The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-06
Big Meeting of the Grievance
Committees.
THE ENGINEERS DETERMINED.
What Grand Master Sargent Says
His Word- are Endorsed nv Arthur
-Other News Notes.
Tho Strike.


River road by the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy. Fifty-seven. complete traiu
crews arrived from the east ON Friday
night, md were put to work. So far
all have given satisfaction. The Bur
lineton g. Missouri say they are pre-
pared to handle fast passengers and
through freights as soon as the Chicago
Burlington d. Quincy can send them
over their part of the system.
CHICAGO, March 4.--There was little
Sunday work doing at the general
offices of the Burlington Company to-
day. President Perkins, General Man
ager Stone, and General Payne were
down for few hours in the morning.
but left for their homes early. They
superintended the dispatch of about LOO
men, said to be competent engineers, to
the west at pm. This was the fourth
batch accepted by the master mechanic,
and they were to be distributed over
the entire system. The rumor that the
strike might extend to the Northwest
ern system on Monday did not seem to
interfere with the business or pleasure
of officials OF that road. President
Hughill is still in the east, and enquiry
at his residence showed that he was not
expected home for a few days yet.
General Manager Whitmore was some
where in town to-day and Mr.. Albert
Keef, chairman of the board of direc-
tors, left for New York this afternoon.
At the Northwestern's office there was
no anticipation evident of strike. 1t
was said there that while the North.
western had a system of classification
% 1n PT,r ryfn he
standards of pay were higher by several
degrees.
new YORK, March 5.-Representa-
tives of all roads centering in the
city were prese ut at to-day's meeting OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin-
GERS 20 take action in the Burlington
strike. A long set of resolutions were
adopted in which various railways, sup
posed to be secretly aiding the Burling-
ton, were denounced. 1t is declared that
the Engineers as an organization are
justified in resorting 10 extreme
measures in overcoming this outside
1t was recommended that
if the aforesaid trouble be not settled
within a reasonable time, all Brother
hood men upon connecting lines with
the Burlington system resign on given
date, and if this is not sufficient to gam
Just and reasonable demands, that the
entire organization throughout the
United States, Canada and Mexico join
with the strikers in a universal demand
for their acknowledged rights.
Res0tucd, That the first sep should
not be taken before the 18th of this
month, and the second, not earlier than
the 30th, so that the travelling and bust
mes public be Inconvenience as little
as possible. 1t is the unanimous senti-
ment of the Engineers assembled that
each and every division of the Brother
hood throughout the United States
should Immediately call special meet
ings to take action upon the -.
and notify the 6
Chief Engineer of this decision ;SesR@
matter, and also that DELE 10 ING
themselves in readiness ea.Ss ISAo :
special convention of " SSesnS d
national Division. s9S Stdlo LaG Gl
gineers, on shor' otUerHlooo " Ell
ron of the nVttce. In ceaSldera-
conntTv business interest OF the
sitv ri e sincerely regret the neces-
T,eo rescrting to these extreme
= -sufeS, and trust our friends vii
1ot be slow in placing the responsibility
where it beloDgs-upon the penurleu'
and tyrannical management of the Chi
cago, Burlington d Quincy system.
| One of the delegates, who was pres
ent at the meeting, said: the prevail
ing sentiment is that the Burlington
trouble must be fought out to sue
cessful termination at all hazards, an
| although the Engineers regret Tesortln
to extreme measures, they are deter
mined to carry their point, even
they have to stop the turning Of ever
wheel in the country"
1t turns out that the number of road
represented at the meeting this morn
ing is much larger than the public wa
led to suppose. Following IS a com
plete list of the roads represented
Alton, Rock Island. Missouri Pacific
Wabash, Burlington, Cedar Rapids
Northern, Union Pacific, Wisconsi
Central, st. Paul, Baltimore & Ohi'
Chicago, Burlington d Northern
Louisville, New A.bary & Chicago
Illinois Central, New York, Chicago
st. Louis, Chicago, Burlington
Quincy, Atchison, Topeka & Santa f
Chicago Gs Northwestern, Minnesota
Northwestern, Chicago IL Eastern L
linois, Chicogo d Atlantic, st. Pau
| MlnneapOllS " MdulIOUa auu CulCaSO
Grand Trunk.
The morning session lasted until l.;
this afternoon, when an adlournmel
was taken until 2.30 pm. None of tt
members would give the details of Il
deliberations, but the chairman of OF
of the principal grievance COMMITTEE
said: "You can say this: The sessiC
was of the most harmonious natnr
each one of the delegates announce
himself as standing shoulder to should
with the Burlington men in the fight
1t is impossible to say how long tt
meeting will last.
PHILADELPHIA, March A stat
ment was prepared to- nightly Nation
Organizer Eastman, Of the Knights
r Labor, and endorsed By the Readil
railroad employees executive board,
which the old grounds of complai
against the Brotherhood of Engineers
go over again. The statement clos
n as follows: AFTER positively endnril
defeat on these several occasion
through the fundamentally of t
/, Brotherhood, forbearance has at Ia
ceased 10 be virtue, and knights ha
adopted the law of retaliation; and
authoritatively state that they will n
relinquish the position taken until NJ
: Arthur redresses the wrongs pc
petrated against them by withdrawn
avery Rrothprh00d man on the Rea,