The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-03
THE 20" CAR BOYCOTT.
The Burlington Continues Its
Aggressive Policy.
SIT. PAUL LAYS OFF 5000 MEN.
The UItimatum of the st. Paul Com
panY-The strike at Kansas
City-General NOteS.
The Strike.

CHICAGO, April 2.-The Burlington |
continues its aggressive policy, and
about 9 o'clock notified the police that
it was going to deliver train of freight
to the Central Railway. Adetal OF 9TH
GERS was sent to the Michigan Central
wards, and soon after the Burlington,
bristling with Pinkerton detectives and
various railway officials, pulled IN. Be-
yond the usual curses and cries of
..scabs' that invariably greet 90 trains
now a-days, there was no hostile de-
monstration. The cars were de lvered
T.. ,ne M,cnlgan Central. The q" en-
zine. the Pinkertons and officials quickly
disappeared from the scene. AS soon as
tney mad gone, the Michigan Central
switchmen notified eyardmas er that
tnev would not touch the 20 cars. A
strike on this road will therefore be
nrecipitattd whenever On order Is
given to move the cars new in the yard
II Is th. ueht that this order is sure 10
come during the morning. The Bur
liueton also announced that they had
4O0 cars at EngleWoOd which they in
tended TO offer tie Lake Shore Com
pany during the day. Several switch
men on that lire declared to reporter
that they would not handle them.
1--WE shall most certainly handle all
freight delivered to u.s." said Mackay.
general freight ag mt of the Michigan
Central. when asked what they intended
| to do with 80" cars. Our
g neral super Il endent arrived
here from Detroit to day. Just
what the plans are do not know, but
Won can rest assured that we will handle
those cars if l have to go down there
and help myself. We propose to run
this road, and if our present employees
refuse to carry out any OF our rders we
will discharge them and fill their places.
80 far. l have not heard that they
have refused to obey orders.
MILWAUKEE, April 2.-Manager Miller
said that ST. Paul had laid of fully 5,OOO
ward and sWitcbmen along its system,
until the present trouble blows over
| The order affects about 800 men IN the
wards aud the general offices IN THIS
city.
swltchmen are at work at Their posts to-
morrow morning, ready for work, they
can never obtain employment on the
| road agqin. Ids was lne uitIhoNNih
of the officials this morning. At meet
ing of the strikers to-day atwhich there
we're some 200 thev res )lved to stand to
the position alrt ady taken in regard to
the 20 cars, Fourteen switch engine:
were working in the st. Paul yards thl;
morning, and the superintendent sa1c
ne had enough crews TO man !, half ia a
dozen if they were net ded. All was
quiet at the yards. The suburban
service of the St. Paul was resumed this
morning, all trains arriving nearly OF
time, aud manned mostly by their owl
crews. A number OF old passenger en-
gineers have decided not to join TIT
Strikers, and will stick to their engines
KANSAS CITY, April "A boycott OF
Burlington freight went into effect /!
rhe wards here promptly at noon. 4
Fort Scott switch engine had jos
DacKeu up to some Burlington cars, bu
when IL o'clock struck the men LETT tn
cab and refused to haul it. The enelDI
was soon uncoupled and the frelgh
outstanding.