The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-29

INDEFINITE, and merely said that he would
be in Chicago next (this) week. He did
not ask Us to wait till he arrived, nor any,
thing OF the kind; he simply said he was
coming here. Our telegram and his answer
were shown to Mr.. Stone Sunday noon, and
he was told that at 4 a. m, Monday, the
strike would be begun If no settlement was
made. He did not ask for time, and had
full warning and plenty of time to act, and
Mr.. Perkins certainly had all the time any
one could ask"
VERY QUIET TINE.
CHICAGO, Feb. .2S.-Everything and every
body looked exceedingly dull at the Bur-
IlDeton depot this morning. In the pass
epger department the clerks were selling
tickets as usual, but as they sent the
buyers of by other roads, the business
could not have been very profitable one
for the company. The large hallway in
the center Of general offices of the COM
paDy were crowded with men seeking en-
ploy ment in the capacity of engineers
and fremen. When the fremen
were weeded out 1t was found
that not more than two dozen
of the one hundred men in attendance
were engineers, 0nly two of the old en-
gineers are reported 10 have come back to
the company although the officials claim
that many of the men would like to.
Only three suburban trains each way in
addition to the fast mail and q Council
Bluffs train which got off about noon were
run to-day. The Brotherhood engineers
refused to move the fast mail, so the COM
pany had to put new men on it, but it is
reported as running practically on time.
The officers Of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy state that applications for po-
sltions as engineers and fremen are COM
ing in constantly from all over the coun-
try, personally, by wire and mail, but as
the company does accept any body except
after rigid examination to see that they are
competent, the process Of hiring men isslow,
and consequently they do not expect the
road TO be IN running order for at least ten
days. About fifty men have 50 far been
selected. No effort whatever was made by
the company to move freight to-day.
There were about 250 engineers and fire.
men present at the meeting to-day. The ca
gineers seem to look with favor upon the
arrival of President Perkins in the city,
and although nothing definite has been
said, it is hinted that the difficulties will
come to an early termination.
Formal notice was issued this afternoon
to the striking engineers and fremen in
Chicago that unless they reported for duty
by noon tomorrow they will be considered
out Of the compsny's employ and paid of.
At the same time another notice was
posted conspicuously about the Burlington
yards and offices warning all outsiders not
to trespass on the railroad company's
property. Similar action was taken at all
important places on the Burlington system.
RUMoRs OF A COMPROMISE.
This evening rumors OF a compromise
began to hy about. Il was said that the
representatives of the neighboring roads,
fearing q strike on their own lines, had
asked Chief Arthur to negotiate further
with the Burlington people. Business men
who feared a spread Of The strike and the
interruption Of trade, were said to be anx-
ious to arbitrate the differences between the
contestants. Chief Arthur and Grand
Master Sargent said that no offers OF a
compromise or arbitration would emauste
from them. They said they we're willing
to compromise with the company, as they
had with other roads. They added that
the propositions of the Brotherhood had
not been discussed, as Mr.. Stone, General
Manager Of the Burlington, refused to con-
ceoe anything OF the akird proposition
three and one-half cents mile and no class
ifcation-and there negotiations stopped.
Both Mr.. Arthur and Mr.. Sargent insisted
this evening, in talking Of the matter, that
concessions would have been made by the
men on minor details OF this demand.
Chief Arthur denied that any PROPOSE
ton of compromise or arbitration had
reached him. he said he had not seen
President Perkins or Manager Stone, of the
Burlington road, or any citize rs who de-
sired to secure agreement by arbitration.
He admitted that he had been consulta.
tion with the managers of certs IN parallel
lines-the Wisconsin Central, Alton, Santa
Fe and Wabash roads. 1--WE have assur-
ances," he said, that they will maintain
a strict neutrality between the Burlington
road and the two organizations, the ire
men and the engineers"
Suppose they pool with the Burlington
on pa,senger or freight tariffic?"
ANY pooling arrangements would not
be maintaining neutrality" said the Chief
with significant emphasis.
Mr.. Arthur said that he had not heard
of any negotiations with the Pennsylvania
Central in relation to the new classifica.
tion and wages. The rumor that the Penn
sylYania engineers were about to make
the same demand on their company that
had led to the present strike, was not
credited by any of the Brotherhood Off.
GERS.
The following telegram was received to.
day by General Manager Stone, from
Aurora, from Division Master Mechanic
Forsythe: "The fremen and engineers have
oycotted stores from selling our men pro-
f4o4OA6s Nun SCb bu1uS W Cdls
Have dining car sent. Can't you make ar
raDgemeDts 10 get Us provisions from Chi
cago" The request was complied with.
Chief Arthur, Of the Locomotive Engin-
GERS, today expressed high regard for the
Knights of Labor. He said that although
they had been a mushroom growth and
had jumped from 100000 to 100000 in two
years, vet within the last two years
they had done more to bring
the labor question before the people
than all the trades unions taken together,
since they first sprang into existence.
Lately the. Knights Of Labor had fallen of
to some extent, but they were more power
full than two years, because since that time
they had purged themselves Of many who
joined them in objects foreign TO the labor
movement, and those who remained in Ii
now were men who wanted to assist the
labor cause, and would eventually exert a
great influence for the benefit OF labor.