The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-15
COAST LINES TIED Up.
Great Northern Strike Reaches
Salt Water.
EAST END ALONE RUNNING.
In Eesrssse 90 Mysserseus Order cosss
Lines ned 1nsr1de Ufvfsssss
Are Tied Up Atss-


e1txr1s1 Isss rigas orsr re g&scnSs 1tsss~
i<srs ard tsss coast Isses. and sse xs0ss svs-
sern IL ted 60 Erors Macs 10 s@4tfss @sa
from Seattle 10 Eessass 1stsg. Hs-1iv 3
wheel Is surnsng or telegraph sire siGk-
lag ovar $50 Ts4i4es Of fIas isrsap@essve OF
branches. Is 10 pzooab.e les. before It's
aTtsrss 10 IL type Eews = u. De rsseea wed that
tie strike has sx.en5s6sa ower TIE sastern
divisions ard covers the Whole sysseTs.
The strike - ordered with saea secrseT
ssld sus1ennsss that 81 hour bssore u
was 80 begin the osssesals hsd nos sasFs-
esob that II vas 70 hagrea-
The order Vas received Ia this city stoas
eo'cloek last night. bus 70 iaisrna.son Of
IL WA aIio~sd 20 get beyeas toe nssn in
feress~t. When tbs time eafas 70 make
MP tbs eastbe1nd rassen ger tsaia. the
mali and baggage car wAs SGT in froms Ia
stead u the rear. as ~ usual, ard the car
was not coupled 10 the rest Of the train.
When orders were given for the train 10
eo out the engineer refused 70 take eug
more than the mail car. rapefintend%u,
Copeland said that the whole train or
nothing wonId so out and. after waiting
for nearly an hour 10 give him an oppos-
tunity TO reconsider, the crew went home
and the officials followed init, leaving no
body on guard bat s fex sueord.nases.
Ths wsst-boand passenger train. due
hsrs at ii O'Clock on Friday night. arrived
about 3 yesterday morning. and the one
due last night il expected about s IN the
morning with Roy Good win. chisf Of the
Brotherhood Of Railway Trasnmen. who
toinsd In signing the strike order. on
board. Ii Ia due 70 him that the train is
% nearly On time. for when its progress
was obs.rueted by derasied freight train
he ordered the crew 10 help in paiting IL
on the track agaIn so as To let the passen-
gar 60 through, and when slide WAS en-
coan.ered be gave similar ORDERS to- the
section hands. ia fact. be ran the tsea-up
divisions for the time being.
Ali day yesterday there WAS q feeling of
snspense among the Great sortaern Off
eiais. for they felt that something was in
the air and could not and out what it wss.
While the cperasors on the Cascade tlvi-
SION had resolved orders from Chief Ram
ssy, Of the Order Of Railway Tesezrapssers.
20 keep quiet. they seemed 10 interpret
thls 10 mean 20 keep the wire quiet, tor
communication on that division was
broken azd spssaodie. and any attempt
to get message through further east than
Spokane was met with the interruption
frcm some unknown person:
''shut up you scab." Then the wire
MAS grounded and silence reignsd.
The strike il complete on the vest end
- on tsse other divisions. for oil branches
Of the service are participating and with
practical rnsnimisy. as far as can be
learned. Where the orders come from or
70 whom they are addressed il a mystery.
int they are oheyed implicitly and
promptly ami The discipline among Ire
srsEnmen IL perfect.
The Canadian Pacific officials. anticirat-
Ing the extension of the strike, Yesterday
made arrangements with the receivers OF
the LAKE shere for their through cars.
both passenger and freight, to run over
the Lake Shore road 10 aud from this
city. and this change takes effect
TO-DAY. The Lake Share northbound
train wsl wait till cts this
morning, the leaving sins OF the Great
Northern coast line train. and the south
bound will bring ia the west-bound cars at
It's regular time. clock. The Canadian
Pacific cars are on tho Great Northern
tracks behind some Great Northern cars.
ard tie Lake shore engine will probably
have to so On the Great Northern tracks TO
get them out. as tie strikers would
hardly be willing to move them.
The attitude OF the Great Northern man
agssnens 10 the strikers is shown In dis
patch received from them yesterday bv
General Manager Shelby. Of the Coat
lines. dated AZ sI Paul and reading IS fol-
lows
'Au superintendent and Master Ne.
ehanlcs. Leayen worth Seattle and %t,gs-
kane: On the Montana A ksisspeli dsyl.-
hon OF the Great Northern railway aud on
tie Montana Central railway, ali trains
have bcen abandoned hy reason of a mum.
her al the naea quitting work, the only
noIlee being received lev hours before
such abandonment from party sho il
NOS and has net been in the cosnpany's
employ aud without any COMPLAINT or
notice from the men. The main reason
given 90 The company for this action i. a
Claim ana zsport circulated BIZ interested
parties that all employees on those lines
are 10 he replaced oY strange men from the
Fass This report Is ard was entir~iv an
true ard Is ulSae f0F the nur-
pose OF intimidation AID uisrenre-
seniing the company to the men
II tsespecte.i sad tie wish OF the rs.a,.
fany that all employees will contsna. IN
tue faithful discharge of their respective
Guiies and the company wsiI see tia, IN
All matters os ssEss. promotions. etc
such faithful service will be hfst conxla-
cred both IS - rates ot ray and line Of
promotion. The company IS at au times
ready 20 hear aud consider any complalut
By the naen III its employ
j. J. HIM, President
&C ". Case,
General Manager.
"g~ W. BRYAN,
General Superintendent.
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Superintendent Motive Power"