Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-21
TO SAVE ONE MAN
Five Hundred Railway Employees
Go on a Strike.
Each FOR ALL AND ALL FOR EACH

The Labor Union Motto Put Into Execu-
Dispatehers and Operators L@s-e Their
Posts with the Demand That {. c.
scott Be Beinstated-whyH He Was Dis
charged-A Prospect That Other Men
VIII Join with the Striker.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2I-An the train dis
patchers and operators employed by the
Chicago and Erie road, formerly the Chi
eago and Atlantic, struck at 10 O'Clock
last night The places of the dispatchers
we're promptly filed by officers OF the
road. who VIII dispatch trains until new
men can b. secured. 1t is expected by the
management that number OF trainmen
viii also strike All the trains in motion
st 10 p m, when the strike began,
viii be allowed TO proceed through to des-
tinatiOn- The cause of the difficulty il
Peculiar. c. &. Scott. secretary OF the Ma
tional Order of Railway Conductors and a
train dispatcher for the Chicago and Erie
at Huntington, Ind, was suspended for
issuing a train order which nearly precip-
II ated q disastrous collision In conse-
quence the trainmen and operators en-
ployed by the company threatened TO
srlke II Scott was not reinstated. and sew
eI-al conferences have been held between
them and the management at Hunting
ton, Ind.
scott said To BE Unreliable.
The company learned that Scott had
previously been discharged from the New
York, Lake Erie and Western. where his
superiOrs gave him bad record for unr-
liz bility- General Manager Tucker de-
cided that II would be unsafe 10 leave
Scott in charge of train orders. and
determined to make his suspension per-
manent. This reused the anger Of the
conductors and operators. who determined
to strike. An effort has been
made 20 draw all the employees Of the
road into the strike. General Manager
Tucker, however, thinks that the engi-
netrs and firemen will remain loyal, a.
their committees express satisfaction with
the company's course regarding Scott.
There has however, been 80 much feeling
stirred up by the conductors that many
frealen aud engineers may go out
The Uitimatum of the Strikers
To the communication addressed 10 the
officers Of the union by Manager Tucker
sta ing in extenso the reasons for dis
cha -ging Scott. rbe following reply was
received last night: We have been appoint.
ed {. committee with instructions 10 notify
you that, believing that bad faith has been
shown on the part Of the company in dis
missing c. G scott at the expiration of
the term for which he was suspended. IN
less h ! reinstated before that time all
the men. bers Of the o. r c and dispatch
ers n the employ of this company viii re-
tire from WORK at 10 O'Clock p m today.
Jan. 20
Possible Extension of the Strike.
General Manager Tucker said that the
difficulty did not extend beyond the Chi
cage and Erie division of the Erie system a.
yet. The Chicago and Erie extends from
Chicago to Marion, Ohio. There are about
500 train dispatchers, operators, conduc
tors, brakemen, engineers and firemen.
OF these Mr.. Tucker thinks the engineers
frem en- and passenger con iactors will re-
main loyal 10 the company. The fast Chi
cago express from New York. which
was delivered To the Chicago and Erie at
Marion, Ohio, at Il:29 last night, was
prom pity manned by its regular crew, and
started west on time. Dispatches from
Hunt ngton, Ind, say that the different
brotherhoOds of engineers. conductors. and
firem n Will stand by Scott. and that the
employees on the New York, PENNSYLVANIA
and Ohio divisions of the Erie system will
stand by the Chicago and Erie strikers.
The New York. Pennsylvania aud Ohio
extends from Marion, O., to Salamanca.
y. Y. with branch lines into Cincinnati
and Cleveland