The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-03-24
BECOMING UGLY.
Striking Trainmen on the Cana
dian Pacific Causing Much
Trouble.
Protection to the COmpany's Men
and Property Has Been
Asked For.

March 22.-The Canadian Pacitic strike has
assumed serious aspect. Az was sur
mIsed in these dispatches at midnight Sun
day, the conductors and trainmen on the
Pacific division, rom Donald to Vancouver,
were called out on strike, and to-day dis
patches from Rat Portage relate serious
disturbance. General Superintendent
Whyte received the following message
from A. Mckenzie who is at present di-
recting the affairs of the~company at Rat
Portage:
Must have protection here at once. Pruner's
and Barnes trains were cut between here and
Keewatn. ] had to send full force OF men and
stockmen on every car of Robergs's train, and
myself and Ste art went to Keewatn gotln
without being cut. Pruner's extra east from
Rennie was cut this side of tie tunnel i'll about
thirteen pieces, some drawheads stove in, new
TRAINMEN SHOT AT
and the head braEeman had rock thrown at
him. The conductor or brakeman would not
come out of the cab. 1t took myself and Reed
some hours to get the tran in. l ran i'll with
seven cars and went back for the balance OF the
train, but ran out of links and pins. SO l made
second trip with Eve cars When ap-
proachil4g the east switch found
in had been cut off and showed off he main line
switch breaking the same and blocking the main
| line This work is getting serious and must be
| stopped Pruners brakeman refused to go out
| of the eEglne cab, as stones were thrown at him
| while he was putting on the brakes on cars that
| We're cut. Several stones were thrown at my
self when turning the switches to let the engine
! in and out section man reported that while
| repairing he east switch men came along ana
broke his lamp viii not give the men Time
aba f1Iofil ilIyln Snp 0f A III
ductor clalmr that several shots we're fired at
! HIM.
Upon receipt OF the above message Gem
| eral Superintendent Whyte waited upon
| the lieutenant governor and laid the
| facts before him, asking that sufficient
| force OF militia be sent to the scene OF
| the disturbance to prevent any further acts
| Of violence and to protect the employees and
properly oil the company. 1t would seem
| that the force OF special policemen sworn
| in by The company is not adequate to en-
| sure the maintenance OF law and order, and
| that disciplined iorce is necessary. While
! officials of the company see no special rea-
| son Tor alarm, they are acting OH the pflncl-
| pie thar an ounce o. prevention is better
| than pound oil cure.
| General Superintendent Whyte also
| called upon Col NillierS deputy adjutant
general OF this district, but the deputy ad-
| iutant general explained to him that Rat
| Portage is outside of his district, and con-
seouently he could take no action until he
received instructions to move from the
| militia department at Ottawa. Should such
orders be received Col. Vihers has every
thing prepared 10 send a orce to Rat Port
age or any other point. Mr.. Whyte says
| all staps will be taken TO procure the
DESIRED PROTECTION
to the cssllpauy's properly. A contingent
/ ofthe Northwest mounted police has, ar
/ rived at Brandon rom The territorial bar
/ at otSH q III rf pra1 in I'll q
vicinity OF the Canadian Pacific railroad
properly The police were brought east at
| the request OF the company for the protec-
ton its property. The overt acts that
have been already committed by strikers,
| in addition 10 threats that have been heard,
has no doubt influenced the company 10
| take the precaution Indicated.
| Chif Conductor Clark was interviewed by
| a reporter to-day regarding the extenS on
of the strike He said the causes which
| had led to the men on the Pacific division
going out were that they were ia sympathy
| with the men of this division and desired
to aid them in the struggle and added to
| the fact that the company had begun the
SAME interrogation as to loyalty, ETC., that
| it had done here and had dismissed a num-
Der Of them for exactly smi ar reasons.
A dispatch from VancJaver, the head
quarters of Pacific division, says ell train
| men, yardmen and switchmen went out at
midnight Sunday. The same is reported
from the mountain division. New men
were put on switches and in yards to-day.
| The Whatcom express went out on time
| and arrangements were made tor sending
out Of the Atlantic express. No disturb
| ance 0. any kind has occurred there as yet.
The engineers and firemen are at their
posts. An evening paper says:
There is reason to believe that correspondence
| has been i'll progress for some days between ex-
| ecutives of the order OF railroad Conductors,
| ba hoph of Trainmpn and brotherhood
! OF Locomotive Firemeu, but its entire nature
| is only known to the leaders, though the general
| strikers have been given to understand that
| they may expect assistance. OF the tiremen, 1t
| is also known that delegation OF Winnipeg
| trainmen visited the headquarters 1.-THE Brother"
| hood OF Locomotive Firemen at Terre Haute,
Ind, last week, and that their mission was en-
! trey satisfactory
= GENERAL STRIKE,
The :trike is lalr way to become gen.
eral from Quebec 10 Vancouver. 1t is re-
| garded in Montreal as the initial move on
the part OF the various associations o. rail-
way conductors. brakemen, baggagemen
and possibly firemen throughout America
toward concerted plan to compel all rail-
| ways to abolish the system OF wages by
gradual scale. 1t is the general belle.
among railway officials that these organi~
cations have announced a demand Of IN
crease Of pay rom all roads. and i'll the
event OF failure to cause general etrlka
previous to the worlds fair next year.
Information from Ottawa is to the effect
that all employees o. the Eastern Pacific
and Atlantic divisions will probably go
out on d strikei the strikers on the West
ern division !ail in securing their demands.
The trains on the Manitoba & Northwest
ern railway obtain an entrance to Winni-
peg by running over the Canadian Pacific
| line from Portage la Prairie. Thursday the
Manitoba & Northwestern conductor who
brought in that train received notification
from the Brotherhood of Conductors that
he must not make the run again. 1t is
understood that the conductors OF that line
will comply with the ORDER in which event
the company will have to get outside men
to bring their trains into the city. This is
the first extension OF the strike from the
Wes,ern division.