The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-29
COST or THE STRIKE.

A Chicago Newspapers Estimate Of the
Losses Sustained by tho Burlington
fsoad and the Broiherhood-Thc For-
mer's Expense Account Will Reach
More Than 81 900, 900, While That Of
the Strikers Will Exceed o3OO.OOO.
CHICAGO, March 23.-Thc Morning Nera
has the following: The great strike on the
Chicago. Eurling on Quincy railroad has
dropped ous Of public notice asregards SEN
sational developments In the wake OF the
contest lies an expense account OF gigantic
proportions It is not to bc under
stood that the losses to either the
Brotherhood or the company have reached
. maximum On the contrary, some
shrewd financ.ers would be ready to say
that their losses will be doubled before
either again reaches normal status such
as prevailed before this particular strike
In addition to the actual expense account
and direct loss OF income, here is also an
indirect burden to be borne in the way Of
reduced prestige. not computable in figures
THE COST TO THE BROTHERHOOD
1t is just twenty-tour days since the Bur-
lingtOn eng .neers went Ouf The numb
OF men who retired from work VS. l,OG3
engineers and the same number Of firemen
Computing the average pay OF the engi-
neers at 81 day and that OF the firemen
ut So % day we have direct loss to the
men individually for the twenty-four days
amounting to $1O2,O ,O4s for lengineers and
$57, 4O2 for firemen, or total OF 81 81, 43O
Each striker Is on the payroll OF the
Brotherhood, the amount paid 10 each man
out of tse treasury being estimated Ut the
rate Of $40 month For the twenty-four
days the amount thus paid to the 2, 126
strikers would totI $GS, ,O}2.
Since the strike began the Brotherhood
has found 1t necessary to call toee her the
grievance committees OF all the Eastern
and Western roais centering in Chicago
These grievance committees have been in
almost continuous session since the in
augurlton of the strike It is estimated
that each grievance committee averages
seven men, who are chairmen OF the local
divisions As there are eighteen railroads
centering in Chicago besides the Burling-
ton road, this means 126 engineers and the
SINE number OF fremen, or total Of 252
committeeman. Taking an average OF
I3 30 q day IS the pay of the men on these
higher priced roads, the wages lost amount
to ST., l6S. The expenses of these CON-
milteemen have averaged, at low es5i-
mate, 81 day, which would swell the
actual expense account by S12,O06
About $4,000 is added to the expense
account through the Brotherhood's policy
of buying up all newly-engaged engineers
and tiremen who could be induced to leave
the employ Of the Burlington road, and the
cost OF maintaining headquarters at the
Grand Pacific Hotel and various meeting
places swells tle amount by 81 500
The Ssn.a Fe strike caused a loss Of three
days wages to the engineers and firem en-
on that system The 700 engineers and
700 firemen belonging to the Bro ,herhoods
were thus deprived, ut the average rate Of
SS3. 80 day. of $1i. 700
The brief strikes on the Central Iowa.
Union Pacific. and the continued strike on
.he Burning ON a. Northern have caused Il
loss in wages of not less than SIS, 600
The amount paid for extra services at va
rious points by the brotherhood, including
legal counsel fees, travelling expenses OF
agents, detective and telegraph service.
etc, can not be less tlan $1,000
The following recapi .ulation will bring
the total loss 10 the strikers out more
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