Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-09

was quite resssurirg to-day. The com.
psny reported as follows: 1--WE ran
forty-geven passenger trsius yesterisy
and eleven freight trains ia Iowa W
will run more than that number TO-DAY
In Hannibal, 81. Joe and S 4nsas Civ
things are progressing slowly, but we I'm
more trains there to day than we did yes
terday. On our Illinois division We
handled more trains thsn On our low,
division"
! NOT SURPRISED.
| CHICAGO. liz, March 7.-GeusTsI
Manager Harris of the Chicago, Burl!De-
ton and Northwestern ssid; "I WAS no,
surprised 1T the strike Of to-day. We re-
fused to agree not TO handle 80" cars -
Harris claimed the strike would not
cripple his rcsd.
ave hsd nearly enough men" he sad.
! $50 take the strikers places before taey
went out. We will 90 r!gat shezd win
our busiuess. All hsYs done IS TO order
our SCENTS not to receive perisaa9!e
freight"
BOUND TO SPREAD.
! KANSAS CRY, Mo-, March The in
dtcstions tonight are that strike on
the Kansas City, For Scott snd GUT
| system Is inevitable. Ia fsct Is is given
out that sl engineers and 1rsmen viii
abandon their engines 81 or before
O'clock to morrow afternoon. The Bur
ltDgton Road to-day notified rosFs
everywhere Of its readiness u
resume all business as usual sr5
folio Ted this amour cement by pushl7r
twenty five freight CARS from the Ham.
bal division into the Gulf ysrd. The
Gulf road has announced its Willingr.s.
70 handle freight, and unless it reCCrsls-
ers this discrimination he men will srre-
ly go OUT Chairman Chase of the Crtgv-
ance committee, whose jurisdiction Il.
tends over that poTtiOnrOf the system ex-
tending from Memphis TO BirmIpghsm
left for Memphis to niahs for the purpose
OF calling the men Of Tomorrow. AtJu;
900 men are employed GA the system C.
engineers and frsmeD.
Assistant General Superintendent F.s-
OF the Burlington declares he has rece ,et
AssuraUces from nearly al roads that Lev
will accept Burlington freight. a. The
Missouri Pacific local offices TO day il w,s
said that the DAD felt obliged to sCCeu,
any freight offered 1t.
In the face Of these facts the men de-
to haul Burlington freight the engineers
Will strike l. Is accordingly thought ia.
crisis bss been reached, and thai t.
morrow will bring forth startling devotion
me nss. H. is general talk here that TIE
Atchison, Tnpeks and Santa Fe, the MIs-
souri, Pacific and possibly the Union
Paclnc Will o5 drawn into It IN very few :
days.
iphfa sFte,roo, .rJ - -t.Ls ~
meeting Of the chairmen of the grievance
committees OF all the ROADS running be
tween here and Chicago was in session al
The New Albany hotel. Ths local stirling
committees took PSF in the deliberations,
and it is thought important action OF
some kind was discussed The meeting
vas sill IN session at 10 o'clock to night,
sud nothing had been learned OF the su5-
Jet discussed.
ON THE BURLINGTON AND NORTHERN.
La CROSSE, Wis Msrcn $50 f,r.s
csn be learned, along the lire Of the CHI
csgo, Burlington ami Northern road ;se
Bro bethood engineers deserted :Acr
trains st 10 o'clock this fore
noon. TIE men on regular tri.us
of course had to run them 10
the nt Xt station, but those switching were
iaiO w promptly. Arrangements ndd
been made by the company to man 81 dc.
serted trains in time 10 prevent serious
1c!sy. At & late hour tais afternoon the
Burlington general Office III this city wss
still crowded with non brotherhood men |
: waiting examination previous to taxing J
the POSITIONS deserted 6y the engineers.
The officers Of the road o7ero inter
Viewed by reporter and So d ths: a..
trains would run the same rs before the
strike. The prime cause of TIE strife
ss designated by tie officers n !
ihe road Is the refusal of the
Chicago, Burlington and Northern
Jompsuy to cease handliag ChicsgH, Bu.-
iDgton and Quincy business. On the
'ther hand the company hates they sre
governed entirely ia this MATTER by the
Interstate commer6&.lAw.