The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-07-01

BUTTE, June 30.-Matters In connection
with the Union Pacific and the Pullman
boycott came to . focus this afternoon
and the Montana Union employees showed
that they had made no idle threat when
they said they would strike IL another Of
the obnoxious sleepsrs was brought into
Butte. The Montana Union yards were
In state Of uncertainty and turmoil dur.
ing tho entire afternoon and were the
scene Of many exciting incidents from I
the employees Of the road went out on
striko.
The excitement reached ito height at
$40 o'clock, whom the DELAYED Union Pa.
cific train pulled in with the. Pullman at.
tached. and It would have taken very little
opposition on the part Of the management
10 have precipitated serious trouble.
II became apparent early this afternoou
that there would be trouble and strike
at o'clock seemed almost q certainty.
Just before noon the following order was
served on Fred Walker. the Montana
Union chief train dispatcher. and most
loyal union man:
We have been appointed . committee Of tho
A. r. U. local lodge No. 80. to notify you that
no Union Pacific train to which Pullman cars
are attached will be allowed to run over the
Montana Union tracks. You will therefore re-
fuse to release for Butte any Union Pacific
trains ut Silver Bow until further notice. @. b.
Jolly, c. Z. Allen, committee.
Accordingly, when the Union Pacific
train reached Silver Bow at 12:a0 o'clock,
Mr.. Walker ordered II to stay there.
Every effort ON tho part Of the MANAGE
ment to induce Mr.. Walker to give the
train orders to run to Butte proved futile.
He explained that II the train WAS brought
into Butte Il would result In strike and
Il was his desire to avoid trouble IL II
could be done. When II became apparent
that the train would not b brought In for
some time at least, the hack drivers drove
out to Silver Bow and most Of the passen-
gers were brought into tho city.
Ate O'Clock conference was held be-
tween General Manager Burns and ]. H.
Caldcrhead, C. b. Jolly and c. E. Allan,
representing the A. r. u. Tho committee
notified Mr.. Burns that they would not al.
low the train to bs brought In with Pull.
man attached, and that II II did como In
they would strike. They explained very
clearly that they would have no dissatis.
faction with the Montana Union unless
the Pullman was brought In.
Mr.. Burns stated that he was deter.
mined to bring the entire train IL he could
possibly do 1t, and there the conference
ended.
Mr.. Burns then undertook to get .
special train to Silver Bow, but the dis
patcher refused to give him o clearance
order, and at 3o'clock he and ]. c. Flint
drove to the assistance of the stranded
train In buggy.
1t leaked out that Il was Mr.. Burns In
tention to hold the Union Pacific train ut
Silver Bow until the Montana Union train
from Anaconda. due at 4:l2 o'clock, came
along, and run In behind 1t a. second
section. Mr.. Walker learned Of this and
when the Montana Union train reached
Silver Bow he issued orders to II to 70.
main there. too, and then ho practically
abandoned both Of the trains. Mr.. Burns
then devoted his attention to tho train
crews and little bofors s o'clock he per-
suadet them to run into Butte on his
orders.
In the Meantime the two switch engines
here and their crews had been hard at
work lining oil their cars up on tho differ.
ent side tracks and then throwing the
trucks Of tho END cars of tho rails. This
was done In order to prevent miscreants
from loosening the brakes and turning the
cars loose, in whicn case they would
run clear to Silver Bow and the action
was taken moro TO project the company's
property than anything else. BY o'clock
every car in the yard was securely blocked
in the manner described. The only two
Pullman cars in the yard werc carefully
deposited at the end of a blind siding and
car was dropped of on tie ground in
front of them.
At o'clock when IL was learned that
both the trains had left Silver Bow for
Butte, and that the Pullman was attached
to tho Union Pacific. President Calder.
head issued an order tn all 4. Il. l.. eln.
p!oyes of the Montana Union to strike at
d clock.
The Montana Union train arrived at
$40 o'clock. There was no demoustra.