St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-07

went about their investigations quietly
and intelligently. During the day COM
mitteeS from the brotherhood had called
upon the various other railroad officials
and secured their agreement to touch
not q single Burlington car after II
o'clock to-day. That much time was
given the railroads to get the Burling-
ton cars Side-tracked and to keep them
out of trains as they were made up. BY
some mistake the committeeman did not
arrive last night. but will be in some
time to-day from Chicago with all the
latest information and Instructions from
Chicago.
At / o'clock in the afternoon the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
held preliminary meeting at
Druids' hall, corner Of Seventh
and Jackson streets, previous to the
Joint meeting of the firemen and engi-
neers in the evening at the hall on Day
toms bluff. A course was mapped out
that developed at the last named meet
ing. =
THE JOINT SESSION
last night was much larger than any
that have occurred heretofore, and the
enthusiasm greater, if possible. They
were obliged to search the neighbOr-
hood for chairs, and even then a great
many sat on one anOther's laps and on
the floor. The fremen, of course, are
the coming engineers. and will do
everything to strengthen the brother
hood of which they some day expect to
be members. The word they gave the
engineers last night was this:
boys, we are standing SOlidly to-
gether, shoulder to shoulder. Go in
nd xUntll l,ao III -till thu 10 Of -
They have joined forces and will
meet again tonight as one body. To
this end they directed the following
notice issued:
ITO Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers and Brotherhood OF Locomo-
tive Firemen:
''There will be joint meeting at the
hall of Division No. 500, Wide block,
Seventh and Bradley. at 1880 tonight
"wednesday at which full attendance
is earnestly requested, as business of
great Importance will be brought up.
BY order of THE COMMITTEE"
1.-The public cannot understand the
reason of so many meetings. said one
of the leading engineers last night,
land | would like to eniighten them.
You see, tonight there are men at the
meeting who cannot be here tomorrow
night, as they will be away Oh the road.
The men who are hundreds of miles
away from here tonight will be III to-
morrow night, consequently all will be
fully informed in the premises. Now
then, you see, the other railroads have
agreed with us not to touch Burling-
ton car after II o'clock noon on WedneS-
day. They may move and handle these
cars in the afternoon. IL they do we
xx-iIJ Iynnxu II for cha11 n1nCnIU watch
every movement. If they break faith
with us, we will deal with them after
ward"
80 far as the Brotherhood of En-
gineers on the Burlington & Northern
is concerned, the members are willing
to quit work at once. They are Woe
fully undergrad. Where ali the other
roads pay engineers from S3.70 to 81, the
b. d n. pay them 1928. The liremen
of other roads get 1926 and on the %"
S1.40. See what vast difference there
is. If the G. B. q Q. wins this strike it
will be so much to our interests. They
will naturally take up all the scab en-
gineers and leave the road clear to us
for the next strike, sure to follow.
There are very few engineers Compel
ent to run an engine, who are not en-
braced IN The brotherhood, and it would
be constant menace to Ire and pro
perty to employ an inexperienced
man"
''There are lots of saw mill and
threshing engineers lying around, but
the good, competent men are scarce.
Another point is that these men may
be drinking men. l will stake my life
that you can't find a brotherhood loco
motive engineer in the country
who will take drink while
he is on duty. This is
regulated by the organization.
Wednesday at II O'Clock some develop
ments will be made public and we will
have more light on the subject our
selves. 1t looks like calm before the
storm. Something is going to drop,
though we have great confidence in the
other roads. We assume that they will
stand squarely and honorably by their
word.