The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-04
TRAINS ARE RUNNING.
Effects Of the Great Northern
Strike Fast Disappearing.
CAUSE or THE SETTLEMENT.
separate Agreement VITA rsrs.ss -
re~inssrs 1saisd sad Halfway
Unasn AeteA for All.

Passenger service vas resumed yesterday
ou thu Great northern Coast lines. trains
running both north-bound and south
b0und. but the esst-bonnd train on the main
line did not Ieavs - expected. TWAS found
impossible 70 get the track through the
mountains into condition for trafnc In
time, and IL VS. nscssssry 10 get the en-
sines and crews properly Distributed aions
She road, % the train vas abandoned for
last night II 10 expected ihst regular
ssrvtcs will b resumed tonight
A great mass u express matter from tho
East, which arrived during the strike for
points on the Coast lines, vss yesterday
transferred by tins Northern Pacific FL
press Company 20 ths Great Northern Ex-
press Company and sent out.
Details Of the negotiations In st. Paul
for the settlement Of the strike throw .
GOOD deal of light on the causes which led
President Hill to couesds nearly oil that
che strikers asked. The principal cause
sscms 70 bs that IL vas proved By practical
demonstration that the American Kali
way Union and not the bsoshsfhoods
truiy represented the employees OF the road
In this particular struggle.
After the fnai rejection Of his arbitra-
ton proposal by tho conference OF the
American Railway Union. President Hill
opened negotiations with the grievance
committees Of the bfotbrrhoois OF en-
gineers aud iremen and offered TO restore
the old wages 10 those classes of employee
The committees accepted the offer and
autographed IL siong the line with In
structions TO their constituents 70 return
- ~c~k The t~tAu~.rnx uax~ sS0raH ~
Nolan and Uptegrove. The chairmen Of
the engineers and firemsn's committees.
respectively, and they received replies
from ali points along the line saying that
tho men would stand by the American
Railway Union and would not return to
work until full settlement Of the strike
Vas made. The character Of the reply and
the promptness with which IL was sent
may find an explanation In tho fact that
President Debs, of the American Railway
Union. autographed TO his iieutenants
along the line on the same day that Nolan
and uptssrove sent their messages, warn
Ing them Of the latter's actions and the
American Railway Union officials showed
the engineers and firemen the advisability
~ not cutting loose from the other strik-
era. The result was that not On engineer
or fireman went TO work under the brother
hood settlement.
This Was . practical proof that the
American Railway Union committae rep
resented the brotherhood men a. well a.
the other strikers. - il had claimed In the
conferenos with the Great Northern off,
ciais. Mr.. Hill had stated that his only
objection to treating with the COMMITTEES
Was that he was not satisfied that il was
authorized to oct for the brotherhood men,
this doubt being fostered by the commit.
tees Of the brotherhoods, which claimed
that they were still the only authorized
representatives Of their members in their
dealings with the company. The una
nimity with which the engineers and fire.
men stood BY the other strikers convinced
him that the American Railway Union
must BE- settled with before train would
b. run; hs accepted tho offer OF the CON-
msrciai bodies OF St Paul and Minneapo-
liz to arbitrats tho matter and the end of
the strike followed In short order.
The efforts Of Nolan and Uptegrove TO
Gst the engineers and fircmen back to
work are not taken by the employees a.
fairly representing the policy of the BROTH
srhoods. for Chiefs Arthur and Sargent
were quoted during the early days Of tho
strike - saying that they would not inter-
iese In any way. which was taken by the
members Of their orders ~ meaning tn at
they would not be sustained in running
with ''scsb" crews Following upon this
came tho denunciation of Nolan and
yptsgrove ~ traitors when they at.
tempted an independent settlement
Sr. Paul. Nav 3-Marshal Bede has
hfty warrants for tho arrest of Great
Northern men charged with interfering
with mali trains. II II possible the men
may surrender aud gain the consideration
81 the court