New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-04
PRICE THREE CENTS.
THE BURLINGTON AHEAD.
OTHER ROADS SOMEWHAT DISTURBED.


week Tho road has from the first gained sub.
stantial victories. To all appearances the cam
paign on the part of the company has been con-
Quoted with skill, while the forces of the Broth
erhood seem to have been badly hand,d and
| what were supposed to te their boldest and most
| effective moves have miscarried What was
supposed to be their strongest card, the alliance
with the Knights Of Labor on the Reading has thus
far completely failed. The attitude of " The
Labor Inquirer edited by Buchanan, who is
the leader Of the anti-Powderly Knights here.
may throw light on the failure. That paper
says to-day in regard to the action of the Brother
hood in the Missouri Pacific and Reading strikes /:
In the strikes referred to. Mr.. Arthur went so
denounce tho Knights of Labor and other labor
organizations and to point with gusto TO the
superiority of the Brotherhoods members through
which superiority" so he said, :" we are enabled
to avoid strikes and the other ungentemanly and
un-Amercan lawless acts of the labor organlza.
tions.' great change has come over the facd
OF the labor movement through the &C." strike,
since the matter ON this page was pnt IN type:
The willy Mr.. Arthur has at last been forced
by fear Of defeat in the present strike to como
down from his high perch and to meet repre-
sentativcs OF common worhin2men' on a level
1t Is to be hoDed thai this conversion has como
IN time to save the men from defeat on tho
Reading: as well as on the Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy. and that the chief has received q
lesson which will be remembered by him in tho
future. when his organization is once more out
of trouble and sailing along as T" The most in
teilgent, law-abidng, gentlemanly and sue
cessful organization in the country
MANAGE RS OF OTHER ToALS ANXIOUS.
Western railroad managers generally are grow
ing nervous over the strike troubles, although
they profess to have no fears Of its spreading so
long as the Burlington attempts nothing moro
than the operation of its passenger service. IL
is comparatively easy TO observe the strict ncu-
demand
condition upon which the fight will be kept
where it is Should the Burlington attempt to
is reached the other roads will be placed in n
difficult position. Under the law they are re-
qured to haul Burlington cars over their lines
but should this be done there, is every reason I'd
expect that Chief Arthur will order strike on
all roads violating the neutrality comapct.
Should the connecting lines decline to take tho
risk Of hauling Burlington freight that line
would be poweress to do more than merely
local freight traffic If the other railroads
should decide to disregard the threats OF the
Brotherhood and restore to the Burlington lts
rights and privileges over their tracks, strike
Of gigantic proportions would probably follow;
freight and passenger traffic throughout the West.
The strikers claim to have positive proof that en-
gineers on nearly every road centring in Chicago
ninety, days leave Of absence for the purpose of
working upon the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
during the strike. The men selected for this
purpose are non Brotherhood men of which every
road has a small percentage. These men were
taken fr.m the remote sections of the rol:S SO
the strikers claim in the hope that hat they would
is that the through trains and fast mail trains
ore now manned By those engineers.
THE BURLINGTON SYSTEM WOULD RUN,
ANYWAY.
Our passenger service at the end OF this first
week of the strike is far better than we thought
it would be when we started into the fight last
Sunday" said the general passenger agent, Paul
Morton. We have about $50 engineers on tho
road In ordinary circumstances, and we have re-
placed almost 400 of them. So you see there II
more than half Of the necessary equipment. Wa
will not attempt to do much tomorrow, but on
Monday we win do twice as much business as we
public in ali absolutely necessary @ services Should
the engineers of other roads be called out. tho
other roads will make no attempt to do business
They will just accept the situation lie down and
keep quiet, and let the Brotherhood and tht
public settle 1t. We ran larger number of pas.
senger trains yesterday than we did on the same
a big business then. The Brotherhood may call
out their men on the other roads if they choose;
That won't hurt us US We will go right on and and
miles OF road Of our own and that's littlo
world in itself. We can bring in grain and III
up. our elevators and haul goods out to our local
points,
THE BROTHERHOOD NOT READY TO YIELD.
For the Brotherhood it should be said that
they have conducted their fight honorably. No
act of violence can be recorded against them. Mr.
Arthur SAID tDlS AFTERNOON:
The fight has now resolved itself into ques-
ton Of endurance. The road is trying by every
means in its power to move its traffic, and
are trying by means within the limit of the Law
to prevent this Our time is yet TO come
The summons for consultation at the head.
quarters Of the Brotherhood OF the heads OF Tho
various grievance committees of the compel NJ
lines Of the Burlington road brought in hal,
dozen OF those summoned. Regarding the report
that the Chicago and Alton engineers eager
to go out, c. 5. Frasier the chairman Of he
'npp pllt Of fhn SafI
haven't heard a word about prospective stIlkO
on the Alton road, and don't believe it. II tho
Alton attends to its own affairs, there will be
,roube that line. 1t reported to me yes
erday that Burlington freight being moved
y the Alton at Kansas City, both openly and
disguised in Alton cars. 1t was also said '1ao
he Alton was honoring 20 tickets. Now. as I said
here will be n trouble if the Alton keeps It's
lands of, and have the word of Manager Chap
,cl that the road has desire to ,.0 any business
or the Burlington
S. W. Dickson, from Baraboo Wis. came as tbs
Of the Chicago and Northwestern
neineers c. s. McAnlig came in as the r.ore.
entative of the st. Paul road employees Both
we're in conference with Messrs. Arthur and Sar.
,ent, and their instructions doubtless cx.
'licit as they had nothing to say TO reporters.
nd soon after their arrival went out TO the head.
quarters Of the men at Fourteenth and Jefferson
IS The chairmcn Of the grievance committees
viii all be here by Monday morning when the f
cneral conference will be held. Until then no
important change in the situation is expected
This afternoon Chiefs Arthur and Sargent is
led u clrculbr TO All lne brotherhood men tho
arlington system. It reviews The work of tho
eek. praises the men for their frmncss and saws
ier cause, which is the cause of right and justice
bound TO succeed. The circular declares that
ie burlington road is paralvzed from one end to
10 other Thirteen Reading engineers who
rived here last night. who were under engage
ent to work for the Burlington. have deserted
4 STRIKING ENGINEER FATALLY SHOT
W. F. Merrill, general manager Of the Hannibal
I'd st. Joseph railroad tcegmphed here: "Mr.
rance General superintendent OF the Hannibal
I'd st. Joseph railroad, wires me that Georre
ats, one of old engineers was shot This
orning about o'clock at Brookfed Mo
one Of our guards Bostwick, a deputy-sberiG
ats was on the company's ground. irving to
timidate the engineer who was to take a train
t.. He was ordered several times 10 leave tbs
rd and refused, at the same time putting bis
md On on his his pocket in in a threatening manner
here Watts put his hand was found largo