New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-06
COMPARING WAGE RATES.
CHIEF ARTHUR ISSUING A MANIFESTO.
DENIAL THAT THE BURLINGTON PAYS AS HIGH
WAGES AS ITS RIvALs-TO PREVENT GEN.
ERAL sTnIKE-TRE BURLINGTON READY
TO RESUME FREIGHT TRAFFIC
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CHICAGO. March s.-Mr. Arthur was IN con-
sultaton all day with Mr. Sargent and the chair
men of the grievance committees whom he had
summoned to this city to consider the Burlington
strike The meeting was held with great secrecy.
]. O'Bren, who was authorized to make public
what the meeting desired to have known, said that
thereswas no talk Of q general strike. Speaking
Of the classification system on the Northwestern
road he remarked:
The grievance committee Of the Northwestern
road is not in possession of any grievances to pre-
sent to the officials of that road The utmost good
feeling exists between the officials and the men in
the engine service. A strike on that road has
not been discussed: that is as division matter
1t is the intention Of the engineers to cOnine the
strike to the "Q' system and not to have this
strike business become contagious. 1t would
require very little to spread this feeling OF srilS-
ing and we do not want that"
The following circular was prepared this after
noon, signed by Chief Arthur and copies were
hurricdy printed. They were mailed to Des
Moines tonight and copy will be on the desk
of each legislator tomorrow morning. The cir
cular was prepared in answer to the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy's circular dated February
22 which was sent to all engineers and hremen
in Iowa well as the Senators and Represent
atives of the State 1t is also intended to refute
statements made by the Burlington officials to
the press.
The u.culbers OF the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
EngLiecrs on the Chicago, burlington and QUINCY DO
to call you attention TO the following statelent,
which Is correct, in order to place US III the proper
Rosm pos pec ,nn re pnOnS n Se chicago Burgon and
Quincy road receive Sl0i per month Uwenty DAYS
en- Railroad receive sI75 ror month (twcntw-sx days
mel the difference In miles the round TRIP Dc,ng omy
ling branch rnn draws ss4 for ninety miles he lays
in Rock Falls six hours and takes care OF his own
Geneva Geneva a.comodaton receives ss7 TO- and tho
Chicago and Northwestern pays for Ike runs TO ~
@e a6S 6So on%cy f%S The 0" % ask
pay for the branch run Is to compensate the II men ~
the work OF a machlnlst. The engineer on the Rock
ford freight runs nightly twcny-sx nights con con.
iremen. SO p,r month. The engineers on re issI @
mail CHICAGO. burlington and Quincy, l23 miles per
The engineers on the Chicago and Northwestern ior
the same service receive Sl20 For the runs on the
los miles per day, thlry-fve DAYS per month, the n,
amount received is sl31 on ho trunk me' rOcs, ons
si61 The engineers tho Buda and Vermo I
branch 16s $40 miles per day, twenfys5 Gays con.
Chicago and Northwestern RAILROAD pays fOr Ike
service sis We desire further to- state rRss no
receives less than SOC 90 for twentySM days WORK.
The fact that delegates from the Braemen's
Brotherhood were present indicated one oblect
Of the conference: All the engineers who coGla iii
be induced to talk said the bIal<emen were with
the strikers and would not run NelghJ tralns
with non-BrOtherhood engineers
ALL THE L,CAL PASSENGER TRAINS RUNNING.
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy trains ran TO
and from the Union Depot this morning with
much the same regularity as they did the day
before the strike. Early this morning this no
tice was posted in the conductors room:
"All trains will run to-day on schedule time,
except Nos. J. I 3 and IL"
The abandoned trains are all through trains.
Trains from local points arrived on time. All
the eastward through trains were late Inc
Conncil Bluffs Express which should have nr-
rived at 30 o'clock, was four hours late INC
9:3O train on the Burlington and Northern from
St Paul was one hour late. and the 9:45 express
from Kansas City was two hours overdue. All
the engines. both IN and ont, were manned Dy
| ncw mon none OF the officers OF the ROAD acOihs
as mechanics on any OF thCHl :. - .,..- .,
| About 90 men were in Room No. * thls lhurll- @
| ing TO be examined as engineers, my y,nia-
| new men who arrived from the East ycsVIu''SS
We are doing just what we proposcG nniug ~ mo-
when we took up this fight. we are re- t"''ua"7 III
! our own road" said the passenger agent, st "ui
! Norton "Our train service Is heariy pHIl'o', pt ~
To-day we resume the running OF e an inractralIy
| !, nd out one of these. Wc VIII senu ouU u
train to Council Bluffs at lO4O TO take Oh AZ az
/
| 20 nioce those trains also on the road, ana then
our service will be complete As we proPOsttu ~
the beginning, we have not started SLY" v.
.Y .roI NJ rho through trains are late bnt IL is
caused by the cold weather. not ny al any yhnS nf
anv contemplated strike on the Northwestern OF
any other road. We are taking care OF oMr own WI
road and strikes on other ROADS w9nla uuoT ,hro b
lire A general strike might ahect thr9u IA
business. OF course, but would materially help
onr local traffic and business to competing puntS ;.
r. tbcv tie up the roads that reach points on our
line, It wont interfere with our running at al,
| and IT, will throw all the business to u.s., uon
think the Brotherhood wants to brng a3ont , sucn
n state Of affairs We have heard nothing II ron M
! The officials OF other roads as to their Tears Vi
a strike but we do not think it Will come
READY now TO RECEIVE FREIGHT.
General Freight Agent George II. Ross said
that the road would begin receiving frelsht To-
dav ave arc not blocked up at all with
| FREIGHT said he. We sent out on Saturday au
,bo froicbt that had accumulated before we quit
roceiving freight last week. l cannot say now
mucn all of il. however Most freight trains
10 sOo Chicago are sent out specials there be,
Ing regular time for then Wa Viii s9 Ssts receve freight
case jnts VI u an our lines only. We will receive
fraight for all points east OF the nssQ9ri N.Y., W.
and we will move it all wlthOuI ttouDlc, VIII VII
anu Ghiy organized Will take thr9usn
ts;oht and we anticipate no trouble IN handilhg
II eThc movement OF freight has materlaizeo @
70 q limited extent. III accoruaioo o, 10 frcght
lice issued on Saturday tn shippers, the l%redsn. %
h,Hscs were opened this morning Tor the resep p p'
nf freight for points in Illinois not reached oy
Of other roads Freight was received at SIX ont w. o.
tbe sixteen doors Of the frelghthouse at Oan"
and Harrison SIS
p,UROAD OFFICIALS NOT INTlMlDAIEl
prGARpIxG THE BRoTHERHoOD's MENACE AS
"pIrFr"-TaE ENGINEERS PREPARED FOL
SUMMARY ACTION.
The action OF the Brotherhood OF Locomo'N'
- -.,oors ~, Sunday at their meeting In Iamlnaiy