The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-18
NO CHANGE IN THE FIGHT
SIGNS OF WEAKENING AMONG
THE MEN AT KANSAS CITY.

Cabs and Pull Out Trains-Santa Fe
Cficials Again Deny That They Had
Hauled Burlington Freight After
Promising Not To Do So.
CHICAGO, March 17.-Vice President
Smith, Of the Atchison. Topeka and Santa
Fe Railroad Company, when interviewed
- by an Associated Press representative in
reference to the rerort from Washington
that tEeir road had refused to handle United
States mail cars unless the striking
engineers would haul their passen-
ger cars also, stated that their
contract with the United States govern
ment provided that they should carry the
mail o. their passenger trains, and that was
the position now held by them.
The situation of the engineers strike, To-
cally, this morning remained unchanged.
Tie officials at the Burlington strikers
headquarters said they had received no in
telgence beyond that contained in the
morning papers.
CAUSE OF THE SANTA FE STRIKE
When Chairman Hoge OF the Grievance
COMMITTEES, was asked what reasons the
Santa Fe engineers gave for striking he
could say nothing further than that dis
Conroe that the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe road had violated its obligation
of neutrality and was handling Burling-
ton freight. This is the only
excuse that has thus far been offered. Wee
President Smith, Of the Santa Fee road, this
morning said in relation to the agreement
or the part of his road not to handle Burling
ton eight "When the strike broke out OH
the Burlington road we did make a verbal
agreement with the engineers that they
should not be asked to move Burlington
cars at least till some specific order had
been given"
Has such an order ever been givenr
mo, sir; not single pound OF objection
able freight has been handled. There is not
word of truth in the statement appearing
in this mornings dispatches and alleged to
have been made by an engineer at Topeka.
Some other excuse must be given than that
we have been aiding the Burlington road
INTERESTS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS.
"What is there in the claim made by the
engineers that the stockholders in the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy are largely in
terested in the Santa Fer
There is virtually nothing. There is not
q single instance in which director Of one
road holds similar position with the other.
The controlling interests of the two
system are competitive. OF course
there is a certain amount of
stock on the market which any one can
purchase, but that in no way figures in the
management of the road. The statement
that engineers have been looking over the
list of stockholders is absurd, as they would
be unable to see the books. The real grieg
ance of the strikers is this: They have
learned, as any one may learn.
that much of the stock of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy roads is
held by parties in Boston, and from this
fact they draw the CO clusion that the in.
tereSts of the two roads are more or less
identical, and that blow a the Santa Fe
mears an injury to the Burli. gton, nothing
could be further from the truth"
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
The members of the General Grievance
Committee of the Eastern and Western
roads entering Chicago were in session to-
day, but their deliberations were not
brought to a close, and all decided TO re-
main and resume work Monday. Accord
ing to the best information obtanable the
Eastern 1,o, men d have not yet yet given
handling Burlington freight cars, and
intend to continue to do So The Western
roads want TO go out, but cannot get the
consent of the entire organization. I'VE
have been trying TO preserve Brother
hood and at the same time keep tine good
opinion of the public, said one of the East
ern men I'VE have teen making a con-
sentative fight against an INSCRIPTIONS
enemy"
KEEPING THE ROD UP.
II is undouhted that the committeeman
have taken some kind of action more tuan
they allow TO become public. Their object
apparently is % remain on the scene OF
action, so - to be ready at any time should
their interference be required. AS near as
can be judged, they want to keep the rod
up TO bring it down on the railroads
If they should deem it necessary and to
keep them in constant fear of a strike I'M
less they maintain boycott on the Burling-
ton, or bring their influence to bear TO
settle the strike. In addition to the seven
teen Reading engineers and fremen who
deserted the service OF the Burlington road,
and passed through here yesterday EN- route
back East, three others came in to-day.
They left for their homes tonight.
STRIKERS READY TO BOLT.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 1.-THE
% Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is
evidently IN desperate straits, and
they realize that they must work
every means 10 save themselves.
Chairman Carroll, of the Union Grievance
Committee, admitted this morning that the
reports which he gave to the Associated
Press reporter yesterday were untrue, and
had been given SIMPLY 10 create scare
throughout the United States There was
no truth in the statement that road would
be called out ono each day. This
morning there was large de-
lection from the Santa Fe strikers
which was the result of warm fight in the
session o the engineers had last night. At
the meeting sixteen engineers announced
their intention of goinE to work to-day on
the Santa Fe. This morning there was a
great stir among the engineers, and for the
first time since the beginning of the strike
members OF the committees were out among
the men pleading their cause.
PULLING OUT THE TRAINS.
At II :05 O'Clock this morning train No. II,
on the Southern Kansas road, pulled slowly
out OF the depot, with Engineer Furse, q no
Brotherhood man, at the throttle At this
time No. 80, the regular Denver express on
the Santa Fe road was waiting for an en-.
gineer. At Il % O'clock Engineer William
McMillen mounted the engine, and notwith.
standing the open solicitations of the
Strike Committee he took the train out.
As he started an engineer standing in the
group near the engine said: "Wen, boys.
McMiier has gone out and we might as
well all go. l am going to my engine
whenever they call me-" While this aid
not meet with hearty response, the quiet.
ness which prevailed showed that there
was not much dissati faction with the
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