Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-09
THE STRIKE SITUATION.

Resolutions Passed Endorsing the Bur
Iingbon strlls-Ths brotherhood and
Eirsmsn Resolved 70 Stand Together for
Their Demands
DENvER, COLO, March The members
OF the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers and Firemen had a meeting here
last night which was attended by men from
every road running into the city. 1t is
learned that they adopted resolutions en-
. dorsing the Burlington strike and resolve d
to stand together for their demands. They
denounced any violence against the men
who the company may put on their engines,
and any destruction of property, and agreed
IN case OF q demonstration of this kind to
oner help TO suppress it. The com pany
moved a passenger train east to-day, the
hrst since Monday, but no passengers we're
aboard. The engineer was a man who has
been employed IN a photograph gallery in
this city for three years past.
THE SITUATION AT KANSAS CITY.
| KANSAS CITY, March Is. NJ. Stsvens,ex-
grand organizer Of hremen Of the Brother
| hood of Locomotive Engineers and Fire
men, and @. j. Rluge, a prominent mem Der
{ OF the organization, arrived here from Chi
cago this morning. Their visit is in ODE
dlenc5 to IN -trucUlOns from Chief A thur
/ for the purpose of arranging matters with
D the Rock Island road, that road having com
I planned that this Tikerz had been Obstruct-
/ ing their business IN Kansas City The
com nittee held conference with the Rock
/ Island officials, at which the com ittee
bound itself to see that the Rock Island
/ freight engineers were not int -fered
I with, and also gave permission to the
] the Rock Island to handle the
sas City and Cameron, No, between
which points that company uses the Bur
( lingtOn tracks.
Mr.. Stephens, who will remain here until
aHaHEr Hz 80.
declared with great mphasis that no other
| systems will be affected by the Burlington
( strike. at would ruin the Brotherhood, -
/ he continued, land no strike will be Or
dered on any outside road to help the Bur
[ lingtOn men. The Burlington trouble will
! be settled on It's merits, and am here to en-
force that statement"
/ The Des Moines and st. Paul express, due
at 5s55 a. M was abandoned between st.
/ Joseph and Kansas City. The strikers still
remain quiet, although a large crowd OF
ldLers and curlOsIty-s hang about the
/ depot.
NO CONFERENCE.
/ CHICAGO, March The evening papers
| to-day announced that a conference was
/ held to-day at the Grand Pacific hotel be-
/ tween President Perkins, General Man
/ ager Stone, of the Chicago, Bur
| inPtOn q Quincy and DstWeiler.
/ editor Of a local weekly labor paper, who
/ represented Chief Arthur and Grand Master
/ Sargent, of the Brotherhood. The first Off
| clal denial of this came from General
I Manager Stone, who, IN a communication
/ in a note to the Associated Press to-day
wrote as follows: mo conference was had
. to-day"
/ Chief Arthur was then seen by a reporter
. at his room, who asked him of the published
report, ''NOt a word Of truth in it, said
the chief. ave had no conference today d
( He was then shown the statement that AIr.
DetWeiler had acted as his representa-
tive. THAT is false" was his
emphatic reply. THE brothe hood
/ asks no one to act for them, they can act
/ for themselves. "As to the situation, u
! said the chief, i'you may say for me it Is IN
changed. There has not been a new dc
I VelOpmeut to-day. Our meu are still united
/ and determined" The private secretary oil
4 President Perkins also denied the report of &
/ conference, and said none had taken place