The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-03-23
What the Brotherhood of Loco
metive Engineers Say on
the Subject.
A Conductor Writes a Card and
Presents His Side of
the Case.
Martin Irons Interviewed Before
Departing for St Louis
Yesterday.
A Remarkably Quiet Day and
No Attempt Made to Move
Freight Trains.

| Had q bomb shell exploded IN
their midst it would not have caused
a greater sensation among the railway
employees at this point than did The re
port of Fridays meeting, held al
Smiths hall, published in yesterday,
BAzoo. The probability of settling
the strike was for the time being for
gotten, and the engineers, firemen,
conductors and bra emen who had
attended the meeting were red-hot, il
the expression is permissible. 1t was
not the BAzoo III came In for their
condemnation, but the gentleman
who had furnished this p per with all
the material facts connected with the
star c. amber session. 1t was
THE INFoRMANT's SCALP
they were after, but at last sccounts
it had not been secured
That the publication was correct in
the main, there can be no question ;
from the views expressed, no other
conclusion could be reached than that
the engineers, firemen, brakemen and
con iuctor with exceptions in the
latter order were opposed to resum-
ing work under the existing state of
affairs, they deeming it impossible for
the Company To furnish them the pro-
lection required until he strikers
grievances had been settled.
It WAS learned Yesterday. that the
lngness to resume work when called
upon by the officials was Lutte WEIGH,
OF the north end of the K. & T.
Other members of the Order
of Railway Conductors are now to
be found who say that they, too, were
in favor of taking their trains out, as
will be seen by the foil wing card left
at this office last night for publica-
ton:
A CONDUCTORS CARD.
SEDALIA, March 20, 1886.
Editor Bdzoo:
l was surprised on reading your pa
per this morning to see what your in
formant says was a report of the pro-
ceedings of yesterdays meeting in
smiths hall. IL seems little strange
that person should so far forget his
manhood as to go back on his word,
for it was agreed 5y all four of the
organizations that the discussions at
said meeting should be kept from the
press and the public. I send you this
to right wrong statement of your in
formant when he says only one man
his willingness to stand hy
the company, and that individual was
q conductor. This would carry
the idea that only one |
man In Sedalia was ready and
willing to 60 to work. / must say
put Of justice to the conductors run
ming into Sedalia that the sentiments
expressed by them, at their meeting
IT the 9th inst, meant just what they
'ead and that they are ready and anx- {
Gus to 60 to work.
The meeting at Smiths hall was
;alled for the benefit ofaIl of the train
men, to see if there was not some way
'ut OF our present difficulty, as we
re all of us compelled to be idle with
ne strikers. The conductors were
argely In the minority, there being
My twelve or fifteen present, a greaI
many being out of town and the bal g.,
nee who were here did not know of |,
he meeting. There were five con. }
uctors who spoke at the meeting, all .
whom announced themselves, as
hey always have, ready and O
1lling to 60 to work. There were a :
arger proportion of conductors
resent, who made known their senti-
rents, than of any of the other organ
atoms. for he other three organiza. z
ons outnumbered us five to one. :,
our informant no doubt was a l.
night OF Labor and wished to carry
lie idea that all of the train men had
ade misstatements to The public and "
and were not willing to try E
Id get trains out. / cannot express S
y views of the meeting, as l am a
,und by my honor not to repeat I'll
hat transpired at that time and G
ace, but l can say for the conduc- "
rs that they stand to-day just where p