San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-02-28
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 28, 1888.
THE c. 3. g. O. STRIKE.

As contained In yesterdays dis
patches, Cnief Arthur. OF the Locomo-
tive Engineers, ordered strike OF the
Brotherhood on the Chicago, Burllng-
ton and Quincy road, and 600 engineers
and firemen stepped down and out. The
strikers will make no attempt to inter-
fere with the running Of trains and 1t is
merely question Of supplying the
places of the strikers with competent
men which will determine the matter
one way or another. The engineers on
the Reading road, who belong to the
Knights Of Labor and not to the Loco
motive Brotherhood and who were re-
fused assistance by Arthur when the
Reading strike was ordered, are fiOcking
to Chicago to accept service with the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy as a
means Of retaliation. Passenger trains
and mails are running as usual, but there
is no freight moving along the line Of
the road. The lookup is pretty general
all along the line and business is Grip
pied very seriously at Chicago, St. Louis.
Kansas City. Freight handlers are being
laid off 10 all directions and thJ
con- ~ rV "a rrrrua sarguh
"".a'.t'u 'rr a3.r rF- ns "olc a--
pear rom .hr io"Owing notice sem GU
BY the management OF III Chicago, Bur
lingtOn q QuinCy to all Its connecting
lines.
ut will probably be week or more
before this company will be able 10 re-
ceive freight from you, and it will there
fore be advisable and for the public in
terest for you to deliver all freight con-
signed to us and destined to competitive
points to such other roads as in your
judgment can best and more promptly
take 1t to its destination. We shall also
be obliged for few days to decline to
receive freight for local stations; but as
soon as we are able will give this the
preference, and will frat serve the
places that are wholly dependent upon
as. You will be duly advised OF our
ability to handle our freight"
The prevailing sentiment among the
travelling public and the business
men Is quite generally with the strikers
rs their demands were not exorbitsnt,
and II sooeded to, would only have
placed them on equal footing with the
engineers OF other roads.
The cause OF the strike was the re fusal
OF the road to schedule the runs by
miles and pay mileage instead ofpsying
by the day, and making what the men
decided to be Injurious and partial dis
ordinations. The Knights OF Labor do
not feel very well disposed towards the
Locomotive Brotherhood and there will
be no attempt at interference on their
part in behalf OF the strikers. Mr..
Powderly is at Chicago quiet
ly watching the situation and
saying nothing. General Worthy
Foreman, Richard Griffith, on being
asked what position the Knights OF La
Dor would assume towards the strike,
replied:
LET the Brotherhood and the road
fight IL out between themselves. There
Is no very good feeling between the
Knights OF Labor and the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers. As an order
the Knights Of Labor will be neutral. II
the Knights OF Labor engineers from
other roads can make more money by
working for the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy they may. This is none Of
our fight. The Brotherhood did not help
us In the Missouri Pacific and Reading
strikes, and they do not look for US to
help them now"
There appears to be little prospect of
an immediate settlement. The places OF
1000 engineers and firemen are not
easily supplied, particularly as the Lo-
connective Brotherhood embraces within
its membership so large proportion OF
tue skilled locomotive engineers of the
country. Switch engines, freight en-
gines and construction engines are dead /,
and 1t is with great difficulty that pas
senger trains are moved. The mails are
all that can be relied upon and these are
moving regularly. The company pro-
fess TO be able to move all freight trains
in few days. Their notices and orders
do not bear out this sanguins prophecy.
Tu ro1a aHls, and needs yer,
DEdiy. sOH8 system o. arbitration BY
which the travelling and commercial
public will Do saved the losses and de-
lays Of such a tle-up as this. NaEionA,