Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-05
MISERLY NOT NERCENARY.
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and was brought before the 2. district
court for forging the Justice records in
West Omaha; Joe boiners, foreman Of q pile
driver, never ran a locomotive before, and
Fasburg, a Rrocer's clerk, who suddenly
jumped from the counter TO the cab. The
company offered a frst-clnss passenger run
to u man named Havcln in Lincoln; who Is
demented and irresponsible, but. who had
sense enough to decline He was discharged
by the company some years ago, The first
gins '".
DISABLED BY THE SCANS '.'.ss,
running out Of Lincoln. No. 20. burned out
by Trainmaster +. s. Granger 25, burned
55, burned out on the Atchison Il Nebraska;
1876, bro ken cylinder; l70, burned out IN the
Lincoln yard; 47O, froze up at Waverly; 81,
burned out on the AtchisOn u Nebraska.
scab started out from Lincoln, Saturday
morning with the Ravenna passenger. BY the
time he reached the Lincoln stock yards the
engine was frozen up. A switch engine
pulled him into town and thawed him out.
The train was then taken out by another
crew. five hours late. How long do you sup
incompetent handsi The travelling public,
being aware of these facts will not place
their lives in the keeping Of iack-screw en-
gineers. But, with the officials, any port
will do in storm They would squander
millions to crush the brotherhood rather than
to pay a dime to skilled and tried workmen."
"NOw ABOUT WAGES"
The company printed a car load OF circulars
giving comparative: statement OF wages,
showing the difference between the trip
system Of wages in vogue and the mileage
system asked for by the men. The company
selected some Of the best paying runs for ex
ample, and TO deceive the public by claiming
that our demands were unjust. One OF the
runs cited Is that between HOlyOke and
Cheyenne a distance of 1s1 miles. BY the
trip system Of pay the engineers wages was
about $40 per month, provided he made the
run every day BY the mileage system, the
same number of runs would net him about
$3.50. The average days work for an engineer.
is 100 miles on nearly all roads in the country,
so you can readily see that o round trip
on the Cheyenne division is equal to three
and half days work. The same service on
the Union Pacific would net the engineer
$l3.47 for the round trip. The Burlington
pays $3.50. The company wisely refrained
from making any mention of the number Of
pOor-payng runs in the state, and did not
make any reference to the poverty pay OF the
. second and third class engineers. The COM
pany also positively refused to adopt the
mileage system Of wages, yet the wages OF
the men were computed on that basis, or 80. 10
per 100 miles for fifst-class engineers ON main
line runsh . . '
'.Has there been any break in the ranks Of
the brotherhoodr ''i,- .i,''
II ami proud to say that every brotherhood
engineer and fireman, and q score, OF men
who belong to neither order, have not the
is a battle for the life OF death Of the organ
izaton The men on all lines connecting
with the Burlington are ready to respond to
the orders of Uhe chiefs, either with financial
aid or to stop every wheel In their charge.
You can look for startling news in the next
forty-eight hours" added the engineer, sig
nificantly pointingin the direction. of Chi.
cag0. g.. ...
''TnEN strike AND BBDAMNRp."
.Vanderbilts famous declaration, "The
public be damned" has been slightly modi>
fled in it's application, and adopted as the
motto of Manager Stone Of tho Burlington.
When Chief Arthur of the engineers, and
Mr.. Sargent of the firemen, presented the
grievances of the men, previous to the strike,
the conference moved along harmoniously
until the third article, relating to wages and
demand the mileage system of pay was
reached, MIR. Stone wheeled his chair, and
facing the employees committee, said in tones
of an emperor. e'Ti'I
'VThe Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road
won't adopt the mileage system, and never
willw and Mr.. Stone emphasized the words
by bringing his fist down on the table.
"Is that the company's ultimatums'D asked
Chief Arthur. ,s-'. ~ 9 @..'
eyes, SIR" ..'e gtva ~ iymuts
''Then our business here is fnished,' said
the chief, as he arose, and with his compan-
ion started for the door.
"Why, where are you going?' asked Mr..
Stone jumping to his feet and eXcitedry pac-
ing the room, his face as pale as the whitehead
walls. ''' 't - ...-." =.
.''If you hive any further business with u.s.
responded Chief Arthur, .'you will find US at
the Grand Pacific. shall give my consent
to strike" ~.
Mr.. Stone jumped on a chair and Kissed at
the retreating committee: -" ''.t
i'Thep strike and be damnedp' ...'F
Protesting Against the Pinkertohs
LINCOLN; Neb., March 4.-FSpecial Tele-
gram to the BEE. The feeling of re.
sentiment against the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad in their bringing to the
state ARMED Pinkerton men, is growing in
this city. Such men as G.. NJ. Lambertson,
Judge Mason, Patrick Egan, John b. Wright,
and scores Of others condemn it in unmeas
ured terms One of the most prominent citi-
zens in the state said to-day "The strike
of the engineers and firemen on the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad is matter of
regret 1t has been calamity; an injury
| to the public and detriment to the various
business interests Of the state, but it must be
admitted they had a right to quit the service
of the company if they choose so to do, and
| leave the company free and undisturbed to
| employ any who chose to take their places.
| This they did. But what right has the COM
| pany to bring in armed foreign mercenaries
| and distribute them over the state under the
pretext of protecting their propertyl Their
property was secure under the protection OF
| the law. The same law, the same officers,
! the same police force, executive and
| judicial officers protected this great corpora
| tion, that protected the humblest citizen.
| Besides all was peace and quiet when this
| corporation imported large force Of armed
and uniformed men under the name of
| Pinkerton's detectives, and distributed them
| over the state under the specious pretext of
| enforcing law and order They parade our
| streets with a military and defiant air and by
| looks, acts and deeds provoke the strikers to
violence and lawlessness. This act Of itself
was one of lawless violence, an insult to the
| people of the state and to the
| judicial and executive department thereof.
| 1t was an outrage. 1t was more
it was an insnlt and outrage upon every home
| builder and lahorer in this state. Had this
act been done by a private citizen what would
| have been said of it! How would it have
been characterized. 1t may truthfully be
said this corporation has imported among Us
in times of peace standing armies without the
consent of the legislature. They have quar-
tered large bodies of armed men amons
us in the persons of these so-callet
detectives. This company has hired {
multitude of new police officers and sen
hither scores of them to harass and insul
our people and eat out their substance. Thi