Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-03

and that il why ho found himself in the Office
Of his old time enemy, Joseph Buchanan, Fri
day afternoon. Buchanan is editor Of fh,
Labor Engineer and the head and chief ct til,
anti Powderly eloinsnt in the knights. The
Reading mon are portion of that partculal
element Hence it was natural that Buchan
an, although he has kept in the background
during the weok, should have been sought out
and his advice asked by many of the Reading
men who had been brought ont here. To one
and all, however, he had said that, knowing
all the circumstances, they ought To act upon
their own Judgment But MIR. Dobs was OF
| tho opinion that If Buchanan would come out
squarely in favor OF the deal thsro would be
an exodus back TO Pennsylvania, and in say
ing as much no asked the editor to meet Chief
Arthur in conference, Between these two
men the most bitter spirit has existed for
many years, and buchanan, therefore, replied
that while he did not seek Chief Arthur's
company, he would, i'll case 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 appeared
| in The Enquirer Saturday, side by side with
a column article, entitled "A Bit of History"
| In the latter the action of the brotherhood in
the Missouri Pacific and Reading strikes is re-
| viewed at length, and Arthur is scored I'M
mercifully and charged with the exhibition
of much and frequent hostility to the knights
and dared to deny it, The writer goes on to
| say that no has not forgotten all this, Tho
editorial says:
A great change has come the face Of the
labor movement, though the o. strike since the
| matter on this page was put in typo. The willy
Mr.. Arthur has at last been foroed by faar Of do
feat In the present strike 10 come down from his
high perch and meet representatives Of common
workingmea" on level 1t is to be hoped that
this conversion has come in time to save the men
from defeat the Reading, az well the c., b.
& @, and that the chief" has received a lesson
which will be reneE,beI led by him III tho futuIe
when his organization is once mora out of troubls
and sailing along a. tho most intelligent, law
abiding, gentlomany aud successful organization
in the country But The Enquirer hasn't much
faith in death bed confessions and Arthur has
never inspired anybody with ooRtidaqcs sufficient
to warrant the hopo that he will romomber his
pledges when h0 gets out OF his present tight fix
Thousands of copies Of The Enquirer wsrs
sent into tho Reading district Friday, and in
the opinion of Reading men who are hsre it
will exercise a powerful influence in tho drec-
ton Of thWsrtinG the Cehill- Arthur deal
Mr. Detwiler, who has been so prominent in
the arranging OF conferences, is out III card
in which no gays tho fight between the 20"
and tho brotherhood must 60 on now, and ne
compromise il possible.
At the office of tho company it WAS said in
behalf of President Perkins and General
Manager Stone that the deal was creating no
uneasiness Interviews had boon had with
several of the Reading mon since Thursday
nights developments, and the company was
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 overture oalne
to Ms from the Reading mon themselves through
Il committee of their own appointing. We were
advised that the men seeking employment wore
first-class en8ineers-as good body Of men and
Us competent as could be found anywhere-and
that they would take pleasure in filling the places
of the striking engineers. That is how We com
inenced to draw from the Reading region.
All the reports from the sub-oiiicials re-
ceived during the day were of an encourag-
ing nature. Nearly 1870 engineers we're exam
ined and passed during the day and left Chi
Cago on special to various points on the
road According to the officials, this makes
u total of 400 engaged to take the places of
about $50 strikers. Another hundred are en- |
route and about fifty are stil in the city |
awaiting examination. A sufficient number |
of passenger trains was moving to provide for |
the travel, and a dispatch from General Man |
ager Holdridge, of the Burlington & Missouri |
was to the effect that all his passenger trains |
but two were on the road; that he was NOV |
ing local frelghtS on all branches, and that |
morning he would commence to re-
ceive freight at Omaha and Lincoln for all |
Burlington & MISSOURI points The sleeping
car service between Chicago and st. Paul via
the c. B. s. N, which has been suspended
since the strike, was resumed Friday night,
and great increase in the number of freight
trains in operation was looked for Saturday,
when the new men reach their divisions. Be
fore leaving the building for the night one of
the high officials said;
Too much praise not be accorded the men
for the peaceable manner IN which they are con.
Quoting the strike. At the same time position
Is just what it was on Monday morning. We can
not recede one iota aud we thoroughly salts
fled that the owners Of the property entirely APP
prove of our course.
There was prolonged conference Friday
between Arthur, Sargent, Debs,a and several of
the local representatives of the strikers, and
1t its conclusion telegraphic order was dis
PATCHED for the chairman of the grievance
committees of the Alton, Wisconsin Cen
raj, Santa Fe, Chicago & Northwestern,
g. St Paul, Wabash, Union Pa
,ific, Rock Island Cedar Rapids & Northern,
iowa Central, and Wabash Western to leave
or this city without delay. The representa-
ives of the four first named arrived Friday
hight. 1t is understood that the meeting has
'een called to consider the desirablity of or
lerLng a strike on some other roads with a
rev Of bringing the 20" to terms