Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-06
Meeting of the Grievance Committees
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Meeting of the Grievance Comnttteas-
No Moe Lines Involved.
CHICAGO, March 5th - Chief. Eneineer
Arthurs headquarters presented a lively
scene this morning. The room was crowded
with members OF the Grievance Commit
tees OF the various Western and North
western railroads, representing both en-
g1neers and tiremea's associations They
had come from as far as New Mexico in
response to calls from Chief Arthur to the
Burlington strike. All seemed in hearty
accord with each other
At 10 a. NJ. the meeting was onaned bv
Arthur. None attended other than the
grand officers and Chairman of the Griev-
anee Committee. The proceedings of the
meeting were OF the most secret character
Inc morning session lasted until I:3O this
afternoon, when an adjournment was taken
until 2:30. None of the members would
give the details of the deliberations, but the
Chairman OF one of the principal Grievance
committees said: You can say this: The
session was of the most harmonious ma
Iure. Each one OF the delegates announced
himself as standing shoulder to shoulder
with the Burlington men in the figbt.n
CONCERNING THE CONFERENCE.
CHICAGO, March 5th.-The fact that dele
gates from the Brakemen's brotherhood
were present at the meeting of the Griey-
ance Committee to-day indicated one object
of the conference. All the engineers who
could be induced to talk said the brakenen
were with the strikers.
MIR. U Brien, of the Press Committee
when asked If a strike was contemplated on
the Northwestern road, said the utmost
good feeling existed between the officials
and the engineers on that road A strike
on the Northwestern was not discussed.
Ihae Is division matter" he said. 'sIt
is the intention of the engineers to confine
the strike, II possible, to the Burlington
system"
What about a strike On the Burlington
and Northern?"
The Grievance Committee on that road
replied O'Brien, has reported that thew
nave examined into the matter and find
that no grievance exists there. The officials
OF the Burlington and Northern have
undertaken to be perfectly neutral in the
matter"
THE COMPANY IN GOOD SPIRITS.
General Passenger Agent Morton, speak
ing for the company this afternoon. said he
was OF the opinion that the backbone of
the strike was broken. We are running
a sufficient number OF passenger trains. .
SAID he 10 accommodate all the business,
and our freight traffic has nearly assumed
lts normal condition. We have taken all
the engineers and firemen we can handle
and have instructed our Eastern agents not
to send us any more men unless they hap
pen to be thoroughly competent engineers.
In the event of strike on the Burlington
and Northern road, that company would
probably take the men we cannot use our
selves"
INCIDENTS OF THE STRIKE.
CHICAGO, March 5th.-The Chicago. Rur-
lington & Quincy trains ran into and from
the Union depot with pretty much the
same regularity as they did the day before
the strike.
Early this morning notice posted on the
conductors room showed that all trains.
would run to-day on schedule time, except
three through trains, which have been
abandoned. ALI the engines, both in and
out were manned by new men, none of the
officers OF the road, acting as mechanics on
any of them
About one hundred were being examined
as engineers ut the office of the company
this morning. They are mostly men who
arrived from the East yesterday.
To-day freight is being received for all
points east of the Mississippi River and to-
morrow it will be received for points up to
the Missouri
Authentic information was brought to
Chief Arthur's headquarters this morning
that SIN engine crews, composed of Reading
knights of Labor engaged by the Burling-
ton road, have deserted their engines at
Galesburg Four other crews left at Au-
rora.