Daily Republican., 1888-02-29
THE BuxrIuaroN srnIkE e
The brotherhood Relate to Take Mnil
Trains Out-crsus Dragged on tho
TFAin.

The brotherhood Relate TO Take kini
Trains Out-crsus Dragged or tn,
Trai0.
CHICAGO, Feb. 28.- CHS. Arthur, o
the Brotherhood of Locomotive E5Ri
pters, has informed tho Off sinls Of the
Chicago, Burlington and QliDoy Rail
.oad and tho Chicago PostoiEse that the
Brotherhood men could nos take on.
mail trains. The officers OF the Bar
iington road said yesterday that appil
cations for positions 40 engineers nud
h1emeR were coming In constant ly
from a!l over the country, bat rs the
company does not accept anybody ex.
cept after rigid examination TO zee thai
they are compstsns, the process Of
hiring men is slow.
They do not expect the road TO be In
running order IS ain for ter days.About
80 men have 90 far been selected. No
effort was made 10 remove freight yes
terday, and none was received. The
striking engineers hint that the dificul-
ties will ccme TO ar eArly tern inAtion.
fhsy have. IL appears, some enooura ge-
ment fEem somswhere. but from whom
ls comes or Anything further cannot be
learned. On the Darlington and Mis-.
souri, Railroad ersws were dragged of.
Tho engines Mt MoOook aad the lines
west were tied up.
In q letter made public last night,
General Master Workman Powderly,
OF tho Knights OF Labor, In speaking OF
tho strike Of the Brotherhood Of Ersi,
neers, on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Road, said that II it is true
tnAt the men are making an effort tu do
away with the European custom OF
grading men up and down, regardless
OF merit, they are in this right in max
ing the fight for equality. He then
continues: my opinion OF a msd
who takes the place OF another who is
struggling for ale rights, ia that he de-
serves the contempt and soorn OF every
man who loves justice.
The man who takes the place OF
another whom that other Is engas led In
q struggle with o corporation is . scsb,
whether he is o member OF the KniRhts
OF Labor or member Of the Brother.
hood OF Locomotive Engineers Let
tho Brotherhood demonstrate Its power
to stand alone, without any 'eniangling
alliances with thoEe OF other trades
The spectacle presented by men OF la
Dor, who belong to different oFganiza-
tons, rushing at each oshef's throats
whenever etrike takes place must be
a good thihg for employers Of labor to
look at. Knlghta OF Labor from Maine
TO California stand Dack; keep your
hanks off; let the law OF retaliation be
disIegarded, nnd let tho men OF the
Chicago, Darlington and Q lincy Rail.
road win this strike, II they car"
There Was o prolonged Conference to,
day between President Perkins, Gener-
al Manager Stone, General Passenger
Agent MoEtou aud Chestor NJ Dawes,
OF the Legal Department, and at It's
conclusion ths following despatch was
wired to the division superintendents 81
OMAHA, 6s Joseph, keokuk and Ro
chelle:.
Post Immediately upon your bulie.
tin boards and In all consplcuous places
in and out all the depots In your divi.
sion the following notioe: AN engi-
neers and firemen recently In the EN-
ploy Of thle company who do not Apply
for positions by noon CT Wednesday, +,
Feb. 20, will bs considered cat OF the
oonpsny's service.
The RurlinRton people profess TO-
night to be entirely satisfied with the
outlook.
n uespAtcn from AURORA shiB even
Ing stated that the engineers and fire.
men had boyeoited all OF tie stores
selling provisions TO the new men who
are at work, and that the latter had
literally nothing to eat. A dining car
loaded with ealnbleS was a. once de.
spatched by the company to the point.
GALEsBURG, Ill Fob. 25.-The Off
ciGls of the Burlington RoRd succeeded
in getting nearly al the passenger
trains out this forenoon nearly on time
Thus far hTe OF the cid eng,neers are
reported loyal to the company.
PIrrsBURG. Feb. 2S-The agerts OF
tho Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
system, 1T appears, have bseh SUCCESS.
full In securing number OF engineers
and ffemen n the East. Taia morn
Ing carload of fifty men passed
through the city on rou.o to Chicago to
take the pisces Of the strikers.