New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-17
THE TELEGRAPHERS STRIKE a FAILURE
LESS THAN SEVENTY FIVE MEN QUIT WORK on
TIE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, AND
ST PAUL ROAD.

Milwaukee. Wis. Jan. 16.-Gcncral Manager Earring
at noon to-day summed up t5 result of the strike Of
the operators the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul
Railway follows:
THE total number Of designations Is as follows :;
In Dakota l. Minnesota, Ii; Iowa, A.; Illinois. Q :;
Wisconsin, none. These place, were promptly filed
and we have experienced no ANNOYANCE Whatever
\ number of operators were here to-day VINO SAID
they had been called in from the La Crosse division
Of the road and asked If they would take places IN
Iowa. TO thi, they answered hy drawing back their
coat, and displaying ribbon with the words We are
not scabs1 printed thereon. They that ont of III
teen men asked 70 work all positively refused except
two who agreed TO 60. The officials Of the road were
prepared for any emergency, and at every station
where an operator quit work another man was waiting
TO take his place, so that the Geographic business OF
the road suffered delay Of any consequence. II
strike all, in the usual sense Of the word
The men rendered their designations Wednesday. 10
lake effect at O'Clock this morning. All OF tho,e
who resigned did out, for Of them rep utcd
and wired headquarters resembling their rc-iGna
lions.
The following Official statement was made to day on
behalf Of the company: The men involved IN ti- AFFAIR
really had no grievance and deceived by the mis-
representations Of the order Of Railway photographers,
There has been no general reduction OF aaric-. bat
simply an equalization, because operators and station
men 1T certain points were being paid more iu pro
portion the amount Of work required OF them than
AZ Other point. The officer OF the company knew Of
40 dissatisfaction among the until they learned
that the officers Of the order Of Railway icc2aphcro
were securing the signatures u operators ana -iap
men a. q rcmOnsiranCc. The order oi Hallway
Tccyraphcr,' officers msrcpc-cuicd the situation and
concealed from the mon that claus. in the rcmou,taucc
stating that their designations would BE- rendered mic,
their demand, compiled with. seventy Two men
oUt wo,L including those discharged for making
trouble. OF This number nine were employed on ii.
visions in Illinois sixteen IN Minnesota one IN DAKOTA
and fOrty-sX ~ Iowa.
1t was stated that the forty ,iX Iowa men who
went ont thirty four were employed on III" council
Bluffs division. AZ Of the Iowa stations the
wire, were tempered with by making ground con.
ncctons leaving switches open, and otherwise, bni
no >criOl, delay resulted from tlir
Chicago. Jan. 16-Grand Chief Thurst"n, Of the
order Of Railway TclcGmphcr,. and the "rcvanc"
Committee Of the station aecn- and tccsrah operator
on the lines Of the Chicago, Milwaukee ana II. ram
road are in conference IN tins city According l"
their statement The road is seriously crippled bS tho
strike They claim 10 have advice, that about 400
of the 80 men the line are out ana tl a1dluDlH
resignation, ar. constantly being received. Inc
following list was furnished By Chci lhii,'ph %
the men going ont by divisions: Prairie du men, 20
pubuquc 30 Milwaukee and Northern. !" 'Irch FAY,
30: tmncl BINS. %. lillnO, and Minnesota -
Hastings and Dakota. 30 Kansas 'IN an" v i'''
Iowa, 10. miscellaneous, Ia.
The pres committee at the Striker hcadduaIicr' "a
,ittrd nov eyer. mi afternoon that Ia; STRIKE hid
failed 10 tie up the business Of the Tdd'