Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-02
EASTERN EVENTS.
Alarming Aspect of the
c., B. & @. Trouble.
A GENERAL STRIKE PROBABLE.
A 81, 100000 Fire in New York
City-Suicide Of an Actress
at Chicago.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD


CHICAGO, March 1.-The Burling
ton officials are more confident than
ever this morning. They said that
a number of freight trains in Neb-
raska, Iowa, Missouri and Illinois
have been moved. Several through
trains came in this morning. and the
full suburban service is in operation.
About 200 Reading engineers have ar
rived and were being examined to-
day. Many of them have already
been put to work. The men are fear
full that the strike will be settled at
the conference to-day.
WHAT TIE COMPANY IS DOING.
The Burlington road to-day moved
larger number of passenger trains
than any previous day this week and
also report partial resumption of
freight traffic on most CT the divisions.
They succeeded in getting four
switch engines at work in this citv
and cleared out quite number OF
cars from the lumber district. An
evening paper to-day asserted that
conference had been held between
President Perkins, General Manager
Stone and I. b. Detwiler, represent
ing the engineers and firemen. This
was emphatically denied this morning
by both sides.
AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.
Late tonight it was given out that
Grand Master Sargent had telegraph
ed to Henry Walton, chairman of the
executive board of Locomotive Fire
men, requesting him to see all the
members on the Reading road that
had taken the places of the men that
went out ON December "a. 1887, and
request them to sever their connec-
ton with the company, saying they
would be paid until they could
find employment elsewhere, and
allow the men now out to
return to work. 1t was further said
that this would assist the brotherhood
to win the struggle with the Burling-
ton road. Mr.. Walton wired that he
would at once transmit the necessary
orders to the Brotherhood lodges.
Chief Engineer Arthur then transmit
ted the following:
EDWARD KENT-Chairman execu-
tive board of engineers, New York =
"Go to Philadelphia at once and
use your influence to get all
the brotherhood engineers who
took the places of the Read
ing strikers to leave the service. of the
the company furnishing them
with the financial assistance of
the Brotherhood. The G. B. &
@. are using the strikers to beat us in
the conflict, and we must checkmate
Them" Signed P. M. Arthur.
THE STRIKERS SITUATION.
1t appears that Secretary Cayhill
brought Chief Arthur and Grand Mas
ter. Sargent official information that
$50 members of their organization had
taken the places of the Knights of
Labor on the Reading road. They
assured Cayhill that they had prev
iously no other knowledge than vague
newspaper reports that this thing had
occurred. Both expressed will ng-
ness to request their men to
quit the Reading employment. In
return Cayhill agreed 10 keep
the $50 or 200 Reading engineers in
the city from taking places on the
Burlington. The men, it was agreed,
would be held back twenty -four
hours. If the Brotherhood men quit,
the Reading Knights would return
home. After this settlement was
made Mr.. Arthur and his comrades
seemed much more cheerful.
Chairman Hage, of the Grievance
Committee said that complaints had
reached him that several roads were
violating the neutrality agreement.
He declined to say which were the
offenders, but the Rock Island and the
companies using the st. Louis bridge
we're on the list. Secretary Debs, OF
the Firemen's Brotherhood, said that
unless this assistance was stopped a
general strike would be ordered with
in 48 hours.
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
Eighty of the Reading engineers
who arrived here on Wednesday night
IN tako tho plapac nf tho str; Loro no.