St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-14
THE SITUATION IN ST. PAUL.
Little Change RepOrted-A Trip
Over the Burlington System.

Little Change Reported-A Trip
Over the Burlington System.
The strike of the railroad engineers
remains without change. MI. Harris
says the Burlington 81 Northern had
more men than it wanted and that all
trains, passenger and freight, were run
ming on schedule time, and without in
terruption. A railroad man stated yes
terday that the Burlington d Northern
has written contract with the Mani
toba road by which the latter agrees to
rent the Burlington d Northern
warehouse facilities, and in fact
does furnish that road with
large freight depotiwhere the business
of the Burlington d Northern is now
transacted. and further, that the Mani
toba also entered into a contract to do
all the switching for the Burlington d.
Northern that is needed. This official
expressed the opinion that the Mani
toba was legally bound to switch the
Burlington & Quincy cars, and that if
il did not do so that it would be liable
in damages Just as much as it would, if,
under the same contract, it refused to
allow Burlington IL Northern cars to go
over the Manitoba tracks between st.
Paul and Minneapolis. Around the
railroad yards all is quiet.
ON THE BURLINGTON SYSTEM.
J. II. McNally, of Kansas City, chair
man of one of the numerous grievance
committees, arrived in the city yester-
day and gave the local engineers point
erS as to the strike at the meeting held
last evening. To GLOBE reporter Mr..
McNally said last evening: Il have
Just completed all extended trip over
the Burlington system and am free to
confess that the brotherhood has not
only the sympathy of the general pub
lie, but is long way ahead OF the Chi
cago, Burlington 81 Quincy on this
strike. AT Kansas City the company
employed as an engineer an old man,
who for years peddled lead pencils
around the depot. AS a result
his engine became ''leaky in the top"
photographer and man whose life
had been spent as engineer Of grip
car on a cable road. At Aurora the
company has lot of boys in training
for engineers. They attend school for
an hour OF more each day, and then are
given engines which they run up and
down the side-tracks. In nearly every
instance ''scab" engineer is under the
protection of Pinkerton special as are
the firemen. These are fair samples
of the incompetents whom the
Chicago, Burlington 81 Quincy
company is employing. The COM
pany is making big show
at Chicago, but little work is being ac-
complished. At nearly every place l
visited, and l took in nearly of the I'M
portant points OH the Chicago, Burling-
ton d Quincy system, found the strik-
ing engineers and firemen to be peace
able and in no way attempting to inter-
fere with the Chicago, Burlington d
Quincy company. This is the best evil
dence that can be offered the public
that the strikers are doing nothing that
will in any way interfere with the wei
fare of this community except to refuse
to handle 90 cars"
The opinions of Mr.. McNally were
confirmed by William Gallup, of this
city, who yesterday returned from Chi
cago, whittier he went in the interest of
the brotherhood.
Another meeting of the strikers will
be held this evening.
UNFAIRLY USED.
Engineer j. j. Leighton, of the Wis
consin Central, while sitting in the ro-
tunda of the Merchants yesterday, ex-
pressed himself in pretty strong terms
against the course that is being pursued
by the press of Chicago in treating the
strike against the Burlington & Quincy
railroad. "They have put the brightest
side out for the @. people," he re-
marked, ssand have endeayOred to poison
the public against us, but it is the SEN
timent of every engineer in the United