The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-04-05
STRIKERS IMPATIENT.
Taking Matters Into Their Hands to
Make Vigorous Fight.


Make . Vigorous Fight.
CHICAGO, March 29.-The Burlington
engineers and firemen practically cut
away from their leaders and their
grievance committees yesterday and
took hold of the strike with firm grip.
The reason for this action was that the
more impulsive had become impatient
over the slow and apparently unsuc-
cessful methods Of Chief Arthur. They
wanted to strike the nail on the head,
so they appointed committees and sent
them out to work. Every road running
into Chicago was visited, and pledges
were obtained from all the switchmen
that under no circumstances would
they move 20" car. Later in the day
a mass meeting was held in the hall at
the corner of Jefferson and Fourteenth
streets. Delegates from all of the
roads were present and the pledges
made to the committees were repeated.
Last night the strikers claimed that
an infiexible boycott against 90" cars
had been established and they were
positive that not 20" car would be
moved to-day in Chicago except on
20" tracks. The strikers intimated
that further steps in the"great strug-
gle with the 30" the brakemen and
freight conductors would quit the road
in day or two, and that the strike
would surely spread to other roads if
the companies attempted to force their
employees to handle the boycotted cars.
All this, it is given out, has been done
in defiance of Chief Arthur
and other regular leaders and
it is even asserted that
Mr.. Arthur will resign within week
Such statements, how ever, are not gen.
orally believed. The extensive revolt
is looked upon by many simply as a
covert change in the strikers plan of
campaign, that the result of new tactics
may not be seen for the present. The
Burlington is not yet ready to ex-
change freight with any of its con-
Meeting lines. When the company is
sufficiently equipped with sWitchmen
to again offer its cars to other roads
the real battle will begin.
ARTHUR DON'T BELIEVE IT.
CHICAGO, March 29.-The allegations
that radical element in the brother
hood was chatting under the conserve
tive measures adopted by their chief,
and the statement that he cOntem-
plated a simultaneous retirement from
the strife with the Burlington and from
his Office at the head of the organiZa-
ton, was the all-absorbing topic of
discussion this morning at the head
quarters of the striking engineers. Chief
Arthur talked frankly upon the situa-
ton and rumors that were current to-
day. He said: The statement that
the Burlington strikers have cut away
from their leaders and grievance com
mittees is base falsehood. There is
not word of truth in 1t. The griev-
ance committees yesterday unanimous
| ly endorsed the action of the grand
chief all the way through. If it
is true that committees have been
| appointed by the radicals and that they
have visited every road running into
Chicago as reported and obtained
pledges from all the switchmen and
| switch engineers that under no circum-
stances will they move Burlington cars
it has been done unknown to me. do
not believe the members of the brother
hood will do anything contrary to the
laws of the organization or not en-
| dorsed by me.