Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-06
BEYOND COMPREHENSION
The Disastrous Effect Of a General
Strike Of Firemsn and Engineers
on Certain Roads.
A UhlcagO Paper Sums Up the Roads
Upon Which the Strike WOuid
Probably FBlls
knights of Labor Crews on the Burlington
Are DESERVING Their EnEInes-Dlsas-
trOus Collisions Predieted,
AT CHIEF ARTHUR's HEADQUARTERS.

Al Ch1nb ARTHUR > HEADQUARTERS.
CHICAGO, Ill March 5.-Chief En-
gineer Arthur's headquarters at the
Grand Pacific presented q most lively
scene this morning. Room 81 WAS crowd
ed with members of the grievance COM
mistees of the various western and north
western railroads, representing bath the
engineers and fremens' organizations.
They had come from as far as New Mex
leo in response 70 calls of Chief Arthur
and Grand Master Sargent to take sctjon
in matters pertaining TO the ChicsgO, Bur
lington and Quincy strike. Each dele
gate wore cheerful and determined ex-
preston, and 3 Il seemed in accord with
each other. In room Sc, connected with
this was Chief Arthur, who
In turn received the new arrivals
in private and chatted pleasantly
with them. AS \ the clock struck
10 Mr.. Arthur opened the secret meeting
to which the men had been called. Il was
held in room Al, and none attended it
other than the grand officers snd the
chairmen Of the grievance committees.
Tie proceedings of the meeting were Of a
MOST SECRET CHARACTER.
1t WAS expected that the deliberations
would last possibly all day. AS showing
the temper Of the Brotherhood in the
various sections Of the country The fol-
lowing kilograms were received by Mr..
Arthur and were shown an Associated
Press reporter:
ChiIlicothe, Ohio.-At 5 joint meeting
here held Yesterday, Of Division Go snd
Lodge POP, the following was adopted: If
necessary, rstker than lose our cause and
have justice defeated on the Chicago,
Burlington ard Quincy, we would suggest
that you call eff al the men belonging to
our Brotherhood. CHIEF DIVISION 60.
Lincoln, NIB Wee Grand Master
Bsnahsn held an enthusiastic Getting
last night. Lincoln is fcmer than ever
spd We await FOUR instructions.
W sHoHEQUEN.
al o l1s INiT,-EauC sir Ledge is with
you to the end. NJ. &. CUDDY, MASTER,
Fritchburg, MaSs.-Tne Brothers Of
Division 1911 Brotherhood Locomotive
Engineers are al solid and wait your
demand. FIRST ASSISTANT ENGINEER OF
191,
Charlton, Iowa-Men at Charitsn, Albis
SID 0stumWa are all firm. BIxLER.
St. Paul, MDn.-At regular meeting
Of divisions $50 end 369 it was unani-
mousl9 agreed that the engineers Of the
northwest will help and assist the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy engineers
and iremen to gain their wages, and they
can draw on US for what money they
want IN this time of trouble.
W. T. ALEXANDER,
Chief CT Division 100.
G. J. MILLER,
Chief Of Division 500.
VIM. Q GALLYN,
Second Assistant E glueer Of Division $50.
D W. POND,
First Assistant Fireman of Division $50.
BURLINGTON AND NORTHERN sTRISE.
CHICAGO, ILL, Msrcn ga report
gained currency late last night that the
engineers and firemen on the Chicago,
Burlington and Northern would be called
out tomorrow. The Burlington and
Northern line to st .ul has been generally
regarded IS an offshoot or ally of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. 1t was
said that the vice-president OF the Bur
lington and Northern was in the city last
evening and had been formally
notified Of the proposed strike and
solid basis for this report was very diff
cult to obtain. The report was finally as
certsined to be true and st midnight
Vice President G B. Harris of the Bur
lington and Northern was closeted with
President Perkins OF the Burlington and
Quincy. Harris had been served with the
uOtice. 1t was the result of the meeting
Of the engineers and fremen held yester-
day afternoon st Lacrosse. The notice
was substantially that il the Bur
.ington and Northern did not cease
N exchanging traffic with the Burlington
and Quincy before p. IN. Monday the
englnemen would strike in body and
Vice-PIesident Harris refused TO be in
terviewed regarding the situation, but
sent out word to an Associated Press re-
porter that the interchange of traffic
would not cease. The company propose
to run the Burlington and Northern
themselves.
INVESTIGATING ALLEGED INCoMPETENCY.
CHICAGO, Ill, Msrch 5.-In these des-
patches last night it was mentioned that
Iowa citizens nave requested the rail
road commissioners Of thai state TO in
vestigate the alleged incompetency Of the
men who have rsken the pisces Of the
Brotherhood. The commissioners are
now taking testimony st Creston and
Sioux City. Chief Arthur has received
adVices saying that the business men Of
Nebraska cities have sent request TO the
Governor to the same effect.
SUBSTANTIAL AID.
LAFAYETTE, IND March 5.-Brotber-
hood OF Locomotive Engineers No. Of
this city to-day sent $1,000 to P. N.
Arthur at Chicsgo 70 aid the striking
engineers on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy.
INVESTIGATION ON THE READING.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 5.-Mr.
Delany of the executive board Of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
has thoroughly investigated matters on
the Reading Railway ard saysI hat instead
Of finding that two hundred Brotherhood
men had taken places of strikers on the
Reading road he found not more than
two or three who were in good standing
in the Brotherhood.
A LARGE REPRESENTATION.
CHICAGO, ILL, March 5.-Is turns out
that the number of roads represented at