War To The Knife

DüTKOiT, March 18. -President Ashley, of the Ann Arbor railway, and State Railway Commissioner Kirby, acting on behalf of the Brotherhood of Enjyineers, came to an agreement at Toledo, 0., as to the points in dispute between the company and the strkers. The terms included a requirement that trikers who wished to reenter the road's service should make application, the applications would be considered in the order received, and the applicants assigned to duty without prejudiee. This portion the strikers objected to and ref used to accept, acctfsing Mr. Kirby of acting without warrant in introducing witliont being authorized a clanse making their re-engagement a matter of choice with the railroad officials. The order to engineers and firemen of other roads to boycott Ann Arbor cars, it is understood, was renewed, and on Friday Judge Taft, on application at Detroit, inade by the general counsel of the road, Alexander L. Smith, granted a mandatory injunction against Chief Arthur, of the'Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and Chief Sargent. of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, requiring them to raise the bovcott against Anu Arbor cars. This is a temporary restraining order, and Monday, March 27, is set for the hearing of the motion for a permanent injunction. As the Ann Arbor has but one station in Ohio (that of Toledo) its traffie for other roads all comes linde r the head of interstate traffic. The railroad company introduced another feature of the difliculty by suit jointly and severally against Chiefs Arthur and Sargent for 8300,000 daraages incurred by the strike. Detroit, March :J0. - Late Saturday afternoon, on the request of the officials of the Ann Arbor road, Circuit Judge Taft issued a supplementary order to his mandate of Friday. In this the court takes by far the most important procedure of any yet made. Chief Arthur is commanded to issue notice to members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers that any order heretofore issued requiring members to refuse to handle the cars of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan railroad is not in force or effect against the said rail road. District Judge Ricks at a special session of his court held here Saturday heard the complaint of the Lake Shore fc Michigan Southern railway that sereral of its employés had refused to handle freight from the Ann Arbor. Summonses were subsequently issued for the arrest of five engineers and three fireraen. Three of the engineers were taken into custody. Summonses were issued also to all the engineers of the Wheeling & Lake Erie, warniug them against participating in any discrimination. Meanwhile the boycott is temporarily raised, orders to that effect havinjf been received from Chief Arthur.