Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-14
TELBGRAPHIC.
THE STRIKE ON,
The Great Northern and Montana
Central System Involved,
THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
,hs Employed Demand tho Wages
Prevailing Before the Reduction
OF August, 1893.

HELENA, Mont. April 10. 80 The
.,..ss an the Great Northern and Nom
,,,a Central system wns peacefully
,,opgura,ed today at noon. AZ the
.,,,rs Of n the men all lett their posts
~, Iuty and gathered at the station TO
emit the appearance u the eat bound
,..,spr,r train at 1925. As soon rs
An, main stopped. two men delegated
Nfthat purpose, upc9uplcd tho mall
.,, rom tho coaches. The baggage
..I ,rpfesa were all taken from the
..rani then she engine AMI mail car
800, rgady 10 proceed eastward.
"A the end Of fifteen minutes no
..isfs 10 move hal been received.
,.nI l.. Dunn Of Great Falls, the
tIel,l representative Of the American
..tlwsy Union, stepped 10 tue end Of
..r plalfolm aud asidi
rfrIpnda aud Fellow Citlzous-We
..., ready and willing 10 move this
..aii cat. the meu Hre NJ their posts. IL
.. Inc company's fault, not ours, that
.lIiI not leave ON lime. We arc
,.ady ami willing 10 do our part Tho
..muany will Try to make II appear
fI.t vc are the cause Of the delay Of
tip mail, but 1 want you all ~ bear
4Ituess to the fact that we arc ready
d. move tho car"
some time since the officials Of the
Great Northern issued new schedule
d, rovefn various employees. This WAS
I'D ao INTO ELECT the lst Of April, and
% made weeping reductions Ia tue
III
would not uccept II aud II was hung up
waiting ths return OF President Hin
i.m Europe. since his return he
.as ordered that thu schedule 10 on
i.fuuI, aud rather than nuctdu 70 the
acmaud, which they consider unjust,
l. men LOTT work nj noon tuday.
The strike extends from Latimoro,
IS. d., 10 Spokane, and 900 mun arc
now 1ut, 700 OF that number being IN
iHla city. The only trains that have
.ut Helena today are two Heights, one
,H.tbOunI and the other wusibound,
which lett this morning. They VIII DO
allowed 10 proceed to Their deitlnn.
tllns,
sFA1rLE Wash, April l3.-rhe
Great Northern main line has had the
middle cut out u Il by a strike which
began at noon today. Noia wheel n
moving, NOT "a wire wotkiug aud not
ifacgman on duty between Spokane
tul st. Paul, according 10 tule-
gram received today from James ho'
aau, Uf Helena, chairman Of tue Amer
lean Railway union, by the local uih'
gtfs.
This strike includes engineers, ftc'
men, c1nduclors, brakumou, switch
mru, operators, agents, bridge cnrpvn'
trrs, section hands, car cleaners anu
fupnlrcr-.
The coast lines, extending along the
sound from Seattle 10 New Wustmin.
ser, were not included bee iuse the OF
EauiEauon In not strong enough there
10 give promise OF success. A. th'
cal tnlciHls only have charge oI
tuu coast lines anu the main line IA mo-
uuIer their management, they know
nothing Jnlclally aud very little unoih
gally.
,l. PAUL, MINI, April l8.-lti IL a
q nlgull matter ht this time nud I'M
distance from the scene OF the sirik'
ON tue Great Northern system 10 un'
ucrstand its siEe or Significance. II
fact, from all local sources OF intormA
ton, the same report comes that thi
tifiko Is not general. Vice freaiden
Cllugh said tonight that the ffat wor'
received by the company was In th'
shapu VI Telegram, signed by som
one named Striker, announcing thn
tho men would 70 out al noon on tnl
western division. No demands ha|
been received from the men, ana judy
ing by the rrsullH Of the cunleteuc
with them lately they were lairly wei
ulntente1 with uiiaifs as they now "a
let. Oyera month ago committee d
engineers conferred with tho tnlcial
uuI finally signed an agreement TIA
when the earnings Of the oompan,
reached certain figure the old rate
would be restored.
Colonel Clougn says tho pIeiei
movement was not only unauthOflzp
ny tho brOiheihoOus and their chief
but h deprecated ~ him.
President hill, OF tnn Great North
vIu, Ia nj West Superior, and whe
approached by tho Associated Pre-
Correspondent, said, "rhese reports III
exaggerated. There arc lew loc0
disturbances along the line, but nolniu
o. speak seriously Of No statemeI
has ueOn yet received aH 10 tho numb
ui men UuLn
a DoviPs LAX special sayG N
president Of tnr local American RAJ
way UniOn, which consists VI 100 mun
bum iu all departments OF railwg
tgryiCo here, received a telegram fro
Tho president ufueriug strike At noe
today. A. the telegram was not sign,
ny Pfcsdent Deus they decided not
gl cut until they hear from him.