The record-union., 1894-04-16

because the employees did not expect
themselves to strike till they heard the
railway was going to ship in men, and 1t
was not policy to give notice; that no in
tiinidation was intended to any branch of
the service. as the men all struck work.
He says the employees have been slaves
till forbearanee ceased to be virtue, and
that the strike was sanctioned by the
whole community. He verifies the state
ments made by Chief Hogan. He says
not a train has left ST. Paul since Friday
evening, and the statements made by the
railroad officials are false. He concludes
by stating that if the strike is not settled
in twentyfour hours it will be pro-
tracted one.
Chairman Riker of the American Rail-
way Union, now on strike, received a
dispatch from st. Paul this evening that
President Hill has ordered Superintend
ent Bryan to proceed to Great Falls at
once to makearrangements to terminate
the strike.
THE WHOLE SYSTEM TIED UP.
SEATTLE (Wash.), April 15.-Despite
the statements OF the officials tha; the
strike on the Great \ Northern does not eX-
tend further East than Minot, North ia
kota, the leaders here say that the Gains
of James Hogan that the whole system is
tied up are correct. Runors are atoat
among the strikers, and are also heard
among Great Northern officials, that the
Northern Pacific is to be tied up on Mon
day, and that before the week ends every
road West of the Missouri River, with
the possible exception of the Union Pa
cItic, will share the same fate. Word was
received from Hogan, at Butte. that
superintendent Currier of the Montana
Central had started i'll a buggy from
Helena to Great Falls, distance of 100
miles. He also instructed Secretary
Adams of the local lodge to furnish men
TO protect the company's property here,
if necessary, and Adams made the offer
to Superintendent Copeland of the coast
lines, but no disorder is feared.
The mail car of the South Westminster
and Vancouver train was brought out
this morning to leave at 9:l5, but the offl-
clals refused to let il 60 out without the
passenger cars, and it was left on the
track. The strikers then took out the
Canadian Pacific cars, which run on this
train, and transferred them to the Seattle,
Lake Shore and Eastern tracks, over
which they went to Sumas, connecting
there with the Canadian Pacific. The
strikers have a kindly feeling for the
Canadian Pacific. because it formerly
submitted dispute to the arbitration of
its own engineers, and when the Great
Northern car cleaners wages were re-
duced to 81 per day, and they struck last
of them at S2 per day to clean is cars run
ming on the coast lines. No trains of any
kind have left Seattle to-day over the
Great Northern.
HARDLY WHEEL TURNING.
SEATTLE (Wash.), April 15.-The Great
Northern Railroad strike is extended to-
day over the Cascade division and the
coast lines, and the whole system is tied
up from Minot to Seattle and from Seattle
to New Westminster. Hardly wheel is
turning nor telegraph wire ticking over
1000 miles of the line.
Erhe strike was ordered with such Sc
crecy and suddenness that an hour before
it was to begin the officials had not sus-
picion that it was to happen. The order
was received in this city about o'clock
last night, but no intimation of it was al
lowed to get beyond the men interested.
When the time came TO make up the
East-bound passenger train, the mail and
baggage-car was set in front instead of at
the rear, and the car was not coupled to
the rest of the train. When orders were
given for the train to go out the engineer
refused TO take out more than the mail
car. superintendent Copeland said that
the whole train or nothing would go out,
and after waiting for nearly an hour to
give him an opportunity to reconsider,
the crew went home and the officials fol-
lowed suit.
The strike is complete on the west, and
all branches of the service are participat-
ing. The Canadian Pacific officials, an
ticipating the extension of the strike,
have made arrangements with the re-
ceivers of the Lake Shore for their
through cars, both passenger and freight.
to run over the Lake Shore to and from
this city.