Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 17, 1888, Page 2

ALL ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT. Brotherhood Mén Preparing to Walk Out on Several Roads. BANTA FE PASSENGER TRAFFIC. Btrikers Say They Will Haul Every- thing But Freight—The Missouri Pacific and the Burlington— The Loeal Situation. The Strike On Santa Fe. Kaxsas Crty, March 16,—The strike situa- bion on the Santa o road is unchanged: this morning. Not & wheel is turning except those of a few switch engines. No trains have been moved and the officials refuse to roceive freight of any kind, The union depot presents a regular Castle Garden appearance, a8 hundreds of emigrauts have been brought §n whose destination is somewhere on the line of the Santa Fe. Two hundred are crowded into the emigrant room and there #re now arrivals hourly. An official of tho yoad said_he twould have trains moving to- morrow, but the outlook is not flattering for the road. The managers of the strike abso- lutely deny giving any order for the strike. The engincers say they have no grievances, but say they will not rest until the Burling- ton road comes to terms with its employes. Interviews with a number of strikang en- ineers on the Santa Fe road develop the fact at thoy examined tho list of stockholders of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Feand found that a considerable number of Santa stock- holders are also largely interested in the Burlington. They say they cume to the con- clusion that they would dip into both pockets at once and let these men feel the effects of the strike by cripphhg their yesources. All trains on the Guif wystem and Missouri Pacific are moving promptly on time and the engincers say posi- tively that there will bo no trouble on the Missouri Pacific, but claim to know nothing regarding the Gulf. The engineers are quiet and orderly and keep away from the depot. A dispatch sent from here last evening to Gf-nm[ Manager Stone, of the Burlington road, signed by the general superintendent of the Atchison, Topeka & SantaFe, is as follows: “We wish you to understand that we will hold the Burlington system responsible for all damages w our company on account of the strike.” Burlington engineers say they are confi- dent the trouble will be settled within forty- ‘eight hours by the company discharging the anew men and coming % a settlement with’ their old men. Reports from points along the line of the Santa Feshow a complete blockade of both freight and passenger . At 11:36 Ben Wharton, who is a non- ‘brotherhood engineer, having been expelled from that orgahization during the strike 1877, took the engine on the train ‘which should have left at 10 o'clock this mornlnfi. His wife came to the engine and declared her intention to act + 88 fireman on the trip, and covered her cloth- ing with a rubber ulster and fireman’s ocap. The train was londed with passengers. All other tramns on the Santa Fe have been abandoned until evening, when another at- tempt to run them will be made. CH10AGO, March 16— Information obtain- ‘able here in regard to the strike of the broth- erhood engineers and firemen on the Atchi- Bon system is ns yet very meager. Vice Pres- dent Smith said this morning that they were still in the dark os to the cause of the men’s action and that they would not decide on any line of activn until they were thoroughly in- formed of the situation, both on their own and connecting roads. The super- intendent of the Atchison’s California lines ‘was notified yesterday that the brotherhood men would strike to-day nnless that company absolutely refused to handle Burlington cars. Smith has not yet been notiffed as to the ac- tion of the men on the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe. On the Atchison proper the strike appeéars to be an assured fact, al- though a number of trains are still running. An_ Albuquerque dispatch last night said ‘the Boston _excursion train and fruit train were side-tracked there and Mr. Smith says it s untrue. The overland express left Kansas City as usnal this morning with a regular engineer in charge. The company will also run the Dsage City accomodation as usual. At the headquarters of the brotherhood but little information has been received from the tehison strikers. Chief Arthur said that ho d received a dispatch from Chairman C mer. Heclaims that the company has vio- Jated their promise of strict neutrality, but gives no particulars The sit- ‘ustion is practically unchanged this morning. All the lines with the smgle ex- caption of the St. Paul are handling Burling- ton cars and do not anticipate amy interfer- ence on the part of the brotherhood. ‘The nction of the Atchison men is inex- plicable as it was oneof the first roads to ac- cede to the adoption of the scale of wages demanded of the Burlington company, and is ‘one of two roads which have been reported as vofusing to handle Burlington cars. ‘Will Haul Passenger Trai Cmcaco, March 16,—At 10 p. m. to-night ‘C. W. Smith, vice president and gene manager of the Santa Fe system, said that the brotherhood men had volunteered to take the passenger trams of the company west from Kansaes Cily to-night, and more brother- hood men wonld run out regular passenger trams in the morning. Mr. Smith thought it {:zubnbla that similar arrangements would made in the far west so that the east-bound passenger service would not ba delayed, Otherwise there bad been no change since last evening, when the road ‘was stopped in_ ten muutes. The freight trafic of the road is virtually at a standstill. Representatives of the enginemen on all the roads ontering Chicago were again in ses- 8ion to-day and are to resume their delibe tions to-morrow, No hint of what thay we doing scould be got from any of the dele- wates. The Atchison, Mr. Smith said, would make no attempt to put other engineers in the placo of -the strikers or adopt any other extreme measures, There was a conservative ele- ment and a large one among the Atchison en- gincers, and the better course for the com- Pany to pursue was to wait and give the good souse of the men a chance to assert itself, but bringing moral suasion to bear in the mleantime. He believed their action had been taken without due reflection and wus the result of ill-advised counsel. President Strong, of the Atchison, who is in the city, fully endorsed what Vice Presi- dent Smith had said. Seventoen Reading engineers and firemen employed by the Burlingtan road since tho strike began reached here to-day from vari- ous points along the road and went home- ward to-night by the Chicago & Atlanti . They clgimed thut the Burlington company had not carried ouf its bargains with them, and that they could do better in the east. DENVER, Colo., March ‘The situation f the Santa I'e strike remains uschau, company attempted to send out the Ch cago & Kansas express 1o-night,. but the en- gineers refused to report for duty and the train had to be sent back o the yards. GaLvEsTON, Tex., March 1 The strike of the enginoers and firemen on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad has not yet ex- tended Lo the Texas lines comprising the gulf division of the Santa Fo system. General Manager Suyder of the gulf division does not anticipate that the strike will extend into Texas. Oalifornia Santa Fe Men Strike, Bay Fraxcisco, March 16.—The locomotive engineers and firomen on the California Southern and California Central: road quit work this morning. These two roads are eontzolled by the Santa Fo company and are p&cnuy a part of the Santa Fe's overland sy\lem, Asa result there is & complete em- b upon all kinds of trafrc iu the portion of the state south of Los Axigeles. The cities of San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino and Pasadena are cut off from commuynication by wail to the east. There has been po trouble on the Southoern aystem. Gewnoral Superintendent ore of the Southern Pacific said to day E the company was not handling auy Bur- lington freight and the same rule was being observed on the Centsal Pacific. The Atlantie Pacifio gave motice it .would accept no it for any points. . Growing Critical. Kaxsas Ciry, Mo., March 16.~The situa- fion on the Kansus City, Fort Scott & Gulf Aystem is critical - Iv was thought certain the men would strike this afternoon, and the fnen in the yards are said to expross surprise that np order came. General Manager Net- tleton was in the yards most of the day and he fully anticipated a strike. ' Chairman Car- roll, of the union grievance committee, who wad authority for the statement that tie strike would occur, said this ovening it was only prevented by word -from Chairman Hitchking, of the Fort Scott gricvance com- mittee, who requested that positive action be deforred untill his arrival, General Superintendent Dickinson, of the Missouri Pacifie, arrivéd from St. Louis to- day. He said: I have come to Kansas City for the purpose = of seoing that no Burlington freight is touched by the Missouri Pacific. I do not know of any trouble on the part of the engineers and onr road and do not think they will go out on us.' The Satita e lns abandoned its looal trains but senit out its through expross about on timeto-hight. How far the train will get is not known, but the company claims it will 0 through.* The road s making no effort ero to hire now engineers and its busines: hxnm‘muy stopped. . t 2 this aftornoon an Associated pross reprosensative visited ‘the union grievance committee and in response to a question as to the further action of the engincers, was told ?e* Chairman Carroll that the men on the ansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf would leave their engines at 4 this afternoon, and that furthermore the men would goout at the rate of a rond & day until the matter was sett ‘Lo men on the Missouri Pacific are vy uneasy, and this morning a delegation of them visited the rooms of the committeo and asked for orders to strike. This was not grauted, but the inference drawn from the conversation with the committee was that the men on the Missouri Pacific would go out Sunday. The committee says positively that there can be no compromise in this mattet, that not a train will be run until the men are reinstatod on the “Q.” ‘The woman who went out, Mk' as firoman was Hattie Reed, formerly of Kewanee, Il During the strike of 1877 she acted as fireman for her husband from Galesburg to Burling- ton. The engincers say Wharton 18 a first-class engineer and had promised he would not go out. WixrikLp, Kan, March 16.—Tho tie-uj here is complete on the Southern Kansas Santa Fe rond. Not_even mail trains run- ning. Fmsoco and Missouri Paoific trains are running on time. Torexa, Kan., March 16.—On the Santa Fo ;ou'dhl:ore the aide-trwkl m"lnl‘ded witg reight cars. One passenger train passe through at 8 a.m. en route to Kansas City. At 8:15 this morning a through passenger train left Topoka on time. Tho fireman left his cab here, but a new one was secured and the engineer took the train to Kansas City. Just before noon to-day a special stock train passed through Topeka, without stopping, for the east. At the general offices it is stated that traffic along the system was practicably at a standstill except a few through trains which ‘were en route yesterday and had not yet reached their destination. The officials stated that their attorneys had advised them that they could not refuse “‘Q" freight with- out being liable to the penalties provided by the inter-state commerce law., The company to-day says it has positive proof that tho striko was ordered Saturday to take place at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Injunction Case. The celebrated injunction case of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad com- pany vs, the Union Pacifio railroad company, came up for argument before Judge Dundy in the United States circuit court yesterday morning. The court room was densely packed with locomotive engineers and citizens gen- crally. and the most rapt attention was ob- served throughout the proceedings. General Cowin, in behalf of the engineers, first took the floor, and in a very terse, but comprehensive ‘way, outlined the Weeks answer to the “Q" injunction bill. - He showed how this system of railroads was one of the best paying in the world and also how it ‘was, dependant, for these almost in- caloulable emoluments upon the skill, intel- ligence, integrity and discipline of its corps of firemen and engineers. He showed how the present suit was instigated and is being prosecuted . by the plaintiff railroad company upon an agreement and with an understand- ing with the Union Pavific company; lhow these two great systems were i collusion for the purpose of libeling. intimidating ané. op- pressing the defendants, the locomotive en- gincers, They ovidently imgc to wrongfully and wickedly compel them to submit to every arbitrary order, rule and regu- lation ‘that these two companies may resolve upon for the further- anco of the plaintiff company's designs. These designs amount to oppression, degre- dation ard a thorough extirpation of the or- ganization—to drive the entire corps of 800 engineers out of employment, or to compel them to work for unreasonably low wages, or to coerce them to a gencral abandonment of work. This would, in the estimate of the plaintiff company, throw the blame of tho ary suspension of business and com- s upon the defenseloss hexds of the enginoers. It would also assist the plaintift company in its present strenuous endeavor to defoat iis own corps of engineers in their application for reasonable compensation for their labors, The general showed, how, ac- cording to the Weeks answer, the matter was not within the jurisdiction of this court, and should be dismissed, how the court might as wall essay to pscribe the amount of their wayges as to compel them to work for any in- dividual or ser of individuals, Also explained how it was impossible to attribute any un- lawful combination, confederacy or conspiracy to the locomotive engineers, their animus was plain, their motives pure and undefiled—self- preservation, the first iaw of nature, being the motto held in their hearts, General Cowin was followad by John M. Thurston, for the Union Pacific railroad com- pany, who likewise entered into a lengthy exegesis of the Union Pacific’'s answer, Mry Thurston, through Mr. C. J. Green, opened the argument for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, which narrowed down to an at. tempted refutation of the locomotive engin- eers’ claims and an extollation of the rail- road’s liberality, rights, privileges and un- swerving honesty. In the afternoon the arguments were con- tinued by T. M. Marquette, general atorney for the B, & M. He claimed that the answer of Nicholas Weeks, of the Union Pacific en- gincers, represented the situation of all the present. defondants. He said that Weeks does not deny that he is o member of the brotherhood, and aocordiug to the evidence the brotherhood is an oath-bound secret society acting uuder a general head. The attorney next denounced the strikers us a set of conspirators working in direct viola- tion of the free contract systew and in viola- tion of law. He continued at some length defending tis position, C. J. Greene next gave his concluding ar- gument, which whs followed by a spirited reply by General Cowin. Judge Dundy said he would take the matter under advisement and give his decision this morning, At Lincoln. Lascory, Neb., March 16.—[Speciat Tel gram to the Bee.]—~Judgo Mason aud Clerk Warring, of the board of trausportation, re- turned to-day from Red Cloud, where they examined a dozen or more witnesses in re- gard to the competency of the engincers handling trainson the Burliugton. The sanie conflict of testimony found at Wymore was repeated at Red. Cloud.. On Tuesday next the secretaries go to McCook to continue the taking of testimony. Strike matters remained unchanged to-day, with the exception of the increased coutidence fely by the inen on reccipt of the news of the Santa Fe men going out and the prevailing rumor that the Missour: Pacific was to follow suit to-morrow. The usual reports from all sections were received and were reassuring in character. Accidents to rolling stock were reported from different points of the state. The usual cfforts were put forth by the Bur- Lington to-day to create the impression that all is moving swimmingly, A trainman in the service says business is' reduced fully two-thirds, The Local Situation, There were no new developments in the strike yesterday. The B. & M. depot was deserted save by the special police and pas- sengers, The trains weére all coming in on time, and three stock trains from the west pulled into the yardsat South Omaha yester- day afternooa. The Uniou Pacific is. still reeeiving and sending out Burlington cars, ‘The report that Mr, H, N8, Stone, geucral l ' OHE OMAHA DAILY BEE; manager of the Q" aystem, had resigned and that Mr, Holdego, goneral Mnf« ol the B. & M., had beed telegraphed for to come to Chieago, 18 derded by the B, & M. people. The general ideaof the strikers, as expressed, is that had they to deal with any- one but Mr. Stone they would have won their battlo, This is also doniod at the B. & M. headauarters, wherg it is stated that the posi- tion taken by the Burlington was the resnlt of careful consideration, and that the. ontire situation was given the most extraordinary forethought. A NBW BNGINBER, | .. A commercial traveler who arrived here Tast night smd that he had ridden on a part of the B. & M. road from Hastings to Lincoln a fow dni-smmul'hnt th¢ train ran at the tate of forty milas an hofir, =1 a certain distance it passsd five, caufitry roads, but the engineer did not WHISHS at one of them. They flew over a railtoad “crossing without stopping, although the law is ox- plicit, that at such plnces all ‘trains’ must al- ways stop. Some of the passengers raion- strated with the conductor, but_that gentle. man said he had nothing to do with the mat- ter. The eugineer was & new 1man. The Wreck at Belloveie. Plattsmouth papers of Thursday give in- teresting details of the oollision of freight trains near Bellevue and the destructive competency and foresight of the imported engincers. A junk dealer named Maynara held the throttle of 123 and stopped within two miles of Bellevue. Having only eighty pounds of steam he could not work the in- jector, and naturally concluded to rest until the pressure increased. He was pulling four car loads of stock and other. cars containing miscellancous merchandise. He sent back a ‘man to flag engine No. 177 (Enginecer Green and Fireman Spilter). Before the man did 80 he called him back. The consequence was that Green ran his engine, which was ;nln at the rate of eighteen miles an bour, nll force into tho rear of the train. No. 177 jumped the track sideways and landed on the whoels perfectly erect, tender on top, smashed out of shape, and the cars of both trains ‘\layed hide and seek up and down and all around the track. Fifty bead of stock were killed, dumped on cars, and taken to South Omaha tq the ron- dering houses. Ten or twelve were injured and men were going among the poor beasts shooting them to put them out of - thew mis- ery. Abouta dozen went scampering mad through the bushes. Engine 177 was terribly demohshed and thrown into the ditch. The way-car and four cars of cattle wore also demolished, the stock being slain. One man accompanying the stock was cut somewhat on the head, and his esoapo from death is almost miraculous. It is said that some time after the collision he ‘was seen to crawl out from a pile of broken trucks and timber, from which it looked utterly impossible for a maz to escape alive. . Engincer Maynard after the collision said: “The brotherhood will have a good deal to say this morning, wait till you see the Brg, won't we catch h—1." If this circus perform- ance had hnp}wned at midnight it might have been excusable, but it was broad daylight when the occurence happened. Refusing Perishable Goods. Masox Ciry, Ta., March 16.—([Special Tel- egram to the Brr.]—Notwithstanding the report that a strike would be declared on the Towa Ceutral at 6 p. m., trains have been moving out of here on time and with the full complement of men. Chief Tipton, of divis- ion 108, passed through this city at 5, but was. exceedingly close-mouthed and would divulge nothing. He admitted, however, that serious trouble was apprehended. Yestorday ho notified Receiver Dudley that the brother- hood would accept no freight after 6p. m, to-day and at 11 a. m. Dudley informed all agents along the road to accept no cattle or perishable freight. A meeting of the brother- hood was held this afternoon at Marshalltown but the results are not yet learned. From a member of the brotherhood it is learned that the mtentions wre to haul no Q. freight hereafter, and whenever a “Q.” car is found to refuse hauling until it is pulled out. Owing to the recent ruling of Judge Gresham they intend to act cautionsly in the matter. When asked to pull out they would feign sickness and refuse to go. MansuaLLTowy, Ia., March 16.—The en- gineers on the Central Town system gave no- tice to-day that after 6 o’clock they would re- fuse to handle Burlington cars. Two freights have consequently been laid out to- night, but others, so far as reported, aro moving. The Centralis in the hands of the United States court and Receiver Dudley, in an interview to-night, states that the law must be enforced. He has aecided to not al low any cars delivered to him set outof trains, Envineers say they will go out as fast as called to take trains with such cars in them. The recciver says new men will bo employed as rapidly as possible, the old ones. being laid off as they refuse to work. If it becomes apparent that it will be useless to handle freight that service will be abandoned and every energy devoted to keeping the senger service unimpaired. In this case the shops in this city will be shut down. Boycotting Burlington Cars. St. Lovts, March 16.—The engineers and firomen of the Memphis & Little Rock road held a meeting at Little Rock this afternoon, and decided that they would handle no Bur- lington cars coming from any direction. The engineers of all roads centering at Chat- tanooga, Tenn., took the same action to-day. Prefer to Drive. STeLLA, Neb., March 18.—([Special to the Bgg. |—Parties are driving from Atchison & Nebraska points over to the Missouri Pacific at considerable exponse. They @o not care to risk their lives 1o the mercies of scab en- gineers, Manly Knights. CrerE, Neb, March 16.—[Special ts the 5.]—At a recent mocting of Fogg assem- » No. 8173, the following resolutions were adopted, with eighty-five members present: Resolved, That we extend to the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers our heartfelt sympathy in their struggle for justice and right. Every laborer should congratulate himself on the stand en by the brother- Lood on the “Q." system, and our sincere \fvish i8 that they will down the. monopoly ore: Resolved, That we censure and hold in scorn as traitors to labor all engincers and firemen who take the places of brothers on the “Q.” system. Resolved, That it is degrading and insult- ing to manhiooa and the state to place in dif- ferent cities a lot of men known as Pinkerton es, It is not alone the combiuations trusts’’ that threaten the liberties of American citizens. To these irrespopsible Toercenaries are committed the lives, the for- tunes and the reputation of American eiti- zens, They take an active part in all labor strikes, wherever they may occur, and exist without legal authority from the people. These Pinkerton janizaries ave doing all they can to induce Knights of Labor engineers to take the places of the strikers ofi the Bur- lington road. Labor organizations cannot af- ford o join hands with these hirchings of cor- porations engaged in the destruction of la- Bors forces. 1t s turning the batteries upon our own troops. If there be in the ranks of labor those who are so short-sighted as to be- tray their own in a struggle for bread, let not such odium be attached to the Knights of Labor. Labor has suffered to mueh at the hands of the Pink n mercenaries to make allies of them even in retaliation. Resolved, That these olutions be pub- lished in our city papers and a copy of the same be sent to the Omaha Bk, PER ORDER OF COMMITTER, e Tascotr Recognized. Sr. PavL, Minn,, March 16,—Word comes from Boulder, on the Wicks branch of the Northern Pacific, twenty miles from here, that Tascoit, the murderer of Milliongive Snell, was recognized there yesterday by & man who used to know him. Tascott ac- knowledged his identity. Shortly after Tas- cowt's friend heard of the reward offercd for him, but when he went to fina him he was gone. A party has been formed o scour the neighborhood for Tuscott. Children Cry for.Pitcher's Castoria. Whien Baby was sick; we gave her Castoria. Whea she was a Clild, she cried for Castoria, " When she became Miss, she elung to Oastoris, Whiea shie had Clulldres, she gove tham Castoris. “that other lines will m: CONGRESSIOX\‘ATL PROCEEDINGS Plumb Offers & Strike Resolution ‘Which is Leid Over. BLACKBURN'S ‘FLORAL TRIBUTE. oy e A Number of Impbrtant Bills Intro- duoed in Botl) Branches—Pen- sion Bills Passed By the Hous§ ar Night. Senate. WasmiNaToN, March 16,—Senator Black- burn’s desk was gorgeously conspicuous this morning with a floval tribute in the form and colors of the United States flag, sent by the Hancock Veteran association of Philadelphia in recognition of ‘“so ably defending the memory of -our dead herocs,” Generals Mo- Clollan and Hancoclk, Mr. Butler offered a bill for the admission of Utah as a state. Committee on territories. The resolution offeped by Mr. Frye yester- day, calling for coples of the minutes and protocols of the fisheries commission, and that by Dolph, as to fur scal fishing in Alaska, wore passed. ‘The senate resumed consideration of the under-valuation bill, and Mr. Allison made a statement as to the importance of the four- teenth seotion of the bill. He believed it was an effoctive section to oarry out the pur- poses intended and was in no degree and in no_way unjust to any honest Inumrl«r, Meossrs, Beck and” Hiscock also spoke in of the bill, Messrs, Evarts and Call (Eu‘romd the four- teenth section, and Mr. munds’ amend- ment to it was warmly discussed. inally it was rejected—b5 to 47—and the bill then passed ‘without division. Mr. Plumb offered a preamblo and resolu- tion reciting the fact of the interruption of freight trafiic on the Chicago, Burlington & uincy and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Ie railroads and instruoting the committee on inter-state commerce to inquire whether such interruption of commerce was occa- sioned by the failure of the railroad com- panies to adopt necessary precautions or by other neglect of thoir duty &s common car- riers, Mr. Cullom remarked that it was a protty important subject, and he inquired whether the purpose was to haye the committee or sub-.committee leave Washington and carry on the inquiry elsewhere, Mr. Plumb said that was a question which the committee would decide for itself, The resolution was laid over, Adjourned till Monday. House. ‘WasnixgroN, March 16.—Mr. Mills of Texas asked unanimous consent that the ‘ways and means committee be permitted to sit during the session of the house, but Mr. Burroughs of Michigan objected. Mr. Hitt's joint resolution to permit com- mercial uuion with Canada was submitted to the house and placed upon the calendar, and a bill was reported and.placed on the calen- dar fixing the rate of postage on seeds, plants, bulbs and scions &1 cent for each two ounces. 1.3 A bill was reportedl to annex a portion of Idaho to Washington dnd Montaua, House calendar. L ‘Dhe Indian appropriation bill was reported. Committee of the whele. . The house then weat/into committee of the whole for the considerition of an amendment to the urgent (lufluicr}ci bill, On the recommendition of the committee on nendinént was ndopted ap- propriating 627,000 t reimburse the state of lexas for expenses ingtirred in repelling in- wvasion and suppressiirg Indian hostilities. Various scnate aindndments were con- curred in or non-conciirred in, according to the recommendation’6f the committeg on ap- propriations. g 5 The committeo rose and reported the bill to the house. The housé ritified the action of the committeo of the whole, and Messrs. Burns, Sayres and McComas tere appowmted conferes, The house then took a recess until 7:30. The house at its evening scssion passed thirty-five pension bills and adjourned. National Capital Notes. A bill to provide a method of settlement by arbitration of controversies between inter- state railroads and their employes was intro- duced by Senator Blair to-day. It is a bill by the last congress, which failed o receive the signature of the president. A new sec- tion has been.added which makes it unlaw- ful for cmployes to striko until after a rail- road has failed for five days to comply with a request for arbitration, “The Central Pacific cnse was presented to e Pacific railroad commission to-day by ex-Senator McDonald, who explained and argued in favor of the Huntington bill. e THE RATE WAR. A Prospect of Its Renewal Through One Road's Obstinacy. CmicaGo, March 16.—The Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy to-duy supplemoented its notice regarding the restoration of rates by postpon- ing the date of advance to Avril 1. The ostensible reason is that owing o the system #Q,” shippers hiad not had the same oppor- tunity to take advantage of cut rates as the patrons of othor lines, It seems probable ke the same postpon- ment. The Burlington & Northorn has not i'cl assented Lo the advance in rates agreed to oy the. other wostern roads and there is a bility that it will not without imposing wditions which the others won't agree to. There is much feeling over the obstinato atti- tude of the Burlington & Northern as it is feared it will bring on dissentions which may again precipitate a general wa el HYMENS'S AGED VOTARIES. Marriage of n Conple Who Have Passed the Seventieth Mile Stone, Srt. Joseru, Mo,, March 16.—[Speciat Tele- gram to the Bee.]—Mr. W, H. West, of Plattsburg, aged cighty-one years, and Mrs, Drucila Burke, aged seventy-th wore wmarried in Plattsburg, Mo., yesterday. The bride has been married six times, her fifth marriage having been celebrated soven months ago. ller last husband lived ouly six weeks. o A Similar Case. ST. Joseeir, Mo, March 16.—[Special Telo- am to the Bre.]—At the residence of Rey, I, J. Williams, of the Prosbyterian chuvch, last night Rev. Willfafn , of the Presbyterian church,'0f' late yoars a ro dent of Kansas City 4fid one of the piond settlers of Buchanan tounty, was united in marriage with Marg: Davis, aged sixty- five, Passenger Tgain Ditched. Bivouantos, N. Y., March 16,.—The cast- bound train on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western jumped the track five wiles west of this city early ,m& worning. . Three coaches burned and it,is reported that two persns were killed afiba number injured It is repor ted later thid only one man killed. Three others@ré fatally injured an several more sustainegt small injuries. —_— Scalded to Death, SpriNGPIELD, Massy March 16.—The first train through on the New England railroad was ditched this afternoon, Two locomo- tives left the track and a steam pipe in the forward one burst, fatally scalding Con- ductor Hinott, Fireman Willia Nichols and Brakeman Jerry MoKune, who were in the cab, R A Sketch of Mrs. Chapman, Masown Ciry, 1a.,, March 15.—[Correspond- ence of thé Bee.l—Among the many poble woinen' of Jowa none stand higher in the estimation of the people than Mrs. Carrie Lane Chapman, who is attrécting so much attention in lowa, Minnesota, Dakota, Wis consin, lilinois and Indiana, by her offoris toward the organization of the Awerican party. In personal appearauce, she is of medium height, siender, with brown hair and eyes and regular features. In mauner she is ATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1888, modest and womanly, She is of English parentage, and was born in a Wisconsin vil- lago in.1360. At the age of seven she. came to Totva with her parents and located in Fibod county, While quite young she dis- played a fondness for books, and her mind soon became a storehouse of vatuable infor- mation. At eightéen she entered the state agricultural college at Ames, and by supple- menting study with teaching she was able to pay her own expefises, and graduated in 1830 at the head of a large class. In 1853 she be- came privcipal of the Mason City public &chools, which - position she held with re- markable success for two yoars, when she ried T.00 Chapman, editor of tho Mason Yity Republican. In 1885, on account of im- paired hoalth, Mr. Chapman sold the Repub- lican - and went to California and secured a positton’ on the San Francisco Chronicle as city editor. Ho“had soarcely located here and sent for his wife when he was taken sud- denly ill with a fever and died. Mra, Chapman, who had already achieved some distinotion as a journalist, found ready employment ' 'on the reportorial staft of the ' dame paper, at the same time delivering lectures along the Pacific const. Tt was during this period of her life that she conceived the idea that the forma- tion of a new party *vas necessary. The for- <ign-cloment had gained such control over govornmental affuirs that moral, social and political 1itd had been fairly infected with corruption. 1t is to remedy this growing ovil that Mra. Chapman i8 now directing her encrgies, A year o) sho returned from California and since that time has been labor- ing in Jown and adjacent states. It is de- signed to form a club in every state possible 80 that at the proper time the party can putin working order. Mrs, Chapman, in speaking to & ropresentative of the I3k, sala: “From the present outlook a prosi- dentinl candidate will be nominated by our party and clected in 1892, It is carrying the abor vote almost solid on account of its advocacy of no emigration of laborers to take the ‘place of strikers, and also has the _entire support = in our cities of those who favor clean politics. Among some of the important changes it would make is to extend thetime of residence required for naturalization to fourteen years, and would alter the laws of those states ‘whore tho franchise is bestowed without cit- izenship, as it is in fiftoen states of the union. Tt would prohibit more effectually contracts made with foreigners before emigration. It would prohibit from emigration paupers. criminals and enarchists, It would appro- priate no public school funds for sectarian purposes, 1t would refuse real estato pos- sessions to non-resident aliens and limit the possessions of resident aliens." The newspaper organ of the American party, the American, is published in Chicago. Mrs. Chapman prosents views in a_novel, yet forcible way, ‘always making herself Clear and convincing. Her lectures are hav- g a marked influence wherever she spoaks and she is rapidly gaining accossions to her party. — General Harney's Dignity. Texas Siftings: The following story is told of General Harney, when he was in command of Camp Verde,; Tex. He was an intensely dignified officer, and if there was one thing he detested more than another it was undignified haste. One evening just us he was about to hold dress parade, he perceived that he had forgotten his handkerchief, and as the weather was very hot, he eaid to his or- derly: “Go to my quarters, quick, and bring my handkevrchief.” The orderly touched his cap, and started for the guarters, several hundred vards distant. After he had proceeded o short distance, remembering that there was no time to lose, he broke into a trot. “See that d——a scoundrel running a8 if the Indians were after him. If there is anything I hate it is to see a soldier running, instead of marching properly. Here, my man,” continued Harney to another soldier, “go after that man and tell him to walk, d n him!” The second soldier started after tho first, but as the first kept on running the second one saw his only chance to deliver the message was to hurry up, so he, too, broke iuto a run. To say that Harney swore is to use a mild expres- sion. “Here. sergeant, go after that man and tell him if he don’t stop running I'll hang him up by the thumbs. The sergeant started out on a brisk walls, but as his predecessor had a good start he, too, began to run as hard as he could. o ““If all the three scoundrels nin’t run- ning like jack rabbits!” ejanculated Har- noy. “T'll show ’em,” and tucking his ord under his arm, he started in pur- suit as fust as he could run, but sud- denly remembering his dignity, he came to a halt and walked stifly back to where the dress parade was to come off. e i Killing a Bear With a Clasp-Knife. Gen Agent Shermau of the Union Pacific railrond is well known out west as the man who killed a big bear, single-handed, with a clasp-knife. Mr, Sherman was conducting & party of English ts through the Beaver canyon on the w ¥ to Yellowstone park, and the party had camped for the night. About midnight he was awakened by the noise of tne horses, and, suspecting thicves, he grabbed his pistol and walked outdrom the camp., = The next instant a b¥E bear rose in front of him, he leveled the pistol and pulled ihe trigger, There was uo discharge, and then Mr, Sherman remembered that he had forgotten to load the weapon, Then he pulled his big clasp-knife, opened it, and backed against a tree, The bear followed, grabbed Mr. Sherman, and began to hug him. He jabbed the knife into the brute, and the two rolled on the ground in a death struggle, By the time the tourists, who were awakened by the noise, came out the bear was dead. Mr. Sherman was so covered with seratehes, blood and glory that every Englishman hated him from sheer env DTS General Sheridan's Traveliug Bed. Harrisburg Telograph: I was read- ing: the other day that Wendell Phillips, the lecturer, when he traveled carried a sleeping bag, into which he crawled at night when at a strange hotel, It reminded me of the sleeping g that DeB. Randolph Keim tells me General Phil Sheridan carried while on the campaign against the Indians in midwinter. It was made of fur, with the fur inside, and Shefidan used to strip and orawl into it. The general had two big dogs that followed him about, and in the morning early when the reveille was sounded the dogs would ®Oo nosing about until they got into Sher- idan’s tent, when they would rush upon their sleeping master and run their cold noses into the sleeping bag. It had the. effect of an electrical bath on ‘Little Phil,” and the language he used wns exocedingly free. The mercury in his tont would go up about 40 when he cut loose, and the dogs would rush, growl- ing, down the camp street, while Keim would lie there and laugh. - The Injunction Theory. Denver Republican: The attorney of the Burlington road will find that in- junctions do not always enjoin if tho engineers of the Union Pacific Railway company conclude to leave the service of that company. The idea of taking out an injunction to restrain them from stopping work is absurd. It might be possible to rostrain the Union Pacific engineers from rofusing to handle the Burlington cars ns long as they are in the service of the company. But the freedom of American citizens is not yet so far destroyed as to deny them the priviloge of stopping work when they choose to stop unless they.are under contract to work for a definite time. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except 2+ a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction,” is the language of the thirteenth amendment to the na- tional constitution. But the Burlington lawyer, who is very appropriately named Greene, seems to have forgotten its existence. Injunction is a proceeding by which persons are restrained from Sningthln 8 or from maintaining a nuisance. It wfil lio nlso to compel an accounting or a specific performance of a contract. But ordinarily it is a prohibitory writ. No one ever heard of its being employed to compel a man to do anything unless his failure to do it would violate some equit- able right in the person applying for the mf'unction. f the engineers had ontered into a contract with the Union Pacific to work for a certain time, definitely agreed upon, and if their failure to keep their confract would work an irreparable in- jury to the company, for which there would be no adequate remedy outsido of the courts of equity, then, possibly, in- junction would lie. Buuin the case of the Union Pacifle rond and its engineers, no question of a specific performance of a contract ean arise, for there is no con- tract requiring them to work until the expiration of a certain time. They may be discharged at the pleasure of the company. They may quit at their own pleasure. —_—— A Boy's Perilous Ride. Chillicothe (Mo.) Tribune: Yesterday afternoon Leon and Rdgar Pringle, thirteen or fourteen years of age, sons of ‘W. Pringle, wenthunting, little I'ran- kie, son of Frank Webb, eight years of age, going with the boys ostensibly for the = purpose of * toteing " the game. Arriving at the Wa- bash tank, near Grand River, and while halting for a rest, a freight train came along and stopped for water. Ji fore the train pulled out Frankic wi to the rear of the caboose and locki his arms over the drawhead, swung his feot clear off the ties to take a littlo ride. The other boys watched him and supposed he would let go his hold after riding a few yarrs and before the train got under much headway, but to their amazement he hung to the drawhead like a little major, as long as the train could be seen and until it disappeared altogether. Another train thundered along but did not stop to take water, and the engi- neer, having sighted the little fellow hanging to the drawhead, pulled the throttle wide open in the hope of ap- proaching the first ocction in time to alarm the occupants of the caboose of the perilous position of the lad. Ho muined on the train rapidly, but seeing that it was impossible and at the same | time dangerous to approach too close, fearing that the boy might drop and be mangled by his own train, he slowed up, hoping that the lad would hold on until the train made a halt at Sampsel. In this he was mistaken, for less than a mile this side of the station, and fortunately for the lad, the train slowed up and ho dropped, rolling over two or three times, but was not in the least injured. The engincer that was following stopped his train and picked up the curious traveler and carried him on to Sampsel, where he gave his name and reluted his experience while hang- ing to the drawhead. Iis father was notified by telegraph, and he answered back to send the boy home on the passenger train due here at 11 o’clock last night, but_as the train did not stop at Sampsel he was put aboard a train this morning and soon after arrived safe and sound, but he wus not *‘toteing” any game except thut which laid in own body. Wedo not believe there is another instance on rec- ord that will equal the perilous ride of this boy. ——— Jubilee presents still pour in on the pope. Many apartiments in the vatican aro full, and the Rowan railway sta- tion is crowded with packages yet ~u- opened, A great many have been stolen, A chair of “Darwinism” (or_Spencer- ism) has been founded at the College de France by the Municipal council of Paris. M. Ribot, the eminent piyeholo- gist, hus been appointed the first pro- fessol wiee e HOOD'S SARSAPARIy . Were all wise enough to heed this advice in season, a world of suffering would be avoided, 1f you suffer from impure blood, serofula, dyspepsia, billousness, headache, take Are the hest months in which to purify your blood. Hood At 0o other Barsapa scason does rilla is the the human rl best blood system so purifier. minch need tho afd of a re- liable medicine like Hood's M ay Sarsaparilla, as now. The impoverished condition of the blood, the weakening effeets of the 10ug, cold winter, the lost appetite, and that tired Leeling, all make & good spring medicine abso- lutely necessary, Hood's Sarsaparilla is pecullarly adapted for this purpose, and in- creases in popularity every year, It is the ideal spring medicine. P4 1 must say Hood's Sarsaparillais the best mediciue I ever used. Last spring I had no appetite, and the least work I did fatigued me ever so much. I began to take Hood's Sarsa- parilla, and soon felt that I could do as much in a day as I had formerly dono in & My appetite is voracious.” Mgs. M. V. BAY- Axp, Atlantic City, N. J. N.B, 1f you decide;to take Hood's Sarsa- pasilla do not be induced Lo buy any other. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Boldbyalidragststs. #1; slx for §6. Prepared only 8014 by all drugglsts. §1; stx for §6. Propared only By 0. 1. HOOD & 00., Apothovarigs, Lowell, Mass. | by C. 1. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Nass. 100 Doses One Dellar | 100 Doses One Dollar " and it 13 becauso 1 a A WOMAN'S WISH. Facts Bronght Ont At the Investigation. —— THE REPORTER SECURES MORE EVIDENCE, The Following Interesting Statement Was Given the Writer for Publi- cation by Mrs, Johanson, the Lady Most Interested. —iin, “Ves, fndoed, T think my wife will be ploased 0 talk’ with you" said Mr. Geo, Johanson 10 the writer, who ealled at his honse, corner of Tweh- ty- oy |lu|nku“| Ihl'mh-m- streots, “For my own part Tthink that her experience onght to be made known. 1 think it might help & @ ks many others to have it published and’ it would certainly be no more than right. But you can sco Mrs. Johanson herself.” agroe With my hushand,” sntd _that lndy to whom the writer was shortly afterward intro- Auced, “and am quite willlng to tell youmy story for publicat S0 that life fnd to me.” . This remark from Mrs. Johanson particularly attracted the writer's notice, It was explained as ahe went on, *“You, rc. haps will hardjy imagine how onc can drifi into guch astate, Thore ix nothing tragical about it. You don't fall into despadr in a moment, It 18 & gradual, stoady progress. Those who experience it—and 1 am Bot alone in the expert- ence by any means—will say Just as 1have said that there i a timne that comes at Iast when life 18 really a burden . be 1t to me?” queriedthé “Can’ you des scrive. ““Describo 17 she went on, “there {sn't very much to describe. Thero was soyeral years in my life in which I was & sufferer—deprossod, 10w spirited, losing all the time i trength and courage, feeling ns if I couldn’t live long if 1 would, and 1 wonldn't if 1 could. “Refore that, how long my trouble had been coming on withont my knowfng it, I oannot tell. Thro wore colds. Always in the spring and £all 1 would have u cold, and after a while It got &0 that I was In a continual state of cold—some- times coughing or sncezing, eyes watery, a dis- churge from the nose, and and sometimes & swelllng and a soreness in my throat,” Dbecame almost a burden MRS, GEORGE JOMANSON, “Before long 1 began to cough a t deal, bringing up at tmes with great dificuty, i tough kind of mucus, Sometimes ropy and stringy, sometimes whittsh yellow and some- times f_greenish color. There seemed to bo & dripping from the head into the throat, some- times watery and acrid, sometimes thick and tenaclous, 80 it would ‘almost choke me. I had difficulty in breathing, and_there wonld bo & wheezing sound when 1 would draw my Dbreath. Atnight I was especially troubled in this way, aud sometimes I would start up, foar- ing that'T was going to choke to death. ““My sleep was broken, and in the morning I would feel more tired and languid than when L went to bed nt night. Dark rings wonld form undor my eyes. 1 bogan to have night sweats, and my limbs. would ache and feel numb and cola. “This with a constant dull pain tn my_fore- head, ringing in my ears, eyes weak and_ blood- shot, pains in my chest ' extending through to my shoulder blades, nose and head nearly al- wiys stopped up, 1 also had a_constant feeling as {f there was a lump in the back part of my throat. Hut my worst trouble seemed to bo in my stomach, aud that cansed me . the most mis- erable feeling one_can imagi My stomach was 8o sensitive that the slightest jar would shock my entire body, I had a burning sensn- tionin the pit of my stomach which would sometimes shoot up into my chest so that I could Tardly get my breath_at times, bitter and_sour water would Tise up i iy throat and I would Delch wind from my stomach so that | nearly always had a disagreeable taste in my mouth, the smallest_quantity of food would cause mé distress, and_the slightest meal would often cause & Sense” of fullness which Wwas very un- pleasant, and would occasionally makeme sick atmy stomach and make me vomit, My condi- tion became 50 bad that I was afraid to eat and 1 was frequently bedridden for days and was Decoming i confirmed invalid. 0 you wonder that 1 said life was & burden tome? At times spells of faintness aud dizyi- ness would overcome me, “Was I treted for it? Of course 1 was, My husband had me examined and treated. Doctor after doctor made me the subject of experiment until T lost faith in physic and physicians. “I look well now, you say? Well, I am well, T am fast gnining my former health and strength, continually galning in welgth, I sleep \Wel and eat hearty. The pams in my lead and throat and chest have disappeared. My eyes are as well as they were whon 1 was a MNitle girl, “Hasit taken & long time? It has taken some time, but I haye been patient and regular in my treatment. My trouble was growing upon me for a good many years, and 1 didu't_expeet & miracle that would rid me of it inu day, 1t was about three months ago, 1 think. that I first went to Dr. MeCoy's offices in the Ramge build- ing, corner of Fifteenth nnd Hurney stréets, and wais examined and began the use of his treat~ ment at once. He didn’t promise to cure me, but that 1s what 1 am confident he has dones thunkful and because I really think that everybody ought fo know it that T am wiliing that you should publhsh what I have said.” As stated above, Mrs. Johanson lives at the corner of Twent. and Burdette sireets., Ter featuras ara fairly well produced in the por- trait whiel dccompuitos this skotch, and the jmterview can easily be veriflod, Can Catarrh Be Cured? The past age mignt be called u supe e present can more prop: I £ surprises, for many things o the imposibilities have now ¢ ny possivilities. 1t would besuperfluous to enumerate them. Bnt nave we reached tho utmost itz Have we? Physiclans who elaim to make certain ailments the human body is subject to a special study, and claim to_be able are such diseases, are pronounced by other 8 presumptuous; but I 80 make 1t s0? The man’ who can come thé nearest to overcoms the seeming impossibilities of others 15 now all the rage, aund well does b they d #o hard to obtain. it as-ociatos do not_make cla anything marvelous, such s raising the dead And giving them new life: neither do thay claim to gve sight to the blind; but Dby their new und sclentific method of treating catarrh they have cured and do cure n'lhu'rl.l ws well as bronchial and throat troubles. They muke catarrh a_specialty, bee e it is one of the most prevalent and troubicsome dlsehses that the paople of this ¢ e are hielr 10, Since Dr. McCoy and his associntes have looated in this city they have treated with success hun- dreds of persons whom other physicians have told their disease was classed amiong the in- curables. Do they not ish Xin the daily papers testimonials from some of their many griteful patients, giving in each case the full name and address of the per- son making the statement that the doubtng and skeptical muy call and tuterview the suid setor's offices £0 Jple prior to visiting the onmuitation, o ertised s cured consultation, The psuple are by no_means obscuro fhe mujority of cases ure cltts by the business people and eon and it whl more than repay from caturrhal aflection ¢ it those whose statements are published, or consult with tho doctor or s associutes b his oftice, An Lmportant Letter, Read what & promineut citizen of fancock, Minn,, his o say; To Wiom it May Concern: HANCOCK, Minn., Feh. 29, 1888,—Dr. J. €, Mo~ Coy-Dear 811 This 15 to certify that [ have for he last four years been more or less sufferin from & diseaso of the hoart, 1had & continua pain i the region of tho hoart snd was very Blort of breath, somuch so that at times 1 could not walk ten rods without resting. Ihave doc. tered with four (4) different physictans witliout 5, getting worse tustead of b until o nihs ugo 1 consuited you, and have since continiied to ¥ 1nn almost entirely well, pube 1sh thils letter if you 80 desire. Respectfully, N. (. LIOKINSON, Dr. McCoy and his assoclates are permanently bullding, where th 1 by munity at large, one sufforing ) Kp.n, Consult opinion by mail §1. No accompanied b should be addressed to Dr. J, 810 and 31, Ramge bullding, Omaha, h'l'(‘('li!ih'l"l'l; ACHIEVEMENTS, The Wonderful Results Attained by an Eminent Specialist and His Associates. Dr.J. Cresep McCoy and his associates haye become familiarly Known 1o aliwost every reader of the daily va s rellable aud skl siclans, and b W bscome perma donts 0f thi; od and by 5 od by fmmense Buu- e treatt vach offico sossion, successtully Alseases of the nosc. throat snd luigs Lut also dyspepsia, rheumatism and all nervous dlseases, NO ex= ponse Las been spured in obtaining the latost approved methods for the successful troatment of consumption, Bright's disease, diabetes and Leart. teouble, All diseases peculinr to the sexes .fl‘z‘uu]uuun &t oflice oras el p Y 15 inal ts the ly trea