The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-04
NOT A WHEEL TURNED
In the Michigan Central
Yards Yesterday.
CAUSE, 20" FREIGHT TRAIN.
Beating the BrotherhoOd-GOod for
Spreckels-An Insane
Mother.
CAUSE, 20" FREIGHT TRAIN
The Railway Strike.

CHICAGO, April 3.-Not a wheel
turned in the Michigan Central yards
after o'clock this morning. While no
strike was declared, the Chicago end of
the road was completely tied up, en-
gineers, fremen, and switchmen, all
having deserted their posts. The cause
of such state of affairs at the yards
was the presence there of 30" freight
train, which was delivered yesterday,
and the announcement by the Michigan
Central that they would handle all
freight delivered. Mr.. Lehommedieu,
who, with Superintendent Brown, is
managing affairs for the company,
said: I'VE intend to give the men as
much grace as possible. At Z o'clock
this morning, Superintendent Brown
and myself were here ready to carry
out the programme announced yester-
day; that is to say, see that all cars re-
Ceived by the company were handled
without any discrimination, or dismi,
the men who refused. Just as we were
proceeding to do this, a delegation Of
our road engineers entered the Office at
7.05 am; they had, q few moments
previous. arrived from Jackson,
Michigan, where they had been deputed
bu Brotherhood men on the Michigan
Central to come here and endeavor oar
range matters satisfactorily; they said
they would at once call a meeting of the
yard employees who were Directing to
handling Burlington freight, and urged
that all action be, in the meantime,
suspended. AS matter of courtesy to
our old employees, we readily cons nted.
They will be given ample time, of
course"
"How long,"
well, until noon at least"
The statement that no work was
done in the yards after Z o'clock this
morning, as explained by the COM
psny's representatives, does not mean
that the Michigan Central passenger
was interfered with. All passenger
trains, this morning, arrived and de-
parted on time, as usual. The strike
was confined to switch engineers, fire.
men and switchmen in the local freight
yards OF the company.
At 2 this afternoon, the Michigan
Central yard employees returned to
work. Upon what terms the strike was
declared off, they would not say. An
official of the company said the return
to work was conditional. 1t had been
decided upon in a conference between
the strikers, officers of the company
and delegation of Brotherhood En-
gineers from Jackson, Michigan. The
men were to handle the freight offered
to them, and the Burlington train
which had caused all the commotion
would be handled this afternoon.
KANSAS CITY, April Sat a gene1 81
and secret meeting of sWitchmen in the
yards here. late last night, reliable in
formation was presented, to the effect
that the Santa Fe Company would not
force the men to handle 90" freight.
The meeting thereupon ordered that if
such be the case, the yard men on that
road who went out last evening, would
resume work this morning. In accord
ance with this, the men all took their
places again this morning. Santa Fe has
posted notices that that road will re
ceive no freight whatever of any kind
to-day. Al. other roads are working
all right, excepting the Burlington.