The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-28
THE GREAT STRIKE
Begun on the Chicago, Bur.
lingtUn and Quincy.
GIGANTIC CORPORATION.
Men Being Supported
by knights of LabOr-rhe Out
come No Man Knoweth.
Another Great Strike.

learned mere Tonight bndI Lu0 agent U
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad has been in this vicinity severa
days, recruiting striking engineers anc
fremen of the Reading fremen, whose
places were taken by the brotherhood
men, to send to Chicago in case strike
should occur on the western roads. Il
is said he has obtained the promise Of
quite a number to go west.
CHICAGO, February 26.-Four o'clocb
| Monday morning was officially an
nounced, to-day, as the time for the
great strike on the Chicago. Burlington
g. Quincy. Between IL and II o'clock
this morning, s. @. Hoge, chairman OF
the grievance committee of the Brother.
hood of Locomotive Engineers On the
Burlington system. and j. II. Murphy
chairman of the grievance committee OF
the firemen, called on General Manager
Stone at the company's Office, and gave
verbal notice that unless their demands
were acQuiesced in, the men would
strike at 4 o'clock tomorrow
morning. Mr. Hoge briefly stated
what the men wanted, and
Mr.. Stone heard them through,
and asked if that was the ultimatum.
They said it was. They told him that
they, with Chief Arthur, could be found
at the Grand Pacific Hotel until 4
O'Clock, if he desired to communicate
with them. The interview was over
and the committeeman retired.
The grievance committee of the engi-
neers, of which Mr.. Hoge, of McCook,
Neb., is chairman, is composed of mem
bers of local divisions of the engineer
brotherhood on the G. B. & @. system.
1t Is standing committee and has bad
entire charge of the negotiations with
Mr.. Stone, general manager OF the rail-
road. The chairman says that the
commissioners direct negotiations fail
ing, Chief Arthur was sent for, and he
attempted an adjustment of the diff
Guilty. He also failed. Then the COM
upon, agreed that it should begin at 4
am. At that hour most Of the engi-
neers will be at the end of their runs and
local divisions, and through them every
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy system,
work tomorrow morning, unless
grievance committee to report for duty.
Flremen holding positions dependent 10
those of engineers, have acted with the
latter IN everything, and unless Mr..
Stone concludes to accede to the terms
of the engineers, no engines will be run
out by the aid of membersof the brother
hood tomorrow. Trains ordered out
will be run to the end of the engineers
4 nd or
leaving the point before % clock will be
tracked. The immense suburban traffic
inconvenience, but it is quite generally
will probably be able to employ enough
these trains during the day.
Press, Mr.. Stone said, tonight, there
were about l 600 engineers and firemen
in their employ. How many of these
belonged to the brotherhood: he did not
know, but presumed they all did.
"What is your programme for to-
morrow" asked the reporter.
We will not attempt to move any
freight trains" he replie d. "Our OBJ
through passenger trains as usual.
Our first endeaYor will be to get in our
suburban passengers, and take care OF
all passengers for points not covered by
competitors. There are large num-
Der of men in our employ capable of
running engines, in addition to the
yardmen and road firemen, who nearly
all are old engineers. at Aurora we
have laboratory where a large mum
Der of young mer are engaged, who
have all learned the art OF running
locomotive. All these will be pressed
into service tomorrow"
"How about the report that you are
bringing on lot of men from the
Reading system?"
1--WE have no arrangements or con-
tract to that effect" said Stone, "but
we have sent east advertisements for
competent men, and We have also re-
ceived number of kilograms from in
dividuals in Philadelphia and other
Pennsylvania points saving they would
come and bring engineers with them.
To all these have replied, We will give
good wages and permanent employ
ment to all men of good character, who
are competent to do the work"
"But would you keep these men in
case of q settlement with the old men ?"
Yes, sir,' said Mr.. Stone emphat-
ically, 1--WE want all the competent men
whom we can depend upon, and they
will be retained as long as I am general
manager of the road"
In regard to freight traffic, Mr..
Stone said their first endeavor would
be to take care of it on the same basis
that they would passenger traffic, as
mentioned above. He could not tell
how they would get on until they had
sized up the situation.
If the strike was as serious as to stop
their traffic, they would have to lay of
all their freight handlers and shop men
and a number of others employed in
similar capacity, numbering six OF
seven times as many as the engineers
and firemen. He does not anticipate
any such serious state of affairs.
General Worthy and Foreman Rich
ard Griff tbs, of the Knights of Labor,
said plainly this evening that the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
need not expect of the Knights to keep
hands off. Mr.. Griffiths was seen at his
home this evening, and talked unre-
strainodly of the impending strike in it:
relations to the Knights of Labor. He
said: 1.-The Knights of Labor are look
ers on"