New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-07
STRIKERS LOSING GROUND.
BURLINGToN's CONNECTIONS STILL RU
OFFICIALS OF THE ROAD CLAIM THAT THEIR BAT
TIE HAS BEEN WON.
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TIE HAS BEEN WON
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CHICAGO March 6.-Thc great meeting. of
| the Grievance Committees of the. Western and
| Northwestern roads is and no.
| body knows why it was called or what it has
accomplished. While yesterday the air was filed
with rumors of general strike on the roads of
the Northwest, to-day there is not a word about
any such policy and the wheels of all the roads
whose employees represented at yesterday S
| conference revolving just as smoothly and
uninterruptedly as if no such conference ever
took place. The whole thing has resulted in a
| promise Of financial and moral support to the
| strikers by the brotherhood men of the other
! lines represented and in a promise not to handle
any engines which haul Burlington freight or
passenger cars over any connecting lines. ,
Chief Arthur to-day. We propose TO fight the
battle through TO the end and we are sure OIL
victory 49,
q don't know. L will stay here until the
boys need me no longer, or until the company
has granted their demands"
A large number of kilograms were again received
from different points all over the country pledg-
ing the support Of Brotherhood engineers and
iiremen. One, from / 80 engineers and hremen
at Columbus, Ohio, promised fiancial aid, and
urged the strikers not TO surrender until the
last gun was disinantlcd' Reports are received
daily at the strikers headquarters OF the con-
ditOn of affairs each line of the Burlington
system. The strikers assert that the company
has not succeeded in getting through to Council
Bluffs, Kansas City any OF the great terminal
points OF the system single passenger train
Train No. leaving Chicago at noon has been
sent out every day but they claim 1T has never
gone through TO Council Bluffs and points III
Nebraska. No. which goes out at 10: $50 D. M
for Omaha and Denver has never gone through.
according to the reports sent III to Mr. Arthurs
Headquarters. The freight traffic, the men say,
has amounted TO nothing, and many OF the irelghI
trains reported TO be running nave been composed
and "a
also that between 40 and so engines have been
badly injured by the handling OF the new Sl men
six engines unable to run either on
account Of burned boilers or other injuries are yea
up, and Will have To be sent 10 tlie shop before
they are used again. AT CrtslOn, Iowa, IL is saId
there are seven engines awaiting repalts ms
morning three engines II, III the ChicaS" and Iowa
line were brought int the rOuEdhouse at Aurora
with their feed pipes frozen dHI Durstrd.
Many reports in from different points as
to the Operations OF tine new engineers. wiper
who was put in charge OF an en,ine On the Iowa
division took out passenger tram IL is sald
that after getting under way he found timt ne
did not know how TO shut off the injector, ana
the result was that the boiler filled with water
and condensed the steam. The train stopped and
the new engineer ana his fireman became panic
stricken and fled from the engine. -
General Freight Agent Brown said: III give
you something TO put down as solid fact An even
60 per cent of our full complement OF engineers
and liremen are At work today. we are receNlhg
fre ght now for all points east OF the missouri
River. Yesterday we sent out SIX full tfalIls
with / 35 cars in all, from this house and the
transfer We expect to get out 80 cars tonight
We have had full force Of handlers for out
reight at work and all our clerks. We don't
take freight to be transferred to the AtchsOn,
Topeka and Santa Fc, because we don't want to
get them into trouble We don't know whether
they will agree to handle it for us or not Taking
a fair view of the matter it looks to me as though
we had won the battle"
"The question of other roads handling our
the general passenger agent, Mr.. Morton. When
it does appear, il will be settled favorably to us
I think There is no reason why any road should
odopt an adverse policy. All of them handle our
freight more or less, and interests are to that
extent Identical"