The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-22

saying they have received no orders I
strike; they are simply "tired" an
want to rest. No trains have bee
moved in any direction and the official
refuse to receive freight of any kind
The union depot presents a reg
ular Castle Garden appearance
have been brought in, who's
destination was somewhere on the lin
of the Santa Fe. Two hundred of then
are crowded into the emigrant room
and there are accessions hourly. AS
sistant superintendent Speer says tina
he will have trains moving tomorrow
but the outlook at present is not fiat
tering for the road. The managers o
the strike absolutely deny that any or
engineers say they have no grievance
but say they will rest until the Bur
lington road comes to terms with it
employees.
Interviews with a number of TIT
striking engineers on the Santa FL
road develops the fact that they have
examined the lists of stockholders Of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy anC
the Atehison, Topeka & Santa Fe, anC
find that considerable number OF the
Santa Fe stockholders are also largely
interested in the SO" They say thai
they came to the conclusion that they
would dip into both pockets at once
and let these men feel the full effects OF
the strike by Gripping their resources
All trains on the Gulf system, and the
Missouri Pacific are moving promptly
on time and the engineers say
positively that there will be no trouble
on the Missouri Pacific, but claim tC
Enow nothing regarding the Gulf. A
/ Of oh Efh0 CIIrrnnnhn6 o
train On the track, being composed OF
the rougher element. The engineers
are quiet and orderly and remain away
| from the depot. The following dis
patch was sent from here last night:
/ To II. B. Stone, General Manager c..
| b. & O., Chicago:-We wish you to un-
derstand that we hold the Burlington
system responsible for all damages to
our company on account of the strike.
This was signed by the general SUI
| perintendent of the Atchison, Topeka
| s. Santa Fe. The engineers of the Bur
| lington say that they are confident the
| trouble will be settled in torty-eight
| hours, the company diScharglng the
new men and coming to a settlement
with the old ones. They base their sup
position on the fact that officials of the
two roads are in consultation.
NO. ON THE ROAD.
Az D0n VI
the A, L. & S. F. rOundhouse at Ar
gentine, backed an engine up to the
union depot and coupled on to train
No. 3, which Is the through California
express. Ben Wharton, who has been
an engineer on the Santa Fe for ten
years, mounted the engine. He is not
brotherhood man, having been eX-
PEELED from the organization during
the great strike OF 1887. He has since
applied for admission, but was re-
jected.- Shortly after Wharton had
donned his overhauls, sensation was
created in the crowd by the appearance
of his wife, who pushed her way
through to the engine and was assisted
to seat by her husband. She declared
her intention of acting as fireman on
the trip, and covered her clothing with
a rubber ulster, while fireman's cap
sat jauntily on her black hair. Prompt
ly, in response to the conductors sig
nal, at 11:30 the train started and
proceeded slowly on it's way Just be-
fore the train started a paper was
handed to Wharton, offering to pay
him double wages and all expenses in
the city.
TRAFFIC AT A STANDSTILL.
TOPEKA, March 16.-The strike ON
the Santa Fe system is the sensation
of the hour here. At the company's
headquarters everything this morning
is quiet. About the depOts and railroad
yards there is general Sunday-like
appearance. The side tracks are loaded
with freight cars. One passenger train
passed through here at this morning
en- route to Kansas City and pulled
by engineer TURF, who took
the same train to Usage City
last night at 3:l5 this morning the
through passenger train left Topeka
on time. The fireman left his cab here
but a new one was secured and En-
gineer Rollo took the train to Kansas
City. Just before noon to-day special
stock train containing twenty-one cars
of cattle, hogs and horses passed
through Topeka without stopping, go
ing east. The engineer was Pap"
Cunningham who has some grievance
with the brotherhood and took an en-
CINE west early this morning for the
purpose of bringing in this train. Up
to noon nothing definite has been
agreed upon at the general office.
One official stated that traffic along
still except few through trains which
were en- route yesterday and
had not yet reached their desti-
nations. This official stated that
their attorneys had advised them that
they could not pre-emptorially refuse
90" freight without being liable to
the penalties provided by the Interstate
commerce law. The engineers claim
their contract does not require them to
give thirty-dayS notice in the event of
a change of conditions and rules in the
contract. The company seems
to take the opposite view and
claims that Chairman Conroe has
played double game and taken, ''Snap
judgment" while conveying the i'm
preston that no strike had been
ordered. The company to-day says it.
has positive proof that the strike was
ordered Saturday to take place at
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
WILL TIE UP A ROAD DAY.
KANSAS CITY, March 16.-At 2
O'Clock the union depot was deserted,
there being no movements of trains I'M
til 4:30. An Associated Press repre-
sentative visited the rooms of the union
grievance committee at the New AL
bany hotel, and in response to an in
quiry as to the future action of the en-
gineerS, was told by Chairman Carroll
that the men on the Fort Scott s. Gulf
would leave their engines at O'Clock
this afternoon, and that, furthermore,
the men would go out at the rate of a
road day until the matter was set
tied. The men on the Missouri Pacific
are very uneasy and this morning a
delegation of them visited the rooms of
the committee and asked for orders to
strike. This was not granted, but the
inference drawn from the conversation
with the committee was that the men
! on the Missouri Pacific would go out
on Sunday. The committee says posi-
lively that there can be no compro-
mise in this matter, and not road
will be run until the men are reinstat-
ed on the 90"
The woman who went out on No. 3
to-day as fireman was Hattie Reed,
formerly of Kewance, Illinois during
the strike of 1877 she acted
as fireman for her husband
from Galesburg to Burlington.
NO TRAINS ALLOWED TO LEAVE.
La JUNTA. Col, March 16.-The en-
gineers state that after p. m. yester-
day no passenger trains were allowed
to leave Los Angeles or Kansas City,
but those that had started before that
time will be allowed to run through to
| Ahnir destination