Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-07-20
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CHICAGO, July co.-Dtspatches fr,ro ,.-.o..
points on the burlington road. where chg,rroen
hoge ana Murphy have been polling the men 90
the question OF declaring the str1ke 90 80, -
tne maloIlty oi them are disSariSnei win re
Propositions mace by the COMPANY ana g. -.
willing TO have the strike declared "a on any s,..a
''rhe strike Is not OF YETI said Ch.,,rD., n,
may, OF the Northwestern road lsst ,s,sn,, - -.
VIII De declared on, however n Mr. Stn,,s -.
any indication OF dealing honOraOly Ia a., me-
We VIII waive the question Of wages tenp,rrafsi1
the trip basis, and The classification Nc 40 ~,
ask Nj. stone 60 take back all our men. ,r, ,i-
stand perfectly well that the business o. ths rad
now could not aimit OF his dong N Bur ~ ~
ak that he treat hts FORMER en- Il neers A. men 49,,
give them back their DAD places clrcuIasi ance,
shall warrant"
Geouse ". vrooman chairman OF the r,,,s,,,
grievance committee on the UnioA Pacinc, a Icyel-
headed cool man, spoke a. follows:
The baliOi OF the strikers n now being fak m
They are deciding on all the divisions NsrtIy a.,
what conditions they viii dcclana the strike ~.
Exactly what these conditions are cannot teii
Possibly they may agree on unconditional sur
render. In that case it viii be nesilg-ss Cor tlie.
Arthur TO confer with Mr. stone. But Nhsf.vsr
the strikers decide, that result VIII be binIiug GU
tie grievance oOmmittees and the BrutaUraSsa.
Action viii be taken accordingly. That thcr,. ain
be some conditions demanded, am quite certain.
know the men viii not lay down unCOndlt0nally .
Then, OF course, conference must seIte tAe mat
ter"
.ls not the present convention OF chAirmcn
usin It's influence 20 bring the strike 70 ends'
I'VE are Ne VIII urgea settlement upon any
honorable basis"
"Yor think the strike is in a good way TO be Set
tled."
al 30. Yes under the terms mentioned 10 you .
An AGGRESSIVE ATTITUDE IN CHICAGO.
The local Burlington strikers have suddenly a.
sumed the aggressive. They declare that the
strike Is not over, and are making al Kinds of pre-
dictions TO the effect that the Burlington Will D.
forced 70 offer favorable compromise. Tney
base this hope upon the fact that the tmneuse
crops are about 10 be gathered, and allege that
the Burlington Is not In condition 10 compete I0T
their transportation 10 Eastern points.
"The public may well understand" said Mr..
A. j. Young, OF the Sickei Plate ''Jnat the Bur
nngton men will never make an unconditional
surrender. They can afford 90 remain cut f,ir-
ever, n the Burlington AFFORD 20 have them. Il
a formal declaration that the strike il OF r. wurth
anything 20 the Burlington Il is worth paying Tor,
and the strikers are the ones who should receive
the consideration"
BOUND oyER foR TKIAI-
QUINCY, July 2o.-The striking flremen Lean
Gerry, Frank and John Scnell Arthur steiner and
Henry Bowman, accused Of disabling a -" engine
have been bound over 10 the criminal court, as
was also Geo. Gebhardt. charged with placing lies
across the rails oI the Louisiana division Medncs-
day night