Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-08

ris of the Chicago, Burlington & Northern,
said this evening he was not surprised at the
strike Of his engine bands to-day, although
he had no notice. He claimed the strike
would not cripple the road. 1--WE had nearly
enough men to take the strikers, places,
said he, .bcfore they went out We will go
right ahead. All / have done is to order
agents not to receive perishable freight"
MINNEAPOLIS, March THE evening train
left on time in charge pf the master mechanic
was in charge of Reading engineer. He en-
deavored for little time TO start the train
with the air brakes set on the driving wheels,
but finally managed to get away, amid the
ieers of the crowd. The strikers say they
will not go back to work at the present scale
of wages. The officials Of the road say they
anticipate no tronble In filling the strikers
places; that the latter had no grievances, but
simply went out TO help their Chicago, Bur-
lington Il Quincy brethren.
The Omaha road has discontinued its
sleeper service 10 Kansas City, as its cars
runs from Council Bluffs over part OF the
'Q' system. The reason for this Is believed
to be the wish Of the road to avoid trouble
with its men,
The Milwaukee Road.
MILWAUKEE, March 7.--The engineers at
the yards OF the st. Paul road in this city
express the opinion that they will not. be
drawn into the trouble. and at the general
Paul system Is improbable as the engineers
have no grievance against the company.
Will Not Handle Burlington Cars.
DULUTH, Mimi, March 7.-lSpecial Tele-
gram to the BEE. Orders were promulgated
here to-day by officers of the ST. Paul L.
Duluth, the Chicago, ST. Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha, and the Wisconsin Central roads
that no Burlington cars, either loaded or
AL 90, In thD Dan
n Dulutl. road. A large numbero Of such cars
have been sidetracked at different points.
This decision practically stops the shipment
of iron ore from the Vermillion mines, for
which the Burlington road was party to a
Contract for hauling 3, 900 cars for points on
that road. Inquiries among engineers and
firemen elected numerous assertions that
they would stand by ike brotherhood at all
hazards.
CnIGAGo, March This morning five Lake
Shore engineers refused to take u tram OF
Burlington cars from Englewood to Sixteenth
street, declaring they would quit before they
would haul anything bearing "Q' label.
The cars consequently remain at Englewood.
Wabash switchmen refused, this morning, TO
receive Burlington cars which were brought
to the yards at Root street. The switchmep
employed by the Upion Stockyards and
Transit company, which has charge of all
switching at the yards also decided to-day
that they would handle no Burlington cars.
The company has as yet taken no action IN
the matter. Twenty-Five employees of the
ness It is to care for all stock arriving over
the Burlington, were discharged to-day, as
no stock is arriving and consequently there
is nothing for them to do.
Herding the Cattle.
GALEsBuRG, ILL.,, March THE fast train
and the Kansas City express, which were
consolidated at Chicago last night, came into
Gaesburg this morning at q. m, two hours
behind time. At Mendoza 1t was but fifteen
minutes late The reason of the delay was
that the train was run by a new engi-
neer, who did not know the road, and though
he was steered by an old conductor, he was
|. afraid to run at more than a snails pace.
The division of the Brotherhood of En-
gineers located here numbers about one hun
dred and thirty members. Of the Brother
| hood of F'iremeh there are about the same
number. One hundred and. eleven of the
engineers left the service at the command of
! Chief Arthur. OF them, Division Superln-
| tendent Rice said this mornings. "They are
as fine a body of men as can be found in the
country. I was raised with them, like them,
| and am sorry for them" The men like Mr..
Rice; Rice but don't share hare. the sorrow .rN,n
from the fact that they attempt to conceal
nothing. They acknowledge that two Of
their number returned TO the service. of the
company, fact which others more polite
| would perhaps conceal, But they are not
| discouraged. They hold meetings in O house
| just across the track from the depot and have
| persuading committees at work night and
| day. The mayor has ordered that
they be not sllowed to approach
| immense tin stars enforce the order. Said
| Division Superintendent Rice this morning:
"Why, those boys wouldn't put 50 much as
a straw across the. rails to cause damage to
| the company" -.
| The statements of the brotherhood and
Rice differ materially in regard TO the situa-
tion of affairs at this point. Summarized, the
engineers say that in place of the 1o9 out,
| thirty new ones have taken their places.
Twenty-Five of these are from the east, two
| are those who returned to work and others
are men from tho shops. Yesterday. said the
| engineers, five freight trains left here east
| ward bound. OF these, three were pulled
back with dead and somewhat scorched en-
| gines. Two started on the Peoria branch, OF
which one was pulled back, and one burned
| at Knoxville. The men who are out say that
the boiler-makers at the shops tell them they
| have, from the time the strike began up to
to-day had to repair twelve engines burned
| by the careiessness of new men. They claim
from careful counting as the trains pass the
depot that the company is doing nothing COM
! passed with what they used to-
Somewhat different is the story of Division
i Superintendent Rice. He is one of General
Ticket Agent Paul Mortons correspondents,
and with all other division .superintendents
sends daily reports to Morton and from these
Morton makes up his daily press bulletins
lin nutshell, Rice claims the company is
doing 80 per cent of the business it did before
the strike, even counting in the immense live
stock business formerly done.
| "How is that." was asked.
"Oh, you know we had much dead freight
on our hands"
He claims all new men, after few trips
over the road, will be fully as competent .as
the old men. He claims thirty-five freight
trains went out Of Galesburg yesterday. The
new men when they step from their engiues
are hurried into the depot bulldog, sur
rounded by pose of special police, escorted
up stairs to dormitory, where they are saft
from the pleadings of the men on the outside
At this point there has been no disorder
| whatever. 80
At Burlington.
| BURLINGTON, Ia, March 1.-THE brother