The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-20
THE SANS BIG STRIKE.
PASSENGER TRAINS RUNNING But
FREIGHTS BLOCKED.

+ General Manager Gabbett in Atlanta
Trying to Get Men to Take the En-
/ gineer's Places-Repudiation OF Old
/ Contracts by the Receivers Brings
On the Trouble-A Belief That the
! Sans Action is the Beginning of a
/ Railroad War on the Engineers and
Conductors Brotherhoods.
The strike Of the engineers on the Sam
road is not affecting Savannah SO far. The
authorities managed yesterday TO get two
passenger trains from Americas to Lyons,
where the Central connects, but no freight
is moving. or course, if this keeps up. Sa-
vannah's business men will feel the strike
to some extent in a few days.
General Manager Gabbett is in Atlanta
endeavoring to secure engineers to ELL the
strikers places, but, it is said, he is not
| meeting with much success.
Mr.. James Nj. CarOlan, agent of the Sam
at Savannah, had no further particulars
about the strike yesterday except what ap-
peared In the MORNING NEWS. He does
not think 1t will amount to much.
Failure t. get new contracts with the re-
ceivers In place Of the old contracts, which
we're repudiated Feb. l, is the cause Of the
strike.
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contracts with the engineers ana conductors
which the receivers declined TO recognize.
They reduced the salaries OF conductors
Feb. /. This led TO a demand for restora-
ton OF salaries and a renewal Of contracts
by both brouherhoods
Assistant Grand Chief YounRson of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and
Assistant Grand Chief Garrettson and
| Grand Chief Clarke,of the Order of Rail-
way Conductors have been In Americas for
ten days endeavoring TO arrange matters
but failed, and after their final offer of
arbitration was refused they ordered the
strike.
Receiver S. H. Hawkins disclaimed any
authority to make contracts without in.
structions Of the court and the court de-
cllned to take any official cugnizance of
what it regarded as the business of the
| receiver. Receiver Hamilton of Baltimore
did not make his usual visit to Americus
this month, though the engineers and con-
cuctors have been waiting in hopes that
the two receivers might conclude TO accede
to the demands OF the employees.
The conductors claim that the pay of
some OF them has been reduced so that it is
not possible for them to make as much as S45
per month 1t is also claimed by them that
new men brought here by Manager Cab.
| bett are given constant work and precedence
over other old faithful conductors who are
only given irregular runs, which is also
violation of their contract with the road.
Col. Hawkins declined to discuss the mat
ter, stating simply that If the strike " as on
it was matter of Indifference to the man
agement of the road. The following dis
patch was received from Americas last
night:
THE strike is being generally discussed
by the people Of Amer Gus and it is a guess
ton Of absorbing interest 10 them, as the
stoppage If traffic OF the Sam will not only
damage the road, but result in a great loss
to the commercial interest of the
city. IL does not now appear
that non-union men can be obtained here 10
fill the places of any considerable number
of the strikers. 1t is known that mechanics
in the shops have refused to take out trains
as engineers and that certain fiagmen ap-
preached refused to act as conductors,
showing tnat oil employees Of the road are
in sympathy with the strikers
The engineers believe the action of the
receivers is deliberately planned as the ne-
ginning of fight on organized labor, but
the management of the sam claims the
| abrogatiOn Of CO tracts was necessary to
reduce expenses. Some regard the strike az
| the probable beginning Of great railroad
| war which will soon be Joined 10 by other
roads. The question Of contract with the
g Hgineers of the Central will be up shortly.
| The old contract expires early in March
| The members of the engineers brotherhood
| in Savannah are watching the Sam trouble
with interest. They say the brotherhood is
| bound to whip the fight