Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-27
ORDERED FOR TODAY.
Strike Declared on the G.,
B. and @. Road.
1900 EMPLOYEES AFFECTED.
The Company Doing its Best to
Meet the Emergency-Traf-
fic Arrangements.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
CHICAGO, February 26. - Four
O'Clock on Monday morning was the
hour officially announced to-day as
the time for the great strike on the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail-
road.
Between IL and IL o'clock this
morning, S. G. Hoge, chairman Of the
Grievance Committee Of the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers on the
Burlington system and j. H. Murphy,
Chairman of the Grievance Commit
tee of the firemen, called on Gen eral
Manager Stone at the company's Of
flee, and gave him verbal notice that
unless their demands were acquiesced
in, the men would strike at O'Clock
tomorrow morning. Mr.. Hoge
briefly stated what the men wanted.
Mr.. Stone heard them through, and
asked if that was the ultmatum.
They said it was. They told him that
they, with Chief Arthur, could be
found at the Grand Pacific hotel until
4 O'Clock A. NJ, if he desired to COM
municate with them. The interview
was over and the committee retired.
THE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
OF engineers, of which Mr.. Hoge, OF
Cook, Neb., is chairman, is composed
of members OF local divisions OF the
engineers brotherhood on the G. B. &
@. system. 1t is standing committee
and has had entire charge of the
negotiations with Mr.. Stone, general
manager of the railroad. The chair
man says that the commissioners
direct negotiations failing, Chief Ar
thur was sent for and he attempted
an adjustment of the difficulty, but
he also failed. Then the committee
after the strike was determined upon
agreed that it should begin at 4 A. M.
At that hour most of the engineers
will be at the end of their runs and
fewest trains will be in motion. Ali
the local divisions and through them
every member of the order employed
on the G. B. & @. system have been
notified not to GO TO work tomorrow
morning unless specially advised by
the chairman of the general COM
mittee to report for duty. Firemen
holding positions dependent to
those of the engineers have acted
with the latter in everything and
unless Mr.. Stone concludes to accede
to the terms of the engineers no en-
gines will be run out by aid of the
Brotherhood tomorrow. Trains so
ordered will be run to the end of the
engineers division and stopped. Pas
senger trains leaving any point be-
fore four o'clock will be run to the
end Of the division and ide-tracked.
The immense suburban traffic of the
road threatens to be put to great in
convenience, but it is quite generally
expected by the men that the com.
pany will probably be able to employ
enough outside engineers to run a
portion of these trains during the
day.
NAN GER STONE INTERVIEWED.
To a representative of the Associ-
ated Press, Manager Stone, of the
Burlington line, said that there were
about 1000 engineers and firemen in
their employ. How many of them
belonged to the Brotherhood he did
not know, but presumed that they all
did.
"What is your programme for to-
morrow 2" asked the reporter.
1--WE will not attempt to move any
freight trains" he replied. ''Our
object is to run most of our suburban
and through passenger trains as
usual. Our first endeavor will be to
get in our suburban passengers and
take care of all passengers for points
not covered by our competitors.
There is large number of men in our
employ capable of running engines in
addition to the yardmen and road
firemen who are nearly all old engi-
neers. At Aurora we have a labora-
tory where large number of young
men are engaged who have all
learned the art OF running locomo-
tive"
"How about the report that
you are bringing on a lot of men
from the Reading system ?"
"We have no arrangements or con-
tract to that effect" said Stone, "but
we have sent East advertisements for
competent men, and we have also
received number of kilograms from
individuals in Philadelphia and other
Pennsylvania points, saying that they
would come and bring other engineers
with them. To all these l have re-
piled that we will give good wages
and permanent employment to all
men of good character who are COM
petent to do the work.
'sBut would you keep these men in
case of settlement with the old men ~
Eyes, sir" said Mr.. Stone, en-
phatically. "We want all the COM
petent men whom we can depend
upon, and they will be retained as
long as | am general manager of the
road"
In regard to the freight traffic Mr..
Stone said that the first endeavor
would be to take care of it on the
same basis that they would the pas
eenger traffic, as mentioned above.
He could not tell how they would get
on until they had sized up the eitua-
ton. If the strike was so serious as
to stop their traffic they would have
to lay off all their freight handlers and
shopmen, and a number of others en-
ployed in a similar capacity, number
ing six or seven times as many as the
engineers and firemen. He does not
anticipate any such serious state Of
affairs.
K.oF L. NOT TO COOPERATE.
General Worthy Foreman Richard
Griffiths Of the Knights of Labor, said
plainly this evening that the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers need
not expect the Knights to keep their
hands off. Mr.. Griffiths was seen at
his home this evening and talked un-
restrainedly OF the impending strike
in it's relation to the Knights Of Labor.