Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-05
HOME AFFAIRS.
BROTHERHOOD ENGINEERS TALK
OF GREAT STRIKE.
Spreckeis Bids Defiance to the Su-
gar Trust-Delicate Surgical
Operation-Etc.
AMONG THE STRIKERS.
Difficulties of the Neutral" Lines-To-
days Meeting.

days Meeting.
CHICAGO, March 4th.-The meeting to-
morrow of the Chairmen of the Grievance
Committees is looked forwar1 to with great
anxiety by both the Burlington officials
and the Brotherhood officers. Upon the
outcome of this meeting depends the future
course of Chief Arthur. Should a reason
able excuse be found for it on any one of
the Western roads, the Brotherhood men
Will probably be called oGt 1t is believed
by many that every Western road is liable.
under strict neutrality construction, to
have It's men taken off by Tuesday morn
ing.
The officers of the Brotherhood now
admit that nothing satisfactory will come
OF their order to the engineers and firemen
OF the Reading road TO quit work, and dis
patches from the East this morning con-
firm that belief. Only about thirty of the
Reading men were induced to go back to
their homes.
thought the Brotherhood would carry out
their threat to call off the engineers and
iremen of tie other roads.
STRIKER. SHOT.
LINNERAs (Mo.), March 4th-At Brook
field yesterday George H. Bostwick. a Bur-
lington Railway Bridge fireman, fatally
shot John Roxy, striking engineer. To
avoid lynching Bostwick was brought here
and is now under arrest. Bostwick claims
that he has been sworn as Deputy Sheriff.
He was in charge OF an engine when Roxy
and others approached the engine and
endeavored to take charge OF it. An alter
cation ensued and Roxy drew his pistol.
Bostwick then shot him in selfdefense.
ALL TRAINS RUNNING IN NEBRASKA
LINCOLN (Neb.), March 4th.-Business on
the Burlington system in this State was
resumed yesterday, all the trains being run
except through trains, which have been
delivered to the Burlington and Mis-
souri, River road by the Chicago Burling-
ton and Quincy road from the East. Fifty
seven complete train crews arrived from
the East on Friday night, and were put to
work. So far all have given satisfaction.
The Burlington and Missouri officials
say they are prepared to handle fast pas
sengers and through freights as soon as the
Chicago Burlington and Ohio can send
them over their part of the system.
To-DAY's IMPORTANT MEETING.
CHICAGO, March 4th.-Chief Engineer
Arthur took a rest to-day. 1t was the least
busy day that he and his Lieutenants have
had since the Burlington and Quincy strike
began. All were recuperating their ener-
gies for the meeting tomorrow morning.
which is to determine whether or not the
engineers and firemen of the Western and
Northwestern railroads will go on a strike.
and among the first things said by Mr.. Ar
thur to reporter was You can deny
officially that there was any secret meeting
of the Chairmen of the Grievance Com
mittees held yesterday, such as was de-
scrlbed in morning paper. II is utterly
false. The fact that the Northwestern Rail
road still holds the classification system is
well known, but no meeting was held 10
discuss that. No session of the Grievance
Committees has been or will be held until
Tomorrow"
EVERYTHING QUIET YESTERDAY
CHICAGO, March 4th-There was little
Sunday work doing in the general offices of
the Burlington Company to-day. PresI-
dent Perkins, General Manager Stone and
General Payne were down for few hours
IN the morning, but left for their homes
early. They superintended the dispatch of
about 100 men, said to be competent en-
gineers, to the west at P. NJ. This was the
fourth batch accepted by the Master Me-
chanic, and they were TO be distributed
over the entire system.
The rumor that the strike might extend
to the Northwestern system on Monday
did not seem TO interfere with the business
or pleasure of the officers of that road.
President Hewett is still in the East, and
inquiry at his residence showed that he is
not expected home for few days vet.
General Manager Whitmore was some
where in town to-day. and Mr. Albert
Keep, Chairman of the Board of Directors,
left for New York this afternoon
At the Northwestern's offices there was
no anticipation evident of strike 1t was
said there that, while the Northwestern
had system of classification similar to
that on the Burlington, the standards of
pay were higher by several degrees.
ANOTHER ROAD THREATENED.
CHICAGO, March 4th.-A report gained
currency late tonight that the engineers
and firemen on the Chicago, Burlington
and Northern would be called out to-mor-
row. The Burlington and Northern is the
new line to st. Paul, and has been generally
regarded as an offshoot or ally of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy, and it was
said that the Vice-President of the Bur-
Hngton and Northern was in the city this
evening and had been formally notified of
thr proposed strike. A solid basis for these
reports was very difficult to obtain.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR sTRIKING BACK.
PHILADELPHIA, March 4th.-A statement
was prepared tonight by National Organ
iZer Eastman, of the knights of Labor and
indorsed by the Reading Railroad EN-
ployes Executive Board, in which the old
grounds of complaint against the Brother
hood of Engineers is gone over again. The
statement closes as follows: After posi-
lively enduring defeat on these several oc-
casions through the instrumentality of the
Brotherhood, forbearance at last ceased to
be virtue, and the knights adopted the
law of retaliation, and ] authoritatively
state that they will not relinquish the posi-
ton taken until Mr.. Arthur redresses the
wrongs perpetrated against them, by with
drawing every Brotherhood man on the
Reading system, including the Roundbrook
Division"
Edward Kent, of the Executive Commit
tee of the Brotherhood, was seen this even