St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
And Call Off Their Comrades
on Nearly All Roads
Reaching Chicago,
By This Means Paralyzing the
Great Traffic Of the
Garden City.
No Abatement Of the Bitter
Feeling Manifested by
Knights Of Labor,

the Western, Northwestern and South
western roads, who were summoned
here by wire on Friday afternoon, are
in the city. and from their determined
mierH it is evident that they are here for
business in the fullest sense of the
word. There was conference this aft
ernOon between the arrivals and MeSSrs.
Arthur, Sargent, Debs and Detwller. 1t
was informal, simply preparatory to the
general conference that opens on Mon
day, but it gave each man an opportu-
nifty of airing his views on the existing
crisis. A summary of these views was
given by Mr.. Detwiler tonight. This is
what he said:
1.-The fight is going to be long and
bitter one. You have not yet seen even
the beginning. 1t is my firm belief that
by Tuesday night, or Wednesday morn
ing at the least, every road entering
Chicago from the West, Northwest and
Southwest will be tied up. There is not
a delegate who has come i'll thus far
who is not in favor Of this course. The
brotherhood realizes that it is now en-
gagged in struggle for it's very exist
ence. If it has any pOWer-and it has
now is the time to show it and it intends
to-" There is no question but that
Detwiler spoke by the card. In
diyidual expressions of opinion from
the delegates fully confirm his views.
The absence of advices from the Read
ing district, Or rather of adviceS of a
satisfactory nature, has changed the
calm serenity to condition akin to des-
peration. They are awake to the fact
that
TIE RECOIL
of their attitude in the Reading i'm
brOglo is as terrific as it is inOppOrtune.
and they realize the fact that only the
Western contingent can be relied on to
bring the ''Q'' to terms, and unless
more pacific counsel prevails this is
precisely what that contingent will at
tempt to do before the rising and setting
of MANY suns. Over 100 of the eX-Read-
ing 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 eastward, 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 six
teen were provided with tickets over
the TT. Wayne railroad, and some small
change. and left tonight for home.
The eighty and odd. however, stood
firm and met the Establishments Of the
opposition with arguments that seemed
inVjncib!e. Said a Stalwart Philadel-
phian, after man from Monmouth had
endeavored to impress ON him the fact
that in trades unioniSm there was but
one brotherhood, that Of common hui
mainly: That is true to a certain eX-
tent, but Mr.. Arthur is running this
thing. tell you we can never forget
the morning after the tie-up on our road
when we saw Mr.. Arthur walk down
the main track, at Port Richmond,
back and heard him say, I'll get you a
man to fill every place vacant; | am
with you in this and then we saw $50
brotherhood engineers walk down the
tracks and take our places. L am will
ing to do anything to help man i'll his
struggle for better pay. but L have a
wife and six children, and
THEY HAVE NOTHING TO EAT.
put my money as fast as L could
save it into payments on little home.
and then Mr.. Arthur and his brother
hood took my job and left me pennl-
less"
.'Arthur is not to blame," replied
DetWiler. ''He has done all he could.
He had ordered the brotherhood off the
Reading, but they have not obeyed
him.
LET him expel them, them" said
new man.
'He will do that if necessary" re-
piled DetWiler.
''rll bet you he will not" said the
PENNSYLVANIA. 1--WE must have the
means of living, OF which the brother
hood deprived us, and until they can
give it to us they need not talk to us.
We want work, and if they can give us
work we will go back, but not till
then" Eighty of the hundred took the
same view of the matter, and they went
down OH a special to Missouri tonight.
At the general offices of the 90 to-
night the officials had nothing more
than the usual prOtestatiOns that
THEY WOULDN'T GIVE IN,
come what may For the fiftieth time
General Manager Stone reiterated that
all rumOrS OF compromise were un
founded, that the question was simply
one as TO whether the road should man
age its own property or not, and that it
had passed the point where either COM
promise or arbitration was possible. He
added that it must be surrender on the
part of the strikers OF nothing, that
there was no truth in the statement that
the managers OF other roads had
brought any influence to bear in favor
of the strikers, and that he was emf
nently satisfied with the success of
the company. Paul Morton said: "We
close up the week with better progress
than we had expected. Over One-half
the vacated places have already been
filled by competent men. On Monday
we will commence to receive freight in
Chicago for points in Illinois. Our lea
son for not wanting business for points
west of the Missouri river is that we
prefer to move slowly and not under
take to handle more than we can move
to our satisfaction. BY the middle of
the week, however, we expect to begin
taking business for far west points,"
The representatives of the Reading
knights are insisting tonight that
Chief Arthur will
EXERCISE BIS AUTHORITY
and eXpel the recalcetrant members of
the brotherhood in Pennsylvania from
the order. 1t is understood that the
chierfully admits his authority in the
premises and the fact that such action
would be fully justified, but that at the
same time he does not exactly see how
the step would aid settlement OF the
trouble, inasmuch as the men expelled,
recognizing the fact that they were foot
loose from the brotherhood, would feel
themselves a liberty to accept employ
ment Oh the 90" There will be no de-
yelopments in the strike for the next
thirty-six hours, and matters will re-
main in statu quo until the meeting
Monday. Among local trades unionists
strong opinion prevails that tie-up
of the Western roads, which would have
the effect of largely paralyzing the bust
ness of the entire country, would be a
fatal error and would turn the tide
against the brotherhood.
At Chief Arthur's headquarters to-
night it was given out that Monday
morning a prominent Chicago firm,
whose name is withheld, would bring
mahdamus suit in the United States
court against the Burlington road to
compel it to carry freight or show cause
why it did not. Action, it is claimed,