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RECRUITING ENa1NEERs.

RECRUITING ENGINEERS.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, February 2S.--Aboui
seventy-tive displaced engineers and fire.
men of the Reading railroad, belonging
to this city and Palo Alto, were recruited
here yesterday for the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy railroad. Half dozen OF
men left here this afternoon, but the main
body are awaiting transportation to Chi
cago. They are in communication with
Manager Stone, of the Chicago, Burling-
tou and Quincy railroad, and are in mo-
mentary expectation of orders from him
to start, whereupon they will take the
next train for Chicago.
THE FIRST Aoo1DE6T.
CHICAGO, February 23.-The first acci.
dent to occur following the commence
ment of the strike took place last evening,
at Nspierville, Ills. No one was killed, but
the results could hardly be called trifling.
Six men were more or less injured.
CARRYING THE MAILS.
CHICAGO, February 2S.-Last evening
Assistant Superintendent Rowland, of the
Burlington road, and Superintendent of
Chief Engineer Arthur, at his hotel.
II have come for information" said
Mr.. Rowland addressing Mr.. Arthur; 81
have understood from Mr.. Stone that no
objection would be raised by your men to
taking out the fast mail train which leaves
at a. m. tomorrow morning, provided
it contained nothing but mail. 1 am now
told by the men that they will not take
the train out without orders from you, or
the United States marshal. What is the
fact?"
"Our position is this" replied Mr..
Arthur. "We will offer no obstruction to
the carrying of the mails and any mail
en- route to the city we should bring
1t In, provided the passenger coaches were
Ont off, but we are under no obligation to
start the mail from the center of distribu-
ton. The railway company has a con-
tract with the government for carrying
the mails. Let them carry it or forfeit
office Officially stand ready to settle the
trouble on a fair and equitable basis.
You should bring such influence to bear
on the company as to bring about its set
Element. We can not take out the mail
train, gentlemen"
every WE'LL" responded Mr.. Rowland.
~ had understood, and think Mr.. Stone
understood from Mr.. Hogue, of the griev
ance committee, that the mail service
would be handled, and if that were so,
wanted to avail myself of that advant-
age"
81 may not have made myself entirely
clear to Mr.. Stone," said Mr.. Hogue, "but
what want to say is just what Mr.. Ar
thur has said"
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
CHICAGO, February 2S.-Following has
been adopted by District Assembly "a,
Knights of Labor:
To members of d. A. "a, Knights of
Labor, greeting: During the last twenty
four hours the public press has been loaded
down with reports of the strike of the
Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen,
on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railroad and, in connection with this,
many rumors have been set aaoat that
this monopoly of corporate power would
be added in their contest against their
employees by members of the Knights
of Labor who are reported as be-
ing dnXlOuS 20 JaK6 tn6lr
places, aotuated by feelings of re
taliation for the bad conduct of which the
Brotherhood is claimed to have been
guilty toward our order during a similar
contest in the past. -.
Without going into an examination
whether this charge against the Brother
hood is false or true, the executive board
of District Assembly 24,Knights of Labor,
unqualifedly protest against any of it's
taking the places of these
striking workers.
We call on all members of our order
everywhere to refuse under any
and all circumstances to become
tools of this corporation in
their hour of trouble. If members
of the Brotherhood have ever been guilty
of any wrong toward our order, this
wrong cannot be rectified by committing
another, but by the exhibition on our part
of higher and nobler manhood in the
cause of struggling labor. We may
prove to them our worth as Knights,
thereby sowing the seed of that higher
fraternity that should exist among all
bodies of organized workers. Let no
Knight fire an engine or pull a throttle
on the Baltimore and Ohio.
By order of the Executive Board of Dis
trict Assembly "a, Knights of labor.
Signed GEORGE A. SoH1IL1NG,
Chairman.
VIM. TURNBULL, Secretary.