Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
The Missouri Pacific Men VIII Not
Strike Unless a General Strike
is Ordered.
The st. Paul, Minneapolis and Mantle.
ba System Becomes Involved in
the Great Labor War
The vios- President OF the Santa Fs Makes
. Statement about the Strike
on That Road.
TIE SITUATION uNcER1 AK.

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evidently in desperate straits this morn
ing and they realize that they must worl
every means to save themselves. Chair.
man Carroll of the Union grievance com
mittee admitted this morning that the re-
ports which he gave to the Associated
Press reporter yesterday were untrue anC
had been given simply to create q scare
throughout the United States. There
wac no truth in the statements that sll
the roads would be called out, one each
day. This morning there was large de-
lection from the Santa Fe strikers, which
WAS the result of q warm fight
in the session of the committee
held last night. At the meeting six
teen engineers announced their intention
of going back to work to-day on the
Santa Fe. At this hour there Is great
stir among the engineers and for the first
time since the beginning OF the strike the
members OF the committee are out among
the men pleading their cause. Just now
the impression is gaining ground that the
men on the Santa Fe will all 60 back to
work before O'Clock tonight. On the
Fort Scott road everything moves
| .moothly and there Is no indication of
trouble anywhere.
THE GULF DIVISION.
Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific
fi;lals sKy they anticipate no trouble
and have made no arrangements looking
towards q strike. Assistant General
Superintendent Spoor OF the Santa Fe
says his road will be running
in good order before night as 9
number of men have announced their
intention OF returning to their cabs when
called upon. Chairman Hltchkins of the
Gulf grievance committee said the men
had no grievance with the road, and they
would only go cut II they saw by so doing
they would make certainty OF the Bur
lingten men winning their fight. The
Gulf system makes no secret that it
handles eli the freight that is sent to it by
the "Q,n and this is evidently not of suffi
cient importance to cause the men to
strike. Chairman Hitchkins is between
two fires. His men strongly protest
against strike, while the Union grievance
committee are as strong In their importu-
mites for him to order them Of their
engines.
ANOTHER SYSTEM INVOLVED.
MNNEAPoLIs, MINI March 1.-THE
engineers on the st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Manitoba will go ont at 10 tonight.
The whole system of 1900 men is involved,
PACIFIC ASSURANCES.
ST. LOUIS, Mo March 1.-THE only
bit of news that has developed here today
In connection with the strike is state
meLt made by high official that the
Missouri Pacific Company have received
assurances that their engineers and fire.
men will not go out unless . general
strike is decided upon. The Missouri
Pacific is not handling Burlington freight.
| CAUSE OF THE SANTA FE TROUBLE.
CHICAGO, ILL, March Twice Presi-
dent Smith of the Santa Fe said this
morning In relation 10 an agreement on
the part OF his road not to handle Burliug-
ton freight:
"When the strike broke ont on the Bur-
| lington we did make q verbal agreement
with the engineers that they should not
be asked to move Burlington cars, at
least until some specific order hiss beer
given"
"Has such an order been given?"
"No, sir. Not single pound Of OBJ
jectionsble freight has been handled
There is not word Of truth In the state
ment appearing in this mornings dis
patches alleged to have been made by an
engineer st Topeka. Some other ex-
cuses must be given than thst We have
been aiding the Burlington 1"
"What is there In the claim by the
engineers that the stockholders of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quipcy are
largely interested IN the Santa Fer"
"There is virtually nothing. There is
not single instance In which director
of one road holds similar position with
the other. The controlling interests of
two systems are competitive. OF course
there is certain amour of stock on the
market which any one can purchase, but
that In no way figures IN the management
of the road. The statement hat the en-
gineers have been looking over list of
the stockholders is absurd, as they would
be unsble to see the books. The real
grievance OF strikers Is this: They have
learned, as anyone can learn,
that much OF the stock Of the Atchisop,
Topeka and Santa Fe and Chic;go, Bur-
lington and Quincy Is held by parties in
Boston, and from this fact they draw the
conclusion that the interests Of the two
roads arc more or less identical, and that
blow at the Santa Fe means injury to
the Burlington. Nothing could be further
from the truth"
DID NOT OCCUR.
Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, Tx, March 1.-THE an
ticipated strike on the Gulf, Colorado and
SAINTS Fe road did not occur, 8nd officials
of that line now believe that there will be
10 trouble in Texas. General Manager
Snyder to-day issued further orders to
agents throughout the state instructing
them to receive no freight for transporta-
ton over the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe line and suspending the sale Of tickets |
over the system until the pending troubles
at Atchison and Kansas City are adj !
justed. There is considerable talk here |
about an impending strike on the Mis-
souri, Pacific system, but nothing authen-
tic has been obtained.
ABSOLUTELY FALSE.
TOPEKA, KAN, March T.-Oflcers Of
the Atchison and Santa Fe emphsticslly |
DENY the authenticity of q telegram pur-
porting to be from their general super
tendent to General Manager Stone Of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, as
quored in the Kansas City press dis
patches last evening, and characterized
1t as absolutely false and without any
whatever.
WILL NOT PUT NEW MEN ON.
CHICAGO, III, March 17,-Vlce-Presi-
dent Smith, of the Atchisop, Topeka and
Santa Fe, ssys his company will make no
place Of the strikers or adopt any extreme
measures, that there WAS large con-
sentative element amongs the Atchison
and the better course for the
company to pursue was to wait and give
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