The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-15

III 100 ana 1916 I ct, as lar as coulu DC
learned there is not a Brotherhood brake
man, WHO'S Wiling to at as a pilot to a
non-union engineer Grand Master Wilkin-
son OF the Brakemen is visiting at this time
all points on the Burlington system, pledg-
the support of his men
POLICY OF THE BROTHERHOOD.
Alexander Sullivan, legal adviser Of
Cmet Arthur. gave to a representative OF
the Chicago Times tonight, clear and full
statement. as far as can be announced in
advance, as to the policy to he pursued by
the brotherhood throughout the country re-
gardlng the Burlingt N strike. The reporter
began at Judge Gresham's decision and
asked Mr.. Sullivan what he thought of it..
we are only concerned, =" said Mr.. Sullivan,
with the portion of 1t which refers to Chief
Arthur and to the relations of the employees
or the wabash to the receiver and court We
not only have no fault to find with judge
Greshams decision. but. on the contrary,
every word Of it has the unqualified APP
prevail OF the engineers The court declares
That he VIII do mis- duty to the Wabash
property and that there was 10 unlawful
interference with that property. No injury
VIII be done 10 it by such of
It's employees as belong 10 the Brotherhood
| OF Engineers. They win show no
dlSrespect to the court whose officials are
managing the road. They have 10 contempt
| tor hlm either as a Judge or a man. Indeed
he has their highest esteem and, unlike
Judge in the West, who is said to have de-
clded that free men cannot refuse to work,
Judge Gresham declares distinctly that men
cannot be forced to work if they do not
wish tor
CANT ENJOIN MEN FROM STRIKING.
BY the way, what do you think of that
INJUNCTION prohibiting men from striking"
II do not know exactly what the order
referred to was; and | cannot believe that
the kilograms correctly reported it, If it
| was what YOU assume, namely, an order
that certain workingmen must not stop
work 1T IS not worth the paper 1t is written
on. Two negatives make an affirmative.
In other words the order is that men must
| work. Such orders only deserve
obedience when they are addressed
by proper officials to criminals who
are under sentence Of punishment, and
whose sentences include the performance of
labor for the State. Slavery was abolished
III this country after some considerable sac
rifices, and no Judge can restore it. An
| employer mas right to refuse to buy labor
if the terms demanded for it do not suit
! him. A worklngman has the right to re-
fuse to sell his labor if the price offered for
1t and the circumstances under which the
offer is made do not suit him."
RIGHTS OF ENGINEERS
"Then you contend that men have right
to quit their engines when and where they
| please3n
''Oh, no; do not The laws of Illinois
provide that if any locomotive engineer, in
| the turtherance of any combination or
agreement, shall wilfully and maliciously
abandon his locomotive upon any railroad
at any other point than the regular sched-
ule destination Of such locomotive he shall
be fined not less than 500 nor
more than 500, and confined in
the county Jail not less than 20 days, nor
more than 90 days. Therefore, engineers
cannot quit their engines at any time or
| place. They must deliver the engines at
their regular scheduled destination
But can they quit them after bringing
| them to their respective places of deStina-
| ton, if the quitting shows on its face that
there was agreement all along the line to
do sOE'
! Certainly. Another section of the law
from which have already quoted There Mr..
| Sullivan turned TO the Illinois statutes1
reads as follows: This act shall not be CON
| strued to apply to the cases of persons vol
| UNFAIRLY quitting the employment of any
railroad company or such other corpora
| ton, firm or individual, whether by concert
of action or otherwise, except as is provided
in the section of this act"
CONSPIRACY PUNISHABLE.
| But il the quitting shows it is the result
of a conspracyEn
IF an Unlawful combination is made
| wilfullv and maliciously to injure the prop
erty, business or employment of any per
son or corporation, those making it are
| guilty Of a crime and can be punished for
| such crime. II is a matter of business, not
| of sentiment or hatred. There will be no
| conspiracy entered into by the engineers of
the Brotherhood to injure the business or
property of the Burlington road. TIE iu-
| jury whichis being inflicted on its property
IS not the work of the Brotherhood The
dispute is concerning wages. The pretense
about the system of management being
interfered with is a mere subterfuge. The
| question at issue is one of wageSn
| rs it not a fact that the Quincy men
were satisfied and that they were ordered
by the secret society to demand greater pay
than they were getting! Did not Chief
! Arthur come here as representative of that
secret society and compel the Quincy men
| to striker
1T is not true that the Quincy men were
satisfied. 1t is not true that they were or
| dered by the secret society to strike. The
Quincy men were so dissatisfied that of their
own motion they resolved by a tWo-thirds
vote not to work at the Quincy roads wages.
| After they so resolved Chief Arthur came
here, visited Mr.. Stone, manager of the
Quincy, and endeavore1 to bring about a
| settlement. Chief Arthur has no power to
order the Quincy men To strike. He has not
the power to order them to return to work.
His duty is to bring about a settlement, if
| that be possible
do you contend that there is no law
7 which win punish men for strikingm
Certainly do, if the strike is lawfully
conducted"
LONG SESSION
Delegates representing the Brotherhood
| of engineers and firemen of every railroad
entering Chicago were in session to-day
nearly eight hours. When the meeting
came TO a close it was announced that the
engiuonIen from each OF the roads West,
| Northwest and Southwest had formally
voted to stick by the Burlington men, that
| is, refuse under the circumstances to handle
| a single Burlington car. The delegates
from the Eastern roads did not come TO vote
! at the general meeting and went into session
this. evening separately to discuss among
themselves tue matter in all its bearings
Their decision will be reported to another
general meeting TO be held tomorrow morn
ing
1t is not understood that the action of the
! Western men necessarily involves a general
ne-up of the railroads i'll the West. That
plan was advocated by some of the men in
the meeting to-day as n method which
would most surely bring the matter to an
end quickly, and thus rebound more as a
benefit than a detriInent 10 the public. The
idea was di-approved but tie majority