The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-14
Nearly the Whole Great North
ern System Tied Up.
EMPLOYEES ALL JOIN HANDS.
Strike Precipifated by Fear OF New
xsH Prem the East.
Trafemsn, s.fss Inner. opevsssfs ara
seesses DaAas oass NJ the Tsek Of
the wne-wass Old wages Essiersa
-Wess Esd Ss4 Affected

III tie sFaployes of The operating 6s-
YavEnsns OF the 6rsa. sorthsrs road. IN
esztslng tie train met, Telegraph and syscx
ksDastDenss. straek ~ noon yesterday
1sozs spoxzne SIS. 10 rs. rsal, ard It -
proiss5ss that .ossay HI see the ssTs<e sx-
tended over lbs rsss * tie system. with
sase sxcepssoa O. the coast fiDess which as
nos Likely. according 20 rTssent sEpess-
aners. - he affected. The strske has sseea
tssrsatsne5 for sosse tssae ia consequence
CT Ysd9etsons - wages and ass h&sseSed
By Yepyrss that nsn we're 10 he brought
frpsn tie Fast 10 take the PAGES 81 TIE
csssas4stlsd eEn psoyes-
The dsssssasfAesaon has been growing
srsr since Tie FIRST reduction Of wages Vas
made last August. AZ that time the
wages Of ali men not working under sch~c-
nses for q nxed tims xers c.. cosn.
those aa6er 81 go a year Is per cent,
those between $40 and 1900 year -
yer cent This applied to dispsschers,
operators, swischasn. agents. section men
aud bridge carpenters, but not to enga-
nee-s, Eremsn. conductors and 5rsksE1en.
~ their wages we're nxed By contract
until changed by mutual consent. In
November came smother change in
the schedules Of the conductors and
braksmen. bat some working an the
ssitchDacx we're given advances. In jan
usYy q conference with the committees Of
the BrothsTbooas Of Engineers and Fire
men Has called arrange q reduced scsed-
ule and Committees we're sent to ST. Paul.
vita instructions TO stand uy the cd
schedule. They accepted q cut Of about .
per cent, with some changes In the SEIZED
uis proposed By the company. and this
change took effect on March /. The
engineers and iiremen have not been salts
With this schedule aud acsuse tbs COIN
mits<e Of violating It's Instructions.
Then came . reduced schedule for the
conductors, brakemsn and sxiicnmsn, TO
take effect April /, TO consider which COM
missees we're sent to 81. Paul By the Order
Of Railroad Cvnducsors aid the Brother
hood OF Railway Trainmen. IL proposed
cut Of 70 10 per cent, snd the accept
ancs Of IL Was being voted On By
ths men when the strike began.
two-thirsis vote 10 required 10 adopt
Or reject il. and i; Is almost
eertsin that Ii will be rejected.
IL makes heavy cut on the eastern diyis-
Ions and makes very slight changes on the
Cascade division. The opinion of the men
intsresied Is that tbs western men were
only aasghtly touched Ia the hope that. in
vsew Of the business depression. thsy
would rote soiidly for the cut. and thus
nsGtrAlass the opposing vote Of the East
ern men. and that they would get . fur
ther reduction later Oh. The grievance
committees Of The two organisations are
new cat taking this vets.
Meanx bile the hands u the chiefs Of the
various orders had been tied In the matter
uf strskes by shs Injunction Of Judge
Jsaktns ia the Sorthern Pacific affair. and
they se~fn 10 havs feared that any move
fn that direction on The Great
Northern would be met with SINH
lar legal obstacles Bat q new body was
grcwsng up under the name of the Amsri-
can fsaiisay Union. which admitted rail-
road men of al classes down TO section
men. without attempting TO take the
places of the older orders, with a
beneficial feature. The local men
are ~ sea 10 understand how en-
Tsneess. tfenen. conductors. brake
men. ssitehmsn and operators, who were
combined In fhssr separate orders. had
struck ~ the orders OF the ne. orranisa-
tion wfth which they had not affiliated,
and ore of them explained IL By saying
that the new complication caused By the
NoFthsrn Pacific injunction had caused
the ehists NJ the other orders 10 delegate
their powers 20 order strike 10 the officers
OF abe n.s body. Another explanation ts
thar the men on the Eastern divisions and
the Montana Central had decided 10 form
fssssFasloa fer the present emergency az
least sndes the lead OF the Railway rniou.
hui shat this organization had nos gaine,i
fab strength on ihe Cascade division. Tia.
latter seems 80 Lee the true explanation.
fraiu the fact that size strike extends par,
italy over this division.
Hawsver. about midnight on Thursday
y cipher message cane over the wires %
AL stations along sae line. reading come.
shing Ike this:
We have come 10 THE conclusion 81 ston
work st Il o'clock today. We unsisrstan1
tia; Hill - bringing mea from s}se East /,
take Gar pisces. stseg by IS and we viii
have oar wages restored so What they we're
IA i-s3"
IhSs message vas sisas1 " James
hoTsn, or Ssnizcr ~ the American gui.
was Union. and ~-~~- tseadwis1. organizer
al the Brotherhood 1T Railway Trainne,,
ard was addressed 80 engineers. fresaea
eontacsoEs brakemen, sNftchrnen. dis
rssehers. operators and section men. LIS
issuance VAS Kept close secret, aud TIE
only snttmstioa Of it that Leaked ~as n .
trsef dispatch Published in Yesterday
fosF-INrEtrtoEscKR Its etfect was MAG.
teal II Was 10 cover the main line east
Of Spokane aud all the branches cov-
sFSsi - thu two unions. Az noon
every train stopped wherever il hap
resed 10 he sni passengers were hurried
along 90 rsAeh taear destination before the
appointed tine. Thus the wess-An1ad
tran due st II O'Clock Thursday nAght As
vers ists at k&ssneii. AMI If 10 had ran
ttOfn tAeee ca schedule tine eat5 not
have arrived here untu afternoon roster
day. btls a geads tae thiTtv-hour ran from
kasspe1 ~ Seattle In tsenty-tso hoar,
ard FeAs,hed here Shou. !! o'clock. Suhs~-
caess orders wsre Issued that az gassea-
SEES should Re taken AEauE h To thrsr sts,sf
nations. saying: we 10 nos Ssh Inrs>r,ss.
passengers 10 sG6er by what tive 4a's IT,
agents and operators seem 20 have s.rsex
al the wsy through 81 Hve.efs far m,s
vora eoaid tie heard over ths w&rasa.,-
wsTd. except one message trara Skxsa.
naIsh. whaea Is suppressed 81 ave hcen See.
hy some cfsielal. Nc, a whsel VAS r,7ovs,-
ssst es Spokane VITA she sxeenttsn
Of the passenger trAlss Sci.
run Through. net . swi;eAnaaa ~
o. work, not a sessen hand was
on the track and tie eay-cleaners AL
engine wtesrs weat with tie nest e tae
msen. The Cascade division AMI the Goes.
lines sloae were running. aud the geuesa
ias preston Ia that the former wII ,se sssl
"a Completely IN . day or tao