St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-27
TIT FOR TAT.
The knights of Labor Preparing
to Get Even.

CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-General Worthy
Foreman Richard Griffiths, of the
Knights of Labor, said plainly this even
ing that the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers need not expect the knights
seen at his home this evening and
talked unrestrainedly of the impending
strike in its relations to the Knights of
Labor. He said:
"The knights are lockers on"
"HOw about the manner in which the
knights were treated by the brother
hood during the Missouri Pacific strike
two years ago? Did not the brother
hood then replace about 200 Knights of
Labor Strikers?"
''Yes; they most certainly did,"
"And do you not think that but for
this Oh the part of the brotherhood the
strike, as inaugurated by the knights,
would have proven Success?"
''There is very little on that point.
The same thing has just happened in
the Reading strike, as every one who
reads newspaper knows. just as soon
as the strike was declared on, the
Brotherhood began
FILLING THE VACANCIES.
These actions on the Brotherhood do
not naturally tend to cement them and
the Knights. Tit for tat is game that
people of our day like to indulge in, and
l don't see why the Knights should be
exceptions. If the locomotive engin-
eers in our body see fit to accept posi-
tiOnS on the Chicago, Burlington e
Quincy railroad, they most certainly are
entitled to do as they please. 1t is a
matter resting entirely in their hands,
and with which we, as body, have
nothing to do. The adoption Of retalia-
tory measures is not new thing, and |
honestly admit that I would not be sur
prised if they were brought into use by
the Knights. Thus far, however, no
action that | know of has been taken
by the Chicago Knights"
dispatches from Reading state that
the Knighte there are being rapidly and
readily engaged by the Burlington peo-
pie"
''Is that so? Well, I'm not surprised
in the least, and now since that is the
case you may look out for a similar Or
der Of things here"
SOME OF THEM ARRIVE.
CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-FOurteen engin-
GERS from the Reading road arrived
here tonight and applied for work on
the Burlington. Supt. Bessler accepted
their applications at once, supplied them
with signal books and took them to
Aurora, where they will be put at work
tomorrow morning. These men are
Knights of Labor.
THE RUMOR CONFIRMED.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26. - Capt.
George l.. Eastman, national organizer
of the Knights of Labor, is authority
committee of the Reading railroad
strikers has notified General Manager
Stone, of the Chicago, Burlington e.
Quincy road, that in the event of a
strike on his road and the failure of
Chief Arthur to Withdraw the brother
hood engineers who took the place of
strikers on the Reading road, they will
send him 800 engineers tomorrow morn
ing.
RETICENT AT PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26.-In refer
ence to the story that a number of
striking Reading railroad engineers
would offer themselves for service on
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road
in the event of a strike of Brotherhood
men on that cOmpany's lines, the en-
gineers in this neighbOrhood are very
reticent, beyond making the statement
that there has been no concerted action
taken and that none is contemplated.
There are very few engineers now on
strike in this section, as only those run
ming switch engines and a small per-
centage of those having freight or coal
trains quit work, while none of those in
the passenger service joined the move
ment.
THEY DENOUNCE ARTHUR.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26.-The i'm
pending strike of the Brother hood of
Locomotive Engineers on the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad was to-
day the topic of conversation among the
Reading employees. There were many
bitter denunciatiOnS of Chief Arthur.
who is reported to have said when asked
if he had considered the contingency of
the Reading engineers filling the strik-
erS'c places, eff the company concludes
to hire that class of men it is their bust
ness, not ours"
AT READING.
READING, Pa, Feb. 26.-It is learned
here tonight that an agent of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad has
been in this city for the past several
days recruiting striking engineers and
tiremen of the Reading railroad, whose
places were taken by brotherhood men,
to send to Chicago in case a strike
should occur on the Western road.
SENTIMENT DIVIDED.
READING, Pa, Feb. GA Herald re-
porter saw some of the Knights of
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