, 1876-09-02

Committee LIFT.
The Chairman ttcn read dispatch from one
Of The ifrcmen on the Southwestern Branch. 10
the ctFcc. that all lIands will quit Immediately.
The following resolution Was adopted:
feel onrae1vea aecrieved: Dissatisfied with our
treatment, we ore sesovcd to qu!s, hut we p'edge
10 conform to tho order and do the work.
A member sn!l that Mr.. ktmball, Assistant
Superintendent, who had lecn a fireman and
rnili,cr, was nian who understood tho ni1atr,
MID the flrcmen were Justified In believing that
lie would do tho fair thing BY the boys. This
met with unlycrsal favor, and seemed to 10 tho
Impression Of those present.
Anotlon was made that dispatches 10 sent
Men.o t. o s lsG sdws ts nte;s.isS pss 1os e u,a s
points of tho action at Chicago. Curricd.
4 telegram wns received from W. English, at
Stewart, stating TINT the Western Union Cum
sstus bt to dsgsr ss,ss SS r sfnt TSa @
the buys would quit Sent. l, rs tho order had
not hccn ronntcrtnantlcd. Another. message
was Immediately ordered over the A. & I. wires
by tic Committee.
IT IS THE DUTY OF 4 FIREMAN
to clen1l tho arrl,, stack cylinders, stcam-chcst,
bcll, sant1-box, dome, anil cab; but the new rule
would involve the liere.,lean task Of wIp!nE the
drivers rods, mud NIL tic machinery except the
f!remcn claim, 70 good four hours work, dc:
pr!ving them Of large quantity Of sleep aud nil
recreation, md tl,ls they rcft,sc to submit TO-.
The pay Of fscmcn 10 as follows: Freight, ~
sswiteh, $3.50 per day; dummy, = ier dsy;;
Peru accommodation, = 3-5 GENTS pcr mile: The
freight fireman averages $50 per month: tl,u
passenger fireman s5s pei. month, while tho
*sst sscraagg g' IL s t;, pr e1s s run with new
hand:., picked up rs they could hc found, md
theall tfrcMcn say that loss Of time consequent
upon the employment Of green l,an1s will more
than 80 cover the saving Under the new regime.
A TRIBUNE fc,nI,tcr allied upon
sit. ItUDif RIDDLE, -...
General Manager cf tho Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific 1sallFoad III regard to the s!!fl!tulty
q the rnad With tho locomotive ,aretncti.
roads iai iateiy c,iTt : allied theIr i ' ex.
pcnscs, because tic casnInga Ind largely
fallen Of. Most Of the roads lad lnadc 4 gen.
eral rrduetton fl the salaries q all employees
Island Railroad lad been suffering fro1a tho
stagnatipn IN business likr all other roa,le, but
not thinkingt 1t good policy to make rGluc-
to1 In thr salaries Of the men, and thus
Ha nEns ,,s1 sHat =, ressisn Of cxpun;cs Il
rloyes that could be snarc'i, and make
those who remain work little harder. Must
railroad companies require their iiremcn 10
T'pe III their engines when they 20 back Into
liaolt Of allowing tho llremcn 10 goI,omc as soon
M they arrived and extra men employed to
slean The engines. Is tho lock Island
sa sso4a 4 t. Ea' s'ps ss-as To- ta' ass rs"ss as
it huk propcr Tia. they should hereafter lie t.
qulrcl to do portion OF tho cleaning Of The
engine IN orler TO enahle tho Company to get
nnce with tiis lie Master sfechanic fcw days
ago Issued an order requiring tlrt,ncn to DO
hereafter q portion Of thu cleaning and
T., a. number Of the cleaners vero discharged.
order mud .lryied tl,at tiicy would rebel against
Il. committee called upon him tic dny be-
fore yesterday and told Hin he lad to rcscind
That order Or. they would strike. lie replied
that lc believed the order to nc Just and cgut-
abs, and, as tic flreracn on other roads did not
strike when their pay was reduced, lhc
when their pay Is kept up aud only
l!ttie extra work Is put upon tlen:: II they,
there were Thousands Of nlcf out Of enr'oy-
incnt who would only bo tho glasl to t1ud vworl;
at thu time. The Committee left dissatisfied.
Yesterday morning he was informed that a
struck, aud he gave orders to the muster nc nc
ehanlc to gtyo them their, time at once
aina hire icw men In their plates. The
Company, had 10 difficulty IN ilnding
rex tans IN" aat on spEs'snt "n h, ~ d shs
train WIS detained for q short time, but this was
not On account Ut the strket but on account Of
an accident to freight enr, which blocked up
the track. Sfr. Riddle did not fear any trouble
be lsaa Mt any ti.nr. Tho cngineera in no way
iratcrnEzcd Or sympntlzcd0 With the strikers,
but attended to t!'ciF duties cs usual. II the
strshcrs should, l'uwcrer, undertake to b1ok
the running OF tho trains, tie Company would
hayc them arrcs.c!l and prosecute them to the
full extent Ut thu law.
No trouble Is anticipated on The other roads
from the strike Of the hrc1ncn OH tho Chicago,
,Ir f. 1nr e