Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-06

"A Il &s
Notice to shippers That Freight Will
Now be Taken-The Engineers Still
Firm and other lkoads May be Or.
dered Tied Up.
CHICAGO March 5.-The following was
sent out to day:
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.
The c., B. and Q. will tomorrow (Tues-
day. receive all freight, carloads and less,
destined to stations on the line of the c., B.
and O., Chicago and Iowa, Hannibal and St.
Joseph st. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern,
Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City, Bur-
lington and Western, Burlington and North
western, Humst one and Shenandoah, Kansas
City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs, and
Burlington and Northern roads. We expect
to make reasonably prompt delivery, though
our time may not be as good as formerl and
hope soon to be able to forward and prompt
ly deliver freight for all points on our own
lines and connections.
(Signed) E. P. RIPLEY, G. F. A.
81 do not hesitate to say said Paul Nor
ton, speaking for the company, "that the
backbone of the strike is broken. The tail
of the animal still lives, but that don't gen.
orally die until after sunset. It is not the
tail of whale, however, and its flashing is
not going to weary anybody. We are run
ming q sufficient number OF passenger trains
to accommodate all the business and our
freight traffic has about assumed its normal
condition. We have taken all the engineers
and fremen we can handle and have instruct
ed our agents not to send more men unless
they happen to be thoroughly competent en-
gineers. The effect Of the engineers going
out on the Chicago, Burlington and Northern
ia not going to interfere with our business. I
have just had talk with Mr.. Harris,
general manager of that road, and he tells
me he will take the men we cannot use our
selves, meaning the engineers and fremen
who came to US from the East. We have
received no overtures from the strikers, no
conferences have been held and, as far as 1
know, matters are in precisely the same
shape they were on Saturday. There is
nothing in the rumor that some of the men
who have come to members of the
Brotherhood and have simply taken the po-
sitions with view of abandoning them later.
Some of our conductors feel they have been
done an injustice by the Published statements
that they were laid off because of sympathy
with the strikers. This truth is our conouc-
tors and trainmen have been loyal from the
beginning and in siapIe justice to them de-
sire to say that none have been discharged"
General Manager Harris of the Chicago,
Burlington and Northern, on which strike
was ordered to occur at o'clock this even
ing, called this afternoon at Chisf Arthur's
private room. Mr.. Arthur came from the
grievance committee room and Mr.. Harris re-
quested his assistance in avoiding the threat
ened strike. To this Mr.Arthur replied that
he had not been notified by the men about the
strike proposed and therefore if they atruek it
was their own fight. He could not interfere
either for or against either side. This
made it necessary for Mr.. Harris
to discuss the differences with his own men.
The grievance committee was called in from
. general meeting and talk was had. An
hours discussion resulted in an order to the
men not to strike and the matter ia held in
allegiance until the chairmen ofcommittees can
reach home and have talk. An engineer
who was present said: Gin the first place
Chief Arthur called the heads of the griev-
ance committee together for the purpose of
ascertaining how the engineers and frenen
of the roads felt toward the Burlington. He
wanted to be sure of his position before he
took further steps in regard to the Burling-
ton management. When the meeting open
ed the chief requested a full and free re-
port from each chairman. He asked
them not to blind him by giving exaggerated
men on other lines were willing to back him
if he still fought for the cause of the men.
One by one the chairmen reported and it is
fact that all the reports were of the same
tenor-allegiance to the chief and moral and
monetary. The meeting closed at 7:30 p. m.
and many of the delegates left for their
homes. Chief Arthur and Grand Master Sar-
gent declined to say anything about
theneeting, but prominent engineer
support to the fullest degree. This accounts
for the universal good humor of the delegates
when they separated and the confident air of
the chief engineer and grand master. Mr..
Arthur thanked the men for their loyalty,
told them to go to their various divisions, re-
port to the men that he was in the fight to
win and if they stood firm to the pledges
given he would win the Burlington strike
and that in short order"
A manifesto to the striking employees of the
CO." and incidentally addressed to the MEM
bers of the Brotherhood throughout the
country was adopted. 1t sets forth that
while the engineers on the Rockford division
who run on the Q. receive $104 per month
(twenty-six days tinne), the engineers on the
Chicago and Northwestern receive $175
per month, the difference in miles on
the round trip being only twenty
two miles per day. Several other like
instances are quoted. The manifesto con-
tanned no suggestions or recommendations.
Delegations from the Brakemen's Brother
hood were present at the conference. ALI
the engineers who could be induced to talk
said the brakemen were with the strikers and
would not run freight trains with non-broth-
erhood engineers.