The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-05
ARTHUR ENCOURAGED.
nE IS ooNr1DENr OF VICTORY,
And says the Cause Is Righteous One
How Sunday Was spont-MOrs EDgi.
usors Taxing The Places Of the strat-
srs-Nsws at the chicago oniOss.

CHICAGO, March 4-Ohiet Engineer
Arthur TOOK q rest to-day. It was tht
least busy day that he and his lieutenantl
have had since the Burlington &QuincJ
strike began. All were recuperainl
their energies for the meeting tomorrow
morning, which is to determine whether
or not the engineers and fremen Of the
western and northwestern railroads will
60 on strike. Among the first thingl
said by Mr.. Arthur to the reporter was:
"You can deny officially that there was
any secret msetiaS OF the chalrmen ol
grievance committees held yesterday,
such as described in q morning paper.
It Ia utterly false. The fact that the
Northwestern Railroad still holds to the
classification system 10 well known, but
no meeting was held to discuss that. No
sessions Of, grievance committees hsve
been or will be held until tomorrow"
Chief Arthur then went on to chat
about the state Of affairs in the Burlington
strike, ss viewed by himself and comrades,
"0ur reports" said he, "are most reAssur-
ing. The fact that for seven days there
has not been break In the Brotherhood
on this line is itself ol q most reassurinH
nature. On the contrary, we are in re-
Csipt hourly Of letters and dispatches from
all over the system ahowing the loyalty Of
the men,"
''Is it not a fact, Mr.. Arthur" was ask
ed, "thRt all the Western roads are giving
the Burlington moral support which, be-
ing equivalent to financial one, gives the
Brotherhood clear right to discontinue
work on these outside roads?"
81 have no means ofknowing that the
other lines are giving the Burlington NOR
al support. Ifthey are 1t ia in violation
OF a SOLEMN pledge from the managers OF
the other roads that they would main
tain strict neutrality. In giving party
moral support one is not maintaining neu.
tral ground"
"Ifyou found the other roads were do.
ing this would you order striker"
"u grievance OF that nature was
brought to my attention I should carefut-
ly look into it."
SIS 1t not probable that Congress will
be called on to investigate this strike? ?"
Congress will not be asked to look into
it by US. There Is no necessity for an in
vestigation. What We have done has
been done openly and been given to the
public through the press"
In your opinion could the manage
ment OF the Burlington have had mer-
cenary motives in permitting the strike
for the purpose OF depressing stocks and
buying them in at low fgures?"
mo, think the Burlington manage
ment miserly, not mercenary. They pro.
fess willingness to pay their men as
much as their nsighbors do, and yet they
will not"
, !"Do you believe that all Of the three
hundred men sent forward for distribu.
ton on the Burlington for the past three
days are bonalde engineers and fire.
menN
"0h, have heard rumors, but l am not
going to follow the course Of the Burling.
ton and talk about hesrsay matters, but I
will say this: l know, Of my own kuowl.
edge, that 1t Is impossible for the road to
get competent engineers to run the line
for year TO come. It can't make them
from the stock they have"
ION what do you base the assertion?"
II base 1t on statistics in my possession
showing that there are not three hundred
idle competent locomotive engineers in
the country out Of employment, not
counting, Of course, the Brotherhood men
on the Burlington"
"And are you confident Of winning the
fght2"
III the men stand Arm It Is beyond
question that we will"
AT THE coMrANr's OFFICES.
There was little Sunday work doing at the
General offices Of the Burlington Company
to-day. President Perkins, General Man.
sger Stone and General Payne were down
for few hours in the morning, but left
for their homes early. They superintended
the dispatch Of about one hundred men,
said to be competent, to the west at 2P. N.
This was the fourth batch accepted by the
master mechanic and they were to be dis.
tributed over the entire system. The ru.
NOR that the strike might extend to the
Northwestern system on Monday did not
seem to interfere with the business or
pleasure Of the officials Of that road. Pres.
ident Hughitt was still in the east and in
quiry at his residence showed he was not
expected heme for few days yet. Gen.
eral Manager Whitmore was somewhere
in Iowa to-day, and Mr.. Albert Keep,
Chairman Of the Board Of Directors, left
for New York this afternoon. At the
Northwestern's offices there was no antic.
ipstion evident Of q sFTike. Il was said
there that while the Northwestern had q
system Of classifcGtions similar to that on
the Burlington, the standards Of pay were
higher by several degrees.
CHIEF ARTHURs ADDRESS.
He Issues q Cheering Address to the Bur.
Mneton Strikers.