Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-05
NOTICE TO THE NORTHERN.
THE BROTHERHOOD GETS ANOTHER
FIGHT ON ITS HANDS.

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No Sign OF tn" hendlhg Engineers "neS
Ing the Chicf-A Demand from New iorl
To Tie Tn the Enrth-MI,souri Report
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| CHICAGO March 5.---The following tale
| gram was received here Sunday night from
| TaCrosse, Wis: The engineers aud iiremcI
| Of the Chicago, Burlington a Northern ROAD
met tolday, and agreed 10 notify the manage
ment that they would strike at p. m, Mon
day unless assured that the road would do NJ
passenger or freight business with the Chi
cago, burlington a. Quincy"
| G. b. Harris, president OF the C., b. az n.
| was at the Grand Pacific Sunday. lie said
he was here to see what could he done about
| filling the places of the men ON his line If they
| struck
| "'Hhcn you will not accedu TO their denand'
| asked the reporter.
| "Accedc: Well ! should say not, cmphat-
| ically replied Mr., Harris. "Why, what they
ask is practically that We shut up our shop
| and wait till they get through with the Bur
| llngtnu. You sec the only practical cunncc-
| ton we have is with the Burlington He
added that the demand only deprived the so
of thirty eight mile haul, but affected the
| C., b. q n 5 entire business, He would not
cut oil his connection with the - ANA II tho
men went out he would fill their places
Both the leaders of the Burlington strike
and the heal officials Of the road laid back on
their oars Sunday and took a few hours Of
much needed rest. The ground floor Of the
big 20 building, where the departments Of
the general officers are located, was deserted
Up in the superintendent Office, however,
all was life and hustle. The sevcnty-tive
f.s.f
in the morning and who We're taken 10 the
Commercial hotel for the purpose of hceping
them from brotherhood influences, were
ON hand at the building at noon
and put through the usual tests All Of them
proved themselves competent. and at night
they lett town on special train for points in
Illinois and Iowa. A report that at a con
ference Saturday night it was decided to de
mnnd the abolition of the classification sys-
TEN now in vogue upon the Chicago a North
western, with the ultimatum of an immediate
strike in the event of the demand being re
fused or procrastination INDUCED in, was pro
uomced an absolute fake by some of the
individuals who were quoted as having at
tended the conference, and denial was given
to the statement that the men ever came
together An informal meeting of the gricv-
ancc committee was however, held Sunday
night, and the various local lodges Of fire
men and engineers were also III secret session
at their headquarters
Chief Arthur Sunday night expressed his
perfect confidence in the successful result Of
the strike, and believed the entire matter
would be- etfectually settled within a short
time.
"Outsde of the strikers on the Burlington
road said he there are not 300 competent
unemployed engineers in the country. |
l.
the fact. In that case. it will readily be seen
that the places of the strikers can not be filled
by coInpetent engineers which the charters
of the company require. There can there
fore, be no doubt of the success of this
strike"
"Do you think there is any probability of
the strike extending to other western roa,lSr'
Not at present We are determined, if
possible, to confine this difficulty to the road
in which it originated, and | will use every
legitimate effort 60 prevent its extending TO
any other road. OF course we expect the
other roads to maintain their promised
neutral ground in the matter, and believe
they will do it, Therefore think the strike
will be confined to the ~ road and tine vie
tory will be won upon the merits of the
claims of the brotherhool -
ON the other hand Mr.. Detwiler, who had
been circulating around among the members
of the various grievance committees who were
ordered here Friday night, said: The fight
is going to be long and bitter one. You
have not vet seen even the beginning. 1t 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 |
n delegate who has come in thus far who is |
not in favor of this course The brotherhood |
realizes that it is now engaged in a struggle |
for its very existence. If it has any power
and it has-now is the time to show it, and it |
intends to-"
Over "A hundred of the ex- Reading en-
plDyes were at the Briggs house Saturday. |
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 upou |
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 for home. The eighty and odd,
however stood firm and met the blandish.
nehtS "l the opposition WIN arguments that
Seeinei INV llel"ie
az VI" "ceS VI '''e at'l MORT SUM-
we c'"so up '"e "tcN WIN pe'tcr pros'esS
IMAM we hau eApe'''" over one nun Oh the
Vacaled places haNe alreauy peei hlleu ny
competent men. dispatches from Iowa. Ran
Sas, Nebraska, ana missouri say thaI the new
men are very nuch pleased WIN their new
iield OF labor On Monday we VIII commence
TO receive freight IN Chlcago Tor points In LII
nOlS. Our reason Tor not wanting business |