Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-12
ARTHUR INTERVIEWED.
The Chief Talks to the Press Before Leav-
Ing for Home.

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The Chief Talks to the Press Before Leay-
Ing for Home.
CHICAGO, April 11.-Chief Arthur, of
the Brotherhood of engineers, left here
last night for Cleveland and will not
probably return to Chicago again unless
some unforeseen emergency should arise.
Before leaving Chief Arthur said he be-
lieved the brotherhood would yet win
the so" fight. He said:
II find that the men are as determined
as ever, and from the information I nave
received, which l regard as authentic, L
am prepared to state that the Burlington
is not doing somuch business as it claims.
After q full and careful consideration of
every point involved in the matter the
brotherhood has determined to sustain
the striking engineers in their fight just
as long as they are willing to continue
the conflict. We believe their cause is q
Just one, and are determined to stand by
them at all hazards
In reply to a question as to what he
thought the final outcome of the strike
would be, he said:
TO answer that question requires an
ability to look into the future that I do
not possess. In my opinion, however,
the owners of the road will soon be
brought to realize the necessity of a
change OF management. Just as long as
the present management pursues the
same policy that it adopted in the incep-
ton OF the strike, just SO long the road
must continue to do business at an
enormous loss. Scores of engines are
laid up for repairs. Some of the men
running them are utterly incompetent,
II no road can do business with a profit
as long as it has Incompetent en-
pioyes. What the managers at present
think, of curse l am unable to say.
However, there is one thing certain, and
that is that the stockholders will not con-
time to lose money for any great length
OF time without making a vigorous pro-
test. If a change in the management of
tie road is made it wifi, of course, be a
victory for thes strikers, as it will be an
open confession that the policy at pres
ent pursued is wrong, In such an event
old engineers would undoubtedly be tax
EN- back
Chief Arthur was asked if there was
any truth in the report that the knights
of Labor and the Brotherhood had
patched up a peace, and that the knights
would order a general strike ON the Bur
lfngton road. In reply he said:
THAT is something that | know moth
ing about. If the K. of T.. are contem-
plating any such action they have not
informed me of it, As far as patching
up a peace is concerned / will simply say
this: That there has never been any
just ground of enmity between the or
CARNATIONS. / have been grossly misrep-
resented in this matter, but j nave set
forth the true facts in the case to Nj.
Powderly, and there is now q better I'M
derstanding between us. 1t was claimed
during the strike of the Reading road
that 1 supplied Brotherhood men to fill
the places of the striking Knights. This
IS absolutely false, as | did not Interfere
in the matter at all. In fact, when a
workman engaged in a fight for the bet
terment OF his condition goes out on a
strike, j regard the man who will, under
such circumstances, take his place, as
utterly unworthy.n
Chief Arthur said he should not at
tempt to hold any further conference
with the HQ.1s officials unless they ex-
pressed q desire to meet him. If N
disposition of that kind were manifested
the. men would doubtless make some
concessions. ~