The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-05
MONTANA MEN OUT
STRIKE ON THE BUTTE, ANACONDA
AND PACIFIC.
Ewitchmen and nrakemen Take Issue with
the Company Regarding the Discharge
of Yardmaster Corrigsr-Possibility of
Ten Thousand Men Being Thrown Out
OF Employment-TheR Roads Position
Interstate Commerce Commission De-
cides Something-A Joint Traffic Denial
Railway News

Anaconda, Mont, Feb. "A strike
was inaugurated on the Butte, Anacon-
da and Pacific railway by the recently
organized union of the employees Of the
road under the title of a protective as
ISOLATION. The cause of the strike was
the discharge of Yardmaster ]. w. Cor
rigan at Rocker, as the company assert,
for INSTRUMENTATION, and, the strikers as
cert. 10 make way for a favorite Of Su-
perintendent McCabe. The association
Monday night issued an ultimatum TO
Manager NJ. Donahue that unless Cor
rigdn was reinstated by Tuesday noon,
q strike would result They were told
that no man who left the employ Of
the company or refused TO work when
called upon, would be allowed to re-
sumo work and that they might consider
themselves by that refusal discharged.
The men who quit are in all departments
svitchmen and brakemen mainly. The
engineers and firemen voted last evening
to remain on duty and said they had no
grievance. Passenger trains ran to-
lay on time and freight was handled.
Should the tie-up prove a success prob
ably 10000 men in Montana would be
thrown out of employment. The roads
haul ore from the Anaconda mines in
Butte to the smelters in this city. The
GOAL mines ar Beijt, which supply coal
employing 1000 men, were ordered 10
suspend work for ten days and prepara-
lions for filling smelters were in prog
res and the lumber department al Hamil
ION wiz also be closed. There are prob
ably 5000 men in the mines and smelt-
Prs alone. The situation is very criti-
cal, but Manager Donahue has adver-
tised for men and stated last night that
he thought he would be able 10 keep
the road running.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
Washington, Feb 4.-The interstate
commerce commission today in and optn
lon by Commissioner Prouty announced
Its decision of the case of Wolf Bros.
vs. the Allegheny Valley Railroad COM
pany and others. Unjust classification
Of compliments envelopes was involv-
ed. In this case the commissioner holds:
"Complainant's open-end envelope,
though made by a different and cheap
er process than that employed in the
manufacture OF other open-end or slide
envelopes and usually from an inferior
grade of paper, are nevertheless made,
used and shipped like merchandise en-
Uelopes and not like paper bags, which
defendants place in a lower class; the
rating Of complainant's envelopes in
the higher classes provided for mercn-
andise envelopes is not unlawful. The
complaint was dismissed.
JOINT TRAFFIC DENIES.
New York, Feb. 4.-Commisisoner
Blanchard of the Joint Traffic associa-
ton today denied in toto the report from
Chicago concerning the disruption OF
that body owing to the alleged dissatis-
faction of the Grand Trunk, Wabash,
Big Four, Lake Shore, Clover Leaf, and
other lines, over the traffic per centages.
George Gould. in answer to questions
about the attitude of the Wabash, said
he could not speak authoritatively and
although he had heard OF some trouble
with the Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas
City. or "Clover Leaf line which is
close competitor with the Wabash, yet
he knew nothing, he said, Of the report
that he had ordered the withdrawal OF
the Wabash
RATE INVESTIGATION.
Jefferson City, Mo, Feb. A resoIu- |
ton introduced in the house today by |
Representative Burkes, providing for the |
investigation of the railroad and ware |
house commissioners, on the theory that |
they have not fully exercised their pow |
or in the reduction of railroad rates, |
was adopted