The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-03-01
TlE.uP THREATENED.
The brotherhood Of Locomotive EngIneers
Decides to strike on the Chicago, Bur
lwatru a Quincy swatem.

The brotherhood Of Locomotive EnEInecrS
Decides to strike on the Chicago, Bur
Ii-etnn q Quincy system.
CHiCAGO. Feb "a strike is expected
today on the Chicago, Burlington q Quin.
Cy railroad system. A few days ago Chief
Arthur, of the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers, startled the labor world by the
announcement that 1t was the intention OF
his organization to do away with classified
wages.and make the pay OF all men the
same for the same work, without reference
70 the length of time they had been en-
ploycd by the company. Thus, the locomo-
tive engineers, hitherto considered the
most conservative Labor organization of the
country, placed itself in the matter II
wages on the same ground as he most lad
vanced' trades unions. The conclusion to do
away with all classification in the wages Of
eugineers-and It may be added here that
the iremen are act ng IN concert with them
throughout-was reached bv the Rrotuera
hood at its session in Chicago last October
and resolution was adopted to euforce
This new plan all over the United States
wherever the organization was strong
enough to do so. This proviso was added
for the purpose of avoiding a conf Ct where
the organization was sure to- be beaten. The
prime pa reason for tins step. was that the
railroads were beginning 10 discharge men
who had been ia the service long time
and were drawing better pay, 10 put i'll
their places men who were not veterans IN
the trade.
After several months of labor the engin-
GERS and firemen succeeded In introducing
a uniform scale OF wages for all engineers
IN road service on the Chicago, Milwaukee
q st. Paul, the Chicago y Northwestern,
the Chicago x Alton, the Wabash, the
Chicago q Atlantic and AtchIson, Topeka
q Santa Fe's southwestern lines The new
scale is 81 cents mile for freight eugin.
GERS and foIr cents for passenger engineers
and sixty per cent. of the aUnye for frcmcn.
All negotiations were successful until the
committee called on the Chicago, Burl'ng-
ION Il Quincy road. For three weeks past
a committee Of the engineers and tircmcn
of that road with Chief Arthur, OF the en-
gineers, and Grand Master Sargent, of the
tiremen, az the head, have been negotiating
with General Manager Stone and Supcriu-
tendent Besley to bring about "a similar ar.
rangemsut to those on other roads. At
present The Chicago, Burlington a Quincy
is working under an arrangement made
last year with Vlcc-Presidcut Potter.
making special arrangements with its men
by The trap paving Il ccrtan aino ant Tor a
trip from Chicago to Gal 'sDurg or from
Aurora TO Chicago. or wherever IL may be,
and the engineers complain that they get
the worst Of this arrangement.
The committee OF the Chicago, BurIiug-
ton Il Quincy men considered the matter
among themselves aud yesterday an.
nouuced to Arthur and Sargent that they
had decided to cal out all the engineers
and firemen n the road as far as The two
brotherhoods controlled them. The num-
Der Of engineers and tiremen on the chi
cago, Burlington q QuIucy system is about
1900, which is about evenly divided be-
tween the two grades.