The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-01-06
THE STRIKE.
ASPECT OF AFFAIRS FRIDAY.


ENGINEERS NOT a WHIT sHAKEN-THEY SEE
DIsCoRD IN THE PAN HANDLE RANKs-THE
NEW GENERAL MANAGER NEWS FROM
OTHER POINTS - ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
YESTERDAY AFTERMoON-THE RAILROAD
COMPANY CoMPLAcENT.
The strike, so far as this city is concerned.
continues in passive state, the strikers
maintaining their fixedness of purpose, and
the railroad company bending every energy
to carry on their business with whatever
''scabs" they can pick up to run their en-
gines, without receiving from or making any
concessions to their former engineers. The
engineers, however, represent their cause as
assuming more hopeful aspect than at any
previous time, The reported appointment
of Judge Jewet as General Manager, in place
of Mccullough, has had the tendency to raise
their spirits TO a considerable extent, as they
seem to think it is an evident indication that
one result of the strike is a breach in the
workings of the company. Besides this
the Brotherhood insist that there will be a
general strike on other roads soon 1t is a
fact conceded by even the company's en-
ployers at this point that there is a univer-
sal sympathy among all the unions. and
especially among the brotherhood of other
roads, for the strikers. The engineers claim
that the interests OF the travelling public re-
qCire the operations of these lines of rail-
road, and the safety of the public demands
that they be operated by responsible and eff
cient engineers; that it is impossible to ac-
de to these requirements without the en-
loyment of the strikers, and upon this rests
the ultimate success of their cause. The en-
gineers have had messengers from Cincin-
natl, Bradford and Logansport, who report
everything favorable for the cause at those
points. These men tell the same story that has
already been related by the engineers here,
that the company are running what trains
they do at those places, with class of men
that are totally unfit to serve as engineers,
and as result there is a destruction of en-
gines and property whichis scarcely equalled
by the value of the freight they carry. Five
engines are reported by these men to have
been DESTROYED or burnt out Oh the Logans.
port division within the last three days.
A meeting was held by the Brother
hood at the Machinists' and Black
smiths Hall in the afternoon and was
addressed by Mr. Fehrenbach, Gen Macau-
ley, Judge Elliott, the AIessrs. Kahn and
Presley, of the City Council, and Mr.. John
Wallace. They all extended their sympathy
to the engineers in their present strike,
encouraging them in their efforts to break
up the monopoly which has been expressing
them. Mr.. Fehrenbach ana Judge Elliott
told them that the existing trouble ought
not to be considered as que alone to the re-
duction of wages; but that greater griev-
ance was the treatment of their committee
by the company when they went to lay their
grievances before them. The meeting
was very enthusiastic one and
gave great encouragement TO the
engineers to persist in their PURPOSES.
Last evening Mr., John Lester, All engineer
from Logansport, made a few remarks to his
brethren. He said that the engineers and
firemen at Logansport were rs solid as the
rock of Gibraltar in their purpose to hold
out, and would not give up, if need be, until
from starvation thay were hauled out town;
and then it would be said of them; "Good
and faithful servant, thou hast done well, -
etc. But there was no question rs to their
success, which sooner or later would come
to them, and crown their efforts.