New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-06
ENGINEERS PLEDGE SUPPORT.
THE RECENT RESOLUTIONS INDORsED.

THE RE(ENI RtSOLU1lONC INDOhci>D'
DIVISION NO. 105 OF THE BROTHERHOOD UNAN1-
NOUS IN IT'S ACKNOWLEDGING OF THE FIRE
MEN.
A special meeting Of Division No. 1Oo OF the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers was held
last night at their rooms No. 139 West Fifty
ninth-st., for the purpose Of discussing the a'ti
tude assumed by the members who were present
at the meeting held in Tammany Hall last Sun
day. The resolutions passed on Sunday, whlch
were published In. yesterdays TRIBUNE. were
unanimously indorsed, and the members OF the
division present pledged themselves to carry thelh
out to the last extremity, if necessary. DIVISION
No 1O5 Of the Brotherhood IS composed OF en-
pineers EMPLOYED on the New-York Central and
Hudson River, New-YorlS and Harlem, New,iork
City and Northern, Manhattan Elevated, S,ateh
Island Rapid Transit, Baltimore and ONO New
York. Ncw-Havcn and Hartford and the Brooklyn
Bridge Railroads. all of which lines were repre-
sented at last nights meeting Ii has a .meinper-
ship of over 400 men of whom about loo were
in attendance.
some of the men who were seen by TIE IRIR-
TINE reporter declared their satisfaction al uhe
nrosent outlook Of affairs and expressed themselves
as having strong hopes that stringent a9'lon 3dDn
would not be forced upon them by the stuDInorn sI
and high-handed action of the Chicago burning
ton and Quincy officials o,,.r,ou NV,
Gibbs was asked by a reporter What ne lnoIEHo Iti
of the interview with President King OF the Lrle
road published last evening, III VIM
he was reported to have said that the engineers
on his road were contented. hat interview
NAV be perfectly correct" replied Mr.. GibDs, put
thc fact remains that the Erie road was repre-
sented in Tammany Hall on Sunday last, ana the
men from that road voted in favor OF the rcso-
lutions passed OF course. none or our ir,.efIlty
on any road Will take any steps on heir
| occount but as we expressed ourselves on suhday,
the whole Brotherhood Will participate IN III tne no
strike IL our fellows OF the Cmcago hutlhe,oh
and Ouincv do not have Justice done TO them. ,
| The Iist-in-time' lodge of the brotherhood Oh
| locomotive Fircmen viii meet at 9:3O a. III. Oh
| "Wednesday for the purpose of indOrsng ln' h'Iloh
taken by the engineers 1h lr M eiine WI, o"i ~
tinue in session all day and through thc iilgi'' In
| order that tremen may be able to attend ana eN-
press their views at such times a. nlhy W. col,, %
ryonicnt without interfering with their duties on
tbn several railroads A member Of IN" frereii ;
IoIoe stated that the men are unanimous IL ~
dorsing the engineers, and that pfacticaIy tnclr
! meeting is only "A matter OF FORM ,
| An official statement made last nlght s1a'ed t1',
,be membership Of the Brotherhood numpereu
9O 600 men and not 5000 ds reported. III az, ~
| stated that the organization has more 'hdh n'It
a million dollars In its treasury at the pfes,nD
time and can easily raise as much hi'fe at any
time Ii denied that the Bro herhood hdu ",'.i
doncd it's cOnscrN atiVe ideas where thcy "lll
avail in obtaining justice. This question was
also submitted to the public:
l. IL less reasonable fair Tor the engineers ana III"
mon 10 mako common cause against stubborn corpora
,Ion than FOR the managers OF the railways oi INC
,,r,rv to make common against Us IN thls p'F
,.rl,- casc by secretly supplying the Chicago burning
ton and Quincy managers with men III uier ''ho Vi "
oua thus consplring for our defeatl