The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-28

| o'clock tomorrow morning all the men
will go out. The freight brakemen
west of the Missouri River signify their
willingness to join the strike if neces-
say. General Agent Crosby has been
busy all day sending coal out over the
road. Every train leaving here to-day
has teen heavily loaded with fuel Over
200 cars left here since IL O'Clock this
morning. Through eastern passengers
who had purchased tickets over the
Burlir gton tonight exchanged their
tickets for those over the Union Pacific,
and all mails will be sent over the latter
road, and the Chicago express which
leaves here at 10 tonight, will reach
McCook about o'clock in the morn
ing, at which place the engineer and
tlremen have orders to leave the en-
gines.
CHICAGO, February 27.-4.30 a. ma
few minutes before o'clock this morn
ing, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
yards at Canal and Sixteenth streets
presented their usual appearance. The
early morning mail train had left on
time, and switch engines were at work.
One engineer took switch train to the
Chicago & Atlantic junction shortly be-
fore O'Clock. He said he had heard
nothing of an order to strike, and that
he would certainly take his train TO the
junction and run the engine back to
the rounC-house. sOther engineers of
switch engines also said they had not
been ordered to strike. At 8 80 there
was the usual movement of cars at the
freight and switching station at
Eighteenth and Western Avenue,
where cars for the east and the stock
YARDS are handled. Just before the
time appointed for the strike, Train
master Pope issued an order that no
trains should be moved west. This was
taken by the men in the yards as con-
fession that the company had secnred
no men worth mention, and that the
road would, in moment more, be
practically tied up. At o'clock pre-
cisely switch 447 went into the Western
Avenue round-house. Three others
soon followed, and the engineers and
fremen quit work. The strike was on
in earnest.
Three suburban trains were the only
ones to come IN over the Burlington
road up to 10 o'clock this morning, and
the engines of these were in charge of
officials of the road. The only train to
leave the depot up to 10 O'Clock was
the fast mail, which departed at 3
v CIOChi Wy all dhd
fireman from the brotherhood Gen.
eral Manager Stone said this morning
that all of the 1000 engineers and fire.
men employed by the road struck, with
the exception of an engineer working
near Galesburg.
The superintendent office this morn
ing is crowded with applicants for va
cant positions. They were put through
an examination, and before l. O'Clock
about fifty applicants had been accepted
and sent to the yards.
The company has not yet attempted
to move any freight trains, but they
will start their. noon passenger train
for Missouri River points at the
usual time. No trouble is anticipated
from the train men.
READING, Pa, February PA num-
Der of engineers. who lost positions dur
ing the recent strike on the Reading
Railroad, Started for Chicago this morn
ing to take the places of striking engi-
neers on the Burlington Railroad.
There were ITO engineers and the same
of tiremen, and all Knights OF
Labor.
DENVER, February pa Cheyenne
special says: There is no evidence of
the strike on the Burlington here. The
last train due arrived at this morning
and the next train going east will prob
ably leave at the usual time this even
ing. The regular train left Holyoke
this morning eastward,