Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-30
THE c., B. & Q. STRIKE.
The Rioting Point at
Length Reached.
swITCHMEN MAKING TROUBLE.
The st. Paul Switchmen Join
in a Strike of Short
Duration.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HznAIpI

Associated Press Dispatches to the HsRArpY
CHICAGO, March 20.-The first &c ri
GUS trouble since the Inauguration d
the Burlington switchmen's strike
occurred this afternoon about s
o'clock, at Kinzie street and Western
avenue. A Burlington switch engine
and crew attempted to transfer some
freight cars to the Northwestern track.
A crowd Of switchmen of other roads.
together with miscellaneous crowd
OF roughs, were standing about and
jeering the new men. When the
train reached Western avenue the
switch was thrown BY some one, and
number Of cars were ditched. The
mob then drove the freight engineer
and the new switchmen away, using
them roughly. Six or eight Pinker-
ton men were ON the train, and at
tempted to repel the attack. but
were quickly disarmed, and took
to their heels to escape
the mob. General Superintendent
Bessler, OF the Burlington road.
who was on the train, was soon
recognized by the mob and set upon.
He was badly used up, having both
eyes blacked and being badly pun
ished, but finally he made his escaDe
into the switchhouse. Thirty city po-
licemen were then brought to the
scene and the mob quickly dispersed.
William Quirk, Milwaukee and St.
Paul switchman, was arrested. The
crowd followed him to the West Madi-
son street station and offered any
amount of bail for his release. The
police refused, however, and locked
him up. The Milwaukee and st. Paul
switchmen then in rage decided to
quit work, and Immediately deserted
their trains. The whole, yard force of
switchmen, engineers and firemen,
227 in all, stopped, leaving 2S engines
standing on the track. 1t is supposed
that the brakemen of the same road
will go out to. night.
An evening paper asserts that at =
meeting Of the engineers, fremen and
switchmen this afternoon, repreeentar
tives from all the roads resolved that
a general boycott should be declared
against Burlington freight on all the
lines. The sentiment expressed was
that the Burlington road had gone too
far there was no reason why the de-
mand of the engineers should not
have been complied with.
The Burlington road put forty new
lswitchmen at work to-day and arc
gradually raising the blockades in
their yards. No freight has yet been
offered other roads except to tho
Stockyards Transit Company, the
manager of which this afternoon noti-
fed the Burlington that he was un-
able to do anything with the 20"
cars, because the company's switch
men would not touch them. Tho
truth of the rumored boycott on other
roads remains to be seen. Various
roads in the city have an enormous
number of cars consigned to the Bur-
lington road on their tracks and must
get rid of them soon to avoid
blockades
QUICKLY ENDED.
The strike of the st. Paul men
came to an end as quickly as it began
to-day. At s 80 P. NJ. two officials of
the st. Paul Company succeeded in
having Quirk released on bail. He
went at once to where the strikers
were in session and was greeted with
enthusiasm. His presence put the
men in good humor, and it was speed
| lily resolved that a resumption of
work was the proper course to pursue.
By 9P. NJ. they were again at their
posts and everything on the st. Paul
was moving along smoothly, as