Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-01

Chicago to take the places Of the strikers
of the Burlington system, but / do, moi
know whether they viii claim allegiance.
1t is q desperate .Hlove'on their part, md
one that is to be deplored by all having the
interests of organfz I'd labor at heart. Yet
| 1t seems to be only desire for retalia-
tion on their part for the wrongs thst
have been committed upon their inter-
ests." ,sl, = -. ..s5
OFF FOR CHICAGO.
READING, Pa, Feb. 29.-Sixty Knights
of Lsoor engineers and ftemen, from
Palo Alto and vicinity, passed through
here ut noon to-day in special car Tor
Chicago via Harrisburg.
NO NEGOTIATIONS PENDING.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb. 29.-"rhere's not
8 word Of truth in them, not word"
said Chief Arthur to an Associated Press
reporter this morning when asked con-
corning the reports which were so per-
sistentiy circulated last night that nego-
tiations between the engineers and the
Burlington Rad looking toward
! settlement Of the strike we're
being carried on. 1--WE are willing to
meet the railway officials half way" he
continued, shut we have neither made
nor received any proposition as yet"
"But would YOU concede anything from
your demands?"
1--WE would not recede from our posi-
ton in regard to 81 cents per mile, but
as far as the other propositions are con-
cerned, we are ready to discuss them.
| The road put US In false position BY
publishing thirteen articles Of the mems
proposition and giving the Impression that
it was on account of the request Of ell
these that the men struck. When the
third article WAS reached, the one in re-
gard to 81 cents per mile, Mr.. Stone re-
fused to listen to the proposition and
there the negotiations ended. The other
ten propositions were never discussed
The strike is for 81 cents per mile and
nothing else. Again, we are put In .
false light in regard to the United States
mails,"c ntinued Mr.. Arthur; 1--WE never
offered to have our men run engines
to carry them. My instructions 10 the
men were to carry all mails IL
Burlington lines, but we meyer contem
plated starting out with mail train
The Burlington people claim to have
plenty OF good engineers, yet their super
intendent and the superintendent Of the
1 IhllWby HAL bSENlCe Cauc W uh auo
asked us to run mail trains. OF course
We won't do it." .|.
"Mr. Arthur" said the reporter, "you
say you are willing to meet the Burling
ton fl ;ials half way; would you be will
ing to refer the questions ct issue to Q
committee to arbiirstef"
The chief Of the Brotherhood hesitatet
q moment and then said, deliberately
"Yes; we would. We are willing to re
fer this matter to any disinterested COM
mittee, being satisfied that the iustict
of our demands will be recog'
nized. We would be willing I
select one man TO represent
US, to let the Burlington people select !
representative and let these two agree OF
a third. Wea willing to abide by th'
decision Of sach committee. So yoI
see we are not such unreasonable fellows
after ALL" g. r.
Mr.. Arthur said In conclusion that the!
men all along the line were Arm and con-
fident, and that his advices concerning
the running Of trains and the general con
dition of the road were very diffsren
from the reports given out by the compa
ny here.