Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-30
ST. PAUL ExcsNeEn~ srn,xs
lserusiag te Comply Win the Terms
OF the OFFICIALS Regarding the n,-
pairing ss Yesterday. Damaxc>-Ihr
SsarIiu Ston Boico

but begun 20 get their engines started out when a
message camo 20 the westerns avenue rOund-hoase
hat all the men should wall until Assistant Gen.
eral superintendent Earring had seen them before
work. Mr. Elriing soon arrived, accom-
PANIED by Division superintendeuts Collins and
h@rttfan. Derry Do1ehcrty an engineer acled As
ease briefly. as he understood IL ana then said:
ave have submitted 60 many acts that we have
noon. men ia our employ dciIberatcy derailed and
wpck'd n number OF cars that are our property.
In addition TO that they assaulted and beat Supef-
lutendent Besler. OF the Burlington road This Is
ineNcusable " viii consent TO overlook thiS
and you can so 70 work. but the nrst work that Is
and put them on the track where they belong
Never, neycri' shouied score OF voices. hot
discussion followed DOugherty claimed that the
men were not responsive Tor the condition OF tes
''As an engine man. asked Mr. Eariing. .win
you volunteer 10 place that train WHERE it te-
~No, win do nothing Of the KIND" said Dough-
erty. The Chicago, Milwaukee and ~. Paul has
shed. We VIII never consent TO handle any cars
pulled oy %" engine. We regret that these
happen 20 be your csrs. but cannot help IT,"
This ended the conference. the men Withdrawing
from the room. The officials hesd a short consul
tation ana departed. The strikers hung around
strike was On. The round-house was Incapable of
accommodating the combined forces ot day aud
hight engines. and several OF them were lett ON a
SIDE trauA.
FREGBr TRAFFIC sUsrENpEp.
The men wno strucN last night embraced
'wenty-tuur switching crews of rVe men each. a
totai ~ 10 men. A. direct ana immediate con-
sequence OF the strike the entire night freight
traiiic, botA through aud local was tulnpleie.y
saslenqed. The passenger engineers were with
dnicully restrained from striking. IN" lrading
spirits among the strikers decided no' 90 Interfere
with the pa'senger trains, AT least not UNA THIS
morning. Inc Milwaukee ana ~ Paul ana the
council blun5 eNpIcss trains departed on schedule
time
..This trouble mas been hroosing for three
: np rfssrfN nfE ssNATn hau
reason 10 belieye-lu ia,f. We Gnuw-that the ~.
Pau has been Gid ng TIE % run the start II
We thought that the handling oi thglr few ears
would end this neiiling WITH % tr.l-ht we
would ofirT no obiocuOn. Tho lnc had 90 I've drawn
somewhere, ana NE have drawn q. Tue % en-
gin ers now on a strike VIII he supported 90 the
iuIl extent oT ali our resources and We have not
yet commenced"
~Thc company intends 70 stand bv the ultima
tam submitted tonight" sdid MIR. Earring. "Ths
uen Will be allowed 10 return O. WORK only ON
condition that they repair 20 tbe best OF thelr abli
10 say tonight"
"wil tAey be compelled 20 handle O. freight In
the futap.?"
81 DO not care to answer that question The
company wlll carefully consider the SITUATION"
The strikers held blg m,-eiing IN y han ada
cent 10 the r0und-housc, laS,lng untu late this
laorninC. They were enthusiastic In the position
they nave taken.
ROW THE swTTcHNEN VIII. ENFORCE TuEIR RoyorT.
The decision u the swii chilen at uArir meeting
yesterday 10 cif0rce rlcid boycott un 20 ears
VIII involyr any amount Of complication. The
idea, as cAplainca by }. A. Hall, the chairman,
Is something like Uis -. ears ssil be switched
back and forth In eaca oi TIE cincrcnt yards as
often and 20 whatever n1btsin tue yards the COM
panies may desi-e; but the engineers Will decline
"a put their en- zines To draw tnPIn out aud n ths
80 should perchalCe succeed IA peuet rating INTO
the yards Win any q! It's new rn. luecrs then the
switcnmen VIII decline 90 turn the switches
Freight trains delivered by the - O. the q, her
roads VIII likewise be refused nrt ny the SWITCH
mea. who VIII decline ~ Turn the sUitchrs and at
tend e. the trains on the ground that tiIrir lives
arc endangered becausr of the neH enClHecrs IT,
coHDeteacv The new sch mr has heen IA, ruug a n
formulated and viii be system atcll,y carried ouI.
TIE stat,-mesi that Chicago might be saul oi en-
tirelg inside 81 a lew days niaA ~ now Ia 4 fair
way OF tcaiLStiOn. The assistant yaId-ma>iprs or
the 'Tl. road have also followed the sirkln,
swtchInen. of the sixteen morsing IA the ards
oaiy twp OF them have ie.allncd IN the service of
IA company. The Tour night yard-masters the
TuE SITUATION TO-Day.
The switchinen, engineers ANA nrcmen who
struck yesterday assembled Al ;hc yards At
Western avenue and kinZie street TINS morning.
buJ none oi them went 10 worh. The psaitag''is'
trains were moving. but the freight business was
tied up, and not Yard engine Mas moving.
Superintendent Cummings said Ids company
would at once secure new switchnlen anc ~ Itch
| engineers TO take the places vacated by
4 the strikers. he Says the ~ Paul. Ucing a
direct competitor OF the 80, had mslnt aimed a
| strictly neutral position since Burlington en-
gineers nrst went CUT, and he knows 10 reason
| why his swlJcailen N uld have OUT work. 4 q
rgot OF yesterday had it, effect on the switch
men. Only those WHOSE duties Kept them NiUhin
".
those Nho are deegated 20 work TIE eagines along
J Ihe tracks between different points were called
upon to-day 10 go out with their eagines they re-
/ fused, saying they old not want 10 trust thetn-
selves ON the outside. aud that they would NOT 20
unless they Were proyic ID with arms
NEW NEN ARMED WITH REVOLVER
Ninety-elght switchmen from the Reading road
! arrived last night 1aey We're taken 20 the Riggs
House ana encountered several strlkcrs at Tie en-
! not 10 go TO WORK on the %, ana a quarrel re-
suited, IA which the Reading men drew revoivers
and declared that they would protect tIemselIes
n interfered with. Trey e;t the hotel this morn
I ing al . O'Clock and were escOrJea by I1nkeTton
men TO the -. yards. Twenty y-seven more SWITCH
men from the East arrived THIS morning.
| CHICAGO LUMBER NEN ALARMED.
About forty lumoer nrans signed n protest yes
( terday against the aClOa OF the kOlA Island. tn.
NOrf Lwestern, and the 81 PAU 70 a, IN refusing
! TO exchange cars with the Burlington. rhe pro-
test Charges that the nOn-ini ercprse Is crippEng
| The lumuer trade OF Chic.lgo and a. contiudel VII
1 permanently divert the trailc IRON ihi5 city.
! CoSDUCrORs DESoUScE rHE EsGISErrs.
| Advance sheets ui the annual report Uf W. n.
| Daulsls. grand secretary OF the tGeniltn grand
division OF railway conductors. Issued last ni-at
/ denounces the Brotherhood ui Engineers and
Firemen rs a ''hoier Than thOu" organization, and
charges the BrOtheThuU NItn perray IA Is7s, and
on The Jersey central ana ea-eNbeTt. the report
/ SAYS: "The tame has come whrn conductors
should In every insl ance oppose ms organization
III its demands on The Railway co.nplLies. because
every tine you ald the engineers YOU l juTe your
| own standing, prospects, aIid remuneration"
WHAT Is THOUGHT AT huwkUKEE
| M lA.r
I Chicago, Milsaulles ana ~. Paul road. In In
terview with an Associated Press reporter this
morning, said there .s no truth IA the statement
/ made by swltchmcn at Chicago that the ~. Paul
I cSapany had been secretly aiding the Chicago,
/ Burlington and quincy company. The uOuDe
Is" said Mr.. Miller, "ilat chic ago svllcuI.cn have
combined 10 make a JhorOGgn boycott q yalnst the
80 company and, m sympathy with The movement
| our mea refused 10 nandle some new cars brought
TO us 10y the chicago, Burlington ana quincy frOnl
the factory u the Wells French "a, which Is on
4 the Burlington road. The cars were empty. The
freight trans held in THIS city this morning Wi.l
he s,nt out before night. We are usiu1 our road
men In the places OF the striking swiIchmen, ana
they Will stay there until we can get new gang =
We do not apprehend any s.-riOus trouble ana ge
; are not frctting much about the natter
There are no freight trains moving On the Chi
cago div Ion or the -. Paul road this morning.
Everything is quiet at the yards here. but there Is
naturally Considerable Excitement Among the
men who are watching The situation al ChicAg0
/ win great interest.
THE ROAD WILL PiGHT TO THE ESD.
I'VE have considered the possibility OF a series
OF strikes with tine Intention or Gripping the
o." said Mr. Pau Morton. ''and decided thdt our
polcy lay Ia the line o. duty. IL is a test qlos-
ton for think IL Will decide whether there Will
be any more great strikes IL We give la II means
/ that we give up the management OF Lle road 10
I them. II every man Oh the road except the gen
eral passenger agent struck, We should still keep
+ up the light We have the law our side, and
we do not propose 10 bacf down
James Nuifk and Henry Gallagher, the ~. Paul
switcLmen who were arrested yesterday for par
ticfpatIon N the riot at Western avenue and Kim
zle street are booked at the painesstGeet sis-
! Ilon and VIII be given a hearfag to-day. QuiFk
tion ana Gala her with disorderiy conduct.