The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-03
BURLINGTON'S BOYCOTT.
ALL THE BROTHERHOOD MEN
GETTING INTO THE row.

no RioNng.
CHICAGO, April 2.-The Burlington road
this morning continued its aggressive posi-
ton, and at 8 o'clock notified the police that
it was going to deliver train of freight to
the Michigan Central railway. A detail of
officers was sent TO the Michigan Central
yards and soon after the Burlington train,
bristling with Pinkerton detectives and va
rious railway officials, pushed in. Beyond
the usual curses and cries of
''scabs" that usually greet a 20"
train nowadays, there was no hostile
demonstration. The cars were delivered to
the Michigan Central and the "Q' engine,
Pinkertons and officials, quickly disap-
peared from the scene. AS soon as they had
gone the Michigan Central switchmen noti-
fed the yard master that they would not
touch the 20" cars.
ASSAULTS GROWING NUMEROUS.
Cases of assault upon men who have
taken the places of the strikers of the Belt
railroads in the city are becoming numer-
Gus. Two mon, one of whom was a special
policeman, were taken to a hospital last
night so badly injured that they will prob
ably die. Coupling pins were the weapons
used in both cases. No notice is taken of
small riots which result only in bruises or
minor fractures. They are of constant
occurrence.
A west-bound passenger train on the st.
Paul road was stopped shortly after mid
| night by the engine being derailed by mis-
placed switch.
A broken rail was discovered at Kin
zie and Roby streets apparently the work
of design.
The situation is being used to advantage
by sharp rascals who obtain employment in
the place of strikers, and then sell out to the
strikers. Some of such men have been dis
charged as soon as found to beincompetent,
and then claimed the sympathy and sup
port of the strikers on the charge of bad
faith on the part of the railroad com
panieS
BEAT THE BROTHERHOOD.
Some of these cases are of men brought
from the East at the beginning of the Bur
lington strike. A man, who was employed
as an engineer, knowing he would be dis
placed for incompetency, solicited a bribe
from the Brotherhood, and swIndled them
out of S175
A party of switchmen from the Burling-
ton road numbered 40 when they left Day
ton, O., but only twenty-four arrived here
this morning, and nearly all of thsse had to
fight their way when they changed cars at
Lima on the Fort Wayne road.
The President and General Superintend-
ent of the Lake Shore road announce their
intention to handle all the Burlington
freight offered them, and to do it with reg
ular men or new ones in their places il ne
cessity requires.
The St. Pau officials announced to-day
to their men that unless the St Paul switch
men are at their posts tomorrow morning
ready for work they can never obtain en-
plOyment on the road again.
The suburban passenger service of the st.
Paul road has been in great measure re-
sumed, but the St Paul company has laid
off about 5000 yardmen and switchmen
along its lines until the present trouble
blows over, in addition to those actively en-
gagged in the strike Eight hundred of these
are in the yards and general offices in this
city.
EFFECT ON THE GRAIN TRADE.
The strike is having noticeable effect
on the gram trade. According to the re-
port of the State Grain Inspector not car
of grain was brought in Saturday over the
Burlington, st. Paul, Wabash, or Chicago
and Eastern Ill nois roads. Only two cars
of grain came in over the Alton and one by
the Santa Feroad. The Kansas City division
of the st. Paul road brought in three
cars. The only roads which maintained
anything like their usual showing were the
divisions of the Northwestern. Shippers
and receivers are beginning to complain
The head of one receiving firm said that he
had bills of lading of grain loaded at Iowa
points on March ~, which had not arrived,
and at present he had no information as to
when it would arrive.
A 20" TRAIN CHECKED.
This afternoon an attempt was made to
get a train OF twenty freight cars from the
%" road to the Chicago and Alton road
As the train passed the viaduct at Sixteenth
street the engineers of the other roads re-
fused to allow the train TO go by. Thew
stopped it by crossing and recross-
ing the tracks which intersect the roads at
this point These tactics were
kept up for two hours, and the 20" train
finally was taken back to the Western
Avenue yards After this an Illinois Cen
tral train was brought to Sixteenth street,
drawn by 20" engine. When the viaduct
was reached a number Of stones we're hurled
swered by shot from man standing in
the cab. The assaulting parties withdrew
and the train proceeded on its way.
ROCK ISLANDS REFUSAL.
The Rock Island managers declined once
more to-day to- risk tie-up of their road
by attempting to receive freight from their
competitor, the Burlington. 1t was in vain
that the officials and lawyers of the latter
road telegraphed and dispatched messengers
to the Rock Island this morning. A verbal
reply was finally returned that the Rock
Island refused to take any cars from the
Burlington. This afternoon, speaking for
the Rock Island division, Supt. Chamber
lain said: "We have not only returned a
verbal answer 10 the Burlington road TO the
effect that we would not touch their cars,
but we have issued written orders, a gen
eral order TO our employees not 20 handle
their We don't propose to get in trouble
by dealing with the o. if we can keep
out of it by leaving their cars alone. We
think we can better dc tho latter. That is
our position, and the O. people know it."
AN ATTEMPT TO COMPROMISE.
An effort toward a compromise of the
strike on the Burlington road was made
this evening by the Brotherhood Of Engi-
neers and Firemen. A card embodying
concise statement of the situation from the
mems stand oint, but giving no new facts,
was issued by them. II Is addressed ITO
the Public" and is signed by S. Il. Home,
on behalf Of the engineers, and j. II. Muir
ply for the fremen. The meat Of the docu-
ment is the concluding paragraph,
which involves fresh offer Of ar
btration, this time on an entirely
new basis. The idea is that the hearbitrators,
instead Of coming partly or wholly from
outside roads or other professions, be Sc
lected from among the Burlington's own
employees. The document says in THIS connec-