The Forrest City times., 1888-03-24
DECLARED OFF.
Engineers on the Santa Fe Road Or.
 dered io Resume Work.

Chairman Ccnroc En Route to Chicago In The New. Received with Joy-An
 Acknowledged Mistake.
 KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 1s.-The santa fe strike Is over. The following official notice was issued at 6 o'clock this evening:
 KASsAs CITY, Mo-. March ls-To the Engin- eers and Firemen on the sints Fe system: lam advised by our Grand Chiefto request you that you return to your respective positions at once. Further. thAt repair ,o Chicago and adjust all misunderstanding. | CoSRoE,
 Chairman General Grievance Committee.
 Trains were moved to-day with some regularity. The California express due to leave at l0:30 p. m., and the Denver and Utah express, due to leave at ll:l5. were consolidated. and left at 1l:30, with Ben Horton in the cab. No. 7l, of the Sou hern Kan >as. left at 1925 q. m. thirty-fvc minutes late. The Colorado express, due at 6 a. m., ar rived at 6:4j. The east-bound Califor- nia express and north-bound Texas express, due to arrive a. 4:30 and 6:l5, respectively, were T, ported abandoned. The trains of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf road, all went out on time this morning with no indication Of trouble. On the Burlington tue trains a'e all running on time. The depot presented deserted appearance al cay, us there was little interest taken In the movement of trains, and he general feeling was that tue strike " about over. As one Of the men mounted his engine to take out his IT in an olj engineer. standing in group near by. turned to his compan- ions and said.
 "well, boys. the last man to go back will be the one who gets left IL is only question Of time"
 His prediction was verified when Chairman Conroe's notice was issued. IT e men take the matter phiiosophic- ally, and nearly all Of them at present in the city were applying to Assistant Superintendent Spoon for orders, trans portaiion. etc.
 Chairman Conroe returned from To- peka this morning, where he had been in conference yesterday with Gov. Martin and Sante Fe officials. He at once called a no,ting of the commit tee here. and 1t is understooI that pre- paratory steps toward issuing the no- ticc was taken at this meeting. Chair man Conroe quietly boarded the Rock Island express for Chicago at 4:3 o'clock this evening. and was fifty miles out of the city by the time his notice was promulga ed. The prevailing opinion here Is that !he conference a Topeka had considerable influence toward bringing about a settlement The strikers here assert that the com pany has agrecd not 10 handle Burling ton freight.
 THE ORDER EXPECTED AT TOPEKA.
 The great Santa Fe strike was de- cared of here this afternoon on recep of telegram from T. Conroe, Chair man of the Santa Fe Grievance Com I. ittee, to General Manager Goddard, dated Kansas City, 4:23 p. m, saying that the engineers and firemen would resume work. This action has been expected almost hourly since ihe pub licJtion or MT. Goddard's circular of the l7th, in which he made an appeal to the men, setting forth the facts that no complaints have ever been made against the Santa Fe, except that per haps 1t may have carried some Burling- ton freight, which under certain cir cumsiances it would be bound to do by law. The circular further stated that the company decided to retain the ser vices of all the old men, and would give them till next Thursday to resume work. Expressions of opinion in re- gard to this circular were at once very common and very emphatic, and all in the direction of approving it's evident fairness and generosity.
 The strikers adm tied on every hand that they had been misinformed about the facts, and that they believed them selves to be victims Of demagogue's mismanagemenr. They proposed to follow conservative course marked out by Chief Arthur rather than that Of any Of his ubortinates. It Is stated on authority that the strikers went out on the giving ofan extraordinary signal from wh cr they understood that Chief Arthur had been arrested, or that some other remarkable occurrence of that sort had taker, place. The line is in excellent condition to resume traffic nt once. and all trains will be running on time by Monday noon.