The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01
THE 20" STRIKE.
Engineers and Flremen of the c., B
& @. r. B. Quit Work.
No Trains Arriving or Departing at
Chicago.
Chief Arthur Defines the Position Of
the Brotherhood.
They Cannot Take Out the Mails but
will Offer no Resistance.

before O'Clock this morning the Chi
cago, Burlington s. Quincy yards at
Canal and Sixteenth streets presented
their usual appearance. The early
morning mail train had left on time
and the switch engines were at work.
One engineer took switch train to the
Chicago s. Atlantic junction shortly be-
fore O'Clock. He said he had heard
nothing of an order to strike, and that
he would cetainly take his train to the
junction and run the engine to the
round house. Other engineers of
switch engines also said they had not
been ordered to strike. At $3.50 O'Clock
there was the usual move
ment of cars at the freight
and switching stations at Nineteenth
street and Western avenue, where cars
for the east and the stock yards are
handled. Just before the time ap-
pointed for the strike Train Master S.
L. Pope issued an order that no trains
should be moved west of Chicago
This was taken by the few train men
in the yards as confession that the
company had secured no men worth
mentioning and that the road in mo
ment would be practically tied up. At
O'Clock precisely switch engine No.
AT went into the Western avenue
round house. Three others soon fol-
lowed it and the engineers and firemen
quit work and the strike was on in
| earnest.
CAN'T TAKE oUL THE MAILS.
| CHICAGO. Feb. 28.-Last evening As
Sistant Superintendent Howaland, of
the Burlington road and superin-
tendent of mails at Troy from the post
Office called on Chief Engineer Arthur
at his hotel. II have come for in
formation said Mr.. Howaland ad-
| dressing Mr.. Arthur, ~ have under
stood from Mr.. Stone that no objec-
tions would be raised by your men to
taking out the fast mail train which
| leaves at a. m. tomorrow morning
provided it contained nothing but
mail. l am now told by the men
| that they will not take the train out
without orders from you OF the United
| Cur position is this" replied Mr..
Arthur, I'VE will offer no obstruction
to the carrying Of mails, and were this
mail en- route to the city we should
bring it in. provided the passenger
coaches were cut off, but we are under
no obligation to start the mail from a
centre of distribution. The "Q' COM
pany has contract with the govern
ment for carrying the mail; let them
carry it or forfeit their contract. We,''
turning to the postoffice official, ''stand
ready to settle the trouble on fair and
/ equitable basis. You should bring
such influence to bear on the company
as to bring about its settlement. We
cannot take out the mail train, gentle
men,"
''Very well," responded Mr.. Howa-
land. 81 had understood and / think
Mr.. Stone understood, from Mr.. Hogue
| of the grievance committee that the
mail service would be handled and il
that were so, wanted to avail myself
of that advantage"
Il may not have made myself entire
~ clear to Mr.. Stone." said Mr.. Hogue
but what meant to say is just what
Mr.. Arthur has said"
SHIPPING IN ENGINEERS.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Feb. 2S.-The
agents of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy system, it appears, have beer
successful in securing a number OF en-
gineers and firemen in the east. This
morning a car load of fifty men passed
through the city en- route to Chicago to
take the places of the strikers. The
party was i'll charge of a well dressed
man who refused to give his name, Dul
admitted that the men were going tC
Chicago to work on the c., B. & Q
road. AS far as he knew they were mo-
Knights of Labor, although members
of that organization might be found il
the party. The report that a numbe
of engineers would arrive from New
York on their way west wa
circulated last night and whel
the train came in this morn
ing a delegation of the brother
hood was on hand to greet them, bu
no attempt was made to modest tn
new men or interfere with them in an,
manner. The party is in car No. 516
I. B. Barry, member of the executive
board of knights of Labor, is in tn
city. When asked concerning the pull
lished report that the Reading railroa
Knights are going to Chicago to tax
the places of striking members of tn
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
he said: There is no foundation for thi
report, Notwithstanding the fact tina
members of the engineers brotherhoo
are ''scabbing' in the places of Knight
j of Labor strikers. The Readin
: knights have never ''scabbed," q
charged by the brotherhood, and hav
no thought of doing SO now. Ever
time, however, that the brotherhoo
3 has had chance they have ''scabbed
on the knights, notably in the SOutl
; | west and Reading strikes.