Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-11-20
TRAINMEN STRIKE.
A rresr FOR UNION RECOGNITION

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sls soployss se the soad-in other words.
- sscogniss the sn,oo. After repeated
attempts @ade BY the grand officers Of the
severn! railway organizations t. gain
asdisness With the pcisls Of the soaa.
ss4 sssss . sa6.comd sses from the gsa-
ossl COMMITTEES. sistins as the B'nghAa
lssss 10 sais c..y. composei Of bona. nde
sAployss Of the road. had faile3 Is secure
Sssognit!oo from the roads highest repre-.
sentative 10 THE c:ty-vics President
veerAses- the order 70 Quit Was ss.e.
ossphsd 70 oil the e:np.syes along the
lias ss the sos:.
TIE rss say tkey vii e5sa:erss's %
violence cad that every ;rs:a zee sses
oaksa 20 its destination and the :ocsMes:vss
duly attended 70 the same - 10 there eess
&C strike Eghseeo hundred men ere :n.
ve!vsd 10 the ssriks dirsstiy. There b Go
issue - to the cause q the striks. both
Dassies having issued statemenss that
agree substantially 10 that respect The
ssfiks. 70 b said, will act very disadvantage
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ell points tetwe-3 the eosl regions and the
lsls sod seapor;s 10 ts 10 protrscted sey
length Of time BY THE n vii. probably
Be The cause o: shutting down many Of tbs
0ices. sr3 throwing thousands Of men
and eoys %: Of work until sks trouble .
eettled.
asssks ss ~ Various rIsess
kilograms state that the strike 10 on at
Esston. Wilkesbarrr, south Bethleham,
Bufiaio lin the freight brsiness), Rochester
N. ~. and other places At Rochester.
=. W PreGtfee. deputy grand chile; o. 'he
ssdes o! Railroad. Telegraphera. 10 busy
seadins cut dsps rhes to operators asking
shem &c strike. One of these dispatches
teadi 'Don's be u seab. he q man" Al
Buffalo. the wcstetn terminus OF the
northern division. the work Of reorganix.
Ing freight crews is proceeding With the
experience derived from the struggle IN
August las; year the superintendent and
his sides hops to overcoms the yard block.
sds In . iew days. A gang Of laborers is
sagagsd In lbringins down. from stors
soSm 10 the upper eoors Of the LehiSh
vallsy citation ssverA! wagon loads Of cots
asd cooking uteusils which ~ers used 10
lass year's strike.
lsAtgN Resay ss Hire Nee.
These we're being taken on: TO the Fast
Buffalo car sbops to improvise lodging
house for recruit. to the freight crews
Th& 1.ehigh 10 ready to hire men To taks
SAs places Of the strikers. How many
men ere needed cannot Be told exactly
~ Buffalo there are about coo employes
% the Lehigh and perhaps one-third oi
ssainmen. A. Sayrs the omcials Of the
sosd admit that fully half Of their meu
are out They include brakemen and
Aremen principally and . few engineer
snd conductor. In Buffalo the-frsish,
sonduc;ors have not refused to take ou,
ssains because they have not been ssked
and there will be no chance to know how
many Of them will Join the strike unit
shsy are supplisd with full crews and or
dersd to move trains. No passenger mes
% Gar have refused to work.
nay Bsisg - Another Telsds cass.
Member Of the brotherhood were asks!
The trouble would extend TO other roads
"Yss. II they move Lehigh freight that VI
have refused Co move" was the reply. L
= understood here shat the Lehigh will b,
met with reflsals II they request parable
lines TO move their freight from every road
except the New York Central. Il wa
Shis refusal 20 take ''scab" fright thx
bsought on the celebrated Toledo case il
which Judge Kicks decided that trainme,
had no right 20 strike under such c:rcum
stances The l.ehigh will fight the strik
and its officials claim TO be able TO &c
slensy of men In . short time.