The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-01-23
TO SAVE ONE MAN
Five Hundred Railway Employees
Go on Strike.
EACH ALL AND ALL FOR EAoH''

The Labor Union Motto Put Into Execu-
tion ON the Chicago and Erie-Train
Dispatchers and Operators Leave Their
Posts with the Demand That c. G.
Scott BE Reinstated-why He Was Dis
charged-A Prospect That Other Men
Will Join with the Strikers.
CHICAGO, Jan. 21-All the train dis
patchers and operators employed by the
Chicago and Erie road, formerly the Chi
cago and Atlantic, struck mt 10 o'clock
last night. The places of the dispatchers
were promptly filed by officers of the
road, who will dispatch trains until new
men can be secured. 1t is expected by the
management that a number of trainmen
will also strike. All the trains in motion
ut 10 p. M, when the strike began,
will be allowed to proceed through to des-
tination. The cause of the difficulty Is
peculiar. G. O.. Scott, secretary OF the Ma
tional Order of Railway Conductors and a
train dispatcher for the Chicago and Erie
Mt Huntington, Ind, was suspended for
issuing train order which nearly precip-
itated disastrous collision. In conse-
quence the trainmen and operators en-
ployed by the company threatened to
strike if Scott was not reinstated, and sew
eral 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 unre-
liability. General Manager Tucker de-
cided that it would be unsafe to 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 to draw all the employees of the
road into the strike. General Manager
Tucker, however, thinks that the engi-
neers and firemen will remain loyal, as
their committees express satisfaction with
the companys course regarding Scott.
There has, however, been so much feeling
stirred up by the conductors that many
firemen and engineers may go out
The Ultimatum of the Strikers.
To the communication addressed to the
officers of the union by Manager Tucker
stating in extenso the reasons for dis
charging Scott, the following reply was
received last night: 1--WE have been appoint-
ed committee with instructions to notify
you that, believing that bad faith has been
shown on the part of the company in dis
missing G. G. Scott at the expiration of
the term for which he was suspended, un
less he is reinstated before that time all
the members of the o. r. G. and dispatch
srs in the employ of this company will re-
tire from work at 10 o'clock p M. to-day,
Jan. 90"
Possible Extension of the Strike.
General Manager Tucker said that the
difficulty did not extend beyond the Chi
cago and Erie division of the Erie system as
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,
firemen and passenger conductors will re-
main loyal to the company. The fast Chi
cago express from New York, which
was delivered to the Chicago and Erie at
Marion, Ohio, at 11:20 last night, was
promptly manned by its regular crew, and
started west on time. Dispatches from
Huntington, Ind, say that the different
brotherhoods of engineers, conductors, and
1iremen 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 and Ohio
extends from Marion, o., to Salamanca,
N. Y, with branch lines into Cincinnati
and Cleveland.