Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-05
RESTRAINING ORDER SERVED ON
MEMBERS OF WABASH GRiEv.
ANCE COMMITTEES.
OFFICIALS ALSO ENJOlNED
Heads CT all the Railway Orders Re.
strained From in Any Way or Mar
ner Ordering or Persuading, Cirect-
iy or Indirectly, the Employees OF the
Wahesh Railway Company to ssri.:-.
injunction Temporary.
injunction Temporary.

ST Louis, March An iniurO,iCa
granted by Judge Adams, Of the INT
ed States district court, prevented the
elimination during the day of tn
threatened strike of 100 iiremen al
trainmen of the Wabash railroad far
higher wages. As the result e th
poll during the past week among the
employees ever the question Of striE
ing N case President Ramsey ulti
mately refused to grant deMagGei
wage concessions on the Wabash en II
Of The Mississippi river, the engineer
and conductors refused to participate
in a strike but the frcmen and treiE
men favored it emph eticaily Tlei
Onmittees notified President Ram
sev Nondav that he would be given
until nCCH II grant their demands If
by tuat time he still refused strike
would T G Immediately called
II he afternoon President Ramsey
requested little more time and the
two committee granted him until :
o'clock p. m. 10 make final realy %
fore the allotted time had expirei
President Ramsey had
Secured a Restraining Order
from The court and it had been se7ve7
on all the officials of all the oric~s
and mcmbers Of the grievance cCge-
mittees. The injunction is most
sweeping instrument and effeatuall /
blocked anv strike proceedings r
part il reads
we therefore do strictly comma-
you until the further order cf !.
count absolutely 70 desst AMI refra'~
from In any way or manner orderiH..
coarrine. persuadne inducing or
otherwise causing directly or ia'i-
reftiV the employees cf the said -.
bash railway companv to g'rikn o.
quit the service of said com
The injunction is tempcra end
the wrts are not returnable Th7
persons against whom the iniun tiGn
is issued may appear in court 1t ang
time and present a plea to have the
Injunction dissolved. or. if no c~e
asks that il he dissolved, il may :
made permanent.
Statement by Ramsey
After President Ramsey lesrnef
that the injunction had been so.ve|
/ he said
"We viii go on dealing with GU
own employees the same as usual
] This order viii not affect them q; ~
/ If strike takes place ii will he lH'
| to outside Interference. The order !
meant 70 restrain others on tha Oh:
side from intei fering with our or,
ployes. or Of ordering strike It wa!
/ outside influence that caused disseu
sion. The employees OF the Wabasi
were satisfied and would have rem lin
/ ed satisfied if left to their own ac
cord"
Meantime the grievance committee
had prepared and submitted to Pres
ident Ramsey letter setting fortl
the increase concessions desired
Soon after the delivery Of this lette
/ to President Ramsey the iniuncti1J
was served
Rejects All Demands.
TWO hours after the serving of tht
Injunction President Ramsey sent t.
the grievance committees his reply t
the letter practically rejecting ~
| their demands Before leaving his
office to go home he said he did net
! believe a strike would occur
The committee of firemen and train
4 mon mot and talked over the situa-
/ tion in the evening and. then dispers
ed for the night Grand Master Nor
risscy Of the Brotherhood Of Railway
| Trainmen said after the meeting:
We have decided to make no move
/ until after q consultation with or at.
torneys. This consultation will be
! held II the morning"
Nj Morris Ell in a signed stateme t
| said nothing would be done in viola.
/ tion Of the Injunction and the dissat
isfed employees would bow in submis