The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-16
THE CHIEFS PROTEST.
Heads Of Brotherhoods Declare
Strike Unauthorized.
BUT IT CONTINUES TO SPREAD.
IL Has Reached Gvsa8 Tsvks $50 10
Gsssx Eastward-Hov IL B~Tan-
Mansfessoes on Each side.


forre on the CssesSs esvissos and sss
Coast iines and !. rsrsdly spreading ssss-
gard. arcoraiag 20 tss admissions ct tns
eessr. rary. While raern p~rs of tie AEaerScsa
EaIlxav Tasoa claim that Is hiss slres1T
tied no the shoss sys.sn. IL sas reported
with great rosistvsnszs yesterday tbs: the
Northern Paesfe and Seattle, Laks Shore 4
Eastern roads were 70 bs tied ~ tofaorrow
sad that the eioss Of thas wesk might ses
every read xaxs Of the Missouri river STA
the possl bic excsptson Of los Ualon Paea-
fe, In The same position. No eontrrna tsoa
of these reports coasd ss eota.fssc ffssFa
shs union officials, bat the oressg 10 sgf.xs
might come I'm the same sa4sssa wsy that
tire orders for the Great Northern strike
have come.
The manner in which the STRIKE sss
broagkt stout - gra3nzi!y EEfosdlag and
il reveals . peculiar state Of affairs. IL
seems TO be Dot only strike for the Eesso-
ration 81 wsFss, but an,sssertion Of The
right Ia strike against the decisions Of
Judge Kicks and the injunction 81 Judge
jenkins The men on TIE Great Northern
are dissatisfied With the terms the brother
hoods have made for them IA recent agree
roeu.s and thsg are accused 81 having
accepted every reduction that has
been offered during tie LAST yes-.
The hands Of the chiefs .ers
also tied By the inj1netsons. sad Is became
evident that the inauguration Of 3 strike
ia the old way soai6 be hamrere6 by
similar legal distractions. so the Great
soYfhern men broke away frosa precedent
ard started on O new tack They sax fAE;
former strikes had faiisd because railroad
men had not acted together engineers
and fsrensn, conductors aud brsxsfnen.
ssisehmen or operators playing their osn
game Just NJ this jancfure nex organ
sxasson entered the field. which adj
United men in every branch of rail-
road services and Fnade the dues 50
small that they would t,e no tar ou the
poorest section hand. This Is the Amer
can Raiiwxv Union. which was started by
Eugene Y. isslss, former secretary OF tie
Brotherhood of Fsremen. and 10 . labor
union pure and simple without any
bsnsfat feature TO eosnplieafe matters.
They broke away from the rules
OF their separat. brotherhooas which
forbid strikes without orders from
headquarters. under penalty OF expulsion
or other severe punishment and by secse,
formed q federation under the raic Of this
mes nnion- When q well posted railroad
man, gho - q leading member OF the
unlon. was asked whether this vas not the
true expianation OF the situation, be SIM
ply answered:
That's the way /. look, to s man UP q
tree"
This account Of the way the strike came
ABOUT receives confirmation from one OF
the Developments Of yesterday. There vas
chorus of protests against III. strike
from the officers Of the various brother
hoods TO which fas strikers belong and
through which they have made agree-
msnts hitherto. The only branch OF The
service not participating Is the conductors,
hut the others are out, though some have
animated 10 the company . reads.
ness 10 break away. Yet the chief.
Join In declaring the strike unaathorisei.
A copy of the following dispatch Was re.
esived ia the city yesterday dated S..
Paul and. addressed TO c. f. Meslsn. y ho
IL chairman of the lodge OF the Brother.
hood OF Locomotive Engineers a, Halls
pcis, BY j. G. Nolan. chairman of the
grievances committee for ia. whole sys.
ten.
Advise our members 60 enter into nc
iI.egai strike, as fhey will nor get suprsar,
fzofn u. L. h. An advising with L. VI
Arthur. DO not violate yoar agreement
with company"
An Associated Press dispatch from s.,
Paul gives the following. which was sem
by Chief Sargent. Of the Brotherhood of
fircmen, "a Presiden, Hli, Of the Grea
Northern road:
1T treseen in your employ. who a..
members OF the brotherhood. have uuf
york in the present STRIKE. they hav,
viesated tie laws Of the organization aae
Will be expelled. They Will have 30 Sup
port tFota the equalization or Re sus,s nee
~ the federated committee. We rrorsos.
- stand by all agreements that have beer
made and signed ~ authorized oomait
tees. You are q. liberty 30 act accord
inEiy."
The following was sent from CeAa
Rapids. la. by l.. T. Clark. grand chief O
sns order 81 Railway Condactors. 10 L. L
Chamberlain. Io0aj secretary az the io4g.
at eIsokans. with directions 10 make aha
uss 81 IL he chose
strike on the Great Northern viii -
esssc uo recaeoit}ea or support from ~.
ar ircm federated organizations ga
meun beFs' dzsv - 20 comply strictly wtte
car laws sad psFiorm their proper date.
III any participate - strike. they raust
abide by Ihs oonss4 9snees. salch are eli
Known.
Further. a -. Pau dispatch from m
Associated FFess says that q meeting G
tic local organization Of engineers a .
declared BY the secretary 10 re oppossd L
the strike. and be added that any enrlaee
who oounsenaneed it. or Ia say ~ay a.
sisted the strikers. weald 30 50 q. h.
PERL.
\ telegram Was also received from Ger
era MsuaEsr Case addressed to al cot
eeEaei ard stating thai the grand Office;
OF fhe engineers. arwmen, conductors "a
rsinmen VAL arrive in ST. Faal today.
The mail car Tor the north-honnd Ca,
line sss set cat on the track yester4s
morntns ready to 40 out st aih, hal IA
eEes refused ~ take oat the passenger car
superintendent Copeland would not alto
IL Ia - cut alone. and 10 regnained on th
track. the mail being sfters ards remove
and shst fer T~oials as far as NhAtcop IA
sent out ey steamer. The striking tralr
ru~n then tran steresd the Caa adam pacis
ears - the t.sxs Shore tracks and the
we're taken oat un the lake shore trsir
AMI the soath-eoaud cars came in N
same way. The Great Northern me
~sfe 81 the tnosc ready TO he!
she Canadian Pacific, because IL 40
thesr goad wiA b. referring q dt.
pate ~ the arbitration q its on
engineers $ lev years ago. ADd ~ hirln
eae Of tie striking Great Northern clean
ere at = day when is cars sexan rar
ming IN here KvefytAlus ~As au;s
shoes sAe GIess Nor;hera traes. tarau..
the day. and an occasional knot Of rassrs,a.
men and the absence Of movement sn.an