The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-31
STILL THE STRIKE.
Further Particulars in the
Matter.
ERLING STATES THE CASE.
Fire Proposing Pe1Ce Vicious 1ns
-SendisTism-The Southern FLOODS
The Central Pacific - ETC.
The Strike.

The Strike.
CHICAGO, MSrch 80 - The st. Paul
yardmen who started to go to work last
night at 10 o'clock, had but begun to
get their engines started, when mes
sage came 10 the Western Avenue
round house that all men should wait
until the Assistant General Superin-
tendent, Erling, had seen them, before
resuming work. Erling stated the case
briefly to the men as he understood it
and then SAID: I'VE have sub mitted to
many acts that We have considered un-
justl6ahle on your part. This after
noon, men ia our employ deliberately
derailei and wrecked numb of cars
that are our property We will ceu-
sent to overlook this, and you can go to
wo k. out the first thing that Is done
will be to replace thosA cars upon the
track" TINS the men positively re-
fused 10 do as the cars were pulled by
q @" engine. The strikers hung
around for a Will and one by one
went home, and the strike was on The
men VINO struck last night, embrace l
the twenty-four switching crews; t'tal.
100 men. The strikers held big meet
ing 10 G hall adjacent to the round
house. lasting until late this morning.
They were enthusiastic in the p 0sltIon
they have taken.
MILwAUKgE, March 80. - Manager
Miller, OF the Chi 'agN. mlwauks st.
Paul road, this morning said: There
is no truth in tas statement Of the
sWts7u ID =. Chicago that the St Pau
-~mpany has been secretly aiding the
Burlington Company. The trouble is
that the Oh oago sTItchmen have COM
bined to make q thorough boycott
against the O. compa y, and in
SYmp Ithy with the movement our men
refused TO handle some new cars
brought to US by the Burlington from
the factory of the Willis French Com
Eany, which is on the Burlington road.
We told thu men that if they did not
handle these cars they could not ,ndls
anything, aud VS. propose to msintaiu
Gh It position. No other point will be
affected. The freight trains held in this
City this m IrniTg will be cent out before
night. We are using our road men in
the places of striking sWitchmen, and
they viii stay there until we can g t
new gangs. The strike occu rred only
last evening. We haze been able to
make no permanent arrangements as
vet. We will continue to receive and
deliver freight at Chicago, but will re-
quest terminal agents to ease up Ii tie
0a Us Tor q few days. We do not APP !
prehend any serious trouble, and We are
not FIRE ting much over the matter"
There are no freight trains moving on |
the Chicago division of the st. Paul |
road this morning
CHICAGO, March 3e.-The switchmen.
engineers and fremen of the St. Paul
road, VINO struck yesterday. assembled |
at tue Y rds this morning, but none or
them went to work. They are raticent,
aid refuse to talk of their action or out
line their demands, but were unanimous
not to return to work. Superintendent
Collins said that the company would at
once begin preparations to secure new
men to take the places vacated by the
strikers. The riot OF yesterday had its
effect on the new switchmen in the en- !
ploy of the Burlingt II. Only those |
VII sc du ties kept them within the or
yards were On duty this morning. Those |
delegated to work along the tracks be- |
tween different points refused to go to |
work unless given arms to defend them |
sslves if set upon by the strikers. |
Ninety-eight swItchmen from the Read |
Ing road arrived last night. They were |
warned by the strikers not to work on |
che Q road, and quarrel ensued in !
which the Reading men drew their re-
volvers, and declared they would pro-
tect themselves If interf5red with. This |
morning they were escorted to the 20" |
yards by Pinkerton men. Twenty |
seven more sWltoRmen arrived this |
morning.
Switchman Quirk, who figured so |
largely in the st. Paul riot yesterday. |
and was arrested for beating @"
engineer, was dismissed this morning |
with s. and costs A 90 fireman
named Thomas was knocked senseiess
this morning by coupling pin thrown
by q switchman on q Pan Handle |
engine. Otherwise there las been
serious trouble on account OF the strike
to-day. .
After the early violence at the stock
yards. Burlington business went Cd
steadily and by noon nine trains of
stock were sent out. No work has been
done by the regular st. Paul switchmen
this morning, but officials Of the road
succeeded in moving out the new cars
which caused yesterdays trouble, under
q guard of Pinkerton men. The strikers,
however, did not attempt to interfere
with the workmen. Two hundred and
sixty five new men have already been
engaged by the company to take the
places of strikers. Passenger trains
have been running to-day and the prob
ability is that the running of freight
trains will be resumed tomorrow.