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Show Strike on the C. B. & Q. Chicago, December 10. The switchmen employed in the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway yards have struck. The night men quit last night and the day men are expected to go out . this morning. The trouble is a continuance of the misunderstanding misunder-standing of some weeks ago. The night men went to work at 7 p. m., and were frequently fre-quently compelled to quit work by the engines being called in, which stopped the switching, and they were paid only for the actual time put in, while they demanded a full nights pay if they worked until midnight, mid-night, and half night's pay if they reported for duty at all, and the company acceded to the demand, but recently the operatives found, so they claim, that the company had failed to keep their agreement, and after giving notice of two days, stsuck last night. |