The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-28
1890 MADISON soUTH THURsDAY DICEhlBEK Is Is

suing . writ of injunction to oil officers,
employees and agents OF the road against
interfering in amy. way by obstruction,
intimidation or otherwise with the op-
Grafton of said road.
Ever since the company went into the
hands Of the receivers the court has to
large extent taken into its own hands
the running Of the road and the issuance
Of the injunction makes it evident that
it does not intend that the road shall be
put to the expense of combating .
strike s 4 ss
In Case No Agreement
should be reached between the officer
and the men. That there should be a
strike, even il the differences should not
be settled by the arbitration that has
been going on, has not been at all appar-
ent from the superficial aspect of things
or from the utterances of the men. That
the receivers, however, had fears of
their own on this score, or that they had
intimations that strike twould follow
unless the demands of the men were
met, Is evident from the fact that they
applied some time ago to Judge Jenkins
OF the United States court at Milwaukee
for an order restraining the em-
ployes from doing any damage to the
property OF the road or interfering with
its operation. This order was issued
but it was not until the negotiations
were temporarily, at least, broken of,
that 1t was decided
TO Serve the Writ,
as it was not till then that the receivers
thought that strike was at all immi-
nent.
The trouble arose little over month
ago through an order issued by the re-
ceivers for general reduction in wages
OF from 5 to per cent and the abroga-
ton of all existing schedules. The en-
ployes of the road objected and negotia-
tions have been in progress in this city
for the past three weeks, but were abb
ruptly terminated Tuesday.
The conference with General Manager
kendrick was unsatisfactory from the
employees standpoint. Kendrick threw
all the responsibility on the courts and
claimed inability to do anything. He
said the injunction was precautionary
measure and issued as much to protect
employees from outside interference, as
to protect the road.
The Men Are Indignant.
The prevailing sentiment among the
representatives Of the various orders Of
trainmen In regard to the restraining
order Is one of indignation that the Off
cials should impute to them i disposition
to destroy the company 4 property or to
do any other illegal acts. The issuance
Of the order ii denounced as an outrage,
and it has evidently developed feeling
Of hostility that did not before exist.
1t Is difficult to predict the ultimate
results. The men themselves are not
prepared to say what they will do now,
but have called another meeting
at Labor hall, when they viii have d
full discussion of the situation and en-
deavor to decide upon some plan OF ac-
tion for the future. The men think that
the company has delayed in giving its
ultimatum until very nearly the date
when the new schedule is to go into
effect, and has placed them at
disadvantage in this respect,
and that, while complimentary
things have been said to and about
them. the legal machinery was being
put in operation for the issuance of nm
insulting order. It ID probable that the
men will be in the city for several days
yet, as they have number Of matters
outside OF this main question TO discuss
with the officials.