The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-16
THE STRIKE CONTINUES.

ss0 Sesttnsh 0ONb ats0AOe ,
On tho 9Th inst, the great strike Of the
engineers and firemeni. Of the Burlington
o.ystsm still with pfSstects that
u would he extended to other roads At
Brookfeid. Mo-, On the :,rd inst, Geo, II.
Bostwick, tho Burlington bridge foreman,
shot and killed John Roxy. n striking Ell.
glneer. Thero was intense excitement and
lynching was freely talked Of. The pre-.
vailing opinion seems TO be that Bostwick
shot with out sufficient provooation. This
is recorded az. the third act Of violence ut
Broolville within the week. Chief Arthur
seems to deeply depreciate thetfHeedy.
Chief Arthur has sent a congrA AtulatOry lot.
ter to the strikera ,boasting OF their ability
to carry the strike through, successfully. He
10 receiving kilograms hourly which indi.
cate the determined stand the strikers
have tnkon. 1t was said In Chicago that
on the 9Th inst, d prominent Chicago firm
would bring, q nandan,us suit to compel
tho Burlington road to carry freight offer
Asecret meeting Of tho Brotherhood was
held in New York the 9th inst. to take dc.
ton on the Burlington strife. Repre-.
sentatiycs i: from. . all =. the roads
centerine at New York wero represent.
ted The following rcsolutionis;' vert
unanimously adopted: 'i''' '''2: i,' ~
Whereas. III. is. learned. from good nj.
vaos,tya ashat ths Msnagers 81 xesioaa Aail
management Of the cbieaso' Bariinsten s e1s 4
Quincy railway in their present trouble
and - -
Whereas, Such action On the part oI
said manasers is cowardly and unfair;
Resolved. First-That. We, % representa-.
tives OF the various divisions OF the
brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers in
this vicinity, In convention assembled, do
hereby denounce said action en- tho part
Of said managers, and declare that We, as
an organization. are justified in.resorting
to extreme measures in overcoming this
outside interference with the affairs Of our
brother engineers upon tho Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy railway.
SccOnd-That to this end VIC recommend
that il the aforesaid difficulty Ia not set.
tied within a reasonable time upon q fair
and reasonable basis that nll tie Brother
hood men upon the connecting lines Of the
Chicago. burlington e. Quincy system re.
sign their positions upon q given date.
Third-That il this section as means
OF last resort Ia not sufficient to gain the
just and reasonable demands OF the engi.
neers and fireman upon the aforesaid rail.
road. that we az an entire organization
throughout the United States and Mexico
Join with them in IL universal demand for
their ack.""; .e,d rights-of being paid
the established rates for work actually
performed.
Fourtl-that the step proposed in arti.
Gle 2 of these resolutions should not be
taken before the 10th Of this month, and
that Of article not earlier than the 18th,
| SO that the travelling and business public
may be inconvenisnced as little as posi-.
BILE.
Fifth-That it is the unanimous opinion
OF the delegutUs herein assembled, that
each and every division of tho Brother.
hood Of Engineers throughout tho coun,
try should Immediately call special meet
ings and take notions upon these resolu
tions and notify our grand chief engineer
OF their decisions in the matter mt once
| thereafter, and that also delegates should
hold Themselves in readiness to ATTEND a
| special convention of the international
division Of tho brotherhood of LocoIno
tive Engineers on short notice.
Sixth-That III consideration 6fthe bust.
ness interests of the country, we sincere.
~ regret tho necessity Of restoring to these
extreme measures and trust that our
friends will not he slow in placing tho re.
sponsiblity where it SO clearly belongs
upon the penurious and tyrannical man
u,
! Quincy system.
Seventh-That a copy OF these resolu
tions he forwarded to J.. NJ. Arthur, q. G.
| f., and to i. J.. Sargent, q. W, NJ, md
also to the press.
One OF the delegates who was present n,
the meeting says:
Tho prevailing sentiment among tho OH
gineerH in this locality is that the trouble
upon the Chicago. burlington a. Quincy
must be fought out tor successful tcrmina
tion for them ut Il II hazards, and althonsl
they regret restoring to extreme measures
they arc determined to carry their point
in this particular case even il they have
to stop the turning of every wheel in the
country.
| There will be u grand union meeting o
the brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
and the Board of Locomotive Firemen al
Tammany hall next Sunday at 10 O'Clock
q. M. .iarch H..
| George l.. Eastman, national organizer
for the knights OF Labor, has, bytlirectio1
OF Chairman Lee. Of the Reading strikers
prepared circular - stating that
the Readins railroaders will not re
linqutsh the position they have taken un
til Mr.. Arthur redrcsses the wrong he per
petrated against them by withdrawing
| every Brotherhood man on the reading
system. This circular was endorsed by thu
executive board OF the BEADING railroad
| ers.
It was reported at Chicago that tn,
strike would extend to the St.. Paul con
9Th.
At midnight Vice President G. B. Harris
Of the Burlington& Northern, was cnsctet
with President Perkins, of tho Burlington
e. Quincy. Mr.. Harris had been servcC
with the notice. 1t was the result of I;
| meeting OF the engineers and firemen hclC
at LII Crosse. The notice was suhstamti
ally that If tho Burlington a. Northern die
not cease interclnnging traffic with the
Burlington & Quincy before Z p. nj. Mon
day, March 5th, the engine men would
strike in ~ body. Vice President Harri.
refused to be interviewed regarding tn,
situation. but sent out word to press rep
resentative that tho interchange Of trntii,
would not cease. ..The company" til,
message from Mr.. Harris added '.propose,
to run the Burlington e. Northern roac
themselves"
The situation in St. Paul is summed IL,
about as follows:
At rousing meeting OF tho locomotive
engineers Of the Northwest. held recently al
the hail. Sixth and jackson streets, which
was attended by about 25G Gnlembers of tile
brotherhood ofLocomotive Engineers, the
above telegram was ordered to be sent &
Grand Chief Engineer Arthur and Grand
Master Sargent by unanimous vote. II
was also unanimously voted to send 81, ;.
900 toaid the striking engineers, which will
be doneby telegraph. The engineers pres
ent who are the leading men OF the Brother
hood in the Northwest. were more emphnt
ic in their .denunciation OF tho
Burlington and its officials, and
In their determination to stick by the en-
Rineere who are out IL W'nS If afed fh ti,e
meeting that should any road running be.
tween st. Paul and Chicago attempt ia
carry any Quincy cars or accept Quincy
tickets, . strike on that road would prob.
ably be. ordered and carried ont immc,li.
ately. Tho assertion mnde that $50 rngi
neers had come from Reading to work n4
scabs on the Quincy was n mere phlntasy
on tho part OF tho Quincy otlici;,ls. they be.
ing in fact but twenty-five in number A.
an instance Of the annoyance the engineers
were causing tho Quincy road it is said
that many engineers who ran into Chic,L
go had applied for positions o,
the Quincy been examined and accepted
and then gone back to their own trains
leaving the road in the lurch. Tho cnsi.
neers present showed themselves w:lliu. a
help their striking brethcrn i'll every way,
some Of them voluntarily offering sums 0
from $50 to 81 900 IL needed. The Broth
er hood has over 10000 members in the
United States, such one OF whom would
pay an assessment oi $1Oper capital with.
in tWentyfour hours after it was ordered
In addition tho Brotherllood has about
1000, 900 surplus alrcady on hand,
which will be used il necessary. Accord.
Ing to the statements OF some of the prom.
inent members OF the orUer in this citv,
the fight will be carried on to the'bittcr
md Al