St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-26
WILL FORM A FEDERATION.
The Railroad Men Conclude Their De-
iberaiions.
ACTION THAT MEANS MUCH.
Engineers, Firemen, Switehmen and
Brakemen Viii Unite as One
Body.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, July 25.-The Joint
meetlng OF the brotherhoodS met at 2
O'Clock this afternoon and concluded its
qeilDerationS, adjourning at 5 O'Clock.
III transpires now that the business of
.iilS meeting had very little relevancy
10 settlement of the Burlington diff
cultles, but, on the contrary, was held
Tor the purpose of making war to the
knife on the railroad system. w. NJ.
Armer, chairman of Division No. 16,
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
offered the following, which was
UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED:
Resolved, That the meeting heartily en-
9orses the action OF the Chicago, Burlington
& quincy men in refusing to declare the
strike OFF on the conditions offered
The conditions referred to above are
those Which are now being circulated
among the members of the brotherhood
by Hoge and Murphy and which are in
the man as follows: That no meh shall
pc Diackllsted. That the company shall
take back such men and as MANY as il
may elect. That for the next two years
the, company shall employ the late
strikers III preference to other men, and
that 1t shall give letters of recommends
ton to such men as
IT CANNOT GIVE EMPLOYMENT.
The brotherhood construe this promo
sltlon as meaning that the company
can stop after taking back one or a
dozen men, and that the great mass of
the strikers will not be benefited in
the least by the acceptance
OF such a proposition. 1t was
UNANIMOUSLY resolved by the meet
ing this afternoon that the
company be compelled to take back ali
OF the men who went out on the strike
or none. This means that the situation
to-day IS exactly as it was Feb. 81. One
or the objects of this meeting was to ar
range matters financially, pertaining to
the strike.
IT HAS BEEN CLAIMED
by many that the brotherhood treasury
was depleted, and that the Eastern men
were in favor of declaring the strike off
in order that the assessments for the
support OF the strikers might be discon-
tlnued. 1t was stated positively by the
press committee of the brotherhood. that
the eastern men are heartily in favor
of a continuance of the strike, and suf-
ticient finances were arranged for ia
carry the strikers until such time when
the four organizations would be feder-
ated. The federation plan was in
dorsed by the meeting and it is quite
certain that i'll less than four months
the scheme will be in force. Each of
the four brotherhOods will hold con-
ventions as follows,
TO CONSIDER THE MATTER:
Brotherhood of Engineers, at Rich
mond, in October; Brotherhood of Fire
men, at Atlanta, Ca, in September; the
switchmen, at st: Louis, in September;
brotherhood of Brakemen, at Column
bus, o., in October. The first con-
vention will adopt a federation
clause in its constitution, which will
be accepted by the other con-
yentions at their meeting, and when
TINS work Is accomplished, grand adj
visory board will be established. to be
made up of delegates from the four or
CARNATIONS. 1t will be the business of
the board to handle all difficulties that
cannot be adjusted by the various griey-
ance committees, and in extreme cases
the chiefs OF the four organizations will
be called in.