Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-06
BEYOND COMPREHENSION.
Continued from First Tage.

| u those IN attendance:
Chicago ard Alton, W. D. Huskey so
&C. S. Frczier.
Chicsgn, RncK Island and Pacific, W. I
Gould and J. Davis.
missouri Pacific, B. W. Vedder and
Cadle.
waoash Railway, ". R. Harvey and !
A. Blackburn.
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Mort
srn. S. Il. Cameron and W. A. Gotten.
Union Pacific, G. ". Vroonsn.
Wisconsin Central, James Fsley.
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul, "
G. Field and z. S. McAuliffe.
Baltimore and OHIO, Israel Phillips.
Chicago, Burlington and Northern
Charles Kennedy and J. j. Bowling.
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago, J
Rowland.
IluuuIs Central, A. B. Minton.
New York, Chicago and St. Louis, Josep
1artigan.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, S. F
doge, M. Corners and T. J. Murphy.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, j. Cor
roe.
Coicsgo and Northwestern, A. Lsms,
and s. Dixon.
Minnesota sud Northwestern, W. H
jeffrey.
Chicago and Eastern Illinois. Home
| Davis.
Chicago and Atlantic, W. W. Winnie.
TRAINS RUNNING AS USUAL.
CHICAGO, ILL March the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy trains ran to sDd
from the Union depot this morning with
pretty much the same regularity as the,
Ior hat ha
Early this morning this notice was posted
n the conductors room: &C, B. ano
Q.-All trains will run to-day on schedule
lime except Nos. 16 and II.
l.. A. Rowland"
The abandoned trains are all through
trains. All engines both in aud out WEI.
manned by new men, none of the officer,
Of the road setting as mechanics to any o.
them. About 100 men were being exam
ined at the engineers Office this morning
They were mostly men who arrived from
the east yesterday. To-day freight H.
being received for all points east of the
Mississippi river, and tomorrow It will
oe served for points out to the Missouri.
EVERYTHING HARMONIOUS.
CHICAGO, ILL, March 5.-The morning
session lasted till IL p. m, when an ad-
journment was taken till 1880. None Of
the members would give the details OF
the deliberations, but the chairman of ONO
Of the principal grievance committees said
to an Associated Press reporter: "Yop
can say this, the boys are happy. The
session YVES Of most harmonious nature.
Each one OF the delegates announced
himself IS standing shoulder TO shoulder
with the Burlington men in the fight"
At a meeting of division Is, composed
of the engineers employed by the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway, the general
chairman of the grievance committee was
instructed to state at to-dsy's meeting
that they upheld the Burlington men.
ON THE BRANCH ROAD.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, March 5.-As-
sistant Superintendent Hastings Of the
Burlington and Northern said to-day thai
he had received official 10 ifieation last
night Of wslkout by the eng neers and
firemen of the road at Z O'Clock tonight
il the interchange of traffic with the
parent so" road was not stopped. As
Hastings says this 10 out Of question the
strike is a sure thing. The road has
5 xty engines and 100 men will walk out
IL has been hustling ell day for men, and
the officials claim they will run their
trains as usual and with competent men.
T. S. Hall, national officer of the fire.
men, denies that the road will be able to get
men, and warns the public they will ran
great delay II they buy tickets or ship
reight over the Burlington and Northern. |
ae ssys: classification must CO."
The st. Pail, Duluth, Manitoba and
Northern Pacific have already abolished |
and are paying higher |
wages than are asked for on the 20"
Road. An interesting feature Of the stu.
.tion here IN case Ct threatened tie up
N all the north western railways material
yes in theatsct that the 500 Rosd would
'e the only eastern outlet tor the Mime
polls and Northwestern until the open
pg of navigation. Even this would be q
ar more advantageous position than most
4 the western cities would occupy. and
he roads traffic under the supposed con-
itions of sffairS would be enormous.
A WARNING TO DENVER ROADS.
DENVER, Col, March 5.-Lste Sstur-
az evening the striking engineers and
remen on the Burlington served q no.
Ice on the management Of the different
Dads centeriBg in Beaver thst any at
empt en- their part to help the BurliDg.
on by hauling freight cars Of the latter
ompSny would result In calling their
aen out on these lines.
A GENERAL STRIKE.
CHICAGO, Ill, March 5-Rsferring to
he possibility CT general strike being
rdered on the western railroads by the
ngineers and iremen, local paper says
!. is probable that the Chicsgo ana North
Chlcago, Rock Island and
acific, Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul,
hicago and Alton, Wisconsin Cen
ral, Illinois Central, Wabash,
hicago, St. Paul and Kansas
ity, and sll the branch and leased lines
I the above named railways would be
lvolved. Roughly estimated, this will
mbrace almost SO, 600 miles Of road and
I'LL completely close the channels Of
between Chicago and the
est. It will lay complete embargo on
he northwest, cut Of communication to
ouncil Bluffs, Omaha and Upper Mis-
'uri river points except. by circuitous I
,utes, and to partial degree the same
ing to the southwest. 1t will destroy
Ipress business, paralyZe trade, suspend I
10 operation Of all mining and menufsc- (
ring industries and transform the busy{r
YES Of industry into centers OF idIen6sSf;
I'd stsgnation, and this in territory of =
rer
THOUSAND MILES SQUARE. ~
When it is remembered that these roadsf :.
netsate to the Canadian border on fhe r
IrthWest. TO the Rocky Mou6taIas on