The Forrest City times., 1888-03-17
,ur crGLlyGroS BOYCOTT.

TUF DIfgLlNGION Boltoii'
 s.,..,,,.r,ep %. ta.i sf. Louie Take hana
 n. ,h. Fseh. -chief Arthar fie"'ea
 ,i,h the Netioa of the Iowa oom"'''-
 sisHers
 The great c. B. d Q. strike has as .umed important local shape signi'l' cant step havirg been taken in East ot. Ioui. sunday evening 7t tAo'elocs. "hen al cars and freight were side-trss'e' and by the army ofrailroad men |, inc littl city. This action was the ,esult of a meeting he'd in the hall oi st. Clair division No. i3 of the Brother hood O. Locomotive Engineers, at which over 200 were present. mere were representatives from Ca'fo' Aurora. Chicago, springfield. Bloom tncton sfouut Vernon, Roodhouse' Xineennes. Ind and tsneinrau' V. The meeting was an executive one ana was called 10 order about O'CLOCK About o'clock. after some discussion the following resolution was adopted, but the meeting did not adjourn untH
 o,cloes. the time being spent in re- viewing she strike and making en- souraging speeches. ....=
 ,.,.i,,f mai .,5 ,s..i s1sr6o clock his eff ,i,. 5.a hsvr t,-.afird fa discoutnur hahaiint si4 freight ,ars 0f rHa=l lnlenls oI IIelsie II, frs iri.-re-t. of the Chicago Burlington anu 'I!,', RG 5rdsrs oftha grievance committed.
 This resolution acted on the thirteen n, more roads centering in East St. Jpuis last night, and was obeyed to the latter. Immediately after o'clock, engineers who were to pull out freight trains bera7 disesrding (. B. & C. sars wherever they fodnd them. During the height some amusement was iur- nIshed the crowds of trainmen in seeing engineers looking over their trains, thing they seldom if ever do. hea the engineers were given the signals te .tnoye out" they would dismouni from their cabs, seize lantern ane l scan each car on their train in a search for the disagreeabiC letters "C. F. X l O.n found. they would shout fhrn" i ii out ,p and it was inevitably slGe' tracked. The firemen aud engineer could not in any way better show then !
 POSITION eF THE MEN.
 One Of fine officers of the >t. Claii 1 division of the brotherhood was seer by 8 Republican reporter yesterday evening. He said
 I've are receiving report if9i' a. over the country at our headquarter' every three CT four hours. and they art very fayorab indeed. Our actor this afternoon will help out the striker. and the roads we work ior, as you know they are in q preearious tsitlon about handling the q. ears. N have taken action now. and that lets ihs eompan : ies out The resolution means that el freight belonging to lhc C.. be dropped i here in East St Louis and let air there as far as we are concerned unti the strike is settled. Yes, the .. i' running trains, but very unsatislactor' fly seven engineers quit the road yesterday who had taken the place o l the strikers and we have information i which is reliable and says iifty-ssyer locomotives are burned out-that Is their boilers are burnt and the engine is no good. stone of Chicago says il only costs $25 to repair burnt engine but 1 would not repair one for twenty I iiye LlIles tudt sHIil. II thsts thpA cent of Sl 600, and I will prove 1t hy any engineer. Think what fifty seven burnt engines will cost them. and a. burnt by new men too" And he smiled
 Ut will take three good mechanic three days to take an engine apart he continued, and a B and S3.j0 : day this will amount to so. Now you must get new boiler, put II in, and .Ta 70 before the men have begun to repair i $50 has been earned
 ''How long is tue strike going to las at this rate:' asked the reporter.
 Well. as for us" he answered, 'wt can fight it out on this line if 1t take all summer There are 20,001 working members Of the brotherhood and l ,2f idle. The workers pay g. per month or in all Sl00,OO0 per month, beside leaving & good surplus for an emer gency. At this rate the strikers cal come around and look at us work ant lend a hand here and there. We sen l Si, ,000 to national headquarters las week"
 THE CLASSIFICATION QUESTION. Further conversation on the strik led the speaker to say something abou l me system C4asaiiCatlo peculiar U the C. B. X ..
 The classification system, he said "is not undersueod by the public When a fireman passes trying exam ination he IS admitted as an enginee 1 and enters what Is known on the c. q the first year third-class pay. By th' first year t is meant that he shall trave POO miles a day for 365 days, or 13.9a miles year. 4 steady working ma .old me 1t took hm four years, lsckiDi forty-e ght hours, to make his first yea and enter tn second class pay period This per orunance must be repeated i the seeold year before an engineer cal enter the trst-class period and receiv first-class pay. It takes nearly eigh years, and sometimes more. to work up and then you are liable to be dls l changed. as il is a well-kuown fact tha the high-sslaried men go for the leas offence, while a great deal is tolerate,