New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-04
A SHORT-LIVED STRIKE.
OUT SEVEN HOURS ON MICHIGAN CENTRAL
STRIKERS YIELD TO SHOW OF FIRMNEss-
TRUST" CHARGES ANSWERED BY
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CHICAGO, April 3-One strlko was settled in short
order to-day At o'clock this morning all the freight
engineers, fremen and switchmen In tho Michigan
Central yards stopped work announcing that they would
not touch the o. that delivered to the road
yesterday and which the road wished to move this
morning. At o'clock this afternoon the mon all
returned to work with the understanding that they
were to obey all orders given them, and the first
order they received was to take out throo o.
laden with steel rails. The men took their medicine
Tho engineers made their couplings carefully, the
switches wero turned correctly and the cars went
flying out Of the yards In good style. The mon had
been In conference all the morning and had hold fire.
quent Interviews with the officers In the hope OF the
latter agreeing to boycott the Or The latter had
declared that discrimination should be shown
against the "Q' cars, whereupon the mon yielded
Another version OF the mems return says that 1t was
due to tho Influence of tho passenger engineers, who
held long conference with the strikers this morning
majority of the engineers the road arb opposed
to striking and there Is every indication that there Will
be serious split In the ranks Of the brotherhood
Tho O. did not deliver any cars to other roads
to-day said Paul Morton The police are needed at
the polling places and the department cannot spare
US tho men We would doubtless need In case We at
tempted to deliver trains. Tomorrow We will try
to deliver cars to several roads,
With reference to the statement that the Atlantic
Limo would accept 80" but would not ask its
mon to move them, Mr. Morton said' 1--WE Will de-
liver cars to the Atlantic and take their receipts.
There part Of the proceedings ends. The Atlantic
is then responsible for the delivery of tho freight to
its destination"
The Burlington filed It's answer to-day to the charges
Of the Rock Island that the strike OILY part OF
the latter roads scheme force tho western roads into
great railway trust. Mr. Stone, of the Burlington,
in his affidavit denies specifically each charge Of the
Rock Island and denounces all of them as wfuily
false and mall cous In conclusion he fires this partne
shot at the Rock Island:
"NO notice has been given complainant Ghe
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy that the engineers
and fremen of defendant had given up control OF It's
traffic department granted permission to the de-
fendan to conduct ITS business as public carrier ac-
eoTds TO law or aat 9he I Po aroS 81 and
letters Of its agents was In any respect altered
sad one,' said Mr.. Newell, president OF the Lake
shore Railway o-day These strikes are Parayang m
less mischief to the entire community
DO you apprehend any trouble on the Lake Shore ~
non-unon men and arc not prepared to fling them.
selves and their families out of obs on hImsy and
this line and think the result Of t will long Continue
as an example for our employees
" How about your engineers and fremcnP
/" / am glad 10 be able TO say that We don't expect
the slightest trouble with those men. They have the
meeting of tho officials of the Fort Wayne road
was held at the Grand Pacific last night. Tho mana
Pennsylvania lines, will not allow any man who has
participated In this stIlke to enter the companys cn-
10 MI the places of the strikers. Az the through
passenger trains rinnirg, but as yet the SUBURBAN
business has no been touched IL G Is sIPcCea b nEd'
The Cwitchmcn 100 In number received their tlne
s s mSTnng ana ana f9I reen m their pay this after
noon. Engine No. Of tho Fort Wayne. which was
yards and killed. was run into the Fort Wayne
round house this morning by the officials OF the North
a am sorry this affair happened it places us in
a bad light with the Fort Wayne folks
: Manager McCrca OF the Pennsylvania said what.
damage has been done to our engine VIII be paid
for by the Northwestern" or
expect TO resume freight operations some time this
week, and when do 1t Will not be any halfway
DO you know that the Fort Wayne has larger per.
centage of freight than any Of the trunk lines out Oh
The st. Paul Company this morning was enabled to
deliver train Of stock to the slcck yards t was was
engines and guarded by forty policemen; o., AhOner hss
train moved from Unionst to the transfer mouse
with the huntington tracks arc locked and securely
spiked that Burlington cars can DO run into tho
The officials OF tho ST. Paul road discovered today
that the switches communicating with the N4rth-
from one road another had been spiked
during the night. The work OF obstruction had Dceh
thoroughly done that nothing Inn & se1 Gr aved
at In the matter was that the Brohcrh1oa men me- n nSa
done IT, bnt the st. Paul OnlcalS tOOh .IM
of the matter after considering the case and no" hod
at the sinking done at the instlSatlOn OF the
Nort hwestern officials themselves. - .
The Burlington road this aicrroon applied % 10
Judge Gresham for Injunction aganst the Bcit ihe
fo restrain the latter from refusing to handle me
q o. freight or IN any way refusing the roSn
such facilities In the matter OF handling lcgh, a, IL
furnished other roads All the officials and employees
NJ tbe Belt Line arc made defendants seVeral weeks
since tho same proceedings begun against inc
Rel, road bv the Burlington but the matter was al
loved 10 drop with the underst anding that the former
r ad would handle O. freight aud also that me @ p
sbould remain on file pending any enieIgency no
nroceedngs today Indicate that the Belt ROAD IS |
Being badly pushed by its employes ana % Lna i bn hi
taritlv agreed to the reviving OF the orighai pn'
Judee Gresham granted temporary writ; cou,
The Chicago and Eastern 1llinols Kallroau IN III
onr In yiey of tho uncertain attitude assumed oy
Of its engineers rcmen and swithmenh th Wa latter
dav 10 nut Tho direct question whether 'he s la,,ss
would handle "o7 freight or not The men ocIocI
no answcI and they were given time un'lI : W. m N
~ n,nrroyy morning to do II the answer - a,-
avorabie the comarny will at once empoE Esbcets fom
bc repor of the Grand Secretary of the orue u fhe
xov fnnductors which have te"n snnt oul 10, 10 ''o ~
nanaSers of the various railroads. Inc IeP"f ~ ,hs
n ade un almost entirely OF btt'r denuhcla'o" - WV
Engineers,