Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-26
DEN0UNClNG DYN MITE.
Rock Island Brotherhood Favor
Law and Order,


They stand Firm IN Their Fight and
Look Upon the Future With En-
couragement-ln What They Hope
for Suceess-NOt In Love With Ar
thur.
What does the brotherhood think of
the dynamite discoveries = exclaimed a
brotherhood man repeating the query of
an ARGUS representative. We are
down on it collectively and Individually
In the first place We don't believe the
brotherhood had anything to do with it,
and if some men who belong to the order
have taken part in any such lawless pro-
CeedlngS We want to see them properly
punished. There are scape graces and
black sheep i'll all organizations which
| VIII work more injury to the principles
at stake in fight like this than they
could possibly do good The Knights of
Labor had its Martin Irons in the great
| southwestern strike of a few years ago
and but for the methods pursued by him
and his followers, the Knights of Labor
would have come out of that
| struggle in much better light than they
did But while there may he lawless,
blood thirsty elenent in the brotherhood
we have no Martin Irons among us; we
have no leaders who favor the use of
dynamite or any other methods which
endanger property or humanity. The
cardinal principles of our order forbid
and denuunce all such methods, and the
man who resorts to them cuts himself off
from all connection with the brotherhood
the moment he does so. We regret ex>
ceedlnely that any such tiendsh plots
should have been undertaken AS those
recently discovered in Aurora and at
Chicago, and whether the instigators be
members of our order or not we are
among the nrst to say Let them suffer to
the fnll extent of the law p"
Have the brotherhood men, as far as
you know, any idea of yielding" ven-
tured The pencil pusher.
"lf the strikers all oyer the Burlington
system stood as firm in their struggle for
principle, as they do on the Rock Island
and 81 louis division, and right here in
Rock Island. our fight would have been
won ny this time. The idea of Welding.
| venture to say, has never entered the
average brotherhood mans head This
strike WAS not instigated upon the mere
impulse of the moment. Ii was cOnsid
cred for long time; yes, | might say for
wears before il Was ordered, and We did |
not enter 1t expecting to win in a few |
days We looked for long and hard |
highland We are prepared for ii. Many of |
the greatest and most obstinate battles in |
the worlds history have been won through |
perseverance and determination, and we
expect 10 win this fight, even if it takes
all summer"
do you think other roads will become
involved"
"0ur fight is with the Burlington and
no other road. In fact, it has almost
dwindled down to the strikers in person,
held together by the bonds of brothers
hood obligation, against their employers
Il may be true that Chief Arthur has en-
to compromise things with the
company, but he has done so without cur
and we favor no such steps h
We are disappointed in Mr.. Arthur, but
hat does not discourage us in our strug.
gle for that which is our Just dues.
Has not the brotherhood as BODY :
withdrawn its financial aid from the
,trikers?"
Yes it has, but the men who are ont ,
are receiving more pecunisry support :
han they did while the three months
stipulated allowance was in force. All /;
he strikers get now come from voluntary ,
and members of the order 9
while contributing all the time to the +
ocular brotherhood funds from which we !
nave ceased to draw anything, are at the q
'ame time making monthly voluntary do }
nations to the c., b & Q strikers. and Z
line times out of ten these gratuitous
amounts are larger than the assessment !
hey paid to the brotherhood. Our pay =,
master was here this week and there is ,
rot one of the local strikers that did not z
'eceive SIS where he got So when the +,
money came strictly from the hrother> !
rood. And the brotherhood fund is be-
ug Kept up all this time, mind YOU"
Then there are none of the brother
rood men who would 90 back to the c
). d q. even if they could2"
NpL vi tHS blu ltIHlS- not one. We |
ire posted as to how the Burlington is
airing. They may be getting along in
ort of way now, but wait few weeks
lnti the crops begin to come in and ,
took commences to move. Wait until
he rush comes and we will see where the
Burlington is; it will never be able TO :;
handle it, Another thing. they will have =
tough time when the cold weather .
omes. These new men can get along ,
low, but when emergencies arise, the :,
scah' will be beautifully wanting"
Are your men on the lookout FOL new
Obs?"
There is not striker but what can
et work on as good roads as the Bur- ;,