Show P T 7 7 4 I 1 0 H L C aises to B 0 S EXTENDED en ineer 8 on other ROUS I 1 a are said to be FORCED TO GO TO WORK on the burlington system or lose their FREE PASSES ARE OFFERED to AM who want to go from road not affected to take the places of th old engineers to THE Dl the strike grows danver mar ch 7 the strike on the burlington today to day threatens to ex I 1 e 1 d to tats engineers and firemen in t h 0 denver and rio grande freight F 0 in a rio grande 0 official I 1 t isle arn ed t consigned by the burlington to the aitio G rande for transfer ta the v e st arrived at the yards this m w 9 aers were issued to have rno c sm it ched but the engineer of the witch engine refused to touch them Another engine was bent after carel mith the same results the m abandoned and the men say they will quit before they will move them president ident moffat will hold a confer once with the men tonight to night for a settlement of the I 1 nat the sent out a passenger on comiano time toay 0 and one from the cast arrived but a few minutes laiq the bent out three freights today to day and A we in from omaha march 7 ahe full UP port of the entire brotherhood of locomotive engineers and firemen has ocen pledged to their members on nn and all roads throughout the b tates m he deem it necessary to strike and formally decide to do so in order to uphold gieir brothers on the 0 B Q this information was obtained this evening on the best of authority and was verified through another source it can also be stated upon authority that general meetings of local grievance committees of the vs rikuo roads held today to day were I 1 e al al I 1 vo convened Pon for the d i the advisability of a strike on that particular road aud if such radt cal step were not considered the essential object was to decide what measures in lieu thereof should be adopted the action of tile general executive of the brotherhood thus given in advance to a men of any road was secretly obtained at a conference of the an co in cittee of the genera rother X here on monday it no longer rests with chief arthur d chief sargent to say that the men on any road should they strike will be bucked up by the hole the men on adv fingle rai J road a etem or halt a systems have it now absolutely in their power not only to say their shall strike but also when they shall strike ith the whole might of the brotherhood belind them that th 0 men are not disposed to use voth undue haste the deapo no in their grasp may be partly inferred from the fact that alth bugl several meetings were held today to day each clothed with complete authority to declare a strike affecting a vast stretch of rity no such declaration has been evening at least two 9 the kind mentioned are known to have been held in this city hahnl y athers are said to convened at rock island omaha and kansas city one mecal g in chicago was composed it delegates from every brotherhood lodge having members in the employ of the chicago and northwestern railway about thirty delegates were present the meeting was held in afi little is known of the r ced gs beyond a rumor that the ele lee manifested extreme deluc tance to strike except as a last both the northwestern and st paul men ill be again in session tomor row march 7 generah man J harris of tae CB N toad this evening he was riot surprised at the strike of his engine hands today although lie lied no notice claim edthe strike would not cripple the road we had nearly enough men to take the strikers places said lie before they bent out we will go right ahead all I 1 have done Is to order agents not to receive perishable freight march 7 chiet aalur stated to an associated press reporter to da y there was serious danger that ili t h strike of the engineers and firemen ill now spread widely it is impossible to appease our men he said when they know that 0 railroad companies all over the coun are giving aid to the burlington ta I 1 e are continually in receipt of tole grams showing that other companies tire rendering this 1 I arthur showed the aa a p 0 f the communications with 0 O h bo Is deluged AURORA ill march 7 P M arthur grand adi C reynolds an engineer says he wait in the employ of the now york central and was forced to come here and ruin or consider dis charged investigate J A another communication was picked from the pile by arthur and hand 2 over with the request that tile identity of the sender should not be sed the menage was from jackson mich and said in part on saturday etho rd the following was sent to all on the michigan central road 0 all oni giniere wishing to go to chicag to work forthe chicago burl agta a quine aj we will send free 11 this demare was sent under char actor no 23 11 which is used by too one but the gen eral superintendent or the acting geneval superintendent now said arthur you know that men have information like that and more is g constantly you can understand the bange r that the strike will spread r I 1 t is in ot to be ex d that they will a a amit to h p r sd inks but will put a a top to the ff eluI ly 11 arthur said 1 men on the Burli idi n kV Northern if I 1 ad den so a I 1 their own a lmh 7 tho strike of the engineers on the 01 13 4 Q road his extended to the northern all the brotherhood engineers and firemen left a cabs at 10 the effect is not yet observable because the road does not send out a passenger train till p m at that time the claim tile express ill start as untie while the brotherhood claim the road will not be alclo to moi s sheal the abat mon T I 1 75 7 5 I 1 I 1 I 1 aco 7 lata S night rit ri t As rd r d on sit rl n t e n of the burlington rl I 1 0 r t h that I 1 t lie ad e continued to handle the clah 1 ington quincy business it would destroy the good will and friendly feeling now ex asting on tile part of engineers ana firemen toward this road this was not a ed but nevertheless IS re P g a de as having ilia authority of tile b herhold he r a m r y e d 0 n tl i a i ne a s t noon t d hayw i ra s n b r t au c 0 t 1 ia t t he y by I 1 er or not they were prepared to handle business of the road if not they were to consider ham 8 and apply to the proper officers for their wages to date march 7 among the many rumors flying about tonight to night which could dot be hunted down to verification or doniat was one that the strikers had to the inter commission ask log that body to take nanze of the strike and that dispatches had been sent to governor oglesby him to formy call the in to t he attention of the illinois eta to railroad commission |