Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-13
THE "oo STANDS ALONE.

Railroad Employees Of Other Roads Decide to
Go to Work, and Not to Boycott 90. Cars.
CHICAGO, April 5-The final result of the
meeting of the employees of the different
railroads Of this city, which began Tuesday
afternoon and lasted until a late hour at
night, is announced in the declaration that
the boycott of %" cars has been perma-
nently raised, and that henceforth the con-
test will be confined strictly to the 20" sys-
TEN, all strikes except %" were to stop
forthwith, and all those strikes which were
imminent were to be averted The bust
ness at Chicago is to be restored and main
tanned by the strikers with strict decOrum
The other roads were absolved from the re-
quirements of neutrality, and violence is to
be discOuntenaneed according to the well
known policy Of the locomotive engineers.
The arrangement agreed upon, it is said, is
directly due to the exertions OF Chief Ar
thur of the brotherhood of engineers.
Grand Master Sargent OF the hremen, Grand
Master ALOnagan of the switchman's assOcia-
ton, Mayor Roche and Mark L Crawford
who also represents the switchmen. The
final decision was by a mass meeting held
with closed doors last evening, and which
was addressed by General Manager jeffrey
/ railroad employees We're present at the meet
| ing, rel resenTing the elements which had
! previously at times been antagOnisGic.
/ Grand Master Sargent OF the hremen's
! brotherhood was the first speaker. He
/ stated he came not only as a representative
! OF the hremen but also to voice the views
/ of Chief Arthur OF the engineers. The strike
| on the burlington was a Just cause, anC
they had used every honorable means &c
| treat with the company. With such rec
| ord behind them it would not be proper fOI
/ the strikers to stand by and see helpless
people suffer from the base practices of the
| company. Sargent urged, therefore, thai
! the boycott be raised and the 20" deprived
/ OF its most dangerous weapon.
General Manager jeffrey OF the Illinois
Central road told the men of the Disaster
that would follow a general tie up and APP
| Dealed from such an aff1lcUlOn- He said hi
! company would not consent to genera
blacklisting of the Burlington strikers by
| the railroad and he would use his influence
with the managers of the roads toward TIM
same result.
/ A report is in circulation to the effec
that POWderly has had hand in bringing
about the present state OF affairs his an
tagOnism to the brotherhood of lOcOmOtiV
| engineers is so well known that it was con
sidered very strange when the Burlington
switchmen, who were Knights of Labor
quit work in order to back up the strikin
| engineers.
Sargent, the man who stands at the hea
! of The brotherhood of locomotive fremeI
was very much absorbed in the mOrnin
paper when a reporter opened a converse
/ tiOn with him.
is this return to work the result of tn
request or action of Chief Arthur"
Chief Arthur had nothing to do with it
was SargenG's reply. 1T was the mems OW
individual Judgment thatled them to go OF
and it was their own individual judgmeI
s which led them to come back"
2 WAS there anything in the attitude
POwderly toward the strike that caused
return to WOr?"
''POwderly had no more to say in IL
! matter than you have. What he though
/ about the strike and boycott cut no hgul
at all The strike is now confined to ii
@ The engineers, fremen and sWitc
men are still out and Will stay out unit
u they gain their point, if it takes a year, al
Z they viii be supported during all the tin
Z | they are out.