The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-01
Reading road They were fine looking
body of men.

Reading road They were fine looking
body of men.
AN ENGINEER's DEFENSE.
In an interview one said: "The state
anent that has been published of there being
500 Knights Of Labor engineers out on the
Reading road is correct The balance are
to follow U.s. The Brotherhood engineers
How can you blame us for going to work on
the Burlington systemi We are not going
as knights of Labor. but as individuals.
Every man in the party is an experienced
engineer, and each of us has
with him his fireman, so that the question
cannot be raised as to whether we are COM
potent to take the places of the strikers. We
are compelled to make this move We could
get work no place else. 1t is question of
home and family with us. On the Reading
read the Brotherhood jumped in and as
sisted the company to defeat us, and we
now so to Chicago to take the places of
their own men. There are $500 men who
were on the Reading road who may all go
to Chicago"
MR.. BAILEY'S STATEMENT.
William H. Bailey, of the Executive
Board of the Knights of Labor, was pas
senger on the same train. He did not sane
tion their move but thought they Ind been
treated very badly by the Brotherhood lie
stated that he was not with the party but
that il was purely accidental that he was
on the same train that brought them to
PittSburg. Last night, however. while on
the train he mingled among the men and
obtained from them their exact position.
as they talked freely to him, whom they
recognized as a representative of the
Knights of Labor. Mr. Bailey intimatcd
that while the order did not sanction the
members taking the places of the strikers,
that TIE proper course for the brotherhood
to pursue was for Chief Arthur to call his
engineers off the Reading and Brooklyn
elevated roads, and then the Knights OF
Labor and brotherhood could each handle
their own strike. al am very sorry"
said he, ''to be compelled to say
that the men are going to Chicago to take
the places of the strikers on the Burlington
system, but do not know whether they
will claim allegiance. IL is a desperate
move ON their part, and one that is TO be de
plored by all having the interests of organ
lied labor at heart. yet it seems to be only a
desire for retaliation on their part for
wrongs that had been committed upon their
interests.
FORTY MEN ACCEPTED.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 29-Mechanical
Engineer Forsyth, of the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy road, examined and accept
ed forty men to-day from among much
larger number of applicants, aud
"
ON the $50 O'clock train tonight
Twentyfour of those examined were engi-
neers and the remainder were firenen,
and nearly all of them were from along the
line of the Reading road outside of this CITY
The form of the examination is rather
critical, and includes a thorough color
blind test Mr.. Forsyth will continue his
work until he is advised to the contrary.
COAL MINES FORCED TO CLOSE.
ST. LOUIS, Fob. 20-The strike on the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road has
caused the closing down of all the coal
mines at Bevier, Summit and Mingo, near
Macon, Mo-, as there is no way of getting
coal to the market. One thousand men are
thus temporarily thrown out of employ
ment.
MEN SENT FROM NEW YORK.
New YORK, Feb. 29.-Over 100 engineers
and fremen, principally engineers, were
shipped west for the Burlington and Quincy
road to-day.