Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 10, 1888, Page 2

ENJOINED FROM STRIKING. Judge Dundy Issues an Order to Union Pacific Engineers. MUST HELP THE BURLINGTON. Incompetent Men at the Throttle Canse Two Serlous Accldents— The Rock Island’s Attitnde—~ Statements of Enginéers. Enjoined Union Pacific Engineers, Yesterday in the United States court the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad com- pany; through its attorney, Greene, se- cured an injunction against the Union Pacific railway company, its oficers and agents, and particularly its engineers, restraining them Trom refusing to perform their duties ubder the inter-state commerce law; also against the engineers of the Union Pacifio railway to restrain them from striking or from organiz- ing or combining to direct a strike. The bill ‘setw out that the Union Pacific railway com- punyaniddte employes have refusod and still re- fuse to haul, handle crdeliver traffic originat- ingon or destined to any point on the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney system or passing over any part of it i the transportation of which it has any interest. This action on the part of the men is the result of a combinatien en- tered” into 4y them and other members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers for the purpose of crip- pling -~ and destroying the business of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and thoreby forcing it to discharge from jts em- ploy the engineers now in its servico and compelling it to replace them with members of the brotherhood. Such agtion is a viola- tion of the inter-state commerce law, and the Union Pacific railway company and its em- ployes in refusing to handle the trafiic of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, lay them- selyes open to punishment under that act. The engincers being fully aware of the un- lawfulness of their purpose in refusing to interchange business with the Chlr.afo Bur- lington & Quincy, and knowing that they can e proceeded against for refusing- the same services to the Chicago, Burlington & Quinoy that they wive to the traffic of other lines, and anticipating any action that might be taken against them for such unlayful refusal by the Chicago, . Burlington Quiney or any business man, or other inter- ested person, have & combined, con- spired and agresd upon as individuals and as members of the Brotherhood of Locome- tive Kngineers to strike the moment the aid of the courts should be invoked to compel them to desist from their unlawful refusal, or the moment their employes, the Union Pacifiic railway company, should authora- tively and positively commaud them to re- ceive and command them to handle the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy trafiic. The bill then goes on’ to ask that the en- ginéers be enjoined and restrained from thus siriking in order to carry out the uniawful purpose in refusing to handle Burlington Treight, to forco the discharge of the en- gineers mow in the employ of the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy, und their replace- ment with an equal nul»ber of members of the brotherhood. This,- says the petitioner, is probably the first instance of the power of the court being invoked to restrain men from striking. It may secm very much like. com- pelling & man to work whei he does not want 10, but that is not the real effect or purpose. The order of the court simply says that men who, a8 members of a vast order, have re- solved and agreed upon among themselves as such members and as indiyidnals to take the extremest measures in their power in order to destroy and damage the rmpemv of an em- loyer for the sole reason that such employer Eas in his service men who are not members of such order, thereby force their discharge and replacement with members of such order, they will - be enjoined from carrying out such unlawful purposa. And if, for' the more effectual accomplishment of thoir pur- pose by the destruction of their employer's roperty they declare what amounts to a yeott upon its business, and to carry out such purpose threaten to strike, they will be enjoined from this just as they would from any other unlawful means for accomplishing their purpose, The orator does not at ull involve t‘m idea that an individual will or can be mado to by a court when, he does not wish to, but simply that a number of men caunot combine and conspire together to cease from work at one time when having no complaint or grievance against their employers, they do so only to testroy the property of another and thereby damage the whole business interests of the country. This is the theory advanced by Mr. Greene, The injunction was grapted by Dundy, and next, Monday was fi time to enlarge, restrict, modify o such injunction. and Judge as the dissolve Court Proccedings Postponed. CHICAG All court proceedings by the Burlington railroad against Chief Ar- thur and the Wabash railroad were brought to o sudden halt by Judge Gresham this after- noon. He unnouticed the whole matter would be postponed until Monday. reasons for the delay is ostensibly to give the attorneys for the Wabash timo to answer, but the Bur- Tington did not particularly oppose postpone. ment. To an Associated press reporter Judge Gresham explained that Robert . Lincoln counsel for the Wabash company, had snid that he had been in consultation all morning =with Receiver McNulta, endeayoring to wade through the mass of documents filed by the Burlington, and prepare a suitable answer. "They had found it impossible to do so ina short time, they said. Judge Gresham there- fore, in the abaence of any serions opposition 1o the delay by the Burlington, had decided 1o let the whole matter wait until Monday. According to St. John. Cmi0AGo, March 9.—In the correspondence between General Manager Stone of the Bur- lington and General Manager St. Johu of the Rock Island railroad,n given in these dis- patches last night, there was one letter that was missing. Stone's first lettor was under date of March 6, To this the Rock Island people replied the same day as follows : “H. B, Stone, general manager Chicago, Burlington & Quiney railway—My Dear Si 1 have your favor of March 6, and must state in reply that your company in the present oondition of things should not insist, or even suggest that the Rock Island or any of its adjuncts should receive freight from, or de- liver freight to your company, until a better condition of things -exist. To do so would feopardize our entiwre interests, which at this we are not willing to do, ition is no different from that oocu‘) by other Chicago lines, and you d have, I think, no feeling concerning puoh action on our pun, which only gue of ‘E‘m n. You may be assured that k Island is always glad to aid tho hioago, Burlington & Quincy when it can 0 80 without getting “itself mto serious trouble. Our past uct‘fm is proof of that, rlzou wall know. Wae believe it to be equal- L your fnterest, as well as ours, that the }mmnn which we and others assume, should or the present at least be maintamed. Very respectfully, 51, Jony, General Manager.” Running to Distruotion. Aromison, March 9.—A collision eccurred yosterdidy on the B. & M. railroad. The through Denver passenger that left this eity in the morning was standing on the track at Humboldt, Neb., when the south-bound local from Lincoln, in charge of a Read- ing enginecr, dashed into the station at the Fate of ten wiles au hour. The fireman, con- fuctor and brakeman were more or less in- Mrs, Edmund, of Liucoln, was badly and injured internally. A travel- wan, whose nawe is not yet known, was seriously injurved. LaxcoLy, Neb.,, March 9.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee |—The Atchison & Ne- braska passenger that loft hore yosterday at Boon, when near Humboldt, the brakes re- t0 work for the scab engineer. The sen into Humboldt at (the rate of ten miles wn hour. The pas- senger train west bound was standing on the rhain line and the collision occurred. Both engines Tost their pilots and were bruised badly. Fireman Hall jumped and bruised his knto. Brakeman Barris was in- jured, Conductor Lyman was thrown over a seat and bruised. Miss Ed- munds, of this city, was _ bruised and had . a knee injured. N. T. Brooks, a traveling man for a Boston house, was thrown against @ door and suffered injuries to his head. None of the coaches were derajled. This is the report practically as furnished the B. & M. headquarters in this city. A PILOT CONDUCTOR ROALDED, Oresron, Ia, March 9.—The west-bonnd train due here at 4:20 a, m. had not arrived at 8 o'clock and there was no telling when it would get In, owing to the incompetency of the enginesrs, a fact which is openly talked of here, No attempt is mude-to run on schoed- ule time. The same is true of the freight service, Authentie news of an accident comes from a Burlington passenger conductor who was on the engine piloting a . new engineer, The latter got his boiler so full of water that the water, instéad of exhausting and going up the smokestack in_ steam, - ran back through the flues into_the fire box. - An explosion vuno“ed which Blow the door of the fire box off, and mennc condiictor, who stood in 'front of it, was so badly scalded in the face that it is fearcd he will lose his eyesight, Proves Their Incompotency. LANGOL, Neb,, Mateli 9.—(Spocial Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The wreck on the Atchi- son & Nébraska branch between two passen- gér trains is a fair index of the competency of the Burlington road, and in whose hands the lives of those who travel is placed. B, & M. travel has greatly fallen off, and a gentle- man, a resident of Orleans, who reached this city after many tribulations, relates an ex- perience that goes to show that the present service in enstern Nebras'ta is magnificent, compared with what the people get in the west. Ho states that the few uniformed hired Pinkerton men from Chicago parade around the depots at junction points, and the llnlel who risk themsclves to the care of he new engineers have an experience in making the trip over the road that would compare well with railroading fifty years ago, ‘The later news from the east adds to the confidence of the engineers and firemen at this point. The accidents on the road and the mutilation of the rolling stock contribute evidence to the statement made by the broth- erbood that such results would be found forthcoming. A day ago in the yards in this city two passenger trains collided, and while the facts were suppressed as much as pos- sible it was in evidence that the green man hauling. passengers was incompetent. The brotherhood keeps a watchful eye on the rolling stock of the company. They report the following additional engines damaged in the -last few days: No. 18, hind end collision. Nos. 28 and fl’ side couman with' considerable damage. No. 148, back ends of tank staved in, six crown sheets weakened. No. 33, branch frozen and bursted. 'Nos. 75 and '63, head end collision, They also report fifteen sets of grates put in engines on account of being burned out. The brotherhood bas also de: voted a great deal of tune to ascertaining the antecedents of the new men running engines, and in this a number of the Reading men who returned home contributed valuable informa- tion. The men assert that of the imported engineers, at least one-half of them are men who have been discharged for drunkenness or incompetency. “Notice to the Public.” LiNcorN, Neb., ‘March 0.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bes]—Tho B. & M., through their reports to the Lincoln papers, assure the public that theirtrains are ruming rogu- larly and safely. To disabuse tho public and our traveling brothers of such deceptions, we hereby state that wo have waited in the B. & M. cars for two hours for simply local train service, during which time our engine is re- ported off the track at one'end of the yard while at the same time a passenger engine at the otlier end of the same yard has been to- tally wrecked, besides mashing up a passen- ger coach, If this be “‘smosth running,” and “regular service,” and “competent engincering,” we deem it necessary to inform the boys,through the columns of the BEE, . the true effect of “scab” engincering. Respectfully, and in the interest of public safety, [Sigued] L. C. Hiu, S L. Wennenr GRER, Ja0k F. GARKETT, WiLr, G. CAMPBELL, J. A, Honn, K.N. Puice, C. A MoCAfGR, C. B, Canten, W. O'NEILL. Attitude of tife Brotherhoood. CuicAGo, March 9.—*The attitude of the brotherhood at this juncture,” said Chief Arthur this afternoon, when, sometime sub- sequent to Judge Gresham’s postponement of the action, he wis asked to define his posi- tion, “Itis practically identical with this statement, which has appeared most oppor- funely.” mr. Arthut held in his hand, as he svoke, an editorial clipped from a morning paper which has heretofore oppesed the stand taken by the engineers, This article strongly favored a resort to arbitration to avert the threatened great injury to business. “Now," said Mr. Arthur, *‘the point is that the brotherhood is and has been ready to submit the whole matter to- three disintor- ested persons for settlement.” ““But Mr. Morton, speaking for the com- pany, claims there is nothing to arbitrate,” said the reporter. “That is o question of fact,” said Mr. Arthur, dr, ‘of which we must allow the people to be the judge, If Mr. Morton’s claim is correct, how is it that the Burlington com- pany, with many hundreds of miles of coun- try th,)lt'ntlmlt upon ity is not_domg- 30 ver cent of the business it was when the strike began! The position is manifestly absurb, Not only in our own interest, but the interest of the public, who, 80 far, have been the yrincipal suffevers, we say .there is ample ground forarbitration. Iwant it to go on Focord baforo the public thit we ure now, as :vn‘hl\,'e been, willing and ready to arbi- rate.” All Quiet in Omaha. Yesterday and last night were featureless in the great Burlington strike, and the threatened walkout of engineers and firemen of other roads centering in Omaha failed to occur, Brotherhood men moved about with but little show of goncern, and when spoken to replied that there was nothing to reveal. ‘Whatever action may be taken in the next twenty-four hours will be known only to themselves, and will not be given to the pub: lic until the faevitable is reached, The re- sorts of the strikers and their sympatizers were 'luqm-usd by them last night, aud conse- quomy no new developments were forth- coming. A Bex reporter chavted with two different Uniou Pacific engineers relative to the effect the mjunmnu pplied tor by the Burlington in the United States court would have on their wots. Both replies were that it would carry but little weight, as they believed that no court on_earth vould compel them to re- main on their eugines if they were not so disposed. Interviewed as to the correctuess of the rumors that there would be a general walkout on the Union Pacific Saturday night the gentlemen refused to speak. ‘Tlio passeugor trains:on ‘tho Burlington wero all several hours late yesterday, and explanations for their tardiness were not forthcoming from the local authorities, who have all at ouce shown an apathy for re- porters. The train from the west 4ue here at 6:45 p. v did not show up until 5:10 last night, and in consequence the train for the east that doparts at 7 o'clock did not get out until nearly § o'clock. No, 8, from the east, was reported several hours behind time at 7 p. m., when it was due. It was after 10 o'clock when it steamed in. Several freights were in and out yesterday, and a train load of stock was forwarded to South Omaha during the day. Stand by Your Colors. Lascory, Neb,, March 9.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee. | —The speech of Mr. L. Hill before the union meeting of the Brother- hood of Engineers and Firemen, represent- ing the temper of the traveling public on the strike now in progress on the “Q" system, was listened to by a large audience last night. Mr. Hill was latroduccd 1o the boys by Vice THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY Grand Master J. J. Hannahan, as a veteran in brotherhood ma‘ters of years age, repre- senting'now a commercial lino as a traveling salesman. Mr. Hill spoke as follows: Gentlemen and Enginemen—It is with pleasure that I aecept your Invitation to apeak to you to-day, and it is with pride that I greet you as brothers in a triple sense—first as brother men, second as fraternal brothers of years gone by, and third as brothers of a common danger, namely, *“The wrecks of the roads. Into your hands the 200,000 commer- cial travelers of North Amerfea have placed tho risks of life and lime, and 1 spenk feel- ingly and knowingly when I say those self same commercial traveélers rise with their hats off to thank you as brotherhood engi- neers for the faithful fulfilment of your pledge. “‘Industry, sobrigty and : benevo- lence” has been to you & good watchword, worthy your ealling of danger and worthy the approval of all honest men, and I beliove Ivoico the sentiment of every traveling man when I say: God speed you In wifining an honest cause, My experience in fin“r legistative halls has taught nie that you have ever been a con- servative body, willing to bear many gmHnnL 1ies before you would seek redre s jif extremo measures, and from personal knowledge I fecl that you have glorificd yourselves by your moderation for so many years against 1he unjust dlwrm\hmflon nxninst you as to the duestion of grade —ah l‘bgo that you have received fromt rpora- tion known as the “Q" when forbearance has been your wntclmqrd for 80 long, now that you have spoken, let your specch bring you victory. I foél'that tho-un- willing, mercenary newspapers of the day have misrepresented you. = Perhaps some have done so from the nmlfln?c reat or bribe. Forsuch I feel an unutterable con- tempt, for in misrepresenting 3 u they strike ablow at the freedom th i to repre- sentso fearlessly, They rnqucnbb crack Jokes at the expense of some ‘‘trust” that s a corner on our staples and defend the principles of co-operation; but as soon as the skilled epgineers ‘and firemen of the brotherhood turn to protect thu(r individual homes and welfare, thoy and say those men, those engincers mld remen, must not tamper with the in- terests of the people, They nmfk beg to be taken back as abject slaves, They must do this and not allow themselves to protect their own interests because the public demands they should bear up under smarting griev- ancos in the interests of commerce and trade. ‘‘Commerce and trade,”” aud the pub- lic, if memory serves me right, or even the people, haye never put up a- dollar to war- rant such & show ° of brptherly love from the engineers{ amd if I am allowed 10 Judge, I would say that these enginemen are in much better shape to get along without the peoplo than the people are to get along, without them. And I will go still further and say, when the people will as willingly put forth'a few days loss of facilitics to travel as they will of the loss of unjust disgriminations of corporations like the one with ‘which 3 ou are now treating, I will unhcnluun that these self-same enginemen will to do- nate one-half their income to who love liberty and 80 well, and back Sctiohs . Other fhan by “mewhphber ‘tallh I haye, for instance, noticed nows r head- ings this past week, saying “the B. & M. is running regular trains on time and are re- ceiving freight for all points:” If experience is any rule to go by such reports are lies, “manufactured out of whole_cloth.” Again shey say their passenger engiries are manned with competent engineers, and only two days. ago I saw in a distance of less thau one hun- dred miles on a local braneh of this self same road, four dismantled and broken down en- gines, and kept my seat on atrain in constany fear ' of @ collision. Owing to a total disregard of meeting points or side by the “scab” who was trying to two gauges of water in the sk’ACI( the passenger coaches of @ train we met lodkea as if they had set beside a tar manufacturing establishment, 1n this connection T would pay my respects to several papers. Most notable in this locality is the Omaha 3eg, which has acted fairly and squarely with you, and I believe it will heyer have cause to regretits honesty and - fair desling. Some writer bas said - that “in mystic = characters our features bear the motto of our souls.” Ts it be true ‘“the mystic" or what- ever kiud of characters are stamped on the features of some of these “‘imported scabs’ I have seen, | assure you they would discount the Five Points or the Bowery in their palmiest days, and if the people could sce their photographs in lme alternating be- tween the brotherhood boys who have struck for honest pay, for honest service, I believe that the public would need no stronger proof of the justice of your demands. “‘United you stand, divided you fall,” and I defy ' any country to" pro- duce ‘a parallel of your umity moderation and faith in each other. Surecly the heads of your respective organizations must be proud of you. As a traveling man [ greet you and I believe I voice the sentiment of every onc of these when I say, “God specd you,” with their moral support uml if need be with fi al aid, In ¢onclusion all I hayve to say sustain yourselves in tha future as ‘in the past, and be sure you are right.. Obey the advice of your executive officers and do not let “the hierlings of an underpaid. cor- poration defeat you in your just de- mands, even if every ' newspaper in the land says this road is manned with skilled engineers. You know better, for hon moral, sober men are recognized as Brothe hood men and Brotherhood men onl, United they stand as a bulwark ag: drunkenness, intemperance and injusti and unequalled by any other fraternal orga ization in loyalty to their country, homes and ocoupation,” Nothing can turn the tide against you if you remain steadfast and true, and when victory perches on your bann and you resume your old accustomed plag none will welcome you back more sincercly than the traveling men. to you is, ‘Wymore Applnudl the Brotherhood. LixcoLy, Neb., March 9.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—A large and enthusiastic meeting was held at Wymore yesterday aft- ernoon by the brotherhoods of engineers and firemen for the purpose of receiving Vice Grand Master John J, Hannahan, The citi- wens learning of his presence intown, re- quested a public meeting in order that' they might better understand the situation on the Burlington system. The Rey. J. V. Dimond presided over the meeting and ap anle¢ and eloquent address was delivered by Dr, Craig, which was receiged with - great applause. Mr, cHannahan was then callod and stated that the brotherhood were. perfectly willing the peopleof the entire country should become fully acquainted with the preseant ndition of aftuirs aud why they prevailad. He-then gave a statement; in full, carefully reviewing all that transpired from the begimring uiitil the present time. Ho was attentively listened 1o and continally applauded. At the con- clusion of ~his remarks the Rev, wmnml desired to know . the’ 16 meeting and - requested lIl'w 0 ullava«l thu brotherhood had. done * properly .o ploase arise. The meoting vmanimously cmlm'lud the action taken by the men. Resolutions of Sympathy, Davio Ciry, Neb., March 9.—[Special to Lholhnsfl. At n meeting of tho Kuights of Labor of David City, held at their hall on Wednesday evening, March 7, the following wluuunn were adopted : Resolved, That the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen in their fight with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railway system have our entire unumv.hy and we will aid them in every way hossible, and our earnest wish is that they may suc- coed in their strugglo for right and justice, Resolved, That in our opinion any person who voluatarily takes the place of the mem- bers of the brotherhoods of locomotive engi- weers and firemen in their struggle for the right is no friend of justice, and s a scab in every sense of the word. Resolved, That we are opposed to the im- portation of any armed body of Pinkerton's thugs or any other armed force into Nebraska @8 uncalled for, and tending to create trouble rather than ia protecting property. Resolved, That copies of theso resolutions be sent to the brotherboods of engineers and firemen, the Omaba Bee and the Omaha Truth, Kuights of Labor Resolutions. € NesraskA City, Neb, March 0.—The fol- lowing resolutions were passed by Foster as- sembly No. 8245, Kuoights of Labor, of this city, this evening: Whereas, The Chicago, Burl n & Quuacy rallroad compauy, in its effort to crush organized labor, bas imported iuto the state of ‘:ohmk Jarge numbers of ‘ armed men_known as {Pinkerton detectives'; and. Whereas, This jotion of the aforesaia roud is an insult'to {hemanhood of the state of Nebraska, is coptfary to the spirit of our laws nndn]m‘? assertion that we are not capable of admij lIu-rx..,wm-uw- and, Whereas, Thi 'brime object of .the ‘above invasion of th state of Nebraska in a time of peace by il hired mercenaries of the Chicago, Burlifigfon & Quincy was to_incite law-abiding citizens to resentment and p ble violence ; th More be it Resolved, Thflt we the representatives of organized labor ip Nebraska City hereby re- quire those in potfer, and charged with the execution of ojr )n\vi to take immediate steps to rid us ‘of! thes villainous parasites known as Pinfdifon detectives; and be it further Resolved, Thift‘we again tender our warm- est sympathy to the striking engineers and firomen of ‘the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy system and sidcerely hope that the day of victory is close at hand. Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing be forwarded 'to the Omaha BEE and furnished 10 the local pross for publication. FOSTRR ASSEMBLY NO, 8,248, Knights of Labor. The Real Sentiment at Nelson. Nevsox, Neb.,, March 9.—[Special to the —At a meating of the board of trade on the 8d inst., the following resolutions were adopted : ‘Whereas, Tnan fssuc of the Nebraska Btate Journal, of March 1, 1888, appeared o set of resolutions ;mnnnlng to come from the Nelson board of trade. Resolved, That we, the members of the board of trade of Nelsnn do hereby disclaim all knowledge of said resolutions. and deeply censure the action of three of our citizens who took this method of gaining cheap noto- riety and a renewal of their rlllt"!v Resolved, That we extend to the striking filnecrs and firemen our hearty sympathy approval of their course during the pres- ent diffoulty, and express our earnest wish for Lhclr final success. 'hat these resolutions be spread at lnr[}'c upon the records, and a copy sent to the different papers for publication, and a copy also sent to P, M. Arthur, chief of the Brotherhood of Engineers, E. S. Kexxgny, chairman, Jok REICHARD, secretary, pro tem. Engineers' Wages. HastiNas, Neb., March 0.—To the Editor of the Ber: Asthe Berhas shown a dispo- sition to give both sides in the present rail- voad troubles a fair showing, I désive to pre- sent to you a few facts and figures which I feel certain will be interesting reading to all fair-minded citizens. These [ have prepared in the form of comparative rites of pay to en- gineers on statéd distances. At one time I was an engineer od the B. & M. road and ulled their flyer for §3.071¢ per day. While m that position I appealed to the B. & M. au- thorities to place their engineers upon an equal footing with those of other roads;. and these same figures were presented to the ofi- cials of the road as a local grievance in March, 1887. At that time the present tie-up was predicted if the B, & M. did noti accord to their men the same justice and recognition shown by other rogds. Under most citcum- stances comparrisons are odious, and the present instance , will not prove an ex- ception to the, rule—in the eyes of the friends of Ihefll & M. Let the figures speak for thems The following s the amount paid by the various roads to their en- gineers for the djstance as illustrated by the following: 5 PLATTSMOUT] |pxsc'nn\‘ TO IMASTINGS. Distance, 162 m) é Union Pacific, $6.25 Chicago & Nox »emrn, $6.00; Chicago, Milwaukee & St, Haul, $6.00; Atchison, I peka & Santa e, S\.G.x, Missouri Pacifl For the same dxs&ancc the prcscnt pay of the.B3. & M. is & TASTINGS -ru,wwm\ VIA KEN Distance, 132 mjlés. Dolon Pacific, $5.105 Chicago & Northwastern, $4.95;. Cliicago, Milwaukee & SIS;EM.I 5; Atchison, T peka & Santa 75 Missouri Pacific, $1.75 Prosent rate of the B. & M. i JASTIXGS TO OB Distince 160 aulge. Union Chicago & Northwester Milwankee & St. Paul, peka & Santa Fo, £3.05; £5.65. Prosent rate of B, & M., $4.25, M'COOK TO HAST) 8 VIA RED CLOUD,. Distance 162 miles, Union Pnulll‘. £6.15 Chicago & Northwestern' $5,05; Chicago, Milwaukee & St, Payl, $.95; Atchison, ka & Santa Fe, $5.63; Missouri Pacific, ate, $4,80. CLOUD, VIA WY mijles, Unjon Pa Northwestern, £6.20; aukee & St. Paul, $6,20; Atcl pola & Santa Fe, §5.35; Missou £5.55. Present rate of B. & M., $4.30. M'CO0K TO AKION. Distance, 1 Chicago & N Mitwaukee & £ veka & Santa Fe, £5.00. Present rat ORE, c, $6.45; Chicago, u, To- Pucilic, Paul, § e $3.00; MA»uuu l‘uuflx., of B. & M., $4.30. KRON TO 1 112 miles. Union Pa 5: Northwestern, $4.10; Chicazo, co & St. Paul, $4.10; Atchison, To- peka & Santa Fe, $5.0; Missouri Pacific, £3.90. Present rate of I3 thmu’ Distance, 141. miled, Union Pacific, thwostorn, $5.40; St. Paul, £.10; Atchison, |rul§}| & Santa Ko, $.15; Missouri Pucific, 5 Present rate of B. & M., $4.00. NEBKASKA CITY TO TOBIA Distanco, 130 miles. Union_Pacific, Chicago & Northwestorn, $4.70; Chicago, Milwankee & St. Paul, $4.70; Atchison, To- pulu & Santa Fe, §#.45; Missouri Pacific, Pnuum. rate of B, & M., $3.75, TABLE ROCK TO CONCORDIA, Dlnmm‘(’, 120 miles, Union Pacific, $1.57 sago & Northwostern, #4403 Lhiuu,n Mll\\uuku& St. Paul, $4.40; Atchison, To- nl{u & Santa Fe, $),15; Missouri Pacific, Present rate of B, & M. 85, Many more comparisons could be made, each of which wouh} show; that in every - stance the amount paid by the B, & M. road 10 its engineers is much lower than that paid by the competing and surrounding lines, The above rates I have given as the pay of a B. & M. en lnu_m' are Jugh 83c more than the Union Py piyadaits iremen, If figures show anything these dell an interesting talo of the generosity uipgruul corporation, 5. SNELL. The l-ltrlkerl iin Another Point. Des MorxEs, I,y March 9.—[Special Tele- gram, to the u:;}tm 'he house this after- noon passed to engressment the bill intro- duced at the requeabof the striking emgincers ou the Q. It forbild any railroad company from employing udy(mnu as engineer of a passenger train who has not had at least oune year's experience | a8 engineer of a freight train. It is intetfféd to prevent the panies from puttinfg #h place of the striking engineers firemeno¥ other employes who have not had extes&d experience in the cab, The vote for the bifl as light there being y absentee, 80 Rt it is not certain that when it comes d;x n third reading it will carry. Strikers Solid to a Man Kaxsas Ciry, March 9.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.)—The strike situation here grows more complicated daily. To-day the grievance comumittees of the different roads have becn in session here discussing the interchange of freight, but with what re- sult is not known. The Union Pacific fire- man's committee also held & conference this afternoon. There bave been no further at- tempts made by the Rock Island to operate its switch engine, and the Burlington is doing the switchiug, Considerable Burlington freight was hundled by the Fort Scott & Gulf to-day, but not in Burlington cars. The following is the long expected letter fromthe strikers : To the Locomotive Engineers and Firemen of the Haunibal, the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bloffs, and the Burlington & Mis- sonki—CGantlemen and Brothers: Eleven days of the great contost for justice and American manhood have gone by, and thus far, be it to their eternal credit, not a man of our noble band of Spartan heroes has turned his back to the foe, The broad intelligence and wise leadershup of the locomotive engi- néeers and firemen of the United States, Can- ada and Mexico has made the success of the | determined struggle in which we are now engaged with the managers of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rsilroad, almost cer: tain. Fleven days of war, nearly 2,000 men engaged, not. a traitor in the camp, not a coward in the field. Brothers, let us congratulate ourselves upon this splendid array. Letters recoived to-day from Gales- burg, Aurora, Quincy, Des Moines, Creston, Keokulk, Councll Bluffs, Burlington, Platts: mouth, Lineoln, Brookifield and Hannibal re- garding the condition of affairs aroof the most. encouraging nature. The men are united and unyielding in their purpose to crown their efforts with victory. The mana gers of tne Burlington and their sympathiz- ers are daily dishing up the same, old chestnut—Reading men and the inter-state commerce law, Had Reading men been as plentiful in 1861 to 1865 as in 1888, the forces of Lee instead of surrendering to the silent captain would have lowered their colors to u Reading mob, and Appomattox would not have found a pl'\(‘o in history. Thanks to that great champion of liberty and the eman- 'mllfiir molnnmtmn, human slavery was n)muflmv a quarter of a century ago. The ediet of Lincoln robbed the inter-state com- meree law of its terrors and left tho loco- motiye engincers and firemen the right to act s American freemen, The Burlington offiials claim to have all the engineers they require to man their engines efliciently. ]' this be true why have they establishod kindergarten, schools at Aurora and other points to teach their new men the business, We do hot_beliove them, neithor will we nntil their scabs haul more trains, make better time and stop burning the engines which we left nearly two weeks ago for prin- ciple and to establish our rights as men. Fraternally yours in the cause, L T, MURRAY, W. H. Ropertsox, MICHAEL SHERLOCK, Committee for the Brotberkood of Locomo- tive Engincers, MicnaEs STEVENS, Joux DowLING, Committee for the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Firemen, S. M. STEVENS, Acting in behalf of both organizations, Situation on the Gulf Road. KAxsas Ciry, March 9. —General Manager Nettleton, of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf road, in an interview withan Associated press reporter to-night, said he did not antic- ipate a strike, as n settlement on the wage question was satisfactorily made ‘last week. When asked if the company was handling: Burlington cars he said they were, and did did not know why they should not. He had nooficial notice from the grievance commit- teo of his road regarding the matter, When the committee comes to him with a complaint he will consider it. The strikerssay the Fort Scott grievance committee will, consider the matter to-morrow, and if ‘the rumors are found true, they will wait on Mr, Nettleton. The strikers are still firm and as confident as ever of the victory. Satisfactorily Settled. Sroux Crry, Ta.,, March 9.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The trouble raised last night by Engineer Harrington, of the Chi- cago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha com- pany, refusing to haul a Burlington' car, was satisfactorily arranged. The company has posted notices in the train yard directing that no Burlington cars be handled. The trouble arose in this way. Station “A” Burlington car loaded with hogs was hauled to Sioux City. ' Theengineer not being aware of the car- being ordered to haul the car to one of the packing houses refused and was vremptorily ordered to leave his ongine in the round house. The matter caused a good deal of excitement for a time, but when it was unflerstood an engineer switched the car, and the company posted the notice. The Santa Fe Notified. Torexy, Kas., March 9.—The grievance committee of the Santa Fe road to-day notified the officials that ou and after Sunday the engineers will refuse to handle, receive or transfer any Burlington freight, or any passenger traftic. in the ‘intercst of that system. The bfciuls of the company re- ferred them to the inter-state commerce law, and said the matter would be referred to the president and board of directors in Boston foraction. A member of the committec says there will 'be no general strike, although many encineers may quit rather than handle Burlington cara. A Traitor to the Brotherhood. Separia, Mo, March 0.—[Special. Tele- gram to the Bee, ] —Considerable excitement was created among the brotherhood engineers ere this morning over the receipt of a letter by Mrs. John Bough, from her husband, who is at work at Galesburg, Iil., for the Burling- ton company. Boughton was a member of the Sedalin & Denison division of the Broth- erhood of Locomo Engincers, and when the strike was inaugurate on the “Q.” road he left his engine here and went fo work for the boycotted comy le wrote to, his wife here and told his fr gineer on the west end of the M Pacitic and a member of the Kansas Ci vision, that he (Boughn) him on the Q" road, the divisiom on which he was working needing only one or two more brotherhood men to complete the num- ber required by the company. A special meeting of the Sedalia division has been Called and Boughn will be expelled. The Strike Spreading. Minn,, March 9.—President Fisher, of the St. Paul & Duluth, notified the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers that his road would handle *Q” and Burlington & Northeyn cars. The St. Paul & Duluth en- gineers say the men on that road will strike within twenty-four hours. Laid Over for a Week. WasgiNGTox, Match 0—For over au hour ie house committee on commerce dis- cussed the White resolution looking to con- gressional inquiry into the strike on the Bur- fington road, but the point of action was not reached and the matter went over until next In the past threo days the Bee has recoived over one hundred communications regarding the strike, with facts and arguments on both sides of the case. While many of these have been worthy of publication, still it has been impossible to print them on account of lack of space. The Bek prints all the news re- garding the strike, and prefers to give tho fresh developments rather than arguments, el Iowa Legislature, Des Morxes, Ia., March 9.—In the morning session of the house, Custer, of Jasper, by request, offered a joint resolution to amend the state constitution, granting universal suffrage to women. After some debate the resolution was ordered engrossed. A joint resolution was adopted to memorial- 20 congress in fayor of the Des Moines river land bill introduced in congress by Senator Wilson, Mr. Dobson introduced a bill to prevent dealers in petroleum and jts produets, coal, lumber and linseed oil, ffom forming pools or trusts, and to prevent members of pools or trusts from doing business in the state, A joint resolution was adopted requesting Towa congressmen to vote for measures be- fore congress for the relief of ex-prisoners of war, A motion prevailed to reconsider th by which the bill Frflhlblllng the pl base ball, foot ball and croquet on Sunday was passed. An effort was made to strike out foot ball @nd croquet, but no vote wus taken when the house adjourned, At the worning session of the senate Mr, Young introduced a bill equalizing the valid- ity of mechanics’ liens as between contractors and sub-contractors. “The bill passed giving to mayors of cities organized under special charters the same powers accorded mayors of first and second claes cities . E Of the Sweeny railroad bill section 5 was adopted to prevent long and short haul dis- eriminations, In the afternoon session the house refused to reconsider the yote b whlch the amend- ment to the base ball bili relating to foot ball nnd ¢ mfiul‘l playing on Sunday was adopted The bill failed to reccive a constitutional majority on passage and was lost. A Dbill passed to legalize the ordinances of the incorporated town of Griswold, Cass county, The bill was ordered engrossed, providing that locomotive engineers must have an ex- perience of one year on a freight before tak- luq_x ‘harge of a passenger train. he bill wwas ordered engrossed, changing the time of meeting of local boards of health {rflm May and April and November to Octo- ber. In the senate the Bohemian oats bill was lost on passago—yeas 40, nays 85, In the afternoon session of the senate dis cussion on the Sweeney bill was rr\n(m\mvl No amendments were made to section 7. sveral were offered to section 8, but no tion before nd,mxrnmom Can l"lny Bnmlly Ball Now. Des Moixzs, Ja,, March 9.—[Special Tele gram to the Bre.]—The house to-day recon- sidered its position on Sunday ball pl ing. Tt had engrossed a bill prohibiting batl playing on Sunday, and an_amondment was tacked.on to make it include foot ball and eroquet. Some one tried to add poker play ing, butthe members, for some reason, shut it out. To-day when' the bill came up for final passage the house weut back on its moral proclivities and voted it do The base ball scason will ‘\m cod without inter- ference from this Iegh ative in any wn). Sued For Libel, Sroux Ciry, Ia., March 0.—(Special Telo- gram to tho k.| —Rosa Nelon, to-day, in- stituted in the district court, a libel subt against the Sioux City Tribune, The dam- ages are laid at 8,000 dollars, The matter complained of 1s A charge of drunkennoks and on account of the_woman’s appearances in the police courts. Sho is the recent di- vorced wife of James Nelon, chief of potice. ot~ aridaid) TWO ELOPERS CAGED. An Interesting Couple Corralled By the Police. “Give me §100 and full possession of theso two diamond rings and the silk dresses you gave me, and I will go back to Chicago.” “Not by a long shot. I wantyou to go. to California with we, but if you are bound to 80 back to Chicago, T will give you $25." “No sir. 1'll agree to no other terms than those I'propose. You promised me if I camo to Omaha you would marry me, but this you do not seem disposed to do.” This colloquy was carried on between a good looking, attractive appearing and well dressed young woman of twenty-two years and a strikingly appearing man of about thirty, in the waiting room of the Missouri Pacific railroad depot last night. The room at the time was crowded with passengors in waiting for the train, and the conversation of the pair becoming rather loud and animated attracted more than passing attention. The ‘woman was determined and the man some- what stubborn, Her voice became shrill and demonstrative, and she refused to heed his pleadings for silence. She upbraided him for his insincerity and duplicity, and as a row between thein was imminent an officer was called in and arrested the pair on a charge of disorderly conduct. They were escorted to the central station, where they gave their names as J. H. Graham, aged thirty years, a physician, and Jessie Knight, twenty-two years, a book-keeper m a laundry, and thewr homes Chicago. Plied with ques- tions tho man and ounm made confessions of a startling char The woman said m.\qmu was already mar- ried and that her husband’s name James Emmett, but they have lived apart for some time and he is now enjoying connubial felicity with another woman at . Bloomington, I, to whom it is supposed he has been wedded in strict disobedience to his previous marital yows, Mrs. Emmett, fully aware of this, has not, however, en- tered an objection, bnt has been self-sustam- ing from her salary as bookkeeper in a laundry. Some time ago she became ac quainted with Graham, who, to0, is a ma ried man, and they entered info unlawful relations, He spent money on her with a lavish hand, and supplied her with costly dresses and expensive jewelry. Severaldays ago an elopement was planned, and he agreod that when they reached ©maha they would get married. They arvived here on Tuesday of this week, and registered at the City hotel. As tho hours and days sped along, Graham exhibited no disposition to carry out his promises, though beiug coutinually reminded of them by Mrs. Emmett. Yester« day he agreed that the bans would be solemnized 1 h which they were Cal This promise ntil the time appointed for the ceremony had expired, and Graham insisted on another postponement, To this she entered strong protestations, and kept pro- testing all the way from the hotel to depot the climax was reached, am defends himself by saying that he induced to change his mina on account of the fickle d flirting disposition of the woman, W p'in Chicago he learned that Mrs, Emmett made love to other men, and even wenb s0 far to give an admirer a handsome finger ring he bought for on fhrtations with other 1 disposed to smile on dud streets in their nightly eloping husband seems highly his undertaking, and stung with remorse ¢ Leart, he laid himself down on a child, when the grated door of his loncly.cell closed behind him with o bang, He denounced his inear ion as an outrage, and considered police o us uncalled for. His companion wsiderably overcome, and went into hysterics whon told that she would have to remain in durance until furthernotice, o met on the MENTS, A Bunch of Keys at Boyd's Draws a - Large Audience. Charlie Hoyt's “Bunch of Koys" attracted a very large audience at Boyd's opera house last night. The play has been changed con- siderably since it was last prosented here, and although a number of new songs and new gogs have been introduced, not much, if any, improvement is noticeable over the original form, However, the funny siliva- tions with which it bristles kept the audience in an almost continual peal of laughter, and the gullery was particularly demonstrative. As fur us the company is concerned there is 10 call for commendation, and the least at- tempt at individualization the better, As a whole they manage to fill the bill after a fashion, and that is as much as can be con- scientiously said. e — International Copyright Bill, WasiiNGToN, March 9.—The sendte com- mittec on patents gave a hearing this morn- ingto gentlemen interested in the pending international copyright bilj. States Court. The Patrick sddition litigation, whioh fn- volves nearly a million dollars worth of North Omaha property and casts a cloud on tho title of over 1400 different property- holders, was carried into the United States cirouit court yesterday afternoon, is brought by Pierre, Elizabeth, Dennis and Margaret Felix and Louis and Harriet Robinson, heirs of Sophia Felix, against Matthewson T, Patrick, Thomas C. Bruner, Julius Peycke, the Omaha Horso Railway company, the Omaha Real Estate & Trust company, L. V. Morso and twonty-seven others. Only the principal holders of prop- erty in the disputed ground are made dofend- ants, There are 120 acres in the disputed track, and it was formorly the property of ophin Felix, a half-breed squaw of the Sioux tribo of Indlans, now stationed near Men dota, Minn, The The suiy plaintiffs in the present suit are her descendants. Besides the l’nlrltl‘ additions there are fncluded in the' dis- puted property Durant Plaoce, plat Clarendon Frederick's addition, Marion Place, Van Hourvn Place, Wilson's addition_to I\nmnm *lace, Flack’s sub-divi The defendants b 1 their clalm on & gove crnment lund sorip issued ‘to Sophia‘ Folix, mother of the plaintiffs, in 1830, The plain. tiffs claim that in 1360 ‘'some person. or por- sons to your orators unknown, by certain wicked devices and fraudulent means, pro- cured the said Sophia Felix,then Sophin Gas nell together with her husband DavidDarnell, to execute a certain power of attorney in blank, also a blank quit ciaim deed.” scrip came into the pos son T, Patrick and he 0. It is also claimed that Sophia Felix parted with her intorest in the scrip that the land located under is held in trust for heirs, the plaintiffs, This, it claimed, Pntrl(' at that time and at all times well knew, and the said location in- ured wholly to the benefit of Sophin Felix, although she had no knowledge that Patrick had procured the possession of the scrip or thal o liad looated tho sumo.” They viwim that Patrick, i sccuring possession of the scrip, procurcd the same with the intent to n]mmpriuln it to his own use and defraud ophia Felix out of it. That November 21, 1 1, Patrick secured the two blank papers. above mentioned, and “‘shortly after procur- ing the samo caused the said pretended power of attorney to be filled out, with a de- scription of Sophia Felix' scrip, and caused to be written in said *\m\m of m(onmy the name of William Ruth s the person having authority 1o exceute the same and to convey and sell the property. Anin furtherance of the scheme to secure the property Patrick also caused to bo filled out a pretended quit claim deed purporting to be a conveyance by Sophia and David Garnell of the property.” Prior to this it is claimed that Patrick had attempted to -acquire title to the disputed proporty by pre-emption, but failed. The |l|1|‘||tflls asl that all parties nolding possession of this now valuablo land, do surrender the same to the plaintiffs. 'l‘hl'\ have a formidable array of talent on their side, being represented by General J. C. Cowin and Charles Ogden, of Omaha, J. H. Parsons, of Birmingham, Ala., and Shipman, Barlow, Larvegue & Choate, of New York city. 3 TO Mhl 'l‘ H lb WIFE. That's the Ul(ll'cl of Hon. Patrick Egan's Visit to Omaha. Hon. Patrick Egan arrived in city last night from Lincoln registered at the Millard. When ap- proached by a Bee reporter the gen- tleman was engrossed in the perusal of the columns of the evening edition of the paper, and apon bemg questioned Mr., Egan said his. visit to Omaha was for the purpose of meet- ing his wife and one of his children, who are on their return from a four months’ tour of Treland and e visit to amarried daughter who resides in Dublin, and will reac¢h Coun- cil Bluffs to-day. Mr. I3gan said there was nothing new to be said relative to the Irish National league, which is now in the heyday of its prosperty and influence. Referring to political matters Mr. Egan informed the reporter that he is a delegate from one of the republican clubs at Lincoln to the state conventinn, which con- venes in this city next weck. He con- tinues a firm and enthusiastic Blaine man, and says that by the time the national coyvention assembles in “hicago matters will have moulded them- selves in such a way that the plumed knight will be nominated for the presidency and will accept, notwithstanding his recent letter of withdrawal. Of the Buriington strike Mr. Eagan was averse to speak. however, deplored the fact that imported armed men were al- lowed to strut through the state, aund said that the citizens of Lincoln were on the verge of applymg to Go Dhayer to purge the capital of their presence when they gathered up their arms and pushed on further to the west BROKE A LEG. Freight Agent Miller Mcets With a Painful Accident, Thomas Miller, the general freight agent of thic 1B. & M. railroad, met with a painful accident last night that will confine him to his room his _residence, No. Dodge street, for some time. While in the act of alighting from a cable car ot the corner of Dodge and Twentioth strects, one of his legs m and Popy Place. THE PATRIOK LITIGATION, ! The Big Land Suit “mnghl in United and it the and came in contact with a frozen projection in the ground with such force as to break soy- cral bones.. After falling Lo was unable to yise, and laid in the streot for over an hour before he was discoverad, during which time he sufl 1 greatly from the eold and the ef- fects of his injurice, As 810n as possible ho was conveyed 1o his home and medical aid summoned. - Bought Terminal Grounds. Duruts, Minn March 9.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bk, |—Tho Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic railway secured fino termingl grounds with uncqualed dock priviloges in West Superior, Wis., to-duy. _Their terminal purchase will aggrogate over §1,000,000, e At Rapid City. Rarin, Crty, Dak, March 9.—[Special ram to the lhm,j-——h‘no\v fell to a depth of eight inches here last night, A strong wind to-day drifted snow badly. The country roads are blocked, but railrond trains are on time, The weather is not cold, but the night is clear and the cold wave flag is displayed at the signal offic Burned to Death, Ocoxto, Wis,, March 9.—J. H. Mugrey was burned to death in a lumber camp on Pesthigo brook late last night. George Me. Cartney, bhis partoer, was badly burned and will dié from exposure. e Rdigestion. 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