Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-18
W. T.. SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH is, 1888

| BURLINGTON STRIKE.
The Situation Shews hat
Little Change.
The Santa Re nea are Wllllns to Re-
saoe wssk-rhe ssrtke VIII
Continue 70 Spread.
kAxAAs Chr. No. March l7.-Cesir-
man Carroll Of the uusou grievance
COMMITTEES admitted this morning that
sne reports which be gave to ths asso
| eiseed pfess yesserdsy we're untrue and
oad oeec given simply 10 create q scare
w1s no truth that the roads would b.
called cui one each day.
Tbs morning there Was Q large dsfee-
ton from the santa Fs strickers vhsch
vas tie result Of q warm fight in the
sesaion Of the comuitiee held iss,
night. Al the meeting sixteen OF the
engineers sAii theis intention vas 10
work today on the santa Fs. Al this
there vas q great stir among the enei-
nsers and for tbs fFss time sincs the
beginning Of the strike. she members
Of ths conmittes are out among the
men pleadiee the cause.
On the Fort scott road everything
moves smoothly, and there il no indics-
ttoa Of sroubse anywhere. Missouri
Pacific And Usion Paciao officials, say
they anticipate no trouble and have
made no arrangements locking toward |
q strike. Assistant General Saperin-
tendens Spoor Of the Santa Fe, says his |
road Will be running in good order be- |
fsre night % q number OF men have |
announced their intestion Of returning |
10 their cabs when called upon. The |
engineers viii not talk and those Who |
are managing the strike Vere looking |
very disoonsoiate over their brothers.
Chairman Holchkies, Of the Calf |
grievance committee, vss very non |
commlttal In regard to matters under /
his Jurisdiction, bus stated no striks |
had been ordered.
vmAxCiAL sYREx0TH OF THE sao1nxs
HOOD.
KaxaAs CrrY, No., March 17.-At 10 |
o'clock this usruinQ the Fort Scott and |
Gulf trains we're all moving promptly i
and With regularity. The situation st |
Santa Fe 70 unchanged. There IL no |
switching being done 10 she yards. |
Chairman Carroll, speaking in regard 10 |
the pabiished reports OF the financial |
strepath Of the brotherhood. said: Il.
is true there 10 about &30O,O0O 10 the |
contingent fund, but in addition to that
90 have Q bulldog fund In our treasury
amountina to 100000. This can be |
used 10 pay the expense OF the strike il |
necessary. There are 1900 members
in gosd stat dig. ami each Of them San |
pat up tlo0 at q mon snt's notice IL IL 10 |
necessary, and you sse We would then /
have 36l0. 600 fer fighting capital.
BOUND 10 cARRy PASSENGERS.
OHIcA0o, March 17.-A dispatch from |
Washington says 10 IL rumored there |
that the Atchison railroad company has |
refused to allow the striking engineers /
to haul the Uaited States mail cars IN. |
less they also haul passenger and express |
cars. Vice President Smith virtually |
admitted u Vas true. He said the CON.
tract With the government called on the |
railroad 70 carry the mail 90 passenger |
trnins. and that they would comply With |
the requirements Of the contract.
MEN READY TO GO sACK.
KAnsAs CITY, March l7.-As Hos |
this morning train one on the Southern |
Kansas road pnlled slewiy eul of the |
depot with nor- Brotherhood man at |
tae throttle. Tae regular Denver ex |
press on the Santa Fe was ron out at |
l:25 by Engineer Wm. Mcmillan, not |
withstandinR the open solicitations Of |
the committee. As be started, enc of |
the engineers standing in eroap near |
By said, "Weii. boys, Mcmillan has |
gone ont, and We might as well all go.
l am going to my engine whenever they |
call"
while this did not meet With hearty |
response. the qaietness which prevailed |
sho ued there Was not much dissasisfsc- |
ton with the feeling expressed. Rr- |
more we're rife again this morning that |
the Gulf road would be tied up at
O'Clock, bat the indications are that |
there will be no further extension Of
the strike.
Assistant Superintendent Spoor says
that bis belief Ia that II the Calf men
don't 90 out at 1 o'clook the men on ,hs
Santa Fe Will 20 back TO work. FIJI
teen have already notified the ofhcisis
thas they will be ready when called
upon.
TIE ArcuIsoy pEPo- LOOKS DEAD.
Los AsarLxs, March 1.-The yards
Of the Atcnison depot looks dead and
deserted this morning. % to noon
nothing forther bad been h:a:d from
the cbsirEao Of the grievance commit
tee. The engineers are still on the tired
liss. Thirteen engines are lying 10 the
round house. aud on the depot time
table appears the potiee: mo trains
til further orders" Toe overland train
from Barstos arrived st . o'clock this
morning. The mail train will leave to-
night for the east. but no passengers
viii b. allowed on II.
Ihe ramors that the strike voaid in
yo!ve the Southern Pacifis are pro-
nounced bsseless BY the of3sisls here.
|. IL reported that this line hiss ordered
its agents not 10 fecsivs freight for the
OhicsRo. Darlington d Qoincy till fosth-
ee notice.
The SANTA VI MIN WILL BETurs.
KlxpAs CRY, March l7.-Fiftsea
santa Fe engineers have notified the
officers OF that road that they viii be
ready to 90 bask to shsis engines when
called upon. TIE Denver express sefs
this morning IN charge Of brother
hood engineer. Assistant superin'end.
snt SpooF says that be believes all the
men uill return TO work II the Gulf
uaen do not go out this morning
1HR MANITOBA MEN 90 our.
| xIxsxAPoLIs, March l7.-Tae switch
engineers On the Msnitssa road have
struck on scsount of the "Q' cars and
said that she engineers Will walk eot
| tomorrow.
The engineers on the ST. Paul, Mis-
uespolis a Mantsobs will 60 oas to-
night At 10 o'clock. The whole system
OF 800 miles IL involved.
UxKSowN SUICIDE.