St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-08
ORDERED TO STRIKE.
Engineers on the Toledo, Ann Ar
Dor q North Michigan VIII
Quit WORK.
Chicago Switchmen's Demands
VIII Be Answered by the
Roads Today.

TOLEDO, o., March 7.-Tomorrow
morning at 6 o'clock fifty engineers and
as many firemen of the Toledo. Ann
Arbor q North Michigan railroad will
90 out Oh strike. An order to that
effect was issued tonight by Chief Ar
thur, of the Brotherhood of Engineers,
and Chief Sargent, of the firemen.
Attempts to settle the differences be-
tween the company and the engineers
have proved futile. General Manager
Ashley, of the Ann Arbor, left town
today, and the other officials of the
company have nothing to say in the
matter 1t is thought, however. that
the places of the strikers will be
promptly filled with non-union men.
OwosSo, Mich, March THE old
engineers on the Toledo, Ann Arbor 81
Northern Michigan railroad are being
relieved as fast as they come in off their
runs, and new men are taking their
places. Everything is quiet. Unless
the order for strike comes very soon
it will find no brotherhood men on the
engines to obey the order to quit.
CHICAGO. March IA meeting of a
special committee of the general man.
ayers association, presided over by
General Manager Whitman, of the Chi
cagO IL Northwestern, met this morning
to discuss the requests of higher wages
made by the switchmen, and did nothing
but talk in all informal way. Tomorrow
meeting of the General Managers as
ISOLATION will be held, and a formal
reply will be made to the Switchmen. 1t
is generally believed that it will be of
such nature as will leave the switch
men la a cOntented frame of mind.
PITTSBURG, March 1.-THE CONNER
cial Gazette will say tomorrow that not
wthstanding the denial, a general
strike of the switchmen of the PenIsyl-
Vania Western system and probably the
Baltimore & Ohio road is threatened.
The officials Of the Pennsylvania CON-
pany are now in Chicago with their
ultimatum, which is refusal of all de-
mandS. 1t is only a question now OF the
men receding from their position and
strike may occur at any time.
PHILADELPHIA, March z. - An ad-
vertisement in papers for railroad
Switchmen and yardmen TO work in
yards away from Philadelphia, at good
wages. is attracting large number of
men to No. % Thirteenth street. In
room on the third floor, James S. STAN
ton, who is hiring those who apply, said
they were to go West TO take the place
of railroad SWItchmen about to strike,
and that their destination would
he Chicago Beyond the additional
statement that the wages would be from
500 to 5 5 a month, and that transporta-
ton would be furnished. no information
was vouchsafed. What road they were
to work for he declined to state, and
when asked when the men were to re-
port for duty, he replied that as soon as
he had secured the requisite number of
men lie would notify them and send
them West. There were eighty appli-
cants, of whom twenty-five were en-
gagged.
ST.. LOUIS, March THE marble
polishers' strike, which has been in
progress some time, has GENE to an end,
and the workmen claim the victory.
They report that the Pickel Marble
company has acceded to all the demands
of the pOlishers, and that work will be-
gin in its shops at once. All other
marble workers, except Bradbury &
Jones, have acceded to the demands,
and will also begin work without delay.
This firm is also expected to capitulate
shortly.
OMAHA, Neb., March THE confer
ence between the switchmel's commit
tee and Manager Dickinson, of the
Union Pacific, was resumed today with
no apparent result. Dickinson refused
to make any proposition to the switch
| men, and they were disappointed at his
attitude. He returned this morning
from Chicago, and it Is believed that his
! action today indicates that no advance
will be given to the sWltchmen any
where.