The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-07
ARTHUR. WAITING
FOR c.. B.&o.1o MAKE ADVANCES
Toward a ss.tl.msn. of the orsa. Eusin.
sorr strlks-RumOrs that the Chief Is
wsakOniDE-COmpany Thought to bo
Gaining Ground-LAtost Reports.

Claiming Gfound-LAtobb RopoEG4.
CHICAGO, March 6-Ohiei Enginee
! Arthur was bothered with few callers thl
I morning. Only bare dozen engineer
and tiremsn sat around headquarters, ant
~ the excitement Of yesterday had dice
out.
"what are your planSf" was asked the
Chief
"To sit here and wait until the Burliug'
ton is ready to open negotiations"
"Will you seek conference with the
Burlington ofiCials2"
"No sir. have done all Of that kind
Of business can. Mr.. Sargent and my
self did not order the strike. The men
asked us il they could leave their engines,
and We, alter looking over the situation
and failing to get any sort Of satisfaction
from the officials, consented to thom doing
90. This carried with 1t the support OF
the whole Brotherhood. We cannot order
them back. II they come to the conclu'
sion to 20 back Of their own accord they
will notify US and then OUT mission Is
ended"
"How long will this troubls lsst?"
ave are hkely to remain In the city for
some time to come. You can draw your
own conCluaions."
rs ARTHUR wEAEESfEdP
The "Times" to-day ssys: "a prop
osition was submitted to Messrs. Arthur
aud Sargent to srbisrGts their differences
with the railroad. Each side was to select
one man and the two to find an umpire
Mr.. Arthur was willing 10 sgree to such o
plan, and to pledge himself to abide by
the result. The same proposition WAS
made TO President Perkins. At first he
Rss very firm in refusing II, but alter
ward spoke in more conciliatory way.
He did not agree - the proposition, but
another effort will be made to induce HIM
to consent. He was willing even yester.
dap to pay the men as high wages as the
other roads, but hs refused to give up the
system Of classification.
In discuseing the plan for arbitration
Mr.. Arthur made concession which was
of the highest importance, and amounts
to q practical abandonment OF the claim
for total abolition OF the classification OF
wages. He said he was willing to modify
the demands go as to make the rate OF
wages asked for not an absolute standard
for all but minimum rate, 30 that no one
should receive less, but some might get
more. This would practically conCede to
the company the right to classify wages,
and with the minimum rate OF three and
half cents per mile there would be
plenty Of room for classification.
SENSATIONAL RUMoRs DENIED.
Quite o number OF the chaIrmen Of DIG.
trict Grievance Committees that partici-
pated in yesterdays conference have al
ready returned home and more started to.
day. A special committee Of three will
remain in the city and give Chiefs
Arthur and Sargent the benefit Of their
counsel.
The air is filled with rumors OF probable
strikes on the Northwestern, Milwaukee
4 St. Paul, the Grand Trunk and other
roads, but they are all denied at the
Brotherhood headquarters, as Is the state.
ment that at yesterdays conference II was
decided to boycott Burlington freight II
carried by other roads. II any definite
action was taken yesterday the Brother.
hood has admirably succeeded in keeping
1t secret. All the morning papers tell diff.
ferent stories regarding what was deter
mined upon, and Chief Arthur bunches
the whole lot and declares 1t purely imag.
ination.
It Is understood that among the points
considered at the Grievance Committees
conference yesterday, was whether the
engineers and fremen Of the Reading line
should be expelled from the Association
for disobeying the Chiefs orders to leave
the places which they took when the
Knights OF Labor were on strike. Chief
Sargent says that neither he nor Ohiei Ar.
thur has authority to say that these men
there are now but thirty-fvs engineers
and fremen on the Reading system who
took strlkers' places, and the matter Is
scarcely worth bothering about.
Telegrams from st. Paul, Dubuque and
other points state that trains on the
Burlington d Northern are running as
usual.
THI,coMPANY sANauINE.
The strike has now resolved itself into
q game Of freeze out. That is practically
the situation this morning. A meeting OF
the several grievance committees Of the
road has been called for tomorrow, but
it ia not known for what purpose the call
has been Issued. II the engineers carry
out the promise they made at yesterdays
meeting, the move will have the effect OF
preventing any through freight trade on
the Burlington, combining that business
to the O., B. & Q. system. The
Burlington, however, Ia prepared to abide
by this decision 10 accept no through
freight orders, but to con6ne itself To al
classes over the 5000 miles OF territory
covered by It's own tracks. The attitude
OF the road remains unchanged. 1--WE
have sixty per cent Of the engineers and
firemen employed before the atrike," said
General Passenger Agent Paul Morton to-
day. 1--WE only require seventy.fve per
cent OF the whole number, as we had more
men than we actually needed at the time
the strike was declared"
THE COMPANY MAY GIVE IN.
Reports are received daily at the En-.
Rtneers' headquarters Of the condition Of
affairs on each line Of the Burlington sys.
tenn. The freight traffic, the men claim,
has amounted to nothing, and many Of
the freight trains reported to be running
have been composed OF an engine and
way car. The engineers claim also that
between forty and fifty engines have been
badly injured by the handling Of the new
men. In the round house at Brookfield,
NO., six engines unable 10 run either on
account Of burnt boilers or other injuries
are tied up. and will have to be sent TO
the shop before they are used again.