Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-03
WILL NOT OBEY ORDERS.
ENGINEERS, WEST AND EAST, WILL
 STAY ON THEIR ENGINES.

The Compromise Was Sought by Chief
 Arthur-An Order from the Brother
 hoods Chief Which May Mean Gen.
 eral Strike on Western Roads.
 CHICAGO, March 3-If the leaders on both sides mean what they say, the great ''Q" strike has resolved itself into an issue of strength or of strategy. "No surrender" is the motto of the railroad, and the policy of the Brotherhood is precisely the same. Be tween the two there is no middle ground,
 The deal between Chief Arthur and the representatives of the Reading Knights, and which was the result of overlures first made by the former, had a tendency toward mak- ing the local strikers unusually buoyant. They looked upon it as being practically the beginning of the end of the fight, and as placing the Burlington at their mercy, and they waited all day for news that the behest had been obeyed by the Brotherhood men now in the Reading roads employ.
 But the Knights of Labor who are running engines for the C., B. and Q. deny the right of their officials to call them out, and assert that they will stick to their engines.
 Chief Arthur last evening made fresh move, and one which, while not unexpected, has more epractical interest to the public than dozen truces with the Knights. The chief sent out an order which bore the official head ing of the Grand Lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and ran as follows To the Chairman General Grievance Committee
 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers:
 Dear Sir and Brother You are hereby author ized and ordered to come to the city of Chicago at once and report at the headquarters. There are many important matters to consider in con- nection with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy strike, and your immediate presence is imperative Be prepared to convene your com mittee from here at a moments notice.
 similar notice signed by Grand Master Sargent was sent out to the chairmen of the grievance committees of the firemen. These orders were sent to the chairman of the en- ginemen of every road west of Chicago and in any way competing with the Chicago, Bur hngton and Quincy. The list includes the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, Chicago and Alton, Chicago and Northwestern, Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul, St. Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, Missouri Pacific, Union Pacific Wabash, Wabash Western, Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf, Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern, Central Iowa, and the St. Louis Bridge and Tunnel company. From the wording of the notice the danger of general tie up of western roads is made more menacing than ever. The committeeman are instructed to arrange for communicating promptly with the bodies they represent, if necessary, which is interpreted by railway men to mean that if the delegates settle on a general strike their decision can be put into effect without delay. Two chairmen of griev- ance committees, representing the Brother hood men on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul and the Chicago and Alton, are in the city now, and the others can get here in less than thirty-si hours. Chief Sargent, of the fremen, declined to say what the import ant matters to be discussed by the meeting. When piled with questions as to the prospect of general strike, and the Brotherhoods de- termination to prevent competing lines from aiding the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy in any way, he briefly remarked "Draw your inferences," and turned away
 READING, March 3-The order of Mr. Ar thur and Mr. Sargent to the Brotherhood of Engineers and Bremen, who took the places of the Knights on the Reading road to quit work in order to enable the Brotherhood to win its strike on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy roBd has created no excitement in this section. There are about 300 of these Brotherhood men on the Reading who took the places of Knights, and they are not dis posed to quit. They say MT. Arthur has no right to order them off so hastily. Many of the men who took the places of the Knights are not even Brotherhood members in full standing, as the company ill many cases en- ployed any one who came along
 Conductors and Brakemen Strike.
 ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., March 3.-An the freight conductors and brakemen on the Atlantic and Pacific railroad went out on strike Thursday night The new superin- half, which the men would not stand. Freight troIn aho nn1 1l1f-