Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
The Engineers and Firemen on the
Burlington Cease Work.
The Management Of the Road Pre-
pared to Replace the Strikers.
The Knights Of Labor Engineers Com
ing to The Roads Assistance.
What Chief Arthur Has to SAY of the
Attitude of the Brotherhood.

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10 railroad. Between IL and IL o'clock thi
?: morning 8. C. Hoge, chairman of the griev
J. ance committee OF the Brotherhood o
n Locomotive Engineers on the Burlington
3 system, and j. H. Murphy, chairman of tn
grievance committee of the Firemen, called
. on General Manager Stone at the com
q pany's Offices and gave him verbal notice
II that unless their demands were acquiesced
in, the men would strike at o'clock to-
morrow morning. Mr.. Hoge briefly stated
what the men wanted. Mr.. Stone heard
them through and asked if that was the
ultimatum. They said it was. They told
him that they, with Chief Arthur could be
y found at the Grand Pacific Hotel until 4
O'Clock in the morning if he desired to com.
municate with them. The
INTERVIEW WAS SOON OVER
and the committeeman retired. The
grievance committee of the engineers of
which Mr.. Hoge, OF Cook, Neb, is chairman,
is compo, ed of members of local divisions
OF the Engineers Brotherhood on the c., B..
& @. system. 1t is standing committee
and has entire charge OF negotiations with
Mr.. Stone, general manager OF the railroad.
The chairman says that the committees
ulIcCO ldllluS, Oulcl aEGuuF WAS
sent for and he attempted an adj diustment
OF the difficulty. He also failed. Then the
committee, after a strike was determined
upon, agreed that it should begin at a.
III. At that hour most OF the engineers
will be at the end of their runs and fewest
trains will be in motion, All local divisions
and through them every member OF the
order employed on the c., B. & O. system
have been notified
| NOT TO GO TO WORK
tomorrow morning unless specially ad-
vised by the cha irman OF the grievance
committee to report for duty. The fire.
men holding positions dependent on those
| OF the engineers have acted with the latter
| in everything and, unless Mr.. Stone con-
engineers, no engines will be run out by the
aid of members OF the Brotherhood to-
morrow. Trains on the road will be run
to the end OF the engineers division and
stopped. Passenger trains leaving any
point before o'clock will be run to the |
end OF the division and side tracked. The |
immense suburban traffic of the road |
threatens to be put to great Inconvenience, |
but it is quite generally expected by the |
able to employ
ENOUGH OUTSIDE ENGINEERS
to run portion OF these trains during the
day. To a representative OF the Associated
Press Mr.. Stone said tonight there were
about sixteen hundred engineers and fire.
men in their employ. How many OF these
belong to the Brotherhood he did not
know, but presumed they all did.
What is your programme for to NOR
row." asked the reporter.
10 tui11 nf fTv Iuhf
trains" he replied. "Our object is to run
most OF our suburban and through passen-
ger trains as usual. Our first endeavor will
be to get IN our suburban passengers and
take care of all passengers for points not
covered by competitors. There are large
number OF men in our employ capable OF
running engines in addition to yardmen
and road foremsn who nearly all
ARE OLD ENGINEERS.
At Aurora we have a laboratory where a
large number Of young men are engaged
who have all learned the art Of running
the service tomorrow" IL
How about the report that you are
bringing on lot of men from the Reading
syst em?'
1--WE have no arrangement or contract to
that effect" said Mr.. Stone, but we have
sent East advertisements for competent
men and we have also received = number
of kilograms from individuals in Philade-
phia and other Pennsylvania points, say
ing they would come and bring other en-
gineers with them. To all these have re-
piled
WE WILL GIVE GOOD WAGES
and permanent employment to all men OF
good character, who are competent to do
the work"
But would you keep these men in case
! settlement with the old men?"
Yes, sir said Mr.. Stone. emphatic
ally. 1--WE want all the competent men
whom we can depend upon, and they will
be retained as long as | am General Man.
agcr Of the road" In regard to freight I
ira fIic Mr.. Stone said their first endeavor
would be to take care of it on the same
isis that they would passenger traffic, as
above. He could not tell how
they would get on until they had sized up
the situation. If the strike was as serious
us to stop their traffic, they would have to
lay off all their freight handlers and stop {
the men and number of Others employed |
in a similar capacity, numbering six or
seven times as many engineers and fremen.
He does not anticipate any such serious
ate of affairs.
INTERVIEW WITH CHIEF ARTHUR.
When told OF Mr.. Stones final determi- /
nation not to yield to the employees Mr.. I
Arthur's face was clouded for a moment.
He said he was very sorry. He hated to
see strike, but under the circum stances
no other course could be taken. The men
on the entire system were unanimous for
it. He told them of all the difficulties they ,
1,,1.l l,ox t>a fa,. hut In1 !
to 60 into it, and the order will do the
best it can. When asked if the c
company can get enough good men, Mr.. i
Arthur said 1T cannot. 1t may employ s
some men we have expelled for drunkenness i
or stealing, but will such men be safe? Can Q
the road afford to put passenger trains in :
the hands OF such men? 1t wont be long
until these men get them into bigger trouble
than they are now by striking Tor more
" ages. You see how it was on the Reading
road. The company can treat with u.s. q
whats the trouble between the Reading ,
road Knights OF Labor engineers and the
There is none that | know OF. l deny {
the assertion that sent men to take the
places of those now on strike on that
road. did not send man there. l did
not know any Brotherhood engineer had
gone to work for that road.'
Have you hearQ OF any heaulng nen
coming here?" 6
Il have not. told our men what they I
might expect, They discussed this view OF
The situation, and decided to go out. If
the company can get other engineers to fill
their places our boys must acknowledge
their defeat"
Fourteen engineers from the Reading
road arrived here tonight, and were at
once given employment by the Burlington
Company.
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR. Is