Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-03-09
VOLUNTEER VACATION,
brotherhood Men Hold An lmpOr-
tant Meeting.
The situation Discussed by DeIegates
From Three Great Divisions of the
Burlington System-Ch" a.. ID. a n.

A largely attended meeting Of mem
bers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and Firemen was held ut the
rooms OF Division 6OlBrotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers and of Twin City
Lodge 80, Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen last evening. There were about
fifty engineers and tiremen present-all
the local members of each order who
Glanced to be in the city aud many visit
ing knights of the throttle and shovel
from Peoria, Savanna. Aurora, Gales
burg Monmouth. Beardstown and Bur
lington. Thus the engineers and fires
men of the three great systems, the C.,
B, IL O.. g., NJ, & st. p, and c., II. |, "
p, as well as the r | & p. were repre-
sented. The chief object of the
meeting WAS to hear delegates from the
principal points along the main
line of the Burlington system
discuss the situation of the impending
strike from the standpoint and obser
vation of the strikers. The delegates
six in number consisted of brother
hood engineer and fireman each from
Aurora GAlesburg and Burlington.
The delegates described the condition
Of affairs on their respective divisions,
Speaking of the Gaesburg division, one of
the most important on the entire Burlng-
ton system, the statement was made that
the brotherhood had inaugurAted disci-
pined patrol system ut that point. of
engineers and firemen, keep
ing eighteen men on watch constantly
day and night. The object of this was to
prevent any mistreatment of proper
ty on the part OF strikers, and to
closely watch the working of the road,
and to see that no misrepresentation
were made as to the true and actual
condition of affairs. From these
watchmen the brotherhood was enabled
to make the statement that the night the
of the road advertised that over
two hundred trains had passed through
Gaesburg the number. by actual count
was only sixteen, and that fir ON the
book, it was shown
that eight cars had passed both ways
through the town the same day, indicat.
ng that there WAS not much through
'teignt moving. These delegates further
claimed that the road had only eighteen |
men running out of Galesburg,
216 engineers and tiremen live |
here, and that of the last mentioned |
lumber all bu: one were brotherhood |
men, and all but one had struck and still |
emaned out, Tie delegates said the
company had arranged a "bull pen into
which the men who were running the en-
zines were run ms soon as they came in,
nd out of which they were taken when
he time came to 60 out, this means being
dopted to prevent the brotherhood men
rom having an opportunity to use any
ersuasive influence with the "scabs."
The reports were regarded as exceed
ngly encouraging to the brotherhood,
nd before the meeting adjourned it was
unanimously determined by the repre-
entatives of oUherroads present, to stand
Y the brotherhood engaged in the fight
S a unit, under all circumstances, and to
tick it through to the end, be it bitter or
The delegates left for Chicago on the
.te c., II. |. & p. train last night
A striking c., B. & N. engineer, who
as in Moline yesterday, explains the
eason why the c., B. & N engineers
uit work. A request had been made by
Ie engineers that the c., B. & N. carry
o more @. freight. The reply from the
tficials was in the following telegraphic
office. posted in the round house at Sa
anna:
La Crosse, March ito engineers
nd tircmen: You are requested to re-
Drt to respective round house foremen
Grand Crossing, Savanna Yard and
aytons' Bluff before 6 o'clock p. m,
yednesday. March Z, 1888, whether or
ot you will run in service ana handle
~ aud all passengers and freight as
dercd. Those failing to report as here
rected, or refusing to run as herein
ated will consider themselves disCharg,
from the service of this company and
i'll apply forthwith to Mr.. II. g. Bryan,
aster mechanic for wages due.
(Signed.) j. M. BARR, Supt.
Previous to the Q. strike the c., B. s.
:. engineers had been running to
urora. Now since the strick {
ey run only to Oregon, H., the ter @
mus of the c., B. & N. They con- 4
rued the above notice to mean that they L
ould be obliged, in order to retain their l
tuatiOns, to run as before, or wher- v
Ier directed, and to handle both passen> S
,rs and freight on the Q. The engi> 1
,er interviewed says they didn't pros il
,se to run over the same track with the v
wv engineers-so they came out,