The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-05
YESTERDAYS SECOND. EDITION.
The following items of news appeared ia on
Second Edition of Sunday.I
The Burlington Strike.


summoned here by wire Friday afternoon,
are in the city. aud from their determined mien
it is evident that they are here for business In
the fullest sense of the word There was con-
ference this afternoon between the arrivals and
Messrs. Arthur, Sargent, Debs and Detwiler. Ii
was informal, simply preparatory to the general
conference that opens on Monday. but IL gave
each nam an opportunity of airing his views
upon the existing crisis. summary of these
views given by Mr. Detwiler to- night. This
is what ne said: 1.-THE fight Is going to be a long
and a bitter You have not yet even
the beginning It is my firm belief that by
Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. at the
latest. every road entering Chicago from the
west, northwest and southwest will be tied up.
There is not q delegate who has come in thus
far who is not in favor of this course. The
brotherhood realizes that 1t Is now engaged IN q
struggle for its very existence. If it has any
power-and it hss-now,l Is the time to show IT,
and 1t intends to"
There is no question but that Detwier spoke
by the card Individual expressions of opinion
from the delegates fully corroborated his views.
The Times says:
.sOpinion in railroad circles is divided as to
the probability of the strike being extended be-
yond the Burlington and involving other roads
Those who take the view that it will be confined
within its present bounds base their belief upon
q feeling that the brotherhood could not COM
NIT such an extreme act of folly to block all
of the Western lines. throw 100. 900 men out OF
work, stifis trade and destroy commerce to carry
a point which only interests 1900 or ], 400 men.
The optimistic officials argue that there Is
enough conservatism and prudence in the coun-
ellis of the aggreved engineers to prevent them
from taking so radical step. On the other
hand. there many of the leading railroad
officials who are anticipating the worst, and who
firmly believe that events are leading up TO
general and disastrous strike. Summed up
from railroad standpoint, there few of
the officials who do not believe the brotherhood
will dare take the responsibility of ordering
general strike, while large majority are of the
opinion that all of the Western lines will become
involved. They all admit that in the event of
general tie-up the railroads would be unable to
offer any effective resistance;. that there would
be possibility of supplying the strikers
places with new men. and that if such an out
come is the result there will be total cessation
OF railroad operations west of Chicago, except
on the Burlington road"
The absence of advices from the Reading dis
trict. rather of advices of satisfactory nat
ure. has changed the calm serenity of tho lead
erS of the Brotherhoods to a condition akin to
desperation. They awake to the fact that
the recoil of their attitude In the Reading i'm
broglio is as terrific as il is inopportune. and
they realize the fact that only the Western con-
tingent can be relied upon to bring the Burling-
ton to terms; and unless more pacific counsel pre-
walls this is precisely what that contingent will
attempt to do before the rising and setting OF
many suns.
Over a hundred of the ex- Reading employees
were at the Briggs House to-day. The strikers,
too, were there in force, and they labored with
might and main to induce the newcomers to turn
their faces eastwards. But in the long run their
arguments fell upon deaf ears, and only sixteen
could be induced to believe that they would be
better off in the East than in any of the
Western States. These sixteen were provided
with tickets over the Fort Wayne road and
some loose change, and left tonight or home;
The eighty and odd. however, stood firm, and
met the Establishments of the opposition with
arguments that seem invincible. Said stall
wart Philadelphia. after II man from Mon
mouth had sndeavored to impress upon him the
fact that in trades-unionisn there was but one
brotherhood-that of common humanity:
"Thatis true to certain extent. but Mr.. Ar
thur is running this thing tell you shall
never forget the morning. after the tie-up on
road, when we saw Mr. Arthur walk down the
main track at Port Richmond with President
Corbin. pat him on the back and heard him say:
I'll get you a for every place vacant
am with you in this and then We saw two hun
dred and fifty Brotherhood engineers walk down
the tracks and take our places. am willing to
struggle for better pay. but /
have wife aud six children and they have
nothing TO eat put my money, as fast as ]
could save 1t. into payments on little home, and
then Mr. Arthur and his Brotherhood took my
job and left me penniless.'
Arthur is not to blame, replied Detweiler,
sshe has done all he could. He has ordered the
Brotherhood off the Reading. bat they have not
obeyed him.
Let him expel them. them" said new man.
well, he will do that if necessary" replied
Detweier.
'Ill bet you he will not said the Pennsyl-
vaniau. I'VE must have the means of living of
which the Brotherhood deprived u.s. and until
they can give it to they need not talk to us.
We want work; and if they can give us work
Eighty of the hundred took the same view of
the matter, and they went down on special to
Missouri points tonight
At the general Offices OF the Burlington, to-
night. the officials had nothing mora than the
usual protestatiops that they wouldn't give in,
come what may. For the fiftieth time or more,
General Manager Stone reiterated that all ru-
mors of compromise were unfounded; that the
question was simply one to whether the
road should manage it's own property or not,
and that it had passed the point where either
or or Ha
declared that it must be surrender on the part Of
he strikers or nothing; that there was truth
lad brought any influence 10 bear in favor of
the strikers. and that he was eminently satisfied
with the success of the company.
Paul Morton said: I'VE close up the week with
better progress than we expected Over
,ne-haf of the vacant places have already been
Tiled with competent men. Dispatches from
Iowa. Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri say that
,he new men are very much pleased with their
1ew field of labor. On Monday we will COM
nence to receive freight in Chicago for points in
Illinois. Our reason for not wanting business
or points west OF the Mississippi river Is that
We prefer to move slowly, and not undertake TO
handle more than can move to our satisfae-
ion. By the middle of the week, however,
expect to begin taking business for far-West
points"
The representatives of the Reading Knights
IRE insisting tonight that Chief Arthur will ex-
members of the Brotherhood in Pennsylvania.
t is understood that the chief fully
admits his authority in the premises
and the fact that such action
would be fully justified. but that
&c the same time he does not exactly see how the
teD would aid settlement of the trouble, mas
much as the men expelled, recognizing the fact |
hat they were foot loose from the Brotherhood, |
would feel themselves at liberty TO accept en- |
10y ment upon the Burlington.
There will be no Developments in the strike |
or tina next thirty-six hours. and matters will |
emain in statu quo until the meeting on Mon !
ay.. Among local trades-unionists a strong |
pinion prevails that tie-up of the Western /
Dads, which would have the effect of largely /
aralyzing the business of the entire country. /
Eould be fatal error and wonld turn the tide /
{ popular sympathy against the Brotherhood.
The mass meeting called for Monday night has
cen postponed until Tuesday.
AT Chief Arthurs headquarters, tonight. it
7as given out that on Monday morning prom
1ent Chicago firm would bring mandamus
nit in the United States Court against the Bur-
ngton railroad, to compel it to carry freight or
, compel it to show cause why it did
Of do This action is, IL is claimed,
he br0uOhE unf7ar