Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-01
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CARDS, Blll.nsads, Circulars, Pes.
tsrs, Etc.,
PRoHrrRsr MAMMA AND At
REASONABLE RATES.
II Apply hero before ordering sIsa~hers
THE WHEELS STILL.
Engineers and Firemen on the @. b. d
Q. System on a Strike.
Business Nearly Suspended ON aiI is
Lincs--Uiti,natum OF the strikers
Submitted.

day morning was the hour officially aE-
nounced rs the time for the great strike
on the Chicago, Burlington Il Quincy
railroad Between II and 10 o. clock this
morning s. G, Hoge, Chairman of the
Grievance Committee of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers on tho Burling.
ton system, and j. H. Murphy, Chairman
of the Grievance Committee of Firemen,
called on General Manager Stone at the
company's offices and gave him verbal
notice that unless their demands were
acquiesced IN the men would strike at 4
o clock tomorrow morning Mr.. Hloge
briefly stated what the men wanted
Mr. Stone heard them through and
asked IL that was the ultimatum They
said II was, They told him that they,
with Chief Arthur. could be found at tbs
Grand Pacific Hotel until o clock in tho
morning II he desired 10 communicate
with them.
The grievance committee Of the cngin-
GERS, Of which Mr. llogc. Of McCook,
Ncb,, Is chairman, Is composed OF mem.
hers of local divisions Of the Engineers
Brotherhood on the Chicago. Burlington
n Quincy system. II il u standing com.
millec aud has had entire charge Of the
negotiations with Mr. Stone General
Manager Of the railroad. Tho Chairman
says the committees direct negotiations
falling. Chief Arthur was sent for, and
he attempted an adjustment Of the din.
Guilty He also failed Tho committee,
after strike was determined upon agreed
that II should begin nj ~ N, At that
hour most Of the engineers will be nj the
end of their runs and the fcwcst trains
will be IN motion. All the local divisions,
aud through them every member Of the
order employed on the Chicago, liurling.
ton n Quincy system have been notified
not to go 10 work IN morrow morning
unless specially advised by the Chairman
of the Grievance Committee TO report for
duty,
Fircmeu holding positions dependent TO
those vf engineers have acted with the
latter In everything, and unless MIR Stone
concludes To aCGodc 10 the terms OF tho
engineers no engine will he run out by
the members of either brotherhood 10.
morrow, Trains on the road will be run
to the ends OF the engineers division and
stopped Passenger trains leaving any
point before o'clock will be run TO tho
end Il the division und side tracked,
The immense suburban traffic Of the
road threatens TO be put 10 great incon
vonicnCc, but II IL quite generally expect
ed by the men that the company will he
able 10 employ enough outside engineers
to run u portion of these trains during
the day,
CuICA0o, Feb. 90. To representative
Of the Associated Press, Mr., Stone said
there were about sixteen hundred en-,
gincerS aud ilremcn In their employ, How
many of these belong 10 the Brotherhood
he did not know, but presumed they all
did.
What Is your programme for tom0r'
row. asked the reporter
I'VE will not attempt TO make any
freight trains" he replied "Our object
Is to run most Of our suburban and
through passengc: trains as usual. Our
first endeavor will be TO get In our subur.
ban passenger and take care OF Nil pas.
scngcrs for points not covered by compe.
titors. There are n large number OF men
In our employ capable of running engines.
In addition to the yard foreman aud road
foreman who nearly all are old engineers.
AT Aurora we have II large number Of
young men employed who have all learn
ed the art Of running locomotives All
these will be pressed into the service to- 81
morrow"
How about the report that you are
bringing ON lot of men from the Read
Ing system"
I'VE have no arrangement or contract
to that effect" said Mr.. Stone. But we
have sent east advertisements for compe.
tent mon, and we have also received
number Of kilograms from individuals In
Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania
points saying they would come and bring
other engineers with them. To nll these
| have replied that we will give good
wages and permanent employment to
all men of good character who are com
petcnt TO 30 the work
But would you keep these men In
case Of settlement with the old menY'
Yes, SIR, said Mr. Stone. emphatically.
1--WE want all competent men who we
can depend upon and they will be retained
us long as am manager OF the road
In regard to the freight traffic, Mr.
Stone said their first endeavor would be
take care of II on the same basis that they
would passenger traffic. as mentioned
above. lie could not tell how they would
get on until they had sized up the situa'
ton. II the strike was so serious as TO stop
their traffic they would have TO lay of all
their freight handlers aud shop mon and
n number Of others employed IN n similar
capacity, numbering six or seven times as
many as the engineers and iiremen. lilo
does not, however anticipate ATTY such
serious state Of affairs.
During all the weeks of negotiations
Mr.. Stone had not been idle. An agent
OF his road went to Reading, Pa. and
employed all the train men he could who
had been recently thrown out OF employ
ment by the strike on the Philadelphia
IL Reading lines, Other points
were reached by telegraph offering
work 10 idle engineers, Every man in
the shops who could manage an engine
was ordered to be ready TO 90 out with
one, Applicants for jobs as engineers
got them in hurry, Early this evening
the officers Of the road said they had
enough men TO run three trains each way.
The company has been running twenty
six such trains daily,
II the strike assumes the proportions
that now seem probable. abont 1000
men will be involved. This number in
cludes employees that will be thrown out
Of employment by the strike of the engin-
GERS and firemen.
Revision OF the Statutes.
Representative Riley has introduced
a bill H. L. No. 472-for revision and
condification of the statutes Of Iowa;
creating commission therefor and de-
filming their duties. and providing for
the publication and distribution OF theii
reports The first codification was liz
1851, only five years after the admis,
sion of the state, and the second was
nine years thereafter, 1860. The third
was in 1873, fifteen years ago Since
that date we have the acts OF the general
assemblies of 1874, 1876, 1878, 1880, 1882,
1884, 1886, and 1883 are in progress all
of which with the code Of 1878 would
enter into the revision of 1890 The bill
10y Mr.. Riley provides for the appoint
ment of commission by the governor,
and defines the duties of the commits
sion and how the reports shall be dis
tributed From the fact that at least
seventeen years must elapse since the
last codifcation before a commission
could be appointed and revise the laws,
the present session OF the general assem-.
bly, will no doubt take steps toward
providing for new code--the code OF
$780,"
The graduates Of the school for the