Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-06

tn-r lines, there Is but one course tor
them to pursue-shut down the shops and
freight houses, discharge the workers al d
await the end, The Cessation of opera
tons would mean The INN eii4te
discharge of four fths OF the workmen.
This would throw out Of work 90, oC0 men
and, according to the average Of wages
paid, entail "a daily loss of over $500, 900.
This is direct result. Beyond that comes
The stoppsge OF manufactures, the sus-
pension of mines, the cessation Of lumber
operations, etc, which must follow aDy
shutting down Of the railroads mentioned,
and 1t Is conservative statement to esti-
mate this great outside army employed in
the named industries at 1,000, 600 men.
WILL NOT EXTEND.
CHICAGO, Ill, March 5.-An evening
Ipspsr says thst J O'Brien, who has been
selected at Brotherhood headquarters as
their means of communication with the
press, says, in regard to the NEE ing Of
the grievance committee, that he is
strongly OF the impression thst the strike
would not be extended to the other roads.
So far the Northwestern Railway has not
been under discus sion st all.
| DESERTED THR ENGINES.
Authentic Information WAS brought TO
Chief Arthur's headquarters this mornir .
that six engine crews, composed
Of Reading Knights Of Lsbor en-
gagged by the Burlington Rail-
road, have deserted their engines at
Gslesourg Four other crews left at
Aurora. The Brotherhood say they do
not object at ali to seeing Burlington
| freight trains leaving for the west. "rae
reason is this" said Mr.. O'Briep, one
| the leaders, "just as soon as the roads get.
the trains Junning both ways you
will hear Of series If collisions
which will astonish you. 1t will show to
the public that our claim that the Bur-
lington is hiring incompetent men is .
TACT. The loss to the company by the de-
structiou of their properly will be i'm
mense."
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
At this afternoons meeting Of the
grievance committees the folio wing reso-
lutlous were adopted:
At meeting Of the respective men,
bers OF the two brotherhoods engaged in !
the present struggle with the CHIC g,
Burlington and Quincy Ra!Ir, q / !
Company, it was unanimously re-
solved that tie action of ouI |
eastern brethren taken at the Tsmmsby |
nall meeting yesterday is 3 gratifying |
evidence Of the Loyalty of the members in
that locality, and that such seton meets
with our hearty appreciation and vii. be
remembered with profound gratitude.
The meeting closed at z: 80 q NJ, and
many Of the delegates left for their
homes. Chief Arthur and all others
are pledged to the utmost secrecy.
Mr.. O'Brien, Of the press COM
mittee, when asked If strike was
contemplated on the Northeastern
road where the classification system is
still in force said, "The grievance CON-
mittee Of the Northwestern road is not
in possession Of Yygrievances to present
to the officials of thSt road: The utmos,
good feelings exists between the officers
and men in the engine service. A strike
on that road has not been discussed. That
Is division matter. It is the intention
Of the engineers
TO COMBINE The STRIKE
to the so" syste m and not to have this
strike business become contagious. It
would require very little TO spread this
feeling of striking and we do not want
that.
"What do you think Of the progress
the Burlington is making In handling its '
business Notwithstanding the striker"
1--WE consider that the 90 has not oeen |
successful in their effort TO work. Their I
men they have passed I
lave been successful only in burning out !
he enginee, and the feeling that their men I
IRE Incompetent is so general that the t
,sople Of lows have called upon their {
'osrd of railway commissioners to ex-
mine the men and see il they are capable
md competent, and say whether the 40 +" =
8 right in employing incompetent men" :
"Do you know of any new men leaving .
he Burlington road?" q
"They are going back right along all ;
he time IS soon IS they understand the '
ituation."
"What shout the strike on the Burling. =.
on and Northern" a
"The grievance committee on that 8
DAD has reported that they havs exsm- 4
ned into the matter and find that no +
rievsnce exists there. The officials Of h
be Burlington and Northern have under e
AIKEN TO be perfectly neutral in the mat
err"
General Manager Whitman of the n
Road said this afternoon r
nat large delegation Of the Brother d
ooa of Engineers had called upon him G
,-day to assure him that no grievance
xisted on his road. n