switchmen
and brakemen and number Of conductors
quit work. The strike includes the en-
/ lOyes OF all divisions centering in Chicago.
both freight and passenger. The last pas
senger train manned by a brotherhood crew
left the union depot at II o'clock last night
At meeting held fully zoo st. Paul en-
plOyes attended. From one man it was
learned that when motion was made to
tie up the road it was carried without a
dissenting vote.
Business on the Chicago division of the
St. Paul road is at a standstill No train
of any description was moved Saturday by
union men. and all suburban residents. de
pendent upon the road, were unable to
reach the city. All switch engines and
switchmen in the Pan Handle yards report
ed for work at o'clock In spite of their
reported decision to stop work at 9 o'clock
they were all working as usual.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail
road is determined to call upon the Pitts
! burg g. Fort Wayne Lake Shore & Michigan,
Rhode Island Jersey City and perhaps the
Alton for assistance in raising the freight
! blockade IN It's yards. This, IL claims, IL
/ has the right to do under the Interstate
! commerce law. The moment the engineers,
| fremen and switchmed of other roads are
! asked to assist in moving %" freight they
/ Will strike The chances are favorable for
| a general railroad tie up on lines merging
| ia Chicago.
The strike has spread to the Fort Wayne
! emDlOVeE. Six crews left their GnuIn6S in
/ the yards at Carroll avenue and Carpenter
! street at o'clock Saturday afternoon. 1t
! was reported that the Fort Wayne men at
/ other ppints in the city also quit, and this
! was confirmed at 3 o'clock. The strike on
! the Fort Wayne IN Chicago is general, and
/ is supposed to be the result OF the company
! accepting freight from the Burlington.
The members Of the grievance committee
! OF the Burlington road, with the exception
| of Chairman HOge, are busilY engaged in
| dISclalIHlng all responsibility Tor the SUrlkes
on the st. Paul and Fort Wayne systems.
/ The train of Burlington cars that had
! been showed upon the Lake Shore tracks
during the morning were not touched, until
/ well along in the afternoon. Finally the
order was given by the Lake Shore officials
that the cars be cared for and sent along to
/ their destination in the east. To the sur
prise of the cOmpany'E Representatives the
the order was Obeyed- 1t soon came to be
| understood that the cars were handled
merely as a temporary shift and that a
strike might be 1nauguraUed at any mo-
menG
At a meeting of railroad employees Satur-
day night it was decided to at once Inaugu-
| rate a strike in this city on the Lake Shore,
Alton, Pan Handle, Fort Wayne and Santa Fe
| roads
| About seventy-five men, engineers, fire
men, quit during the afternoon and night
/ at the Fort Wayne round house shops at
Fifty fifth street About twenty engines
| are usually kept there. 1t was reported at
| the shops that during the day four west
bound trains left Fort Wayne, Ind. but all
had been side tracked en- route.
sWITCHLIEN STRIKE
BURLINGTON. IA April 2-Saturday morn
ing eight of the forty Burlington switch
men struck, giving no reason for their
! action. They are understood to be the
minority of the union here who wanted to
strike. Their places viii be filed today.
NO SUPPORT FROM THE BROTHERHOOD
CLEVELAND April I'm an interview Chief
! Engineer Arthur disciaimed any response
Chicago He said the men viii not receive
the support OF the brotherhood unless cir
! cumsGances arise which would induce him
to sanction this strike.
SITUATION SERIOUS
CHICAGO, April AT 1 o'clock Sunday
morning the switchmen on the AtchisOn
Topeka & Santa Fe, Lake Shore and Chica-
go & Alton roads went out in a body and
now six trunk lines leading into this city
are tied up. These are in addition to those
named, Burlington, Milwaukee q St Pau
! and Fort Wayne.
As near as can be ascertained the order tC
strike on all these roads means only tie
up Of the yards in this city, the roads out
side not as yet being involved The men
are very reucenL