The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07

CHICAGO, Ill, March 30.-The switch
men, yardmen and engineers empIoved
IN this city by the Chicago. Milwaukee
* st. Paul Railway Company, are on a
strike that threatens to paralyze busi-
ness on the $500 miles of road operated
by the corporation. The immediate
cause of the strike was the arrest of
William Quirk, charged with striking
Engineer Regus, VINO was in charge ofthe
20 train tnat entered the st. Paul yes
terday afternoon.
\ crowd of strikers attacked crew
OF the new men and the Pinkerton
guards. The train was deraIled. the
| train hands beaten and stoned. the de-
tectlves dlsarmed and roughly handled,
and Superintendent Besler, of the "Q''
system, assaulted and badly injured.
/ he police were called and quiet restor-
ed. Cuirk, who appeared on the scene
after the trouble was over, was arrested.
| He was st. Paul man and his fellow
wOrkmen promptly struck. He was
subsequently released on bail and the
men determined to return to work At
100 clock, as the men were getting their
engines st 'rted out, message came to
the Western Avenue round house that
| all the men should wait until Assistant
General superintendent Earring had
seen them before resuming work. Mr.
Earring soon arrived accompanied by
Division -Superintendents Collins and
Hardagan. Jerry Dougherty, an en-
glneer, acted as spokesman for the men,
Mr. Earring stated the case briefly, as
he understood it, and then said: ave
have submitted to many acts that we
have considered unjustitable on your
part. This afternoon men III our en-
ploy deliberately derailed and
wrecked number of cars that
are our property In addition TO
that they assaulted and beat Superin-
tendent BesIer, of the Burlington road.
This is ineXcusable. We will consent to
overlook this, and You can 90 to work,
but the first work that is done will be To
replace those cars upon the track
where they belong"
This the men refused to do, and
the conference ended, the men with
Irawing from the room. The Off
| Clals held short consultation and then
departed. The strikers hung around
or while and one by one went home.
The strike was on. The roundhouse
Was incapable Of accommodating the
combined force of day aud night en-
gines, and several of them were
men who struck embraced twenty
four switching crews of five men each
total of l20 men. As direct and inn
mediate consequence of the strike the
entire night freight traffic, both through
and local, was completely suspended.
Ten freight trains had been made up and
would have been sent west. The passen-
ger engineers We're with difficulty re-
strained from striking. The leading spir-
its among the strikers decided not to in
terfere with the passenger trains at least
not until this morning. The Milwaukee
ST. Paul and the Council Bluffs ex-
press trains departed on schedule time
The riot of yesterday afternoon has
had its effect on the new switch
men IN the employ OF the Burling-
ton. Only those whose duties
kept them within the 20" yards
we're at work this morning. When
those who are delegated to
work with engines along the tracks
between different points, were called
upon this morning to 90 out withtheir
engines they refused, saying they didn't
want to trust themselves on the outside
and that they would not 20 unless they
We're provided with arms so that they
could defend themselves if set
upon by the strikers. The vard-
master tried 10 induce them to
| 20 out, assuring them that thev were in
no danger, but the men replied that
once was enough for them and that
there was not enough guards on the
outside trains to protect them.
At y o oclock tonight general tie-up
was inaugurated on the Milwaukee x
st. Paul road. Not an engine or a car
will be moved by the union men. The
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brakemen have all been ordered out.
Only the freight and switch engines
were effected by the strike to-day, while
the passe niger trains were running reg
ularlv as usual. Tomorrow all work,
even on the passenger trains, viii be
stopped. This decisive move was the
result Of a meeting held at Cars ball,
corner of Lake and Wood Streets,
tonight. While the officials Of the
st Paul, General Superintendent T.
:. Atkins, Asst. Supt. A. j. Earring,
Division Supt. ;. J. Collins and Master
Mechanic J. d. Lowery and Supt. of
Motive Power q. NJ. Barr were anxious
ly waiting by previous arrangement at
the 1t. Paul Office for the appearance of
the committee of the strikers hoping to
reach an agreement, the latter to the
number of about 700, assembled at the
hall on Lake Street and decided TO ig-
more the officials altogether, and TO call
out all the men.
eve have not been asked to send a
committee 10 the managers" argued
some of the speakers. ''Let them come
to US if they wish to settle all matters
amicably. The road does not feel very
much affected as long as it can run the
passenger trains. We VIII stop them ali
and they will feel it soon."
Tie hall was packed. Nearly all the
local engineers, tiremen, switchmen and
brakemen of the II. Paul railroad, to-
gether with representatives from a the
other roads leading into Chicago were
present. The temper OF the men was
wrought up to the boiling point,
and several very fiery speeches
were made. There seemed to be
a perfect understanding between the va
rlOus branches represented, and no one
after hearing the speeches could have
any possible doubt that a conspiracy
exists which threatens to tie up all the
roads in Chicago. A Burlington en-
yineer, who was among the first speak
ers, announced that the St Paul switch
men would have the hearty support of
the engineers on his road and advised
them to stand firm in their position.
He informed them that the Burlington
road was UatY crippled ana that It
was bound 10 be defeated in its
fight. This remark was greeted with
loud cheers, and ii was several minutes
before the chairman could secure order.
Representatives from the tiremen and
switchnen followed, all declaring that
their men would stand firm and fight if
need be All summer.
William Quirk, who figured so promi-
nenty IN Yesterday 5 riot. vas Ia ken be-
fore Justice Scully TODAY. The case
against him was weak and he escaped
with = fine
AT meeting OF railroad employees
which was IN session until earlv on the
morning Of the lst il was uecried that
a strike should be inaugirated in this
city at midnight on the lake Shore.
Chicago & Alton, Pan Handle. Fort
Wayne and Santa Ee roads Strike fol-
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