Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-11
THEY MEET THIS MORNING.
Union Pacific Men to Assemble at
Their Hall.
ss5THEY MAY THENsE ORDERED OUT
q The Burlington strike Growing Mono
tonous-4Iowa's Railway Commits
sion Says che New Men Are
sncompetent-An Appeal.


.s4l- Preparing 20 Become Strikers.
Deputies from the United States court, by
d, order of Judge Dundy, were out in full force
yesterday serving injunction papers on the
officers and employees of the Union Pacific
railway to the effect that they must do moth
> fng that would in any way make 1t unpleas-
ant for the Burlington railway or any of its
connections The great big seal of the United
siStates court was attached TO his honors
proclamation. The deputies did their work
ms faithfully as their limited knowledge OF
the ways of railroad men would allow, and
. returned their service in the evening, report
" ing that but few Of the respondents had
been seen.
avs Tomorrow morning Is the time stipulated
a for an answer TO the injunction, and 1T IS be-
J lieved among the respondents that they Will
. make 1t quite merry for the Judge. Praoti-
cally the respondents are the brotherhood OF
% Engineers, and they have employed for
> counsel General ]. G. Gown. To q BEE re-
porter last night Mr. Gown remarked he had
nothing to say to the press, but would to the
court when the response to the inlunction
was ordered for formal hearing on Monday.
Last night the Union Pacific engineers
and fremens brotherhood combined in
union meeting to hear the report OF Chair
man 'Vrooman Of the grievance committee
o.
Chiefs Arthur and Sargent. They met at
H.. the hall on the corner of Four
teenth and Douglas streets, and were
in secret session until IL o'clock. At that
hour q BEE reporter visited them, and but
.tonholed prominent member. He said:
~ "Weve done nothing that we wish made
public When we are reudy to act in way
that will affect the public the BEE will be the
made through. 1t has been fair with us and
we appreciate it,"
"When will you hold meeting again2"
queried the reporter.
~ "At 10 o'clock Sunday morning." was the
I! reply, accompanied with instructions from
the speaker to number of departing
brothers to be on hand sure.
The BEES informant positively refused to
disclose the object of Sundays meeting, and
rather than give credence to the wild rumors
4. .afloat 1t will be better to await the outcome
+ Previous TO the meeting BEE reporter
circulated among the Union Pacific engineers,
land those seen denied having received official
snotice of Judge Dundys injunction. A
Is knight of the cab who is an old timer on the
Union Pacific, said to the reporter:
''What nonsensical thing that Judge
Dundys injunction is, and do you know that
even some of our men have been simpletons
enough to be scared at it, One engineer,
whose name will not give, jumped from his
h.engine to-day when informed that officers
s.were after him to serve notice of the in
junction and he has not been seen since"
Ildo d hoeiSO bOSh SSA WV oAA JSe'
''Not yet"
= "What will you do if one sl''
& "Treat it as l would piece Of paper 1
wished to discard. No power on earth can
compel me to remain on my engine II do not
wish to, and that's all there is to it."
''Have you the law for thisi"
'All the law deem necessary is the law of
q self-protecting citizen, loyal to my country
and the brotherhood OF my chosen profession
and love for wife and little ones"
x At this iuncture another engineer stepped
up and in response to the question II anotice
had been served on him, chuckled to himself
tand said: 2
]. 'For nineteen long years have worked on
the right side of the cab, and for a number Of
different corporations. l have been all over
the states and into Canada and was never
DISCHARGED only once in all my experience.
brotherhood strike in Manitoba. and
for the last six years l have been running
on the Union Pacific. No notice has been
served on me not to leave my engine. and If
one was it would have no effect
'There may be law to compel me to re-
main, but If there is they will have to fight
pretty hard before they get me behind the
bars. Tho BEE is the only paper that is CIV
ing us square deal, and it has been fair in
the treatment of the question from the start.
This graded PLAN of the Burlington Is a
sham and delusion, and q farce of the worst
kind. One of these graded engineers ran
into me at n crossing one time, and law suit
hollow before the judge, who was greatly
amused at the Burlington's explanation OF
their so called graded SYSTEM Then, as to
matter Of pay, the boys are right again.
For the same runs on the Union
Pecific engineers are being better paid, and
do not have TO work as many hours at that.
I'm glad the court has taken hold of this
matter, and when we appear before Judge
3Dundy on Monday with our lawyer there'n
be some fun, and don't you forget it,"
Train 8, over the Burlington brings in the
mail from the east and at O'Clock last night
was reported six hours late. 1t was also
known that other passenger trains on the road
were away behind time, but the officials were
adverse to acknowledging it and refused to
answer questions.
Judge Dundy's Injunction.
Yesterday morning Judge Dundy granted a
temporary injunction against the officers and
employees of the Union Pacific railroad in ac
cordance with the application made for the
same on Friday by the Chicago Burlington