The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-03-09

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CHICAGO. March L-Powicriv,. m..
iesto, Chief Arthur's expression of o,:.'
ION concerning arbitration and the hs.1,
way made BY the a. a re.ul, \.
the incursion Of new hands u.r. I'll
chief features Of the Burlington imbrovl,e
yesterday. As for the first, the recer,In,
which u encountered was any thin. ~.
complimentary 20 the invalid grand m.-
Ter workman % the noble arnv \,
knighf& II was almost more than
newspaper man dared 10 breach the sur
Jrct IN the presence OF Chief Arthur. 4
bare reference to II was enough 10 causs
a knitting Of the brcws, 1 grittinr 4,
the teeth. followed BY q sharp. persmrtorr
notice from the head 81 the Engineers.
brotherhood 70 the effect that he a ao,,
wan TO ear Il mentioned, aud uouldn,.
discuss H.
Chief Sergeant, Of the Firemen's Broth.
erhood, was q little more conservative
and candidiy confessed that. read IN H.
proper light, the letter was al right ani
that Powderly meant we'll; but down AZ
h hall on Fourteenth street, where he
strikers assemble 20 discuss the situation.
. very different view was entertained.
Figuratively speaking. both Powderly. hls
letter a ths Knights Of Labor were
ripped up the hack.
Its . diplomatic letter" said one gray
haired, grizzled engineer; "diplomatic IN
the sense that II stabs us in the hack and
offers US the hand Of friendship al the
same time. To INV mind. he simply mop.
the noor with us. All the grievances
which b knights ave against our a.
ganization are rehearsed In vigorous Ian
. and then . demand is made for the
exercise Of Christian charity md forbear-
ance- IL that isn't tearing open the
wounds and then commiserating with our
condition, then ! can't understand pain
English. The pen that wrote thai letter
was dipped In gall, and the luminosity Is
50 transparent that be may read who
runs"
This Is an Indication Of the general con-
census Of opinion expressed by the strik-
ers. II il very certain that the antagon-
istic relations already in existence be-
tween the Brotherhood and the Knights
are not likely to BE- modified as the result
Of the Scranton letter. Chief Arthur's
statement that he would be willing to
submit the case Of the men 70 = board Of
arbitration composed OF practical railroad
men, provided . proposition to that effect
came from the company, was first com
municated 10 the railroad officials b. the
United Press. Apparently IL took them
by surprise, although. according 70 the
chief. they had known all along that the
representatives Of the men were willing
TO submit their cause 20 the j0ngment d
an unbiased tribunal. At any rate IL
furnished . justification for a prolonged
conference between President Perkins,
General Manager Stone. General Passen-
ger Agent Morton and a representative Of
the legal department. and il was several
hours later when the following was issued
Is the reply Of the company:
In reply 20 the suggestion that the road
should make = proposition 20 arbitrate. Prest-
dent Perkins says: Unfortunately there 10
nothing 70 nrbifrafe. because the demands
made upon US are OF such = mature As 20 make
Il impossible. We must control our property.
and can not submit 20 any body questions
which relate 70 the best exercise OF the skill
and experience OF the management IN lie con-
duct OF the road No other questions are in
voivcd. because the managers have offered IN
NMLAN W - - elN'% $3.50
equalize wages. and they are ready 70 take that
question up ~ any time"
This reply was generally accepted
among the men IS an uitimatum that the
company Was disposed 70 fight 70 the Bit
ter end; tina no hope for . compromise
remained. and that nothing now remained
for the Brotherhood but q prolonged
strike or un conditional surrender.
The thirty or more engineers that ar
rived here from the East Monday night
were taken to the general Offices q the
railroad u an early our yesterday morn
ing and put through an exhaustive e.
animation. According % the officials,
one and all came on with fving coiorss
and were At once dispatched % various
points on the system where their serv-
ices were most needed How the road
Jared during the day. from the Meals
standpoint. can best be told in the ian
guage Of Mr.. Norton:
ave sent out eighteen suburban trains
each way he said. last night, against
four on Monday and nine yesterday,
while our 3 a. m. lao p. m and 3:@ r ~.
mail trains went through - though moth
ing unusual had occurred The early
morning and late night trains, both q
which have but little passenger patron
aga were abandoned The incoming
through trains arrived in good shape.
From Superintendent Holdridge Of the
burlington 4 Missouri In Nebraska with
h~eadauarters AZ Omaha, we have dds
patch say ing that be is clearing up what
freight there IL now On the lines Of most
OF his divisions and that he expects 20
move all freight offered Tomorrow. su-
p~erintendent Duggan, at Creston, Ia.
wires Us that he rent this afternoon two
frights west and ons south Reports from
the south are 10 the effect that the pros
poets are good for the prompt movement
OF both freight M passenger trafic. We
are not yet 1t liberty 70 assert that the
hack bone Of the strike IL broken. but We
do think that We have both feet on 10
spinal column. and that the column =
slowly giving way.
A large number Of dispatches were re.
ceived At me Offices OF the company dur
ing the day Offering tho services Of ffre
men. To all replies were returned that the
road had more than Il would need Other
dispatches stated that = batch Of seventy
engineers from New York, New England.
Pennsylvania and Michigan; another
bacth OF forty from Pennsylvania, and .
third batch Of thirty-fIve from New York
would b. here I tomorrow.
Summed up, the third day Of the great
est strike Ia the history OF b twin