A Great Railway Strike

HICAGO, Feb. 27. - The threa tened strike on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad is a f act. Save a few suburban trains the entire system is aa still an I motionless as though steam had lost its power to propel, or the skilled hands tbat had controlled it were paralyzad. The culmination of the trouble bet ween this great road and its locomotive eers carne in the shape of a tormal but verbal notifloation f rom the representativos of the employés Sunday, that at 4 o'clock Mondy room ing the latter would cease to work, and central time had not more than reached the end of the fourth hour after midnight before every engine was housed and the men were on their way to their homes. At 4 o'clock precisely switch engine No. 447 went into the round-liouse. The others soon foliowed it and the engineers and firemen quit work. The strike was an accomplistied fact. The cause ot the strike is for an advance of wapes to engineers and firemen, whieh the compnny refused to give. About 35,000 men areaffected and business paralyzed in many towus. Next to the Illinois Central the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad probably does the largesb suburban business of the roads running out of Chicago. Monday the residente of Aurora, Naperville, Downer's Grove, Hinsdale, the Highlands, Western Springs, LaGrange, R verside, Crawford, and Lawnsdüle were considerably cramped in their aecomodations. Thero were oaly four trains each way, the first of which arrived at 7:45. The lour engineers are not members of the brotherhood, but men who could be picked up in a burry. In default of a fireman, Assistant Superintendent L. A. Honland donned the blue overalls and went to shoveling coal into the hungry stomach o( a suburbaa engine in good old-fashioned style. It was reported on excellent authority that General Master Workman Powderly arrived in the city at an early liour Monday mornins and Droceeded to the Grnnd Pacific where he held a prolonged interview with Chief Arthur. Later they called upon Manager Scone and af ter a s'.iort. interview returned to the hotel. A prominent official of the knights is responsible for the assertiou that there is noill feeling between that organizatioa and the brothertaood and that tho kniihts in toe employ of the BuHinglon will go out to a man if ordered. Tuis statement is significant in view of the fact that the Burlington had been anticipating recruits from the ranks of the striking Beading kniirhts. At noon Mcnday the officials of the Burlington stated that tboy expected to Tget out on time, throughout the day, all of the through trains and a good proportion of the snturban trains. General Superintendent Besier and Assistaut Superintendent Howland, of Galesburg, were offlciating as firemen on suburban trains, and nearly all the officials were in readinesj to go into the harness in the af ternoon if necessary. A targe number of applicants beseiged the offlcers of the corapany, and its mail is burdened with applica ions from engineers east and west, wbile many telegrams of the same tenor have been received. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon an accident occurred on the Burlington road to the Denver expresa train to Chicago wbila standing on tbe track at Naperville, a íew miles from this city. Locomotiva No. 403, in fharge of Foreman Gayre, of the roundhouse at Aurora, who bad been promoted to ogineor, failing to get up suffieient steam, was detached from the train and tnoved up and down the track. In doinu this too much steam was obtained, and tue engiheer lost control of the locomotiva, wtiich ran iuto tbe mail car wilh considerable forcé. Türee mail clerks, William Stenson, Johu Dui'kin, and John B. Clark, jumped to save.tbemselves nd were seriously injured. Very littledamage was dóne to the train.