Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-13
The Engineers and Firemen on the
Rock Island Make an Agreement
With the Company.
A Unien Meeting OF Engineers and Fire.
men from ell Parts Of the United
States Held at Rev York.
The O. b. and @ Strike Endorsed and :he
Men Fold to Liye or Die bS the ResRlt.
The wabash Prosecution
MORE MoNKNTOuH.

Q 1incy was more momentous than ever
here to-day and neither side had word
of information to impsrt concerning it.
Everybody seems to be waiting for the
result of the application being argued
before Judge Gresham before making
another move and it is conceded on ali
sides that the decision whatever it may
be will have an Important bearing on the
the strike. In the meantime grievance
committees of eastern roads are arriving
in the city to- day to confer on the ques-
ton of what should be the
action Of the brotherhood on
the roads represented by them in
case the officers OF these roads should
continue to receive and deliver Burling-
ton freight, but IL Is not expected they
will take any definite action until Judge
Greshsm's decision is announced. Ru-
mors are current of the sWitchmen and
brakemen on the Burlington system tax
ing hand in the fight, but they are of
the vaguest kind and can be traced to no
authoritative source. A grievance COM
mittee of the engineers and fremen on
the Fort Wayne road arrived In the city at
$3.50 this morning. Pittsburg, Toledo
and Fort Wayne are represented in the
committee. Some Of the sWitchmen on
the Fort Wayne road said that in case the
engineers and fremen strike they will not
work behind green engineers.
AN IMPORTANT SECRET MEETING.
NEW YORK, March PA meeting with
closed doors Of delegates from different
local assemblies throughout the United
States Of the Brotherhood Of Engineers
and Firemen was held at Tsmmany hall
HaIp
senting 10000 engineers and fremen
| were present. 0ae hundred and nine
divisions of locomotive engineers and
ninety-nine lodges Of firemen were repre-
sented. Tee situation on the Chicsgc,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad was tx
ptasred by one OF the strikers and then
Resolutions were ADOPTED, declaring that
IS law-abiding citizens they notified the
| railway managers, superintendent and
master mechanics who have been secretly
aiding and abettiDg the "Q' road with a
view of defeating the just demands of It's
old engineers Sad 6remen byemployipg
incompetent men to take their
places, thereby endangering pub
lie safety, that Il they did Iaot
withdraw or cause to be Withdrawn ssid
men from the service OF sid company,
they as individuals will exercise their
discretion about remaining in their en-
ployment after certain dSte. Recogniz
ing the right OF Interchange Of traffic
they do not propose to interfere with the
law regul, ting the same, but they Will
exercise their inslienaole rights as in
dividuals under The constitution of the
Udited States. They recommend that
each and every engineer and fireman in
the employ of such connecting Tailr' ad or
system, use his own discretion whether
it will be for his interest to remain IN the
employ OF such railroad or system
AFTER CERTAIN DATE
They endorsed the resolutions passed at
the meeting held week ago. They pledge
moral and financial aid to the Brother
hoods of e Jgiueers and Firemen who are
manfully battling for their Just ano
honorable rights. They condemn the
action Of the 20" Railway as mesr,
lmpecunious and worthy the contempt Of
all fair minded, honoGable men. They
say the 30" Road is mis-
representing its present ability to
handle traffic efficiently. Thsnks are
extended to the presidents and managers
of other railroads who hGve,given sssur-
aDces CT their favorable consideration,
also to the press, pulpit and sll others
VINO have been favorably disposed toward
the Just cause Of the brotherhood in their
present battle for existence. They
recommend the Br therbo d I Railroad
L ,gIneers and Brotherhood f R.Ilioso
Firemen call special division Of their
respective grand councils, to be held at
Chic5go simultsn eously at an early day.
Daring this meeting a teleIram was
sent to P. NJ. Arthur and +. z. Sargent:
''To he Eneineers and Firsmen OF the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy system:
Be- trae, be finn. Live or die.
(Sigued }
UNION MEETING FAMMANY HALL -
OCner important matters were not given
to press.
THE 80" CASE UP.
CHICAGO, ILL, March IL Judge
Gresham's court room, and the G6j sceOt
halls were packed tn suffocation this aft
erDoop, when the spplic stion Of the Chi
cago, Burlington snd Quincy Railway for
sn order on the receiver Ct the Wabash
Railway to compel him to receive and
EhaudIe :heic f:light came mp for hearing.
TIE bar, raj roads and general
public were represented, and all pAid
the ClOSSbs dbl6utlBu III lne
When the case was called Attorney Henry
Crawford on behalf Of the Wabash Rail
waV said that before the other side opened
their case there was an affidavit fled bV
EN- wh CT had ne been read, ana which
his side OF the case desired to use. He
then read an affidavit Of General Manager
Stone Of the Burlingtnn road, In which
was set out at length the copy Of tele-
gram alleged to have been seat ny COlet
Eoglneer P. NJ. Arthur from Chicsgo,
March 2, TO NJ. W. Vernon d. Omah:,
Neb., Of the grievance committee Of the
Brotherhood, and reading as follows:
"Do not haul any Chicago, Burlington
ard Quincy cars or aid them In any way
(Signed) P. N. ARTHUR
The affidavit alleged ihat similar dis
patches had been sent cut by Arthur Ia
all directions to the mem oers of the
brotherhood and among others to the en-
gineers in the employ Of the receiver, and
that 1t would be abundantIy established