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Show IiATEST l'ELEQKAMS. three IlnuUre! eu.l liny Utu lilt. el.arae.1. CmCACio, May It. The trouble l twteu Chicago ck Northwestern Ilall road and Itaswitchmeti, growlug out of Ihu discharge of a) anl tnaitir. t-ulnil. nated this morning In thu illscliarku of the entire force, nuiutcrlng .IV) men. Tho ooniiuy havu been anticipating UiLitociMlty for some lime aud wore KrijAredforlt The now men wrre Ired ar.d distributed through the yards, taking the plsctx of those dll-iharged. dll-iharged. All the morning trains went out a usual, &u I no trouble was reported up tol010.ln. Thu Northwrstirn olllclala statu that for more than two Jiara the sltuatlou regarding re-garding Hits switchmen waa constantly growlut. Thu workmen not only struck fri.pienlty for trivial causes, but a iiumbrruf time, tbey demanded the discharge of men who ierform.d satisfactory satis-factory work, and whoeu ono fault waa that they wnu not membersof Ihe awltchmuti'B uulou. Al-out two inontha ago they demanded the dlhhargo of Yardranater Mc.Nerney, and to avoid the trouble he waa oaten Blldy dismissed, but kept on (kupay roll of the 001111 anyand was this morn lug reinstated In hla old position (Jeueral Manager Whitman says that Ihe management Is fully determined that this statu of affairs hav gone far enough, and while It proiwsea to deal falilyand Justly Willi Us employee, and giro fair and Juit consideration to any grievance pru erly reaeuled, II alto 1 ropoacrt to manage Its own rop bltl aujlta own buslnru In Us own way. All other railroad companies are ai plaudlng the aitlon of the North wrilern, and will noma to lis su jvurt If necessary. The discharged eta I loyia are only those on the Northnesleru eyatein, progwr, which dors not include lint west of the Missouri river. Jleiwita from all points are to tbecfleit that thu trains are moving pretty generally on time und Ihe luterru 1 11 ju to bualneaa la very slight. At points where new switchmen switch-men have not teen pnivl I ml, the train men are doing (hoswltchlng. |
