St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-06
THE STRIKE STILL ON,
But the Railroad Company Claims,
1t Is Having No Difficulty in
Moving Trains.

But the Railroad Company Claims
1t Is Having No Difficulty in
Moving Trains.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5.-The strikel
of the railroad hands still hangs on with
out any appearance of change. The run,
ming of trains is accomplished with reg-I
ularity, and the company regards ITSELF
in better position so far as the train
hands are concerned to-day than at any
time previous to the strike. General
Manager Mcleod appears confident that
the miners strike cannot cause coal
famine. The situation at Port Rich
mond is unchanged. The strikers still
maintain their ground, although they
are less confident of success than
before. 1t was reported that sew
eral iron furnaces were com
PEELED to shut down on account
of the scarcity of coal. The
relations of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen to the X. of l.. engaged
in the strike have been definitely eX-
planned in dispatch received in this
city from F. S. Sargent, grand master
of the brotherhood, who resides at Terre
Haute, Ind, the telegram declaring
that members of the brotherhood should
not allow themselves to become involved
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was addressed to jeremiah j. Leahy,
who was member of the executive
committee of the Philadelphia & Read
ing railroad employees convention be-
fore the present strike. Mr.. Leahy, as
member of the executive committee of
the Reading employees convention,
moved to declare
THE FIRST STRIKE OFF,
and after that was done refused to join
in the second strike. For this he was
Stunned by the Knights of Labor. He
resumed his position as an engineer and
is still at work. In addition to being a
X. of l.. Mr.. Leahy was also member
of the brotherhood of locomotive fire
president in Lafayette lodge. Bernard
J. Sharkey, president of the Philadel-
phia & Reading railroad employees con-
vention, and one of the men discharged
by the Reading company on account of
the Port Richmond trouble, was vice
master of the same lodge. On Sunday
last the lodge met and the friends
of Mr.. Sharkey succeeded in pass
ing resolution requesting the
members not to go to work.
In consequence of this action, a number
of them went ON the strike. Master
Leahy, who is also one of the five mem
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of the brotherhood, made inquiry of
Grand Master Sargent as to what posi-
ton he should take in the matter, and
the answer received was as follows:
'Terre Haute, Ind, Jan. 4.-Jeremiah
j. Leahy:,Y You will remain master of
Lafayette lodge until you resign and
resignation is accepted, or charges are
brought against you for violating the
laws of the brotherhood. No BULLDOG
ing on the part of the members belong
ing to the K. of l.. will be permitted. L.
will reclaim the charter if any member
of the lodge is allowed to be the agent
i'm involving our brotherhood in the
strike that we have nothing to do with,
and members of the brotherhood will so J
understand it. You will attend to the
duties of master of the lodge and guard
her interests. +. S. SARGENT.
Lafayette lodge has about 22O men,
bers. There are seven or eight
lodges in the city that will be,
affected by the grand masters decision.