The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-15

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engineers. The court declares that he will do
his duty to the Wabash properly and that there
must be no unlawful interference with that
property. No Injury will be done to il by such
Of It's employs as belong To the Brotherhood of
Engineers. They will show disraspect to the
court whose officials are managing the road.
They have no contempt for him either as a Judge
Dr. as . man. Indeed. be has their highest es-
aeem and unlike judge in the West, who is
said to have decided that freemen cannot refuse
to work Judge Gresham declares distinctly that
men cannot be- forced to wor| If they do not
wish TO-
by thu wav what do yea link of that in
junction prohibiting men from strikineP
81 do not know exactly what the order re-
ferred to was, and cannot believe the kilograms
correctly reported 1t Ii IT what you as
sumo, namely. an order that certain working
men must not quit work it is not worth the pa
per 1t 10 written Two negatives make an
Affirmative. In other words. the order Is that
the men must work. Such orders only deserve
obedience wben they addressed by the proper
officials to criminals who are under sentence OF
punishment and whose sentence includes the
performance Of labor for the state. Slavery
VAS abolished in this country after some con-
siderable sacrifices and no judge. can re-
store it. The employer has the right
TO refuse to buy labor if the terms
demanded for it do not suit him. The working.
man has right to refuse to sell his labor If the
price offered for it and the circumstances under
which the offer is made do not suit him"
Then you contend the man have right to
quit their engines when and where they please3'
'Oh. no, do not. The laws OF Illinois
vide that II any locomotive engineer In furtner-
snee of any combination agreement. shall
willfully and maliciousy abandon his locomotive
upon any railroad at any other point than the
regular schedule destination of snch locomotive,
be shall be fined not less that $40 nor more than
800, and confined in the county jail not less
than twenty days nor more than ninety days.
Therefore engineers cannot quit their engines
ut any time or place. They must denver their
9pgines at their regular scheduled destination"
But they quit them after bringing them
20 their respective places of destination. If the
unit ira hat Al
agreement ali along line to do soF
'tCertainly. Another section of the law from
which have already quoted there Mr.. Sullivan
turned TO the Illinois Statutes again. reads as
follows: This act shall not be construed to
ply TO cases OF persons voluntarily quitting the
employment OF any railroad company or such
other corporation, firm or individual, whether
by concert of action otherwise. except as is
provided in section l OF this act.
But if the quitting shows it is the result OF
n conspiraeyf'
'If an unlawful combination is made willfully
and malIciously to injure the property. business
employment Of any person corporation,
those making il are guilty of q crime, and can
be punished for such crime. 1t is matter of
business. not OF sentiment or hatred. There
will be nspiracy entered into by the
Rineers OF the Brotherhood to iniure the busi-
ness or the property of the Quincy. The injury
which ia being inflicted it's property is not the
work Of the Brotherhood"
"Why. who is injuriug its propertyP
THE Incompetent engineers who have taken
the places of the Brotherhood. and who
are burning ana pounding lis engines. Inc
Brotherhood men have an affection for their old
companions, the engines. They always cared
we'll for them. even at the peril of their lives
They will never abuse them. The dispute is
about wages. The pretense about system Of
management being interf-red with is mere
subterfuRe. The question at issue is one of
wages. The men do not care whether the GUM
cy pays by the mile or by the trip, provided it
pays them much other roads do for the
same service If the trip from Aurora to Gales
burg were paid for at the same rate paid by the
other
roads, the passenger engineers would receive
"a 3T4 in place Of So. rs. The Quincy man
ayers say, we don't want your interference
in system; we prefer it to the nile rate
Very WE'LL say the engineers make your rate
81 3T3 for an engineer on passenger train from
Aurora to Galesburg. and you need not say
word about your blessed system. Preserve that
pet name. Disregard the vulgar mile plan of
compensation. But don't shave our wages down
as a cost OF saving the system. We have
objection to it; bat we do not regard it as a lux
ury for which we should be taxad.'"
lis it not fact that the Quincy men were
not satisfied, and that they ordered bv
secret society to demand greater Day than they
were getJinR7 Did not Mr. Arthur come here
q representative of that secret society and COM
pei the Quincy TO striker
1T is not true that the Quincy men were sat
sied. 1t 10 not true that they were ordered by
3 secret society to strike. The Quincy men
were so dissatisfied that of their own notion they
resolved by q two-thrds vote, not to work at
the Quincy wages After they SO resolved Mr.
Arthur came here: visited Mr.. Stone, the man
W
about a settlement. Mr.. Arthur has no power
20 order them to return to work. His only duty
Is TO bring about a settlement, If that be pos
gible. He has gone so far as to Offer on behalf
of the men, to submit the dispute to arbitration,
and to agree that all three arbitrators shall be
railroad managers or presidents The Quincy
road refuses arbitration The conferences of
the engineers are more secret than those of
the directors of the Quincy road Each body
meets in private and determines its
course Neither body holds it's meetings
OF the other. in the presence OF the
representatives of the press. What bosh it is
TO speak of one as a secret body and OF the other
as q public onei It is not only their right-it is
the duty OF the engineers aud fremen 20 keep
their own counsel and to admit no outsiders to
sher confidence All prudent business men pur-
sue tina course"
$40 you contend that there is no law which
will punish men for strikingp
Certainly do, il the strike is lawfully con-
Quoted"
Then what may they do legally to bring
about strikel"
''The statute I have already quoted declares
that the act of quitting employment, whether
by concert OF action singly, is no crime.
They have no right to enter upon the premises
OF an employer. nor have they right to inter
fere with men going to or from their places OF
employment. But they have q perfect right to
discuss with other workinRmen the question OF
labor and the incidental questions connected
Herewith. And if by reason, by argument by
the peaceful Consideration of their mutual inter-
osts they convert other workingmen to
Enclr economic V10WSs rney clearly nave the
right to do 1t will. therefore, be seen that
under the law labor as well as capital can SO or
ganizs to act in concert. The engineers aud
fremen are intelligent enough to do this without
violating the laws"
Something q Gond Deal Clearer.
CHICAGO March IA round hundred dele
gates. representing the brotherhood engineers
and frsmen Of every railroad entering Chicago,
were in session to-day nearly eight hours
When the meeting came 20 . close it was an
nouncsd that the enginemeu from each of the
roads West, Northwest and Southwest had form
ally voted to stick by the Burlington men"-lhat
10. refuse under any circumstances to handle
single Burlington car. This action has been
taken after earnest and thorough discussion. in
which nearly every delegate present partici.
pated directly. speeches being limited to Eve
minutes each. The delegates from the
Eastern roads did not coma TO =