St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-21
SOUNDING 20" STRIKERS.
The Majority Are Unwilling to Submit
to Stones Ungenerous Terms.
FAIR TREATMENT DEMANDED
ANY Equitable Terms Of Surrender
Will Be Willingly Accepted by
the Brotherhood.

CHICAGO, July 20.-Dispatches from
various points on the Burlington road
where Chairman Hoge and Murphy
have beer polling the men on the ques-
tion of declaring the strike off, say that
the majority of them are dissatisfied
with the propositions made by the COM
pany, and are unwilling to have the
strike declared Off on any such terms.
1.-The strike is not off yet" said Chair
man Lemay, of the Northwestern road.
1T will be declared off, however, if Mr..
Stone shows any indication of dealing
honorably by the men. We will waive
the question of wages temporarily, the
trip basis and the classification. We do
not ask Mr.. Stone to take back all our
men; we understand perfectly well
that the business of the road now could
not admit of his doing so. But we do
ask that he treat his former engineers
as men, and give them back their old
places as circumstances shall warrant"
George w. Vrooman, chairman of the
general grievance committee of the
Union Pacific, level-headed and cool
man, spoke as follows: 1.-The ballot of
the strikers is now being taken. They
are deciding in all the divisions exactly
on what conditions they will declare
the strike off. Exactly what their con-
ditions are l cannot tell. Possibly they
may agree on
AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
In that case it will will he needless
for Chief Arthur to confer with Mr..
Stone. But whatever the strikers de-
eide that result will be binding on the
grievance committees and the brother
hood. Action will be taken accord
ingly. There will be some conditions
demanded. | am quite certain. | know
the men will not lay down uncondition-
ally. Then, of course, a conference
must settle the matter"
us not the present convention of
chairmen using its influence to bring
the strike to an end?'
I'VE are. We will urge settlement
upon any honorable basis.''
"YOu think the strike is in good
way to be settled?"
Il do. Yes: under the terms I men
toned to you.'
The local Burlington strikers have
suddenly assumed the aggressive. They
declare that the strike is not over and
are making all kinds of predictions to
the effect that the Burlington will be
forced to offer favorable compromise
They base this hope upon the fact that
the immense crops are about to be gath
cred and allege that the Burlington is
not in condition to compete for their
transportation to eastern points.
''The public may as we'll understand"
said A. J. Young. of the Nickel Plate,
''that the Burlington men will never
make an unconditional surrender. They
can afford to
REMAIN OUT FOREVER,
if the Burlington can afford to have
them. If formal declaration that the
strike is. off is worth anything to the
Burlington it is worth paying for. and
the strikers are the ones who should re-
ceive the consideration"
Engineer Cooling, one of the alleged
80" dynamiters, gave bail before
United States Commissioner Hoyne to-
day, but just as in the case of Chief
Bauereisen, was Immediately arrested
on state warrant. This required
Cooling to answer in Aurora and he was
taken there.