The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-16


cent. of the engineers employed by the
company are and have bee for years
| Brotherhood Engineers From time to time
! representatives of the Brotherhood have met
with the managers of the railroad company
aud discussed grievances or entered INTO
| friendly consideration Of matters lookin5 70
the improvement of the condition, and re-
munerations of the engineers.
GOOD POLICY.
The company has done this in pursuance
of policy which 1t believed it was its duty
to the public to pursue, viz: To have
stability and experience in its motive power
department in the interest of the safety of
| the life and property Of its patrons. No
| just request which had ever
been made TO the company by representa-
| tives of the Brotherhood has ever been re-
fused, and but very recently the very minute
schedule, which Is the cause of the quarrel
between the Brotherhood and the Chicago,
| Burlington and Quincy road was submitted
TO the Atchlson Toleka and Santa Fee Rail
road Company, and in friendly Conference
was accepted and put in force by the com
pany. The Atchson, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad, through its proper officers there
upon, about Feb. /, entered into contract
with the locomotive engineers and firemen
upon the Santa Fe and Southern Kansas
railroad system. BY this contract large
benefits and advantages were given TO this
class of employees.
GIVEN A FAIR CHANCE.
The very first provision of this written
contract is in substance as follows: THAT
no engineer or firemen should be
suspended or discharg upon any
charge whatever without first hay
ing a fair and impartial hearing.
board OF inquiry is established composed
of the Division Superintendent, Division
MaaRonirs nd inn tal
gineers from the division from which the
COMPLAINT may arise. who shall investigate
charges of misconduct, and the right to APP
peal is in all cases given from the local to
the general officers. The rights of the fire
men and engineers to act as a committee on
conference are recognized, and leave of alb
sence is granted for that purpose"
Every item in this long contract, consist
ing of twenty-sx articles, the larger part of
which looked to the benefit of the employees,
was carefully gone over at Chicago by rep
resentativeS of the Brotherhood of engineers
and the Vice President of the company. In
consideration of the concessions made and
the large benefits and advantages Civ en-, and
the perfect confidence bestowed by the COM
pany upon this class of its employees, the en-
gineers and firemen agreed, through
their representatives, that they would
not fail to perform their duties,
under the contract and agreement with
out giving the company thirty days notice.
CONFERENCES HELD
March and conferences were held at the
request of the representatives OF the Broth
erhood with the managing officers of TIE
Santa Fe at Topeka unon the subject of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy strike, at
which meetings the question of the duty of
connecting roads to haul Chicago,
burlington and Quincy freight was
discus ed, and finally resulted in the SER
vice of a notice by representatives Of the
Brotherhood upon the company to the
effect that after Sunday morning March
II, the engineers and firemen would refuse
to haul Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
cars. There was no notice of strike or
suspension of work and no notice of any
grievance. On the contrary there were on
the part OF the repre- entatives of the
Brotherhood repeated disclaimers of any
purpose to injure the Atchison, Topeka and
Sa TIA Fe Company, or to refuse to perform
their duties as engineers
NO GRIEVANCE.
They also admitted repeatedly that they
had no grievance against the Santa Feroad,
but that they sympathized with their
friends on the %, " and desired to al EN-
in their fight. The Grievance Committee
repeatedly stated that no strike would
be ordered and that each man
would act for himself The company as
sured the Grievance Committee that they
could not expect that the company would
act in violation of the laws o. the United
States: that it was comm My understood
and was their belief that the act of Con
gress required them to haul the freight
of all connecting lines when presented
without discrimination. They would lay
their notice before the board of directors
for their consideration, psnling which it
was presumed that no action would be
| taken by the engineers, certainly not with
out the notice provided for in Their contract.
Since that time in no instance has any
! engineer against his wish been asked to
haul any train containing Chicago, Bur
| lingtOn and Quincy cars. AT no time, how
ever, has the company pu ltself beyond the
| pale of the law or done anything to visit
upon it penalties and punishments for it's
disobedience.
| UNION PACIFIC MAY BE INVOLVED.
| ABILENE, KAN, March. l5.-No Santa
| Fe trains arrived here this evening from
Strong City and none left here Tor Salina
or Concordia. A Union Pacific engineer,
passing here tonight on a freight train,
being informed of the strike on the Santa
! Fe said that before morning the engineers
on the Union Pacific would leave their
engines,
! A SCARE AT THE STOCK YARDS.
CHICAGO, March 13-There were IN dica-
| tions of trouble with the engineers and fire.
men at the stock yards for a time yesterday.
The Burlington road brought in tiftt-seven
cars Of live stock. An engineer refused to
! pull them and left his engine. The oMcials
| thought there would be strike. Later the
men met aud talked the matter over
and finally work was resumed the men
pulling the Burlington cars like the rest.
There are from twenty-five to thirty engines
at the stock yards, which Were furnished by
! the different railroads to the Stocks Yards
| Company, but the latter hired them.
MOVING FREIGHT.
! The NetUS this moIniag said "YeSter-
! days was the larges days business done by
the Burlington road since the strike began.
Besides the transfer business, twenty two
. freight trains came in and nineteen were
sent out. Between 400 and 500 local cars
each way were handled. Sixty-four cars
of live stock came in and $50 more are ex-
pected to-day. The Northwestern road
| commenced exchanging freight i'll the after
noon. Its engines took forty-eight cars
out of the lumber district and put forty-fve
in The story that the Wisconsin Central
cars offered TO the Burlington road were re-
! fused from lack of facilities was
denied by Trainmaster Pope, of the 20"
road Mr. Pope said he was prepared TO
handle any reasonable amount OF freight
| FROM all roads and had done 50 up TO daje
/ Tho Rolf limo fpnE aNyav tafuIf Natse -a-tar-