Show THE I 1 a ahe general grievance committees are ORDERED TO CHICAGO chief engineer arthur says the men DONT ASK FREE PASSES for all their and acquaintances ONLY ASK FOR for the work they perform the strike in disaster t machinery RM of the asad 1125 to tita STANDARD the strike march 2 the strike Is complete on the entire line and tonight business Is virtually suspended westbound west bound passengers coming into albuquerque are beenu sent to california by the southern pacific CuicA oo march 2 it appears that secretary caygill brought chief arthur and or nd master sargent information that members organization had taken the of the knights of labor on the blaces road they assured carhill that they had previously no other knowledge than iague ep 3 that this thing had ocle d 1 1 express willingness to request their men to quit reading em in return carhill a gr ed to keep the or reading engineers the burlington the men I 1 was agreed could be held back f 24 hours I 1 f the brotherhood men quit the read ehg knights would return home after this settlement was fiade mr arthur and his comrades seemed much more cheerful chairman hoge of the grievance committee said complaints had reached him that several roads were violating the neutrality agree anent lie declined to say which were the ot Tenders but the rock island and using the st louis bridge were on the list secretary debs of the Fir emens brotherhood said that unless this assistance was stopped a general strike would be or dired within 43 hours UP to midnight nothing definite had it eard at the engineers bead agn q arte rte rs as to whether brotherhood men on the reading were withdraw their places in compliance with the arrangement between chief arthur and representatives of the reading knights the principal event of the evening was the arrival here of fifty canadian engineers to take situations on the burlington little apprehension was apparent among brotherhood leaders over this accas 6 on to the companas comp anys strength they stoutly maintained that the canadians would be promptly dis cosed under federal statutes prohibiting of foreign contract I 1 abor AGO march 2 the joint west orn conference committee concluded its labors today to day but did not succeed in adopting it unanimous report the conclusions reached together with the objection will be submitted to the managers of the lV estern and northwestern lines at the meeting on wednesday the south western roads take no steps to form an agreement until the others conclude their labors the agreement between the brotherhood of engineers and firemen and the knights of labor had no apparent effect on the of applicants at the burlington offices this morning the majority of the men however look more like firemen than engineers the officials 0 f the company claim the situation is steadily improving fourteen passenger trains were sent out from chicago today to day and sixteen came in the company commenced running coal trains on the chicago division today to day and claim they are freight trains on most agal oft parts ir system at the round house on twelfth street the foreman faid to a reporter today to day 1 I am tired of looking at some of the inert who are employed to take the places of the strikers the engineers are in a horrible shape thee of our finest lococo t I 1 ves are ruined and others are badly broken down A most important mc ave wag made today to day by chief arthur in the strike the following telegram was sent to each chairman of the general anca committee of the brotherhood of En ginebra and firemen on the following lines of railroad viz chica 1 alton chicago northwestern el chicago rock island Paci iva bash wabash western missouri pacific union pacific atchison topeka A santa feana wis coasin central dar D ar sir and brother you are hereby authorized and ordered to come to tile city of chicago at once and t at headquarters there are important matters to con connection with Q strike and your immediate presence is imperative be pared to co anven e Y our rom here at a m om e n ts notice chief engineer arthur tonight to night gave out a on statement concerning the position of the angine ra and firemen as to the present attitude toward the burlington road in it lie says in part A he men are striking no t to compel the railway company to pay thern for do not perform nor to com pet the company to accept blind men to run the engines neither do the men damand shall furn lish free passes for all their relatives the main issue Is shall the 0 it Q tt ailway pay the same wages for the same work that IS paid ax 90 per cent in of all the railways in the united states Z this is almost the only cation at issue the principle of gra Iti ing men acord ing to years of service as adopted by the C B Q is ill and unjust I 1 march 2 general sapt of the reading com paid this afternoon that reports fany rom the west telling about hundreds of discharged reading railroad en gIn leers taking the places of strikers n the burlington croaa were greatly 0 exaggerated referring to records Swe lizard found that he ahti urn her of locomotive who left the of the I 1 reading during thero cent labor dis was road foreman acobson and master mechanic vernon both declared that not more than twenty brotherhood engineers were on vo y e d by the reading company d g t he alke I 1 the treaty OTTAWA march 2 the minister of finance says that no canadian customs office on the pacific coast has been instructed to refuse clearances to peal ing for bearing sea their du is to issue clair auces to all tea ael in the alouse of sir charles tupper yesterday said that no convention agreement understanding or modus had been arri ve d at with the united st tes biti reference to the i leati of the waters or harbors of belt rin the season of 1888 by th gc an dia vessels for abe purposes f fishing trading or eltester elt elter the estimates for the fiscal year were submitted today to day slid fix the total sum to be toted at the tarifa ia canada OTTAWA ontario march 2 the provisions of the afew bill presented to american congress yesterday by which it is proposed to place timber on the free list were by those members of eitt aho are the lumber In duAry speaking to an as soc press representative to dayo mr bryson who has a firm hold on laral t im ber limits said abolition duty W at once enhance their value fully five per cent last year the timber export to the united states has been valued at million dollars the crown prince DERLIN march 2 abe says i re f arted that dr B ergmann has ask d 1 1 lauer to prepare ein geror william for the worst all kind a of rumors are in circulation here march 2 A despatch from u remo to the north G erman gasa defte says that pe too no who have seen the crown prince state that be looks m a ny years older than when he left berl in his beard Is white and he has become very thin weighing now hardly pounds ile bag written his w and political testament for his son prince william restraining order abia afternoon a 12 injunction was served on resident directors of the oregon railway and navigation upon the petition of V B a stock holder restraining them from the execution of a lease of their railway lines to the northern pacific in conjunction with the union Pac itic the rest raino ing order was granted by adge stearns |