The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-05
THE BOYCOTT RAISED.
The Result of the Meeting of
Employees.
TO FIGHT THE So" SYSTEM
Z very body Connected With the Road
to be Called Out, II Possible
General
The Strike.

CHICAGO, April 4-The final result OF
the meeting of employees of the vari-
Gus roads in this city, which Began yes
terday afternoon and lasted until late
hour last night, is announced, this
morning, in declaration that the boy
colt of the 90" cars has been perma-
nently raised, and that henceforth the
contest will be confined strictly to the
so" system. All st likes, except the
q" were to stop forthwith, and all
those which were imminent were to be
averted. The business of Chicago is to
be restored and maintained by the
strikers with strict decoFum. Other
roads were absolVed from the require
ment of neutrality, and violence is to
be discountenanced according to the
well-known policy Of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers. The Encouragement
agreed upon. il Is stated, Is directly due
to the exertions Of Chief Arthur, of the
Brotherhood of Engineers, Grand
Master Sargent, of the fremen. Grand
Master Monaghan, OF the Swltchmen's
Association, Mayor Roche and Mark
Crawford, who also represents the
sWitehmen. The final decision was
reached by mass meeting held with
closed doors last evening. and which
was addressed by General Manager
| Jeffrey, of the Illinois Central. Fifteen
hundred railway employees were pre-
| sent at the meeting, representing the
elements which had previously been at
times antagonistic. Grand Master
Sargent, of the Firemen's Brotherhood,
/ was the first speaker He stared that
| l. ~
! the firemen, but also to voice the views
of Chief Arthur, of the eng neeIs. The
strike on the Burlington was Il just
cause, and they had used every honor
| able means to treat with the company.
| With such a record behind them, it
would not be proper for the strikers to
stand by and see helpless people suffer
from the base practices of the company.
Sargent urged, therefore that the boy
colt be raised, and The 20" deprived OF
| its most dangerous weapon. -,e.se...--
| General Monsger Jeffrey, Of the
Illinois Genital, told the men CT
the disasters that would follow a
general tie-up, end appealed to
shield their fellows from such an inflic
ton. He said his company would
not consent to a general biacklistin2
1 of Burlington strikers by ra lroads and
he would use his influence With man
ayers of railroads toward the same re-
suit.
Grand Master Monaghan, CT the
switehmen's association, emphasized
the points Of the two preceding speak
ers SO we'll that the boycott was de-
! eiaired raised and the meeting decided
to redouble the fight against the Bur
lington. Everybody connected with the
system who could be called out would
be ana one embarrassment after an
other was to be enforced. Committees
were sent out at once to visit the Of
6cials Of different roads and later re-
ported that all lines had accepted. By
overwhelming the Burlington with
business, the engineers argue that the
fact will soon be demonstrated that il
is by no means prepared to handle
it with the new hands now in it:
smploy. The plea of the Burlington
that the places of strikers have all been
| Glled and consequently that it ha:
nothing to arbitrate, the engineers
think, will be demolished end the
. company be compelled to arbitrate the
question at issue. When the appointed
, time came this morning for cessation
of the strike on the ST. Paul, all hands
fremen, engineers and switchmen, pre-
sented themselves for duty and the
usual course of things, so far as tht
Milwaukee company is concerned, wa;
resumed at once. AT the Fort Wayne
wards, there was a hitch, and the strike
on that road coo tinued. Tie engineer
and fremen were ready TO carry out the
understanding, but the switchmen were
; obdurate. At O'Clock, however
i. everything was satisfactorily arranged
and the Burlington boycott was appar-
emily everywhere at an end.
| MILWAUKEE, April 4.-General Man:
ager Miller, of the st. Paul road, said
this morning That he would issue an
order Immediately. canceling his order
of last Monday. To-day's order will GO
into effect on Monday next. The order
rescinded was that reducing the force OF
the road one-third. 1t threw 600 per-
sons out of employment. By the new
order all departments will b. reorgan
lied Oh Monday next with full forces.