The Forrest City times., 1888-04-14
THE BURLINGTON STRIKE.
Resolutions Adopted by the Brotherhooo
 at New York.

Resolutions Adopted by the Brotherhooa
 at New York.
 NEW YORK. April S.-Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Locomotive Bremen to the mum. ter of l501 men met at Tammany Hall to-day, and again discussed and reso- luted about the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy strike. J. J. Hanahan, Vice Grand Master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen, and Joseph Porter, of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy system, addressed the meeting, and told what they had seen and heard on a recent trip over the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy system from Chicago to Denver.
 Mir. Porter denounced what he term ed "the wanton destruction of life and property and damage 10 business in. terests wbich have occurred since the beginning Of the 'Q' strike.' He lay the blame for tns destruction and dam age upon the management ot the road. and declared that tie resulting ioss already amounted 10 millions of dollars. Among other things he declared that already ljl engines had been disabled through the incapabliity of the "scab engineers and Il was not true that the road was now doing , per cent of it's usual business. The Chicago ne ws- papers suppressed the facts of the case and only pub ished carefully edited accounts of the strike. In the towns along the line Of the 70" the papers were controlled by the 70" manage ment, which exercised careful cen sorship over all strike news.
 Remarks were also made by leading members Of the Eastern divisions O. the Brotherhood ofEHgineers and Bremen, of which twenty-five and twenty-five sere respe lively represented. Ths meeting unanimously adopted these resolutions:
 Resolved ] That the action Of the Chicago stri kers--scts of violence eNcepted-are hereby ind0fsed and approved and that t is the opinion of the dt legat-s herein assembled that if the suggestions contained ln tHe resolutions passed in this hall on March had been carried out as advised the strike Would have been settled in lees than three days after sad propositions were declared 70 the parties concern d.
 ,. That our pledge of financial and moral support to our striking brothers Of the Chicago. Burlington and Qu.urf road ls hereby renewed, and win be continued as long as necessary
 8. That, although our bro hers in the West may not succeed in obfalninE al they desired, We consider the principal involved worth thou sand times more to us than it has or will cost the Brotherhood
 ( That the fight on the 70" system has not in The slightest degree impaired tne power and usefulness of the Br therhood and that to-day they are stronger and better prepared to nam tain their ro.it!cus than eser before
 S. That We favor cORser ntism. when it is adequate Co the ends in view; tut when dealing with radlcalism snd aggression Te do not feel louRd tO be more conservative thsn our Oppo- nents.
 6 That the report that our Grand Chief would advise the Bosrd Of Locomotive Engineers to disband and that he would tender his resi guA- ton fl he ia cd To gain victory on the 'tQ't is hereby denounced as false and without founda- ton
 1 That the eEotisticai, concerted and mug wumpian utterances 0f the Chief Secretary of the 0rier Of Railway Conductors regarding ihs Bro herhoad Of Locomotive Engineers do not express the sentiments of the majority of rail- way conuuctors toward our CT anzstion, and that his statement that mast Of the conductors were com etent engineers IS well known i0 be absolutely false and idlote.
 s That the twin Bfotherhoods of Engineers and Bremen will be honcred throughout the land long after the names ot its present enemies shall cease 10 be mentiOned-eXcept ss c