Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-01


oMsisls of other systs ms to forcss@e "
to come TO terms. TIE enei6nas, nfe-
men and switchmen on 'QH ~ eulors
are desperate, said Hoganv y, c .S car
from the % is offere%refuss 80 snem 70
move they will siI.iy, are imbnO. 9ulti
SHltcnmen, esr, and it is snre WIN
sdesire to ~ Will be great NOV
There Co. twenty four hours wig" 4al
IN t6' CALL ON TIE As.~AGRSs.
c CHICAGO, Ill March Silt Is learned
/ tnat sgrieVsnce committee Of engineers
on the Lake Shore Road called unon g..
perinisndent ADsdell last evening. They
Informed him that the non-union svjtcSI
men IA his road had been induced IN
join pc switchmen's order or &C, in mar.
morJ with the union men. Thew (ths
| enH1eers) did not like to involve the
confny I'M strike, and therefore noped
itTquld Issue orders to The agents NOT to
andle 20" freight, IS the swjtchmen
'.re deter aimed 10 strike If tbe state
TIE '' eomm M 1anStsrS would ,.S 40
what they we're required 70 an Ola me
in ftse wv The superintendent soi1 des,rs
to void trouble it was ms es so. IN v,oIs
ton Of the inter sou Sou" ,. EU'' r ~ to
hsy die 80" freight.
It's stated that the managers Of some
O her roads were called on by the chair
men of the grievance committees and re-
uuested not to handle 80" freight to
svoid trouble with their swltchmen.
Nome OF the managers, however, made
any promises. General Superintendent
Lave of the Fort Wayne Road had con-
ference with representatives of The switch
men and engineers of company.
Mr.. Lave told the men that he wanted
to know what their feelings were snd to
tell him what they had determined to do.
Some OF the switchmen excused them
selves from speaking. They we're unable,
they clnimed, to say what they would do
in the event they were called on to han
die 40" cars. Others said they had de-
terminec to strike. The SWitcpmen's
Brotherhood Of this city has been advised
of the issue on the 90" road, and sp-
proved the course the men had taken In
striking.
THE SITUATION AT MILWAUKEE,.
MILWAUKEE, WIS March 81 ALI the
night crews in the Chicago, Milwaukee
and ST. Paul yards reported for duty at
the ususl time 10 night, and as far as this
point Is concerned there is nothing indi-
eating the existence of a strike. The men
say that sll the freight loaded today
will be handled, but there is no certainty
az to what will be done tomorrow. Inc
company are receiving freight billed for
Cnicsgo a: its warehouses, but IS fast as
received Il is being turned over
to the Chicago Snd North
western for transportation. Everything
about the wards is in state OF great un7
certainty. Many Of the switcnmen say
t-ey expect q pc ersl strike, and are
ready to quit work st the word, while an
other faction deprecates the extension OF
the strike. A crowd OF about fifty OF them
became involved in row this afternoon
while discussing this point, and the police
had to be csIled on to qnell the disturb
spce; no arrests made. General Manager
Ros well Miller said tonight tn t in view
of the delicate situstio he did not feel
warranted in saying much about the In
teations of the comoaoy in event OF GER
, tain contingencies. As far as Cblca 60
vas concerned, the company now ns0 al
, the men needeo 10 handle its ouslness1
but if the strike extended Of course the
q company would be tied Up.
\ A GENERAL. TIE UP THREATENED
CHICAGO, ILL March 81 1t is stated
= that he Burlington msusgeDent nave
/. determined TO call on the Pittsourg ano
i l.Fort Wayne, the Lake Snore ana Michir
j. g,u Southern, the Rhode Island, the
j Illinois Central, and perhaps the Alton FOL
&. sistsBce in raising the freight olocSao'
- in its yards, claiming the right to 90 Inl:
!. under the inter state commerce law snC
8 that the railways called on are liable u
t damages II they refuse. l. Is ssserte'
=. that the moment the eDglnSe's
6remen or switchmen OF tn
IL other railways are asked !,
e ss-ist in removD & @ ie light they VII
- strike. Thus the chaoces are taVorssl
IF TO a general railway tie-up on the line
couverging liz Chicago. Brothernoo
y ofbcskem-n and swrc1men on sill IN
!. rsilweys are now WorBiug hsImoBiousl
e. aud they appear to be as determined
win as the railway companies. IfAA
BUSINESS PARkLTLRD.
CHICAGO, al, Marcn 81 Along ii
line Of the Cnicsgo, MiiWsuEss.a and 3
Paul road the freight business is con
pet " parsly zed md passenger trsff
almost susdenee ed Fifty men VII
tsre regularS freight and psssepg'
conductors On the Council BlpIs divisio
arrived st tharouudnOuse this morntD!
Do They were brought here by the ST. Pa'
people TO fiji the places OF the stfiBlr
engineers, Sfremen and switchmen, o.
after q talk with Doberty, Il
leader OF the local st. Pa
Ii men, they. decided tina. BOT m,
would throw switch. During q
day as mspy as d. Zen men called on u
Msyor with complaints agsinst the Blu
ling,on managers. They efaim they we
induced to come here from the east
OF promises Of positions Of brakesme
&c swltchmsp, etc, made to them
at the Burlington management 81
es on tneir arrival were declse
re- Incompetent, and refused either work
n. transportation home again. They .
:, without money, they say, and in b
NJ plight generally, aud have, as companio
'es i, their misery eco or aG0 Others, who
20, condition is exactly similar, The MnY
no nsomiaad m GAG the RurHnptOn me2al