The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-28

JenQ 10 cement them ana the hnlSDtS
Tit for tat is a game that peop.e OF oul
day like 30 indulge in, and don't SEE
why the knights should be exceptions
If locomotive engineers in our body sea
fit TO accept positions Ga the G. B. d Q
Railroad, they most certainly are en-
titled to do az they please. 1t is mat
ter resting entirely in their bands, and
with which we as 3 body have nothing
to do. The adoption of retaliatory
measures is nothing, and honestly ad
nit that l would not be surprised il
they were brought into use by the
Knights. Thus far, however, no action
that know of has been taken by Chi
cago Knights"
dispatches from Reading state that
the Knights there are being rapidly
and readily engaged by The Burlington
peoples that so?"
well, I'm not surprised in the least
and now, since that is the case, you
may lookout for a similar order OF
things here"
PHILADELPHIA, February 27.-George
L. Eastman, national organizer of the
Knights of Labor, is authority for the
statement that the executive commit
tee of the Reading Railroad strikers
have notified General Manager Stone,
of the Chicago, Burlington ~ Quincy
Railroad, that in the event of strike en-
his road and the failure of Chief Arthur
to withdraw the Brotherhood of Engin-
GERS, who took the places of the strikers
or the Reading road. they will send
him 800 engineers Tomorrow morning
CHICAGO, February 27.-Managers of
the strike were the coolest men in town
to-day, and at seasonable hour this
morning retired to their rooms. The
officers of the railroad company were
acting with equal elaboration. During
all the weeks of negotiations, Mr.. Stone
had not been idle. An agent of his
road went to Reading. Pennsylvania,
and employed all the train men
he could who had been re
Gently thrown out of employment
by the strike on the Philadelphia &
reached by telegraph, offering work to
shops who could manage an engine was
ordered to be ready to go out with
one. Applicants for jobs as enginee.s
got them in hurry. Early this even
ing, the officers of the road said they
had enough men to run the trains each
way. The company had been running
tWenty-siX such trains daily. If the
strike assumes the proportions that
now seem probable, about 11,000 men
will be involved. This number includes
employees that will be thrown out of
employment by the strike of engineers
and firemen. The strike is not likely
to involve any other roads, in the
opinion of Mr.. Arthur and Mr.. Sargent,
though they expressed no opinion on
the contingency that some other COM
pany might eudeavor to aid the Bur-
lington. 1T is purely our own affair"
said Mr.. Sargent. mo other road is
concerned, and no other persons ex-
cept engineers and tiremen. Brakemen
and sWltchmen will remain neutral.
We have not asked them to help US,
and will not. five are beaten, We pro-
pose to stand it alone"
When told of Mr.. Stones final deter
mination not to yield to the employees
Mr.. Arthur's face was clouded for a
moment. He said he was sorry. He
hated to see strike, but under the cir
cumstances, no other course could be
taken. The men on the entire system
were unanimous for it. He told them
of all the difficulties they would have
to encounter, but they decided to 60
into it, and the order will do the best it
can. When asked if the company can
get enough good men. Mr.. Art q said:
ut can not. 1t may employ sone men
we have expelled for drunkenness or ]
stealing. but will such men be safer Can
the road afford to put passenger trains
in the hands of such men? 1t won't be
long before these men get them into
bigger trouble than we are now, by
striking for more wages. You see how
- 10 roo6 Tho
pany can treat with u.s."
Whats the trouble between the
Reading road Knights of Labor en-
gineers, and the brotherhood ?"
"There is none that l know of.
denv the assertion that l sent men to
take the place of those now on strike on
that road. I did not send man there.
did not know any brotherhood engi-
neer had gone to work for that road"
"Have you heard of any Reading
men coming here?"
Il have not. 1 told our men what
they might expect. They discussed this
view of the situation and decided to go
out. If the company can get other ep-
gineers to fill their places our boys must
acknowledge defeat"
Fourteen engineers from the Reading
road arrived here tonight, and were at
once given employment by the Burling-
ton company.
louisville, Pa, February ga
number of striking engineers and fire.
men of the Reading Railroad, of this
city and Palo Alto, have left for Chicago
to take service with the G. B. & @. Rail
way, in view of the impending strike Of
locomotive engineers on that road.
PHILADELPHIA, February 26.-In spite
of advices from PottsVille and else
where, the opinion seems to prevail
among knights of Labor here and IN
Reading that any men who go to take
the place of brotherhood men on the
Burlington road, will go on Individual
preference. and not under authority
from the Knights of Labor. Master
Workman Kelley said emphatically that
knights as body would not make an
effort to defeat the brotherhood.
Others said they favored rebuking the
brotherhood for their past unkindness,
by staying away from Chicago.
CHICAGO, February 26.-The strike
promises to be the most remarkable
ever known, for it is only single labor
organization pulling against the largest
railroad corporation in the West, and
| ono of the Iaroest in mileage and wealth