Show ANOTHER GREAT STRIKE AT 4 blerk yesterday afternoon a strike of of engineers and firemen was inaugurated extending over ever the entire santa fe stem and involving the atlantic pacific on the former about 2000 men and on the latter about 1000 have ceased work A singular feature of the strike is 16 the mystery which surrounds its cause when asked why they have quit work the men simply reply that they are tired their fatigue like the late epidemic among union pacific engineers seems extraordinary one report has it that the engineers gi and ard firemen have struck out of sympathy lor for their brethren on the burlington because the santa fe fecas was handling burlington freight freigh tl but that report to is flatly denied by another which states the strike was made for standard wages 11 this latter statement in ia turn has a questionable tio appearance in view of others to the effect that the grievance committee of the engineers and firemen about a mouth month ago had bad a meeting with the officers of the road at which it Is asserted all difference were amica amicably bly and permanently adjusted at the present writing the cause of the abe strike may be said to be uncertain and it appears to have been entirely unexpected by the abe officers of the santa fe doubtless stat strategic egic reasons have led the outgoing out going engineers and firemen to do ad aa they dave bave done and those reasons with the prime cause or causes of the strike will likely be disclosed shortly A rumor came by wire a few days ago age to the effect that the santa fe managers intended to make a heavy reduction in the wages of engineers and fi foremes fire remes raea and to replace the men with importations from the southern states H ahe he cut should not be acceded to whether a move in this direction has been made and has cause caused I 1 the strike the telegraph has not yet yec disclosed what has led the engineers and firemen in the atlantic and pacific road to join on the strike is equally mysterious and the fact that tuey have done this gives strength to the rumored probability that other roads Inc including ludin the kansas city fort scott and gulf gul f and the missouri pacific are to be involved tue tae santa fe system extends from the missouri river to mexico and california and the commerce of a vast area of country is dependent upon it stoppages of circulation in great arteries of trade and travel like the burlington and santa fe rail road systems damage thousands of interests in an aggregate sum which is i incalculable and amounts to a public calamity the organization of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers is displaying IRS its vast power as it has never before done |