Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-02-28

The Company Claims Bts PASSENGER
Traffic In Well Taken Care OF.


The Company Claims It's Pa.,eure,
Traffic II Well Taken Care ~.
While the freight blockade on the Burlington
road was admitted TO be complete yesterday. the
officials OF the road last night claimed that the
passenger business was fairly wen taken care of.
IL Is probable that this claim Is by no means
justified By the Lets which. as far as reported
seeh 10 indicate that few cars OF any Kind were
moved on tue system. The Burlington officials
last night were asserting that within two DAYS
passenger trains would be running as regularly as
beiorj the strike. The men seem to be refralning
from any interference with the company's prop
erty or business, and no attempt at disorder was
reported yrsterd y, except fro the superin-
tendent OF the Hannibal and st. 10. VINO teie-
grapned Una, tLe strikers at Kansa, Guy and st.
10 were Jumping on the cars, setting the brakes
and generally doing all In their power TO obstruct
and intinhate the new men.
thai IL Will Ne a week before they can move
fright trains, and advises them to make arrange
ments with other rUadA
TIE KNIGHTS AND THE BROTHERHOOD.
General worthy Foreman Richard Gfnith. Of
Chicago. when asked about the attitude OF the
Knights Of Labor toward the sIrike, said: "Let
the broth rhood and Tn road night It out between
IN mselves The Is no very good feelinS betw cen
the Knights or Labor and me Brotnerhood Of
Of w Se Neutral Al az Ssnss Of
engineers from other roads can make more money
noas ior The Burlington they may. TINS Is
none OF ur hight The brotherhood did not help
us In the Missouri Pacific and Reading slrikes
They need expect nothing In theirs"
should be hostile to the Brotherhood OF Engineers,
aud I have no Information that they win try to
Assist the company In any way"
1t Is claimed that you sent men TO take the
places OF the Reading strikers"
That Is lie. I don't know what individual
memoirs Of the brotherhood may have done, but
lUlerferpd
knights OF Labor. would not do II. At the
time OF the Missouri-Pacifc strike simply told
with the company and TO keep out OF the strike.
II contract means anything at all, then we pur-
THE FIGHT SOLELY FOR PAY.
Talking OF the strike In general Chief Arthur
said: 1.-THE publication by General Manager stone
OF all the propositions offered by the men mig II
mislead the public. We were willing to discuss
these propositions one by one, and In Gu we
failed TO convince Mr.. Stone that they we've just
and fair We would have made concessions. The
strike did not occur because the schedule we
offered was not adopted but because, when the
question OF wages Was reached, Mr.. Stone refused
TO do anything at all. The fight Is purely queS-
ton OF wages. We receded from our first PROPOSE
ton and offered to accept 81 cents which Mr..
stone refused In the most positive manner lie
made no proposition to US at all, and the fight now
Is purely on the question OF pay
'.Mr. stone says" continued Mr. Arthur, "that
We want TO put unskilled labor on par with
skilled labor. Now, we go on the assumption that
there Is no unskiled labor on the engines on any
road In the United states. Does Mr.. Stone mean
TO say that he has unskiled engineers on any
branch Of his road3 Would he go into court, in
case OF a damage suit, and swear that ne had.
Would Mr.. stone like TO have the pubic believe
that the eng neers on the branch lines Inferior
10 those on the main nnes7"
One OF the members, who was asked II the Bro
therhood OF Engineers thought the company could
soon hil tneir PAGES win reliable men, said !:
"wel, If you ask my pc sonai opinion. don't
think 1t can be done. That Is what the boys all
think. In the frs, place. this country is not loaded
down with tramp engineers, and In the second
place, II they were as thick as flies they wouldn't
do 10 be put In charge OF locomotive. Good en-
giueers are scarce article, because they are all
employed
Labor"
"Nothing. II they can I'LL our places let them
do IL. The company has right TO hire any one IL
pleases. We shall not interfere with anything
they do. The public will ind that We have enough
10 live a little wi lille and II the company can do
without us, all well and good"
THE FIRST ACCIDENT DUE TO UNsKILLED HANDS,
The first accident TO occur following the COM
mencement OF the strike took place yesterday ar
ternoon at Naperville Ill. No one was killed, but
the result could hardly be called trifiing Six men
were more or less injured. A passenger train on
which L. y. Geyre, general foreman OF the Bur
llngJ0n shops at Aurora, was az Ing as engineer,
ran shore VI water. The engine was cut loose from
the train To run ahead, and IN coming back TO
again couple on g. The train, became unmana2e-
able on a down grade, and collided with tue cars.
man, named Parsons, was cut on the shoulder and
Lee. George Clark mali CLERK. had his lace cut and
back tIlured; Win. Stenson, NAL clerk anki- III
Jure3: :. 4. 3urtOn, mail cIerk. Knee bruised: j.
Foster train!nan, VI Aurora, arm and knee bruised
The rolling stock was severely rattled Uut none
derIiled.
IL Is estimated that 5000 men Will be Idle IN the
lumber district within two days. owing TO the
virtual boycott OF The Burlington establishment
by the engineers Of the other roads. Ninety d
cent OF tn lumber traffic must In one way OF
another pass over the Burlington tracks TO reach
the lumber district, and all day to-day not stick
passed IN or Oui.
True KNIGHTS WILL NOT TAKE THE STRIKERS
PLACES.
A Philadelphia dispatch says: Mr.. Hayes, Of the
Knights OF Labor, denies that Powderly had gone
TO Chicago In connection with the Burlington
strike or that the executive board OF the XIII
wUusd order kni. hts or Labor 10 take places VI
the brotherhood men. He says II any men 20 they
are knight or Labor In name Only, and tnaJ the
trouble Win the BrOj herhOOd mas not reached the
stage where the men would be order 4 TO take the
strikers places He positively states the knights
as an organization, would not sanction any such
move.