Wichita eagle., 1888-03-18
In a IlGHT BOX.

hood of Locomotive Engineers is evidently
In desperate slraights this morning and
they realize that they must work every
means to save themselves. Chairman Car
rol of the union grievance committee
admitted this morning that the reports
which he gave to the Associated Press re-
porter yesterday were untrue, and had
been given simply to create scare
throughout the United States. There
was no truth In the statement that the
roads would be called one each day. This
morning there was a large detection from
the Santa Fe strikers which was the result
OF warm fight in a session of the com
mittees held last night. AT the
meeting sixteen Of the engineers an
nounced their intention of going back
10 work today on the Santa Fe. At this
hour there Is great stir among the engin-
GERS and for the first time since the begin
mag of the strike the committee are out
among the men pleading their cause. The
Dssge City train, which is due TO leave al
9:l5 Still star DIS on the track, while En-
giarcI Chick receives the attentions of the
strickers uatll he's full of enthusiasm for
the order; then he receives visit from the
officials of the road and concludes TO 90
out Al present he Is In the hands Of the
engineers
No. 3, which was 10 have gone out at
1910, is on the track, preparatory to a
start.
Just now the impression Is gaining
ground that the men on the Santa Fe will
20 all back 10 work before 5 o'clock to-
night. J. w. Loomas, of the Chicago &
Alton, says he has received forty cars of
freight from the Burlington and that they
will remain on the side tracks of the road
until after 6 o'clock tonight when he will
see whether they will handle them or not
On the Fort Scott road everything
moves smoothly and there Is no indication
of TT, uble anywhere. The Missouri Pa
clio and Union Pacific officials say they
anticipate no trouble, and have made no
arrangements looking toward a strike.
Assistant General Superintendent n.
Schor, of the Santa Fe, says his
road will be running In good service before
night, as numbers of men have announced
their intention OF returning to their cabs
when called upon. The engineers will not
take action. Those who are managing the
strike were looking very disconsolate over
the aft airs of their brothers Chairman
Hitchktns of the Calf grievance commit
tee was very non committal In regard to
matters under his jurisdiction, but stated
that no strike has been ordered yet on the
Gulf He said the men had no grievance
with the road and they would only go out
If they saw that by so doing they would
make a certainty of the Burlington men
winning their fight. 1t is fact that the
Gulf system makes no secret of the fact
that 1t handled all the freight that is sent To
Dit by the Q, and this Is evidently not of
sufficient importance 10 cause the meI TO
strike
In talking with several of the Gulf en-.
gipeers II wss discovered that Chairman
Hitchkins is between two fires, the men
don't want 10 strike and strongly protest
against such action, while the union grew
ance committee are as strong In their i'm
portunitieS for him 10 order the men off
their engines. The matter of strike on
he Gulf. therefore, Is simply a matter of
relative strengths of the union grievance
committee and the body of engineers on
the road.
1t has been definitely sscertsined that the
union grievance committee now have men
among the brakemen on all the roads en-
deavoring to get strike in that order. but
while the brskemen profess friendship for
the engineers they say that they called on
that brotherhood for assistance In their last
strike and failed to meet with response
In consequence Of this they are not very
anxious to aid the engineers.