Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-26
Resolutions Adopted Heartily En-
dorSing 20" Men i'll Refusing
to Declare the Strike Off.
The Terms Of the %" Construed by the
Brotherhood to Mean Defeat
for Them.
The Situation the Same as on February q
The Federation Plan Endorsed
Four Conventions to con-
slider the Matter,

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, July 25.-The meeting
of the brotherhood was called to order at
10 O'Clock this morning by Chairman
Frank 2. Mcdonald.
The forenoon session was spent in con
sidering propositions looking toward an
adjustment of the difficulty with the
Burlington road. Propositions are being
submitted and the prediction is made that
one of them will be adopted this afternoon,
though that is by no means GER
tain. Great pressure is being brought
to bear on the hot heads by the more con-
servative element to induce them to waive
the 31a and cents a mile schedule ana
the classification clause. Sergeant lett
last night for Chicago, where he claims to
have been called by pressing BUSINESS.
1t is certain that neither Monaghan, Ser
geant or Wilkinson, the heads of the four
great organizations, viii take part IN the
deliberations. Hoge and Murphy We're ex-
pected here this morning, but have not
yet made their appearance. The day Will
be consumed in the consideration Of the
various propositions that were presented
by the committee this morning.
The joint meeting OF he brotherhoods
met at 2 clock this afternoon and con-
cludtd its deliberations, aGJournlng at
o'clock. 1t transplres now that the buaI-
ness OF this meeting had very little reVe-
lance to settlement OF the burlington
difficulties, but on the contrary was held
for the purpose OF making war 10 the knife
On the railroad system. W. N. Ormer,
chairman OF division No. 10, Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, offered the fol
lowing, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the meeting heartily en-
dorses the Council Bluffs & Quincy men
in refusing To declare the strike OH on the
conditions offered.
oh rafa1 n ra
those which are now being circulated
among the members of the brotherhood by
Hoge and Murphy, and which are IN the
main as follows: That no men shall be
blacklisted: that the company shall take
back such men and rs many Is 1t may
elect; that tor the next two years tie COM
pany shall employ the late strikers in pref
erence to other men, and that II shall give
letters of recommendation to such men as
it cannot give employment. Tne brother
hood CONSTITUTES this proposition as mean
ing the company can stop after taking
back one or dozen men and that the
great mass of the strikers will not be ben
Gifted in the least by the acceptance of
such proposition 1t was unanimously
resolved by the meeting this after
noon that the company be compelled to take
back all the men who went out on the strike
or none. This means that the situation
today is exactly as it was February q.
One OF the objects OF this meeting was to
arrange matters financial pertaining to the
strike. 1t has been claimed by many that
the brotherhood treasury was depleted and
the eastern men were in favor of declaring
the strike off in order that the assessments
for the support of the strikers might be
discontinued 1t was stated positively by
the press committee of the brotherhood
that the eastern men were heartily in favor
Of continuance of the strike and sufficient
finances were raised for to carry the
strikers until such time when the four
organizations will be federated. The fed
Grafton plan was endorsed by the meeting
and it is quite certain that in less than four
months the scheme will be in course
Each Of the four brotherhoods will hold
conventions as follows to consider the
matter: Brotherhood of Engineers at
Richmond, Va, in October; Brotherhood
of Firemen at Atlanta, Ga, in September.
The switchmen at st. Lonis in September;
Brotherhood of Brakemen at Columbus,
o., in October
The first convention will adopt a fedora
tion clause in its constitution which will
be accepted by the other conventions at
their meetings, and when this work is ac-
complished a grand advisory board will be
established to he made up of delegates
from the four organizations 1t will be
the business of this board to handle all the
difficulties that cannot be adjusted by the
various grievance committees and in eX-
treme cases the chiefs of the four organi-
cations will be called.