The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-03


Knights The Reading men portion of
that particular element. Hence il was natural
that Buchanan. although he has kept in the
background during the week, should have been
sought out and his advice asked by many of the
Reading who had been brought out here.
To one and all, however, he had said that, know
Ing all the circumstances they ought te act upon
their own judgment But Mr.. Debs was os the
opinion that If Buchanan would come out square
" in favor of the deal there would be exodus
back TO Pennsylvania, aud in saying much
he asked the editor to meet Chief
Arthur in conference tonight or to-mor-
row. Between these two men the most
better spirit has existed for many years, and
Buchanan, therefore, replied that while he did
not seek Chief Arthur's company, he would,
when he met him, treat him like gentleman
should be treated. AS to the question at issue.
he had nothing to say. but when his visitor had
gone he sat down and wrote an editorial which
will appear in the Enquirer tomorrow besides
a column article entitled "Bit of History" In
the latter the action of the Brotherhood in the
Missouri and Reading strikes is reviewed at
length, and it then goes 20 say:
sin the strikes referred to- Mr. Arthur went
so far as to publicly and privately deride and de-
nounce the knights of Labor and other labor or
ganizatlons' and point with gusto the 'supe-
riority of the BrotherhoodS members, through
which superiority. so he said, we enabled
to avoid strikes and the other Internationally
and un-American lawless acts of the labor organ
izations Dare Arthur deny thisf Dare
he deny that he made just such
statements from the public platform
meet the writer in open discussion on the rela-
tive merits Of the Knights of Labor and the
brotherhood of Locomotive Eneineersa His
cowardice then was, a small scale.
despicabe as it is when he cringes before
the organization he has wronged and insulted.
And were it necessary, the Enc quirer could fill
page on the record of this bloated boaster
whose chief capital has been special cars and
otner soft snaps at the hands of the railroad
companies. But l want Mr.. Arthur and his
Brotherhood to know that, amidst all the
sophistry. hypocrisy. treachery and forgetful-
ness OF the tlDe there IS one man who has not
and the wretcned wives and children or the
black-listed shopmeu, whose most relentless
enemy he and his organization have been. Tue
ears of the superior gentlemen of the Brother
hood may remain deaf to the cries that come mp
from the despoiied of the Rio Grande and the
Southwest. but there is one who will ALWAYS
hear them and hold in supreme loathing the
workngmen Though they object to the low
tit1el who could have saved them but refused"
The editorial reads as follows:
"A great change has come over the face of the
labor movement, through the % strike, since
the matter on this page was put in type The
willy Mr. Arthur has at last been forced, by fear
of defeat in the present strike. to come down
from his high perch and meet representatives of
common workingmen' on q level 1t is to be
hoped that this conversion has come in time to
save the men from defeat, the Reading as
well the c., B. & @. and that the chief has
received a lesson which will be remembered by
him in the future when his organization is once
most intelligent, law abiding, gentlemanly and
successful organization in the country But
the Enquirer hasn't much faith in death-bed
conversions, and Arthur has never inspired any
body with confidence sufficient to warrant the
hope that he will remember his pledges when he
gets out OF his present tight fix"
Thousands of copies of the Enquirer are being
sent tonight into the Reading district, and in
the opinion of Reading men who are here it will
exercise powerful influence in the direction of
tbvariing the Gleason Cahill-Arthur deal
SStif another contribution to the strike iitera-
tire is out tonight in the form of lengthy let
ter TO the public from editor Detwiler, of the
Knights of Labor. It reviews the wages issue,
and declares that there is no possible way IN
which the men can recede from their demands
on the question of wages except at the sacrifice
of the entire organization In an interview, to-
night after prefacing tnat he spoke the views of
Messrs 'i44 Arthur and Sargent, he said:
view with President Perkins, 1 thought
that the way was open for an amicable settle
ment. I am now thoroughly convinced that it
is going to be hot fight and long one The
boys. too, are beginning to feel the same way.
1t will be fight to the bitter end, and the
Brotherhoods or the road must down The men
will make more overtures. We outsiders are
through with offering ourselves mediators,
and any propositions must now come from the
road. 1t would be suicide for the men to COM
promise upon the question of wages. If they
did they would Immediately have another strike
their hands, for 80 per cent. of the roads in
the country paying just what is asked OF the
Burlington, and they would do longer if
Arthur consented to make exception for
the 90"
At the Office of the company it was said in be-
half of President Perkins and General Manager
Stone that the deal was creating uneasiness.
Reading men since last nights developments.
and the company satisfied that they would
be loyal to their new employers. General
Passenger Agent Morton. in an interview, said:
1T should be known that the first overtures
came to from the Reading themselves
through a committee of their appointing.
We were advised that the men seeking employ
ment were first class engineers. good body
of men and as competent as could be found any
where. and that they would take pleasure in
filing the places of the striking engineers. That
is how commenced to draw from the Reading
region"
All Of the reports from the sub-offcials re-
ceived during the day were of encouraging
nature. Nearly 100 engineers were examined
and passed during the day. and left Chicago
on special train at p NJ. for various points
on the road. According to the officials this
offered. Another hundred en- route. and
about fifty are still in the city and will be
examined tomorrow. A sufficient num-
ber of passenger trains moving to
provide for the travel. and dispatch from Gem
eral Manager Holdridge. of the Burlington IL
Missouri. was to the effect that all his passen-
ger trains but two were the road that he was
moving local freights all branches and that
tomorrow morning he would commence to re-
ceive freight at Omaha and Lincoln for all Bur-
ling g. Missouri river points The sleeping-car
service between Chicago and St. Paul, via the
e. q NJ which has been suspended since the
strike, was resumed tonight. and a great in
crease in the number of freight trains in opera
tion is looked for tomorrow. when the new men
reach their divisions.
Before leaving the baidng for the night one
of the high officials said: Too much praise can
not be accorded the men for the peaceable man
ner in which they conducting the strike.
At the same time. position is just what il
was on Monday morning We cannot recede one
iota, and we are thoroughly satisfied that the
owners of the property entirely approve our
course"