Arizona republican., 1903-03-04
WABASH STRIKE
 HAS BEEN BLOCKED
Headed Off by U. 5. District
 Court Injunction
Directed Against Officers of Labor Or ganizat1on Restraining Them From Ordering Members of the Union to Quit Work.

St. Louis, March 3.-An Injunction was granted lay Judge Adams of the United States district court to prevent the continuation today of the threat encd strike of the 1,190 firemen and trainmon of the Wabash railroad for higher wages. As a result of the poll during the past week GmonS the em- plOyes over the question Of striking in case President Ramsey ultimately re- fused to grant the demanded wage con- sessions on the Wabash east O: the Mississippi river, the engineers and conductors refused to participate in a strike, but the firemen and tr2inmcn favored it emphaticalIy. ;. ac
 Their committee yesterday notified Ramsey that he would be given until today noon to grant the demands. If at that time he still refused, strike would be immediately called. This af- ternoon Ramsey requested a little more time and the two committees granted him until } o'clock to make a final reply. Before the allotted time expired Ramsey had secured a re- straining order from the court and it had been served on all the officials of all orders and members of the Eriev- ance committees. The injunction was a most sweeping instrument, and effec- tuaily blocked any strike proceedings. In part it reads: I've, therefore. do strictly command you, until the furtfl- CT order of the court, absolutely to de- sist and refrain from in any way or manner, ordering, cOercing persuading. and inducing, or otherwise causing. di- rectly or indirectly, the employees of the said Wabash Railroad company to strike or quit the service Cf the said company
 The injunction is temporary, and the Writs are not made rcturnable. The persons against whom the injunction is issued may appear in court at any time and present 2 plea to have the in Junction dissolved. or if not one asks that it he dissolved it may be made permanent.
 After Ramsey learned that the in- Junction had been served he said:
 We Will go on dealing with our ovi, 1 einployes the same as usual. This ord CT will ret efG0ct them at all. If q strike takes piTCe, il viii be due to outside interfercGces. The order is i meant to restrain others on the outside from interfering with our employees CT i Ordering strike. It was outside in-
 fluenccs that caused dissension. The employees of the Wabash were satisfied and would have remained satisfied il left to their own accord
 Meantime the grievance committees had prepared and submitted to Ramsey q letter setting forth the increase of concessions they desired. It was soon
 alter the delivery of this letter to
 Ramsey that the iniunctions were served. Shortly after o'clock, two hours after the injunction proceedings Ramsey sent to t!ie grievance commit tees his replE to their letter practical ly rejecting all demands. Before Ieav-
 Ing his office to go home he said that he did not believe a strike would be brought about.
 The committees of the frcmen and
 trainmen met and talked over the situ-
 atfon this evening and then dispersed
 for the night.
 Grand Master Morrisscy of the B. R
 T., said after the meeting tonight: We have decided to make no move uhll alter consultation with cur at torneys- This consultation will De held toInofroW morning.
 Mr Morrissey, in a signed statement
 said that nothing will be done in vio- i3tion of the injunction. and that the
 dissatisfied employees would bow in submission to the law.
 ! Grand Chief P. NJ Arthur of the i Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers arrived here today. He asserted that
 ne Was en route to Houston, Tex. and
 flad merely stopped off here and had no connection whatever with the trouble