The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-01
THE STRIKE.
II Extends to the Engineers on
the Chicago and Rock Is
land Railway. O.
Statement OF Arthur, Chief of the
Brotherhood of Engineers
The Mail Service.

KANSAS CITY, Februrry 28.-Last even
A 10 the Rock Island allowed some loaded
Fl sight cars from the Burlington road to
be switched into the Rock Island yard and
attached to the latter's freight train, with
the apparent intention of helping the
Darlington in its fight with the Brother
hood of Engineers. When the Rock Is
land engineers discovered what had been
done they became furious, and promptly
O0ycotted their own company by putting
every engine into the round house, and
abandoning them, leaving score of
freight trains on the track. The firemen
Joined in the movement and the result is
( total tie up of the Rock Island freight
I Il aftic at this point for the time being.
Burlington officials are working like
Trojons to keep their passenger trains
uoving, but they do not claim to adhere
to schedule time. They are selling tickets
With an agreement to refund the money
or provide purchasers With tickets over
other lines. Freight traffic is in a worse
condition than the passenger and no per-
isnable freight is received. The senti-
znent here is that the strike will eventually
spread to other roads, and the action of
) the Rock Island men is cited in support
of this prediction.
PowDEBLY AT HOME.
SCRANTON, Pa, February 2S.-General
Master Workman Powderly remains at
his home, this city, and will not go to
Chicago. He was seen this afternoon
and said the Knights, as body, would not
order the taking of the places of the
striking engineers on the Burlington
road by the Knights in retaliation for the
! Brotherhood taking their places on the
Roading system. He wants the Brother
J hood to win the fight, and wants the
I Knights to help them, so that the two Or
genizations will be more strongly united
/. Nereafter in struggles that either may be
forced to make.
FEDERATION OF LABOR.
DETROIT, February 28.-Samuel Com
pers, president of the American Fedora
tiou of Labor, was asked last night what
action his order would take, if any, in the
3urlington strike.
We will take some action, but what it
will be we don't discuss. 1t will be an
lagonistic to the Brotherhood you may be
lre. do not uphold the action of the
Reading Knights in taking the places of
the Burlington strikers out of revenge
u is a bad policy, and will only help the
railroads. The Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers is an excellent organiza-
( zion, although it has done wrong in
isolating itself on labor matters in their
present strike. The Trades unions are
With them"
|M# CHIEF ARTHUR.
CHICAGO, February 28.-Chief Arthur, of
3he Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers;
Mr.. Sargent, of the Fireman's Brother
hood, are still in the city. Arthur said
the striking engineers and firemen were a
old body and would hold together till
ne end of the fight.
"The publication by General Mana
ger Stone," he said, "of all the
propositions offered by the men
might mislead the public. We
ore willing to discuss these propositions,
one by one, and in case we failed to con-
gince MIR. Stone that they were just and
ir, we would have made CONCESSIONS land |
lie strike did not occur, because the
.iedule offered was not adopted, but be-
oeuse, when the question of wages was
cached, Mr.. Stone refused to do anything |
al all. The fight is purely on the ques-
lion of wages. We receded from our first |
opposition and offered to accept 81 |
coats, which Mr.. Stone refused in the
most positive manner, He made no
pro position to us at all, and the fight now
is "a the question of pay"
Mr. Arthur was asked what attitude he
,zpected the Knights of Labor to assume
towards the engineers during the strike
'g don't see," he said, "why the knights |
would be hostile to the Brotherhood of En-
g,raers, and 1 have no information that
They will try to assist the company in any |
wg5."
at is claimed you sent men to take the
places of the Reading strikers"
"Ihat is lie. 1 don't know what the |
individual members of the Brotherhood
mag have done, but never interfered in
any way with any strike of the Knights of
Labor. would not do IT, At the time of |
tie Missouri Pacific strike, simply told
the brotherhood of Engineers that we had
contract with the company, and to keep
ont # the strike. If contract means