The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-03
HAVE CONE TO STAY.
CHIEF AnrnuR NOT DIscoURAaED
And says the Great EDgInsorI' strike /,
Founded Upon JuSuOO-HlS Statement
to the Pross-RsadipE Men RsfuSs
to Go out-No settlement Yet

CHICAGO, March 2.-The rotunda Of th
Briggs House was the forum for the ora
tors OF the Engineers' Brotherhood Las
night.
One hundred new arrivals from II
Reading district reached the hotel on th
night tyains aud were Immediately met b,
the Brotherhood committee.
Knots Of excited men gathered aroun'
the leaders, and the war Of words wsge'
thick and fast. The Reading men opsnl!
accused Chief Arthur Of causing tn,
roubles on that road, bat despite all th'
Eeslicula!iug and loud talk every one wa
in favor Of q settlement. The Brother
hood delegates told the new comers Of tn,
settlement between Arthur and Powderly
ave won't 20 back unless We are recalled
by.C Corbln himself" shouted several Of th'
Reading men.
"But Chief Arthur calls the Brotherhood
men of the Reading. viii you not q
back and fight your own battlesT
"Yes," sAid several, and this baSis o
seLllemens seemed to satisfy them oil
especially those who wanted TO 10 back K
their wives and families.
A READING VIEW.
In speaking Of the Reading strike Mr.
Cahill said: "Tbe prospects, are in favor
Of the strikers IL the Brotherhood men
are taken of. We have no love for the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy: 1ndiyld
ually, l would rather have my body under
the esrth than 20 eCabbirg on account oi
our internal differences. We recognize
that there is drecs effort made by all
the corporations in tho country to wipe
out of exlstenca all labor organisations
We are positive OF this fact. 1t started in
the State OF Pennsylvania, our own Slate,
The miners Of Schuylkill and Lehigh de-
mauded from the different companies an
increase IN wages Of 8 per cent on the ba'
els OF g so. The Reading Railroad In
September granted the increase; the Le'
high companies, OF which Mr.. Harris is
the chief mogul, refused even to receive
the committee OF their men. The result
was that In the Lehigh region there was q
strike, and twenty thousand men were
either on strike or locked out. The Read.
ing Railroad employee organization then
turned In and gave the Lehigh miners all
the moral and financial support our OF
ganization had. We had the strike vir-
tuslly won when the Reading Railroad in.
slated on cur hauling certain freight and
doing other gets injurious to them. We
believe that there was a common move
ment on December %. By all the corpora
tions in the State Of Pennsylvania, to
iuaugurnte this strike"
NJ, Cahill looked upon the Burlington
strike as connected with the Reading
"We had the attempt to crush out labor
organizations there" he said. "to-day we
have it here."
OFFICIALS AGAINbT A COMPROMISE.
At 1880 o'clock this morning the fol-
lowing dispatch was sent out by the man
sgement Of the Burlington road to the
division superintendents and master me-
chRnics upon the system:
"Eyerything looks splendid this morn
ing. The pyeGs reports to the effect thai
an understanding has bsen arrived at be-
tween the Chief OF the Brotherhood and
the laaders OF the Knights OF labor, by
which the former abandon the Reading
road and the latter call OF the men whC
have engaged with US, appears to be
true. There does not eeem, however, tC
be any possibility OF its being carried out
The Reading men that We have engaged
want nothing to do with the Brotherhood
and 100 Of them went West 10 the Bur
liugton & Missouri system alter they had
been made acquainted with the alleged
deal. They seem to be great deal more
anxious as 10 how 10 get their families
West than how to get back into PennByl.
vania. There is, moreover, no probability
whatever Of their going back 10 the Read.
ing road even II Mr.. Corbiu would take
them, which he will not. One hundred
and tilty engineers and dremen from that
district aro being examined. They will
bs gent West and South to day. We are
runningenough passenger trains to accom-
modate the public and do all cur buainess.
We are going to run our road our own
way and va are not going to compromise
the present trouble in any manner"
Ills Learned that twenty OF tho hundred
and fifty new engineers and tiremen who
were sent out on the Q O'Clock train last
night deserted after going out short dis
tanCs and returned TO the city.
ALPHABETICALLY DRNIRD.
When General Passenger Agent Morton
reached his office in the Burlington build.
ing this morning, he found dispatch from
one OF the largest Eastern stockholders
asking il the reports in New York papers,
that q compromise Was about to be reach.
ed, were true. After conference with
General Manager Stone, he returned the
following reply;
"Report absolutely untrue. We have
not and will not compromise. Oar bust:
ness is in better shape than ever to-day"
After this was sent there was another
conference between the two officials which
resulted in the advices TO superintendent
already sent being issued. Speaking II
behalf of Mr.. Stone and the President
Mr.. Morton said: .
mo, we are not to compromise. Thil
sLep OF the Brotherhood'a was taken toe
late. ,As things stand now We cannot bt
cIippled, Our advices this morning say
tbst more Ereights have started out Of the
81. Louis, Iowa and Nebraska division thar
yesterdsy and that tho passenger business
Ia In the very best Of shape. We haG
been anticipating the move between the
Brotherhood and the Reading men, owinl
to private adviCcs thst We had re-
ceiyed, but they cannot deliver the
goods. Tho knights Of Labor who are
here propose to stay. We know this be-
cause the question has been put plainly
to them. We propose to pay them 20 10
rs per cent more wages than they car
earn in Pennsylvania, and they have little
inclination to 90 back in the face Of thG
probability that Mr.. Corbin will refuse 4
nave anything to do with them. II hi
testimony before the investigating com
mittee meant anything, and he is noted 81
man Of his word, lie would shut dowr
his road before taking these men back
They sll seem 10 know and feel this, RnC
ont Of the two hundred men that came II
last night there 10 no: a man who want
10 run any moro chances With the Ger
tainty OF good Job before him. Besides
this, we are not depending solely upol
Iba K KniOhLR Ouite q good propOfkion o