Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1888 — THE INDUSTRIAL REALM. [ARTICLE]

THE INDUSTRIAL REALM.

It is not given to every judge to be able to please both sides, but Judge Gresham found himself in that happy position after rendering his decision in the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy-Wsbash case, on Thursday, says a Chicago special. It suited the Burlington people, giving them more than they expected, and the lawyers were quite jubilant over it, while the Wabash attorneys had nothing to complain of. The decision went further than accomplishing the rare feat of being mutaa’*y satisfactory. It virtually gave the “Q” road power to compel the other railroads to interchange freight with it In the decision Jndge Gresham laid stress on the fact that, besides being in the hands of the court* the Wabash was governed by the receiver in the same way as any other road, and was therefrom amenable to the operation of the laws governing common carriers. Under the provisions of the interstate commerce act it could not refuse to accept freight from one line and accept it from another. Any such discrimination would not ba tolorated by the court The Wabash receiver, having announced that he was ready to take all the freight sent him by the “Q.” there was no necessity for an order in the case. The Chicago papers announce that Chief Arthur and Grand Master Sargent nave acknowledged that the strike on the Burlington Road is lost to the men. Mr. Arthur does not believe the Burlington will yield now, but tne men want to fight it out longer, and still insist that they will win, A Kansas City dispatch of Friday says “the engineers and firemen on the vast system of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company went out on a strika The strike created intense excitement and surprise, for the reason that the road has not been handling Burlington freight That the strike was ordered by some one in authority there is no doubt, but in this city the men profess ignorance of the issuing of any such orders, and say they have quit because they are Tired.’” Outside of Chicago, where matters remained unchanged on the surface, says a Chicago special of Saturday, the strike of the engineers of what is known as the Santa Fe system is spreading rapidly, its effects already having extended to points on the Pacific coast. Otl er roads seem certain to share in the difficulty, and the general strike that was thought to have been averted is now more probable than ever unless some settlement can be reached within a few days. Chief Arthur professes ignorance of the cause of the strike on the Santa Fe.