St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
A BRACER.
Arthur and Sargent Try to Cheer
UD Their Men,

Arthur and Sargent Try to Cheer
Up Their Men.
CHICAGO, March S.-Chief Arthur
and Grand Master Sargent felt very
confident this evening that they hold
the whip hand in the Burlington strike
but do not expect that there will be
many developments until Monday,
when the chairmen of the grievance
committees get together. To keep up
the spirits OF the Burlington engineers
the following circular letter was sent
out, signed by Messrs. Arthur and Sar-
gent.
Headquarters of the B. of l.. E. and
b. of l.. F. Chicago, March 3, 1885,
Dear Friend and Brother: Five days
have elapsed since the great strike was
inaugurated upon the Chicago, Burling-
ton u Quincy railway, and from end to
end the system is paralyZed and unable
to move. The boast was made by Off
Gals that the old veterans of the throt-
tie would not respond to the call of the
brotherhOods, and if they did, that they
would not hold out to exceed forty
eight hours. We are warranted in say
ing that the officials reckOned with
out their host. The brOnzed heroes OF
the throttle and scoops, from the oldest
veteran down to the youngest appren-
tice, responded in one voice to the bugle
blast of the brotherhOods, and have
shown by deed and example that they
understood their rights and had the
courage to maintain them. Such eX-
amples of devotion to principle and
duty will inspire the hosts OF labor ev
erywhere with renewed energy, and in
Gods good time the cause of right and
justIce;will prevail. Shall we succeed In
the great conflict in which we are now
engaged? Shall the two great brother
hoods of locomotive enginemen stand
dignified and glorified before the world?
We believe we have the support of fifty
thousand noble men, and with such an
army to sustain our cause we cannot
and will not fail. Be true to each other
i'm the days to come as you have been in
the past. Stand by the brotherhOOds,
and our cause, which is the cause of
right and justice, is bound to triumph"
Chief Arthur was handed copy of a
telegram which was sent this afternoon,
signed by twelve engineers formerly
employed by the Reading railroad, who
came here yesterday and to-day to take
the places of the striking Burlington
engineers. The contents explain them
selves:
John B. Kelly, Master Workman l..
A. 10, 101, care of G.. ii. Litchman, Gen
eral Secretary X. of L., Philadelphia,
Pa: We are on our way back; stop the
boys
This is signed by Phil Corcoran, L. A.
10,107; U. Il. Barron. l.. A. 1886: NJ. 0.
Leary, l.. A. 10, 105; u. j. Hullihan, l..
A. 52S5; w. j. Campbell. l.. a. 1902;
John Sweeny, l.. A. 1906; Andrew
Johnson, l.. A. 62S5; John McIlvaine,
l.. A. 1902; James Carney, l.. A. 1902;
Hugh Dorsey, l.. A. 62S5, and Pat Can
non. l.. A. G2S5.
eve are in receipt of many kilograms
from our men out West" said Grand
Master Sargent, showing that the en-
gineers and firemen are standing firm.
Here are some samples of them. b. Y.
Vedder, chairman of the grievance
committee of the Gould system, wires
me from Kansas City that he will be
here tomorrow morning. john j.
Hanhahan, vice grand master of the
firemen, who went out West OH pros
pecting tour, telegraphs from Denver,
Men all firm here. go to Lincoln to-
night William Fowler, a leader at
Denver, wires that the Burlington men
will have the support of all Brotherhood
men in the West. Huxley, IA leader at
Burlington, says in his message that
the men there are all right"