The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-05
THE ST. PAUL TIED UP.

Brake mon Quit wOrk-The Pan Handle
Men to Follow Snit-The situation ON
other Roads Decidedly Ticklish-More
Violence In Chicago-ChIef Arfhur Goes
East.
CHICAGO, March 81 AT IL o'clock last
night general tie-up was inaugurated on
the Milwaukee 4 St Paul road Not an en-
gine nor car will be moved to-day by union
men The engineers. firemen, switchmen
and brakemen have all been ordered out
Only the freight and switch engines were
affected by the strike yesterday. while the
passenger trains were running regularly a.
usual To-day all work, even on the pas
senger trains, will be stopped, and It 10 .
question whether the road will be for some
time in . position to carry on its mail serv-
ice.
This decisive move was the result Of Q
meeting held at Carrs Hall, corner OF Lake
and Wood streets, last night The hall was
packed Nearly all the local en-
gineers, fremcn, switchmen and brake
men OF the St Paul road. together with
representatives from all the other roads
leading into Chicago. were present The
temper of the men was wrought mp to tho
boiling point and several very fiery speeches
were made There seems to be o perfect un-
derstanding between the various branches
represented, and no one after hear
ing the speeches could have any
possible doubt that movement
exists which threatens to tie up the roads in
Chiccgo. Delegates from the various roads
announced their determination to stand by
the strikers A delegate from tho Pam
Handle road said that meeting OF
the Pam Handle switchmen had been held
and tlat it had been decided to call
out every man at an early hour this
morning. No statement Of the grievances
of the men was made. and the only infer
ence that could be drawn from the speak
er's remarks was that sympathy for the Bur-
llngton and 81. Paul men was the real
cause of the threatened strike The Pam
Handle men decided to remain on duty nn-
til o'clock this morning in order to clean
up the yards At that hour they will. 1t is
declared. all 60 out.
The s. Paul officials were as determined
as those of the Burlington yesterday in de-
claring themselves masters Of their own
property The striking St. Paul switchmen
and engineers were spoken of in
bitter terms by the officials, who
had already conceded to them every
thing out Of which . grievance could
be constructed Their offers to return to
work were rejected unless they made rep
aration for their wanton violence of Thurs
day, and this the men refused during yes
terday to do.
Atrain OF coaches, mail. baggage and cx-
press cars drawn by Chicago, Milwaukee
4 st Paul switch engine was discovered to
be on tire about IL o'clock last night The
mail car and baggage car were consumed
before the flames could be cxtinguished
The fire VIXEN discovered was In the entry
way on the platform OF the mail car just
Us the train was stopped an explosion oc-
CURED on the platform Of the mail car. Lut
the cause of the explosion could not be as
ccrtained. The railroad men are Of the
opinion that the fire was tn inccndiary one,
but were very ret;cent in the matter.
A train of thirty three stock cars left the
%" yards ut Western avenue for the Stock
Yards at 8 o'clock yesterday. with engine
1856 in front and engine 34i in the rear
There were fourteen Pinkerton men
on board in command Of Oscar
W. West The train proceeded with
ont difficulty until Center avenue was
reached At this point engine 500, of the
Chicago. St Louis 4 Pit sburgh, was passed
As the engine in the rear OF the @" train
was passing this engine . brakeman on the
latter picked up two coupling pins and threw
them at the crew of the %" engine. One
OF them struck W. W. Thomas, the fireman,
in the right eye. He fell senseless on the
| floor OF the cab with IN ugly lut. about
| three inches long and half an inch deep
across tie eye. He was taken to the Stock
| Yards, where he received medical attend
nee.
1 Other trains which entered the Stock
| Iards later were also stoned, but the tr in
hands escaped serious injuries All the
/ trains moved on the %" tracks during the
day wer, heavily guarded by Pinkerton
/ men
The st Paul Company yesterday issued .
circular announcing its refusal to receive.
via its Chicago terminus. freight for points
reached directly or indirectly Ly its lines or
for switching ON its system in or around
Chicago
Chief Ar hur. OF the brotherhood of En-
| gineers, left Chicago for Cleveland last
evening. and the radical members of the
organization claim that he will not
return, but will send in his resigna-
tion as the chief officer OF that organiza-
ton and thus escape any unpleasant con-
nectfon with the iawless events which may
follow the combination Of the swltchmen
and the engineers Chief Arthur. however,
evasively denied this, and claimed that pri-
vate business demanded his attention.
he stated. however. that during his stay
meeting OF the Executive Committee Of
the Brotherhood to consider tho entire
situation He disclaimed any knowl-
edge of the action Of the st Paul men, and
said that al the men acted AZ individuals
they could not expect nor would they re-
ceive, o dollar OF assistance from the Broth
erhOod He also stated that not dollar OF
Brotherhood money would be applied to
assist the switchmen now on strike and
that 50 far 40 he knew no combination
of general railroad employees was in
contemplation. He said the company
could probably keep up this expen-
sive battle as long as the stockholders
would permit 1t, bus he knew that the men
would hold out Is long AZ the company did.
He says that at the proper time he will be
prepared to prove the utter inccmpetency
OF large number of men now running en-
gines on the Burlington road
The Advisory Committee Of the Brother
hood. consisting Of A. G. Dunn, W. b
Huskey. A. W. Logan and W. r. Handy.
adopted resolutions yesterday expressing
their confidence in Chief Arthur aud
their explicit faih In his Judgment
They also fully indorse every action that
he had made and advised since the strike
was tnaugurated. The resolutions were
prompted undoubtedly by the recent pub.
locations that all was not well within the
brotherhood. and that Chief Arthur was
threatening to resign because of the turn
affairs had taken since the switchmen
struck.
Better Weather Service Wanted.
MADISON, Wis, March 3l-The last farm
crs' institute OF the season terminated yes
terday. Among the resolutions adopted
was the following:
"Reso'rtd. That President T. H Chamberlain.
OF the University OF Wisconsin. be requested to
correspond in our behalf with our Senators AMI
Representatives in Congress in reference to
the transfer OF the United States weather serv.
ice from the Military TO the Agricultural De-
rartmcnt, and also with the authorities in
charge OF tho weather service with y view OF
securing such reorganization and extension OF
the service as Will insure greater precision and
local adaptation Of weather forecasts and their
more complete utilizat on"
Fatal Fires In Hungary.
VIENNA, March 31-A woman and dve
children were burned to death at Kikinda
in the vrpnt fires in Hunpary Three vii.