Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-10
WHO WILL WIN !?
Operators and Off ais Both
Are Confident.
QUESTION OF UNCERTAINTY.

a QUESFlUN VI UNonhiaiHAA'
Trains Are Kept Running on Time and So
Far rs this Division Is Gomez rned There Is
No Evidence of a Strike-vIews of CHIEF
Ramsay-Some Operators Return 10
work-A New Railroad anu Other Mat
tiers of Interest to Railroad Men.
There have been no new developments
in the strike If the Rock Island opera
tors so far as this division is concerned
Trains are ali moving on tine and there
il no indication that any trouble will be
experienced. Trsi9msster Sickles this
morning stated that nearly al the men
who had left their keys between here and
Chicago have gone back to work in
Guiding the three men at Moline who re-
trned 20 work yesterday he states
hat every hing is running just as though
nothing had happened. Operator Forbes
who left his key here on thursday re-
por cd again for duty yesterday but only
worked TWO hours when he was relieved.
There seems to be more trouble IN the
west then along this . wei as the men
are reported as leaving theif instruments
every dsy. The company claims, now
ver, TO DC able TO I'll their laces as fast
rs they leave.
Prospect of 1t Spreading.
According TO Toe reports CT interviews
wit7 Chief Ramsey oft o R. T. there
s strong likelihood of the strike spreads
inc to other roads, and it is so animated
that it would not be surprise if the
Federation If Traiumen would take some
sc,iou in regard to the usater. The
conference with the operators on the Big
Four has not yet reached conclusion
and what the result will be is, OF course,
in doubt. There is also trouble brewing
on the B. & o. and the o. r. men
claim that the matter of the Union Pacific
being drawn in Is only aQuesuon OF
time. At any rate, the matter is still il
doubtful situation, and IS agita,ing oil
the railroad organizations.
Another New Road.
The new compsuy which is to a soib
the Sutton County Marrow Gauge rsii-
road has filed its articles of incorpo alton
with the secret Ary o. s,a.e. t. known
as the ST. Paul, Galesourg & Southern
railroad company, and the proposed line
is 10 5e cons .rucJed from point on the
northern boundary line of linols, IN DO
Dsvess county, extending in south
eas .erly uirt ction through the counties OF
10 Daviess. Carroll, Whit side. Henry,
Knox, Fulton, Mason and Csss to Wsv
erly, Morgan county. 4 branch will be
built from q point in Fulton county
southwest through the counties OF Fulton,
Schuyler, Brown, Adams and Pike to the
Mississippi river. The principal business
Office is TO be maintained a. Chicago. The
capital stock is SO 100000
One Thing and Another.
E c. Coffee general agent of the
Rock Island & Peoria at the latter place
was in the city yesterday Oh business
B A Branch, who represents ,Go Z o
In the capacity Of travelling passe ger
agent, was in Rock Island yesterday OIL
business.
Henry Holmes who is connected with
the train service of the Louisville &
Nashville out of Chicago is visiting
friends in the city.
c., r. I. & P. switch engine No. 80
has come out of the shops, where she has
been some time, looking bright and nav.
She has been given thorough overhaul
ing.
c. G. Walton, travelling passenger
agent of the Central Railway of Georgia.
was in the tri-cites Yesterday looking af-
ter southern business in the interests &
his company.
Conductor James Hempson of the
Gable branch OF the Peoria is confined To
his home by sickness, and Conductor
Redmond of the main line is running the
train during his absence.
Herbert E Brsnizer, Of Freeport, is
at work in the c.. NJ. 8 st. P. freight
Office as bill clerk, taking the place OF
Thomas Smith, who has resigned his
position with the company.
The Milwaukee road is testing new
book signal device. 1t works by cleo
tricity and is so constructed that at any
given time wnen there is dlnger within
the block it shuts off the steam on the
locomotive and sounds an alarm Oh
the whistle. Should anything get wrong
with a switch on that block the eff -cl IS
the same rs if there was another rrain On
the block
The employees of the Rock Island ar
enjoying great sport at the expense OF
@ inductor 7. Clapper, who has beer
made conductor Of hand Car lsed L.
the construction Of the telegraph line be-
tween Davenport and West Liberty Tn
case is the first one On record where p
conductor of train Was pl ced in chare,
of hand car. which is actually the cas-.
The duty of Mr.. Clspper is to carefully
guard the right of way and allow 81
trains to pass the hand car without d.
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