The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01
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CHICAGO, Feb. 29.-Dispatches from
Emporia and Topeka, Kansas, printed
here this morning, assert that dissatis-
faction exists among the engineers on
the Atchison, Topeka s. Santa Fe sys-
TEN, who, it is stated, claim that the
company has not lived up to its agree
ment. When these dispatches were
shown to the officials of the brotherhood
in this city, they declared it was the
first that they had heard of it, and
they did not believe the report was
they would have heard of it at least as
soon as the newspapers. No COM
plants whatever have been made by
the lodges on the Atchison system.
TRIVIAL INTERRUPTIONS.
United States Marshal March says no
official notification has yet been re-
ceived by him calling him to take any
measures whatever in relation to the
strike on the c., B. s. Q. road. So faI
there has been no interruption beyond
a trivial and indirect delay to the trans
mission of the United States mails, and
no obstruction in this direction is ap-
pretended. Thirty-twO engineers, in
charge of the Burlington agent. ar
rived on the Pennsylvania road last
night. The agent would not say where
they came from, but from remarks
dropped by some of the men it is I'M
derstood that they are part of the con-
signment from the Reading road.
TROOPS HELD IN READINESS.
KANSAS CITY, Feb, 28.-The tie-up
| on the 80" system is as complete here
to-day as it was yesterday. The COM
pany has succeeded in sending out
passenger trains manned with green
hands, but they have all been more or
| less delayed in departing, and as re-
suit, only handful of passengers
has boarded any of the outgoing pas
senger trains. The arriving trains are
worse delayed than the departing
trains. The freight business is COM
pletely blockaded and much worse
! strikers have behaved in a most order
ly manner, large squads OF
policemen are stationed at the union
| depot and detail is sent
over the river to Harlem with each
train for the protection of the ''scab''
engineers. General Morehouse sent a
telegram this afternoon to Captain JEFF
Dunlap, of the Kansas City light cav
airy, instructing him to hold his COM
panv in readiness: Two Rock Island
| witch engineers abandoned their en-.
| gines to-day, out of sympathy with the
strikers, but the Rock Island is having
no trouble whatever, and none is antic
NOTHING STARTLING.
| ST. LOUIS, Feb. 28.-There were
really no new Developments in the
railroad strike to-day. The striking
engineers and firemen congregated
around the Redlay depot in East st
Louis and read eagerly news from
other points of the system. They do
not go near the yards. Very little is
done in the yards. Only one switch
engine run. No freights were sent out
but the passengers went out on time.
GAINING GROUND.
ST. JOE, Mo-, Feb. 2S.-The strikers
are gaining ground at this point, hav
ing persuaded ten men to leave engine:
to-day. Passenger trains are running
on the main line of Kansas City, st
Joe s. Council Bluff, and on the Ores
abandoned. The Cameron division o.
Hannibal s. st. Joe Railway is nov
tied up, the last engineer having lief
his engine tonight. The train east il
standing at the union depot, the en-
gineer and fireman having Joined thu
strikers. Travel is light from st. Joe
no train having more than forty pas
sengers. The men have remained SO
6eE and adoire orderly yyrnira But tt Kan en
sas City yards. The Hannibal yard
are deserted. No. IA on the Crestol
Branch went north tonight with stree
car driver, George Gilman, in the ca
engine. No. came in, and No.
went south on the Kansas City wit
, guides and links cut by running hot
and was sent in for repairs. No en-
gines have been tempered witt
Chairman Tompson, of Brotherhoo
of Engineers, and Mcdonald, of fir
men are jubilant over the days Worl
5 Manager Merrill is confident but ner'
3 Gus. Switchmen and brakemen hav
Z assured strikers of cooperation