The morning call., 1894-04-14
jim HILLS MEN.
Giving Him a Deal of
Trouble.
ALL 90 OUT ON A STRIKE.
Not a Wheel Turns on the Great
Northern.
NOTHING MOVING BUT THE MAILS S
The Strikers Are Orderly but Deter
mined to Win Their Fight
in the End.

HELENA. April 13.-The strike on the
Great Northern and Montana Central sys-
TEN was peacefully inaugurated to-day al
noon. At the stroke or II the men all
left their posts of duty aud gathered at the
station to await the appearance OF the
eastbOund passenger train at 1925. AS
soon as the train stopped two men dele
gated for that purpose uncoupled the mall
car from the coaches. The baggage and
sxpress was all taken from the car and
then the engine aud mailcar were ready 10
proceed eastward. At the end of fifteen
minutes no orders to move had been re-
ceiyed. Then j. L. Dunn of Great Falls,
The official representative of the American
Railway Union, stepped to the end of the
platform and said:
Friends and fellow-citizens, we are
ready and willing to move this mailcar
the men are at their posts. 1t is the CON-
pany's fault, not ours, that it did not leave
on time. We are ready and willing to dc
our part. The company will try to make
1t appear that we are the cause of the de-
lay of the mail, but want you all to bear
witness to the fact that we are ready TO
move the car"
Mr.. Dunn stated that the train crew
could and would run the car through to
Great Falls on the general orders but for
the fact that the superin tendent had given
express orders that the trains should not
leave the station.
Some time since the officials of the Great
Northern Issued a new schedule to govern
various employees. This was to go into
effect the 1st of April, and it made sweep
ing reductions in the wages Of all the en-
ployes. The men would not accept ii, and
it was hung up awaiting the return OF
President Hill from Europe. Since his
return be has ordered that the schedule be
enforced. and rather than accede to the
demand. watch they consider unjust. the
men left work at noon to-day.
The order for the strike was issued from
Butte last night Dy James Hogan. organ
iZer of the American Railway Union. The
strike extends from LArimore, n. D., to
Spokane. and 1900 men are now out, 200 Of
that number being in this city. The only
trains that have left Helena to-day are
TWO freights, one eastbound and the other
westbound. which left this morning. They
will be allowed to proceed to their desti-
nations. General Superintendent Bryan
of St. Paul and Division Superintendent
Currier of Great Falls are managers of the
situation for the company a. Helena.
SPOKANE, April 13.-A special to the
Review from Great Falls. Mont. says: No
railroad in any city was ever ted up more
completely than the Great Northern is
here this afternoon. Almost every man
obeyed the order Of the American Railway
Union and quit. a long train of loaded
coaleaTs was left On the bridge giving ac-
cess to the city and prevented the west
bound express from coming this side of
the river. Permission was given to go on
to Butte, but there was no dispatcher to
give it clearances. The Trades and Labor
Council has indorsed the strike, and at a
meeting this afternoon merchants offered
assistance. Not a wheel turns. The ore
supply of the Big Boston and Mountain
Smelter is cut off. There is no disturbance.
The strikers have appointed a committee
to protect the property of the company.