Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-10
THE STRIKE NOT OFF (!
The BurllngseE's GrsRs Bluff Dsntsd
Farmers, Merchants and Lxbgfers,
Read Gnd r. fl sct.
ono9 Again tho Burlington DsosIves
the Public by Faiss Ssstemsnis.
To the Editor Of the Gazette:


We are DESTROYS Of asain informing the
unwary public tins. the Huntington" has
cree more, through the cclumns OF the
subsid zad press, declared the "striks
off," and would lead the public to believe
that they were once more handling freight
and stock cousignnents with the same
dispatch and safety that they did before
tbe old employees stepped cut Of their re-
pec:iYe places. Also would they have
tie public believe that the present en-
pluyes w0rs Of the most skilled In their
Professions of engineers, fremen and
switcbmen, all OF which Is gross insult
to a people wh0se only means OF informA-
ton is through the columns Of this ssma
press.
We know the Burlington Company have
and ere ct tie preseni time using their
daancisl and other ilflerc.s to
dece!ve the travelling public snd the
shippers on said rosc. The leading
pap,rs of the c0untry, with few ex>
ceptiuns, have refused to print ore eioe
Of the story, and we deem IL duty VS.
owe to the cit.z4ns of the country 10
nave cur side OF the question pl3cad IL
proper light.
A. the beginning Of the present trouble
the COMPANY admitted that Trey could not
fl the places Of their old employees with
competent men, and the head officers ex-
pected that large percentage OF the old
men wppld remain loyal to the company,
and when the company WAS surprised on
he morning # Februsry 81, by all their
employees stepping out of their respective
pla
means left them and hired every
that In all THAR lives had never
hsd sny experierce on an engine; men CT
drunken and vicious habits; men that
could rot get employment in any honor
able position or under any circum stances
other than an emergency such as now ex-
lists on TIE Q. TO substsnttste these
statements We sre willing to court in
vestigatton, and have been courting such
su Investigation ever since the strike
commenced. The INVESTIGATIONS st Cres-
ton, lows, Aurora, Ill, snd other cities
along the line Of the Q. have alresdy
proved the truth Of the charges we have
made, namely, the men employed by the
C, B. and @. as engineers are
wholly incompetent snd unified
for the positions they now hold,
and would not now be recogn!z %
by any other railroad management. We
further stale il Is not question OF wages
that is promoting ths Q management IL
its warfare upon the men formerly in its
employ, SO they are now paying the ne77
men wages that far exceed the wsges
pgid the CID men. In sddition theretC
they are paying pilots for each train the
compensation Of & 81 class engineers. Blu
the true enimus OF their warfare was terse-
" expressed by one of the f1iclals n Ores
ton: "We have broken MP The Brother
hood and will break up every other
canned labor orgauization in the couq-
'ry." The struggle, is simply struggle
between c3rporaSs greed on the
one hand, striving 70 crush out
the manly hopes of all those who
labor for living, and labor on the
other, seeking TO better its condition
and elevate the cause Of sll those whose
los it is "to earn their bread in the sweat
of their brow" ami this too without
seeking to take from cspitsl any Of its
inst rights, or its Legitimate profits. We
Wish :he public to understand that this
is not altogether On account Of wages,
but with wages lover tlsn 80 per cent
Of sill the trunk lines Of this country and
tyrannicai abuse from the management OF
This road, which has beea culminatirg
siIce the management has been in the
hands of 81. B. Stone, until patience
ceased to be virtue, and we were
obliged &c strike to preserve our man
hood. We know that the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy Company
cannot run the road with the
class ct men they now have;
that they cannot get good men to man
the road without getting them from the
ranks Of the Brotherhood, and to get
them they must first eign the schedule we
h.ve now in Chicago. The strike is n:
off and never will be called eff until the
schedule is signed, and then can only be
called Of by ana with the full consent Of
the Brotherhood. We are getting our
support, and there is no danger OF our
support being cut Of, Notwithstanding
the report of the company and Paul Nor
ton TO the contrary. We are out to s!Sy
ard are sure OF Winning, and if necesssry
We will sink the Burlington out OF sight
or put her into the hands OF s receiver.