Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-15
HIGHLY SATISFACTORY.
GRESHAM'S DECISION IN THE "a"
CASE AGAINST THE WABASH. o.,

Both Parties In Interest Profess To -
PIeased-The Salient Points Thereof
Another Petition Filed, This Tim
Against the belt Linc-Smdden RecoN
cry of u. =. Engineers.
CHICAGO, March l5,-Judge G~esham's de
cision in the Burlington Wabash case wa
| given Wednesday before a courtroom crowde'
| with railway attorneys and striking engineers
| The judge after summarizing the Burlington
| complaint said of the receiver of the Wabash
| He Is bound to receive all traffic rendered him
and he can not discriminate in favor or agaus
any railroad company. More need not he said OF
this question, MS the receiver has wisely rcs,ndet
his former order which does not appear 10 hav
| been considered at any time rs his Uernanen
| policy,
| Referring to the complaint that the brother
| hood and Arthur had interfeTed with the re
ceiver, the judge said this was not proved
and the receiver had denied the assertion. HI
| then continues
| For the present it Is sufficient 10 say that tn
court will protect the property of the Wahasl
| company in itaeustody, The employees of the IL
ceiver eau not lie obliged to remain IN his scrviC'
against their will. Neither they nor others will b'
permitted TO Interfere with or disturb the receive
| or his subui1linatts in the possession and opera
|
| reference with the receiver and his employees II
the discharge of their duty will not h. tolerated
Wabash engineers, that they do NOT desire I,
| maintain an attitude of defiance to the law, anC
that they are now willing to aid the receiver il
the lawful and successful administration of hi'
trust. lie receivers answer renders 1t unhe'es
sary Tor .he court 10 40 more thah dfeet that tt
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The event of the day at brotherhood head
quarters at the Grand Pacific was the visit of
a delegation Of the Switchmcns union to
Chief Arthur. They We're authorized to sub
init proposition for the consolidation Of the
two organizations which, had it been accept
ed in behalf of the engineers, would have en-
abled the latter to call out the switchmen on
any road that it might he considered neces
sary to tie up The proposition, however,
was encompassed by such stringent cOndi-
lions that the chief gave the delegation to In-
derstand that any amalgamaton on the basis
suggested was out of the question
The Burlington filed petition, too late for
Judge Gresham to act upon, however, against
the Belt Line railway Wednesday afternoon.
1t recites that the Burlngton'S lines penetrate
Illinois, Iowa. Missouri, Nebraska and Coz.
orado and that traffic on them will to cer-
tain extent he paralyzed unless the court or
ders the Belt Line to resume friendly rela-
tions by receiving, delivering and transfer
ring 80 Gears, The petition also alleges that
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