Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-07
THE GREAT STRIKE.
Chief Arthur and Others Persuade the
Strikers to Raise the General Boycott
ofthe Q and Leave the Engineers Alone
to Deal With the Road.


Strikers to Raise the General Boyco
ofths Q and Leave the Engineers AIol
to Deal With the Road.
10 CMcAGo. April 1.-The managers Of Il
nd Rock Island road boldly maintained
of court this morning that notwithstandil
re the denials OF the Burlington officials I'll
ch Rock Island charges were true; that ii
n. burlington had been trying by rate wal
y, and strikes to force the formation OF a grea
= Western railway trust. The Rock Islam
~ entered motion that the whole matter b
ID referred to a master before whom testimon
should be taken to establish the truth I
the charges. Voluntary affidayits wouI
not be obtainable from some OF the wit
5e nesses, the Rock Island asserts in it's paper
It accompanying the motion, and the objec
d of the reference of the case to master i
y to put the witnesses upon the rack of ex
e animation and cross-examination Leay
i was asked from the court to get affidavitl
! from some proposed witnesses who
HAVE SUDDENLY LEFT
the Immediate Jurisdiction of the court
Among those are Charles E. Perkins. Presi
! dent OF the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad: p. NJ. Arthur, Chief of the
! brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers. and
j. w. Midgey,. Chairman OF the South.
western Railway Association. The Rock
Island rejoinder, in conclusion, AYERS that
yesterday g affidavit OF Henry B. Stone.
General Manager OF the Burlington, dis
plays temper and recklessness in asser.
ton and denial which renders it eminenrly
proper that he be subjected to cross ex-
amin flnT1 nuAar oil n,fo IL,
compel him to frame his own answers in
stead OF having them prepared for him by
counsel and in which he will have an op-
portunity to explain how he can deny with
out the qualification even of information
or belief, the averment that the Burling-
ton con municated to one or more man
ayers OF railways it's purpose to
/ PROSECUTE THE RATE WAR
until the officers Of Western railways
should consent to abdicate the powers
placed in their hands by their stockholders
| in favor OF an unlawful trust. when euch
communication were made by other Off
GERS OF the Burlington Company and not ia
the presence of said Henry B. Stone. The
Rock Island says further it can, by the
crossexamnation OF said Henry b. Stone, |
and by the testimony of other witnesses
whom 1t proposes to examine, sustain |
each and every allegation the Rock Island |
has made, and establish the faisehood oil
every counter allegation made in the afi-
davit OF said II. b. Stone. The reteration
OF the Rock Islands charges and the mo-
ii n for reference to a master caused a hot
interchange OF denuncistion between the
attorneys of the two corporations. Writ
Dexter, OF the Burlington, warmly declared
the Rock Island officials were attempting
to boycott the Burlington, and that boy
colt was criminal. indictable offense in
Illinois. Judge Gresham interposed at
this point with an adjournment until the
he BOYCOTT RAISED.
The final result of the meeting OF en-
ployes of various roads in the city, which
began yesterday afternoon and lasted un-
til a late hour last night. is announced this
in the declaration that the boy i
cott on the Q cars has been permanently
raised, and that hereafter the contest will !
be confined strictly to the @ system. All
strikes except the @ were to stop, and s
hose which were imminent were to be I
averted. The business OF Chicago is to be a
'estored and maintained by the ST rikers 4
With strict decorum. Other roads were C
dissolved from the requirement of neutral
ty and violence is to be discountenanced, T
according to the well known policy OF the y
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers. t
rs DIRECTLY DUE
o the exertions of Chief Arthur of the v
Brotherhood Of Engineers, Grand Master !,
argent of the hremen, Grand Master Il
ionoghan OF the Switchmen's Association,
iayor Roach and Mark Crawford, who L
iso represents the switchmen. The final is
ecision was reached by mass meeting Ii
eld with closed doors last evening, which
as addressed by General Manager Jeffry, S
/ The Illinois Central. Fifteen hundred el
ailway employees rere present at the I'll
leeting, representing elements which had 81
t times been antagonistic 1t is broadly
lated that in lifting the boycott the vi
5rikers concluded that all roads that had
appended relations with the @ would at b;
nee proceed to A
UNLOAD ON THAT COMPANY g,
Il the cars that had accumulated and that at
he effect would be to swamp the @ with i,
eight. Having achieved this, the Burling-
IN would be required under the law to fur
sh proper facilities for handling freight
nd this might grow into a lever to move
lie men back into their old positions with NJ
le Q. Up to tonight the judgment of the o.
en- seems TO have been good, but it will ca
Ike time to demonstrate whether or not m
e Burlington is capable OF handling all the -
eight that is poured in. r, m
SENSATIONAL REPORT. A,
The Times will say tomorrow in refer A.
ce to calling off the boycott by the U.
rikers that it is the result of negotiations he
tween the Brotherhood engineers and the fel
nights OF Labor; that committee from b.
e Brotherhood went to Scranton week OF
% to see Powderly and urge him to call w
it all Knights OF Labor employed on the VS.
road and If the strike should extend to D.,
her roads to call out the Knights there - =.
well as to aid the striking engineers. An
return the engineers would Y.
AXE certain concessions. The Times says Ap
,wderly refused to do anything to precipi- All
tie general strike which he regarded as ~
sastrous for all concerned, but finally "
reed if the boycott is declared off and ~.
except @ strikers went to work, he al.
,uld call out all Knights among the @ PHI
lployes. The truth OF this report re- Ro
aims to be seen. No signs OF it have yet :
veloped. ..
ma
THE INJUNCTION REFUSED. an
,umed. Al their conclusion Judge Gresh-
said even if the trust allegations made Bo
the Rock Island were true it did not
ieve that road from it's duty as COM
IN carrier. Again, he did not think the
ek Island had refused TO do it's duty.
10 Burlington did not need protection Mi
I'M this its strongest competitor. and as Alb
ere was no danger of injury accruing to Col
) @ road, no injunction would be issued ~;
It now. Future developments, he said, on'
ght alter this order. ma
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Court at Deer odge. oD'
wa
DEER LODGE, April Especial to the dis
ner. las yet nothing of general import ror
~ has come up in cour. which apeued no,
. Monoay, eAeepo ene appoihClneno oI der
les and setting of cases for trial. The sew
owing is list of Grand Juro RS: Jas. B. wa,
Masters, ForemaHj, j. G. KepIer, 81. s. elm
han, Mic Connolly, Allan McShael, j. K. ,Ius