Butte semi-weekly miner., 1888-04-04
THE STRIKE EXTENDED.
They struck ON Thursday Night After
Coming to Terms, Rufusing to Replace
the o Cars On the Track They Had De-
raiIed-New Men Being Engaged.

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Coming to Terms, Rufusing to Replace
the o Cars On the Track They Had De-
raiIed-New Men Being Engaged.
CHICAGO, March 30.-The st. Paul yard
men who started to 60 to work last night
at 10 O'Clock had but begun to get their en-.
gines started when message came to the
Western avenue round house that all the
men should wait until Assistant General
Superintendent Earring had seen them be
fore resuming work. Earring stated the
case briefly to the men as he understood it,
ami then said: I'VE have submitted to
many acts that we have considered uniusti-
fable on your part. This afternoon men
in our employ deliberately derailed and
wrecked a number of cars that are ouI
property. We will consent to overlook this
and you can go to work, but the first thing
that is to be done will be to replace those
cars upon the track This the men
POSITIVELY REFUSED TO DO,
as the cars were pulled by @ engine. The
strikers hung around for while. theI one
by one went home, and the strike was on
again in full force. The men who struck
last night embraced twenty-four switching
crews. O total of hundred and twenty
men, The strikers held big meeting m a
ha II adjacent to the round house, lasting
un til late this morning. They were enthu-
siastic in the position they have talen.
The switchmen, engineers and fremeR OF
the st. Panl road who struck yesterday
assembled at the yards this morning, Tut
none of them went to work. They are
reticent and refuse to talk OF their action
or outline their demands, but were unaIi-
nous in their determination not to return
to work. Superintendent Collins said that
the company would at once begin prepara-
tions to secure new men to take the places
vacated by the strikers. The riotof yes
terday
HAD IT'S EFFECT
on the new switchmen in the employ OF the
Burlington. Only those whose duties kept
them within the @ yards were on duty this
morning. Those delegated to work along
the tracks between different points refused
to 60 to work unless given arms to defend
themselves il set upon by the strikers.
Ninety-eight switchmen from the Reading
road arrived last night. They were
warned by the strikers not to go to
work On the @, and quarrel en-.
sued, in which the Reading men drew
their revofvers End declared they wouid
protect themselves if interfered with. This
morning they were escorted to the Q yards
by Pink1rton men. Twenty-seven more
switchmen arrived this morning. After
THE EARLY VIOLENCE
at the stock yards, Burlington business
went on steadily, and by noon nine trains
OF stock were sent out. No work has been
done by the regular st. Paul men this
morning but the officials of the road sue.
ceeded in moving out the new cars which
caused yesterday g trouble under the guard
OF Pinkerton men. The strikers. however,
did not attempt to interfere with the work
men. One hundred and sixty-fve new men
have already been engaged by the company
to take the places OF the strikers. Passen,
ger trains have all been running to-day and
the probability is the running OF freight
trains will be resumed tomorrow.
Strong Indications of Incendiarisn.