Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-24
CHANGING TACTICS.
The Q. r. T. Trying to Work a
New Scheme.
DIVERT1NG RAILROAD BUSINESS

Claiming That the Road is Losing 50 900
Per Month at Least on Account of the
Strike-A New Time Card Going Into
Effect on the Milwaukee Tomorrow
News of General Interest to Railroad
Men.
From what can be seen of it east of the
Missouri rlver, one would naturally sup
pose that the strike of the o. r. T. men
was at an end. as far as the Rock Island
is concerned, at least. The operators still
claim, however, that the strike is on and
are making strenuous efforts to make
good their claim. Different tactics have
been adopted during the past week and
now instead of sending missionaries
along the road to get men to quit work
and stay away from the keys the men
are engaged in diverting passenger and
freight business from the Rock Island TO
other roads. The O. R. T. leaders claim
to have total of 600 men out west of
the Missouri and that each Of these can
divert a. least one Chicago passenger
each week from the Rock Island, which
at an average of SIS would be 50 900 a
week besides the freight business. Some
thing more than this will probably have
to be done to make the road abal. d IN its
purpose.
New C., M & St p. Time Card.
A new time card goes into effect on the
c., NJ. s. ST P. tomorrow. None Of the
trains on this division will be changed
thereby except that the Milwaukee pas
senger service viii! be run straigbt
through without Any lay over. The
| morning train will leave here at the same
time o'clock q. m.-snd will Ga
straight through, reaching Milwaukee at
o'clock in the afternoon, and the return
service will also be made without the
long stops.
| Links and Pins
Traiumsster Sickles, o: the Rock ISL
and, vas in Chicago on business yester-
| day.
| Engineer Dunn, of the c., R. I. SP.,
with engine 253 is pulling the Davenport
train.
Conductor Mclean, OF the west end, is
in charge Of the bridge trains and is kept
hustling the most OF the time,
G. W. Swords, q striking operator OF
Iowa City, was arrested and fined last
week for cutting and interfering with the
lines Of the Western Union Telegraph
company at that place.
Judging from the number of coaches
in the business on the Rock Islands
bridge train must be good. Two coaches
are kept full nearly all the time and most
the trips are made with three and four
coaches.
As most Of the wholesale houses and
other shippers will recognize Monday as
Christmas the different freight depots OF
The city will be closed ON that day in
order to give the employees q chance for
their regular holiday, which this time
falls on Sunday.
Conductor Ed Terry and wife have re
turned TO Bushnell from their extended
wedding tour through the south, after
having spent seversl weeks enjoying tina,
tropical climate. Mr.. Terry Will prob
ably resume his old run ON the st. Louis
after the fret of the new year.
A circular from Superintendent of Tel
egrsph Swift. of the c., r. I. & P, an
nounces to the operators along the line
that the company is at any time ready to
treat with committee of the employees
of the road and suggests that such be sp.
pointed if there be any grievances that
they wish adjusted.
Blow, blow, blowl That dissgreeabls
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