The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-04-24
RAIL ROAD STRIKE.

On Wednesday and Thursday of last |
week the engineers and train hands who
had been running trains between here al d
Iaquina Bay on the Oregon Pacific railroad, |
all made strike. since which time the
Grains over the road have not been running.
they did not strike for higher wages as Ia
generally the case on such occasions, but
they cl,im that they struck because the
company had not paid them for sever, l
months and ON the last pay day, which oc-
Cured Oh the 10Th inst, the company pro-
posed only to pay them few dollars each,
whereupon they struck. On the 18th inst.
the bridge carpenters also joined in the
strike The following is the version of
some of the striking to their griev
ances which was published i'll recent issue
of the Oregonian:
AN EXPLANATION FROM STRIKERS.
TO The Editor Of the 0regon'an:
Noticing Ill issue OF th,' 18th inst. an item
entitled ''Snall Railroad Strike" We beg
space in your paper to correct errors cun-
cerning the action taken liy the train men
and other employees of the Oregon Pacific
railroad. The men employed on the road
and at present engaged i'll the so called
''strike" have received no pay since October
1884, but have cheerfully continued with
| their work, relying on the promises of the
officials of the company that nionsy would
certainly arrive in few days sufficient to
| pay them in full. This was the situation
| on the 18th inst. VI hen on the issuance of
pay checks in sums ranging from SO to $40,
| and that mythical payday seeming y as Far
! in the future as ever the crew OF train No. L
(rrgine Gorva,lis) quickly but quietly lett
their positions, demanding settlement.
They were followed by the balance OF the
running men on the 18th, and by the men
| of the bridge department on the 18th, all
fully resolved to stand by each other. The
following very reasonable demand has been
male by the men: That they be paid two
months back pay; security gwen for the
| balance, and payday each IN nth her.
after. Although their action may he ''con-
, sidered foolish" by outsiders, still the peo-
pie Of BENTON coitnty most intimately ac-
uutintau with the facts unanimously ai,-
prove the Course taken t.y them, and many
express surprise at this difficulty hrin5 SO
| long delayed. The men most heartily con-
leinu the recent burning Of tunnel No. 2,
and the management may rest assured that
| they viii NOT cnuntenance the destruction nt
property, private or public, as Il peaceahle
.
Guilty is what they most desire.
RI. CAMPBELL, Engineer,
II. ". MOORE, Engineer,
JOHN BURNS. Conductor.
C. D. KhNNEDY. Conductor
! During the present week large number
of men have been gathering in town appa! =
emily for the purpose Of looking after their
| pay from the company. On Wednesday
night a large ME ting Of dissatisfied men
was held and tie following resolutions were
passe and preseuSe;i IL us log publication,
! to-WIL:
CoEvaLLIs, Or. Apr. %. 1856.
Eds GazHI-TT::-At Il !nee.iag OF :ne c:'e,-
itors OF the q. L. i. r. Co., hei't IN tie
Firemen's Hi ON last evening, at " hici,
over one hundred were present. the follow.
ing resolutions We're unanimously adnptad.
,-hi:h wo hope you will be kind enough To
publish:
1 WHEREAS, The unlarsisacd creditors Il
the 0. T. r. Il. CO. we lahorcd and fur
nished supplies for the same, and
WHEREAS, Said r. r. Co., have made no
payment fnr work done since October last,
therefore he it
Resotved, BY those of the creditors now
assembled that lega! steps he taken to com
psl said company to pay ti;eir Just indebt-
etiness.
ResotUed, That 40 acts of violence or in
CO aiary motives to accomplish the same
shall be used, or resartsd to in any way.
Resolved, That this committee be author
lied to telegraph to Col. Hogg. in New
York Il statement OF facts as they exist.
ResoLred, That in the event that said
company gave no satisfaction to their credi-
tors within a reasonable tirne. that all oper-
atinns are required to be stopped until such
Indebtedness be paid.
Resolced, That the undersigned creditors
who helped to build Said road, now agree
one and all that said road shall not be al
lowed to be ope. ared or any work of COLI
structIon done upon the SAME until eur just
claim, paid, and that committee be
appointed to carry this re esolution into effect.
>Resotved, That a copy of these resolutions
be given to the Corvallis GAZETTE and Orc
gonian for publication, and that a copy also
be sent to Gov Moody.
j. WHIpPLE.
JOHN BURNS.
F. A. PR0frO, Com.
IL. p. HARRIS,
| j. I'll. ALDRICHJ
The copy OF resolutions purports to be
signsd by 1872 creditors. but the names were
not furnished US for publication.
While the resolutions referred to use the
following language to-wit ":hat no acts of
violence or incent!iary motives to accomplish
the same shall be used. or resorted to in
any way" yet we are informed by one who