The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-09
THE STRIKES BEGUN.
Railroad Men Ready for the
Worlds Fair Campaign.
ENGINEERS GET CONCESSIONS.
photographers Call Out Their Men on the
Roc Island, but Many Refuse
Destftution IT Homestead.

NV YORK, Dec. S.-The general griev-
ance committee Of the New York Central
engineers received a reply today from
President Depew, but beyond saying 1t
was not satisfactory they declined to dis
-cuss the matter. They assert that there is
no thought of a general strike. Chief
Arthur is expected here in a day or two.
II has been learned that the action of
the New York Central engineers is part of
q programme mapped out at the last con-
vention OF the brotherhood for a general
onslaught on the railroad companies OF
the country. in view of the Worlds fair.
CHICAGO. Dec. S.-Chief Ramsey. Of the
Railway T~elegraphers, says the strike on
the Rock Island road Is o on and that
all the t~elegraphers e out at 10 a. m.
General Manager st. John, of the Rock
Island road, on the other hand, said 70 an
Associated Press representative that every
thing was moving as usual and that the
telegraph business of the road is being
conducted without delay. As far as
he had been advised the men had
not gone ont. Some men might have
struck here and there, but he had not re-
ceived advices to that effect. The great
point of interest is whether the men will
succeed in obtaining the active co-opera-
ton Of other organizations of trainmen.
Notwithstanding the claims of the officials
of the Rock Island company hat only
forty operators ven out. they were today
e~ndeavoring to obtain 200 operators. Chief
Ramsey declared tonight that if the road
employed n%on-union men it would simply
force a strike upon other branches of the
road, as the men would not work with
n~on-union operators.
BURLINGTON, Dec. s.-No effect of the
strike of operators was felt here. All the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
men are still at work.
KANSAS Cry. Dec. Six Rock Island
operators in Kansas City and suburbs left
their keys at noon. Later four returned,
and the places of the other two were filled
by new men.
topeka, Dec. S.-All the Rock Island
operators here, excepting two not mem
hers of the brotherhood, struck at noon.
Officials state hat traffic is not interfered
with.
FoRr DoDGE. Ia, Dec. a.-Ail the teleg-
yaphers on this division of the Rock
Island road struck this morning. Between
here and Des MONIES only four men are at
work. They are station agents and not
members of the order. Train service is
considerably crippled.
KEoKUK, Ia, Dec. s.-All operators on
the Des Moines Valley division of the
Rock Island struck this morning. Trains
are moving. but not on time.
DENVER. Dec. s.-Very few photographers
on the Rock Island lines in this state
struck this morning.
+, OMAHA. Dec. S.-All the t~elegraphers
employed on the Rock Island in Nebraska,
except four, struck this morning. A large
number of new operators have been sent
out to a k the strikers places.
DIS MONIES. Ia. Dee. S.--The telegraph
ers of the Rock Island road struck this
morning. New men have been obtained
for the important points.
: Ell RENO, O. T., Dec. s.-The telegraph
ers on this end OF the Rock Island road
left their keys at 10 o'clock. The mpa
induced the train dispatchers to remain at
their posts. From Harrington, Kan, to
Red River, Oklahoma, the present termi-
nus of the road, outside of train dispatch
ers, only two operators remain at their