Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-28
4 COMPLETE FIE-UP.
and Firemen on the Bur-
Ington Route Leave Their Loco
motives and Go on Strike.
Not q Freight Car Was Moved on The
Read Yesterday, Though Passen-
ger Trsins Went Through.
knights Of Labor from the Reading Road
arc Taking tho SItuatiops Vacated on
tho Burlington Railway
BEGINNING OF TEE sTRIKK.

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BEGINNING OF TIE STRIKE.
CHICAGO, ILL, Feb. pa few min
utes before O'Clock this morning the
yards of the Chicago, Burlington ano
Quincy at Canal and Sixteenth streels
presented their usual appearance
The early morning mail train had left on
time, and the switch engines were at
worx. One engineer took switch train
20 the Chicago and Atlantic junction
shortly before O'Clock. He had heard
nothing of an order to strike, and said he
would certainly take his train to the
junction sud run the engine back to the
roundhouse. The other engineers OF
switch engines also said thew had not
oeen ordered to strike. At $3.50 O'Clock
there was the usual movement OF
cars at the freight and switch engipe sta
lions ct Nineteenth street and Western
avenue where cars for the east and the
stock yards are handled. just before the
time appointed for the strike Trainmaster
S T. Pope issued an order that no trains
should be moved west of Chicago. This
wGs gsken by few ttainmen In the yards
ss s confession that the company had Sc
cured no men worth MENTIONING ana that
the road would in 9 moment more be
practically tied up. At 4 O'Clock switch
engine No. AT went i2to the Western
avenue round house. Three others soon
followed 1t and the engineers and fremen
Quit work. The strike Wss on in earnest.
DRAD ENGINES.
AURORA, ILL, Feb. 81, 1880 A. N-The
shut sown on the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy here Is complete. All opera
lions ceased even before the hour set for
the strike. Several trains csme in just
previous tJ O'Clock, and as they arrived
in the yards one by one each was quietly
abandoned by the train men. The early
mail train from Chicago had gone through
on time and when the appointed moment
came for the strike nothing was stirring
and the company's premises we're IS silent
as 8 cemetery and looked lonely and des-
Folste in the dull grey n 1rniDg light.
AT EAST ST. LOUIS.
ST LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 81 About forty
ENGINEERS and flremen notid d the msna-
ger at East st. Louis that they would net
resume their places on the engines of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
j
platform men and br&kemen. They said this
was in compliance with an order from
Cuiet Arthur, the cause Of which was
known to the officials. They further
stated thst no opposition would be made
to men filling their places nor would any
distractions to the movements OF trains
be sanctioned by their body. Neverthe
less Sergeant Taylor with three policemen
entered the yard to be ready in case Of
need. No freight trains were moved this
morning.
~ ANXIOUS FOR REVENGE.
b. PoTTsvILIE, Pa, FEB 27.-A number
of srrlklDg engineers and hremen of the
Reading Railway of this city and the Palo
Alto have left for Cnicsg1 to take service
with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railway. The Readin! engineers are
Knights of Labor and are eager to revenge
themselves on the brotherhood, the mem
oers of which organization took their
places al the time of the Reading strike
STONES STATEMENT.
CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 27.-"We sre Just
about Wnere we expected to be-" said
General Manager Stone of the Burlington
when asked what the situation was on his
line. "We brought in all our suburban
passengers pretty much IS usual. Oul
principal train, the one which brings II
most If the business men and clerks. wal
ONLY ten minutes late. The engineers snc
| hremen On these trains were drawn from
the her force Of mechanics, yard fire.
men, exc. Each train WAS manned with I
double force OF brakemen and conductors
so that If any diff ;ulty we're encountered
we should nave plenty of help. We shsi
enoeavor TO run at least four suburban
trains day."
"Did every one of your 1000 f1remer
and engineers striker" asked the reporter
Eyes, all but one man, al enginet,
near Gslesbu1g"
"Wh4t WAS the matter with him?"
"NothiDg Napoleon used to say tina
Q o'c.uck courage was q rare thing.
guess o'clock courage is equally unique
There are doubtless number of otnel
engineers among our ex-employes wao
do not belong to the Brotherhood, enc
who did not wish to strike, but tie
Hacked az O'Clock coursge." Not tn
4 siightest trouble has been reported from
any point SO far, and don'E anticipate
any violence or oostruc ions from an.
source. The strikers did not bring their en-
I
left them at the nearest point when
O'Clock came. Thus all our passenger
from the Missouri river were dumped a
Galesburg and those which we take iror
the Illinois Central at Forrest wer- left q
Aurora. From the latter point we wer
able to bling them In without much de
lay, but at Galesburg the passengers wer
obliged 10 wait till 10 O'Clock before W
could start them in.
APPLYING FOR VACATED POSITIONS
"Tne superlntenoenl's eff. and tn
lobby leading to it are crowded with mt
who sre applying for positions vscatec
They are put through examination by u
superintendents Of motive power, and
} they are found competent are taken to tn
yards st once. Before IL O'Clock thi
morning about fifty of the applicants ha
: been accepted. You see there are appar
emily plenty Of men ready for the places,
said Mr. Store, porting to the line.
"Who are they and where do they COM
5Afrom2"