Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-07

| HcCtipu WitU tTc Strlke, ana tnut the llgnt
passenger trains were running as usual. The
| Flyers that were expected to mature to-day
had not been put on for ''obvious reasons, "
| as one gentleman in high authority put IT,
He refused to tell the reasons.
| No One to Blame.
LINCOLN, Neb., March 6.-TSpecial Tele-
gram to the BEE. Ito day has been wholly
without incident in strike matters Both
sides waited expectantly for eastern new
and received none. Increased efforts were
made by the company to handle freight and
the brotherhood held as firmly as ever.to the
belief that the end wou Id come theft way
The coroner's jury impanneled last night
to sit upon the case of the switch
man killed in the, yards met at the
sherfs sner office hssr,na and devoted half
the switchmen, and the engineer and fire.
man. The testimony of the swtchmen
| placed the direct cause of the accident upon
a broken drawhead that allowed one to pass
| over the other, catching the man and crush
| ing him. One of them testified that the
| car was marked to go to the repair shop.
The engineer testified that he had been EN-
ployed by the b. Il NJ, for sveral months,
| and was u brakeman up to February 2S, when
the company placed him on an engine to
| take the place of the striking men. He had
| never run an engine before that time. He
| testified that there were no rules requiring
| nlui W give SlPudlS WIFI WHlStlc OF Dcll, when
backing up. This closed the very
brief testimony. The jury returned
| and brought in verdict finding
that no blame attached to anyone.
| AS the testimony showed that the engineer
was inexperienced and the drawbar to the
| car was broken the verdict is somewhat re.
| markable, and as u precedent will give little
hope to an employe that II company in any
instance is responsible for an accident of that
character. Tho body of the dead switchman
| has been suitably cared for at the undertake
| er's. and Manns father, who lives at Boise
City, Idaho, was Immediately after the kill
| ing notified of the accident.
| The Lincoln Typographical union has
passed the following resolutions:
| Whereas, The Brotherhood of Locomotive
| Engineers and Firemen are at present en-
gagged in a strike for equal pay for equal
| service; therefore be il
Resolved, That Lincoln Typographical
| union No 90 sympathzes with the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
| in their endeavOr to secure equal pay for
equal service, and our best wishes and moral
| support for their success is heartily extended.
Resolved, that copy Of these resolutions
be given to that order, spread upon our pro-
ceedings snd published in the papers of the
| city.
| The Strike in Plattsmouth.
| PLATTsMoUTH, Neb., March 6.-[Special
to the BEE]-All is quiet in this
city as regards the strike. Passenger
trains are all running with the exception of
| the flyers and an occasional freight train gets
in and out There is no diminution of en-
thusiasm among the strikers. They appear
more confident now of success than at the
outset. The Plattsmouth branches of the
brotherhood have made good records. They
have retained the sympathy and respect of
all people, and indeed the order
includes some of the best citizens of
the place. Since the strike began no Platts-
| mouth man has been found who would CON
| sent to take out an engine, and the strikers
| have won from their purpose some twenty
five or thirty men, perhaps more, who were
| sent here for the purpose. Not only has
| every member of the local organizations re-
mained firm, but every one of their colleagues
| who, though not members of the order, went
out with the strikers. Yesterday seven Of
these men were admitted to membership in
| their respective brotherhoods, and more will
join Immediately. Should the strike, by any
possibility not now perceptible, prove fail
| ure, it will not be the fault of thePlattsmouth
boys, us they are solid and determined to the
| man.
Another social meeting Of striking engi
neers and firemen, with their wives and a
| few friends, was held Saturday evening at
X. of p. hall. Addresses were delivered by
| several prominent citizens, and an evening Of
varied social enjoyment followed.
An engineer named Notestein started from
| Omaha to this city Sunday with engine 1913
| and freight train. On the way down the
water ran low ana he cut loose from his train
| to run to this city for water AS he came
into the north end of the yards some one sig
nailed, but the engineer did not know that it
was meant for him and kept on. Before he
| had gone far he sighted some cars on the
track ahead, and III his excitement reversed
the lever without closing the throttle. The
| lever failed to catch on the ratchet and flew
back again, striking him in the stomach and
| lnfiicting dangerous rupture. The engine
u..,x..,
but slight damage, the fireman having closed
| the throttle in the meantime. The engineer
was taken from the cab placed in passen-
| ger coach and company physician sum-
moned: 1t was found that he had sustained
what is technically known as an acute
strangulated inguirnal hernia, which it usu-
ally requires the knife to reduce, and is q
most dangerous injury Chloroform was ad-
mistered and the hernia was reduced in
| about two hours, SO that the man is now con-
sidered out of danger. Notestein is about
fifty-seven years of age, and the man who
was firing for him reported to the brother
hood that he had said he had not been upon
ali engine since 1861. For telling this, it is
| reported, the fireman was discharged.
fireman named Harding and an engineer
named Noble Hill, brought engine 1lS down
from the roundhouse Sunday evening to take
out freight train, and while standing in the
yards the bursting of a glass in the lubri-
catorthrewa a stream Of steam, hot water and
hot tallow into the fireman's face, indcting
severe burns about the forehead and eyes.
The man is now at the Cottage house with
head bound up in bandages, and in care of
the company physicians
| 1t is reported here that twenty-three crews
of Reading engineers and firemen started to
return home yesterday-fourteen of the party
going from Plattsmouth and the balance
from Lincoln. They say that they were
| promised before leaving home 81 per day
| ana transportation both ways
| The local brotherhoods have received re-
| ports from Creston that the imported engi-
neers are quarreling among themselves as TO
the positions they shall occupy-all want to
| run passenger trains, and none want to do
switching. All are dissatisfied and talk OF
returning home.
| Three of the best blacksmiths in the shops
| in this city quit work yesterday morning be-
cause they would not carry tickets setting
forth that they were b. & NJ. employees and
entitled TO admission to the grounds. They
said they did not have to carry tags. All OF
| the several hundred employees at the shops
and yards are furnished with tickets as EN-
ployes, and no one is admitted without them
There is great deal of dissatisfaction ex
pressed quietly by the employees among out
siders IN regard TO this system of tagging its
employees. 80
At a meeting of Local Assembly No. S,5S2
| knights of Labor, last evening, the following
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