The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-03-01
KNIGHTS OF LABOR TAKING THE
STRIKERS PLACES.
Only a Desire for Retaliation for the
ted Upon Their Interests

stated, claim that the company has not
lived up to its agreement When these
| dispatches were shown to the officials of
the Brotherhood in this city they de
clared it was the first they had heard of
! it, and they did not believe the report
was true. Had their men had any grieve-
ance they would have heard of it at least
as soon as the newspapers. No COM
| plants whatever have been made
by the lodges on the Atchison
| system. United States Marshal Marsh,
has no official notification calling on him
to take any measures whatever IN rela-
tion to the strike on the Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy road. So far there
has been no interruption beyond trivial
| and indirect delay to the transmission of
the United States mail, and no obstruc-
tion in this direction is apprehended.
Thirty-two engineers in charge of the
Burlington agent arrived on the Penn
sylvania road last night. The agent
would not say where they come from,
but from remarks dropped by some of
them it is understood that they are part
of consignment from the Reading
road.
SUBURBAN TRAINS RUNNING.
The entire suburban service of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road
| was in operation this morning. All
trains coming and going from the Union
depot were practically on schedule time
The fast mail west went out in good
shape at 3 a. M.
Taking the number of trains moved
during the day as criterion, the Chi
cdgo, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
| may be said to have made considerable
headway during the past twenty-four
hours in furnishing accommodation for
their enormous passenger traffic, and to
have gained point on the Brotherhood,
and SO fiattering do the officials of the
| road consider their prospects that they
predict the resumption of their entire
passenger service within the next two
| days. The supply of new men comes
from out of town, and every train over
the Pennsylvania road brings number
from the Reading regions, nearly all,
according to the company's story, COM
petent in every way to take the places
vacated by the strikers.
ARTHUR WILLING TO ARBTTRATE.
Chief Engineer Arthur, in an inter
view with an Associated Press reporter
to-day, said there was no foundation in
fact for the story that negotiations look
| ing to termination of the strike were
in progress. In reply to a direct ques-
ton, Arthur said the engineers were
willing to submit the question at issue
| to disinterested arbitration.
The Burlington Company this morning
issued this notice:
To the Engineers and Firemen recently in
the service of the Chicago, Burlington aud
Quincy Railroad Company:
| All engineers and firemen who do not
report by 12 o'clock of this day (Welnes-
day. February 80, will be considered out
| of this company's service. The men who
have not reported at that hour can get
all the pay due them on applying to the
master mechanic of their division.
The invitation was not accepted. Not
a man, SO far as could be ascertained
reported. Arthur's willingness to arbi-
trate was communicated to President
Perkins, and an expression upon the
subject invited from him. Mr.. Perkins
replied that unfortunately there was
nothing to arbitrate. The company must
control its own property. This morning
all passenger trains at the Union depot
ran nearly on schedule time.
| One of the officials said that they
would run all their passenger trains a.
usual. This morning was the first tim,
that the milk train put in an appearance,
since the strike.
The superintendent of the railway
mail service reports that all trains ar
running all right in Nebraska with TIN
exception of the line from McCook t,
Denver on the Burlington and Missouri
All passenger trains are running in I'LL
nois and Iowa.
POSITION OF THE KNIGHTS.
PITTsBURG, February 29-The Knight
of Labor engineers have clearly outline
their policy. According to an interview
with one of the engineers they viii tax
the places of the Burlington strikers an
will promise Chief Arthur of the Brother
hood to return to their homes if he call
his engineers off the Reading and Brook
lyn Elevator roads.
Five car loads of engineers and fire
men passed through here this forenoon
en- route to Chicago. There were POO i
the party, and they were nearly a
knights of Labor, and mostly forme
; employees of the Reading Road. The
were fine looking body of men.
In an interview one said: 1.-The statt
: ment that has been published of ther
being 800 Knights of Labor engineer
out on the Reading is correct. The ba
4 ance are to follow us. The Brotherhoo
engineers are filling every place. Yo
!, see this party? How can you blame 1
+. for going to work on the Burlingto
system: We are not going {
!. Knights of Labor but as individual
Every man IN the party is an experience
engineer, and each of us has with hi
!, his fireman, so that the question cann'
arise as to whether we are competent
fill the places of the strikers. We a
compelled to make this move. We cou
+ get work nowhere else. 1t is questit
n Of home and family with US. The Rea
ing Road brotherhood jumped in al