The Forrest City times., 1888-03-10
TT IS CONTAGIOUS.
OTHER ROADS LIKELY TO HE DRAWN
 INTO THE STRIKE.
The Brotherhood Threatens to Order a Striks on the ofending Roads-No Change tn the situatiou-rhe Efforts to Edscta Compromise.

strike on the utending Roads-No
 Change in the situation-The Efforts to
 Effect Compromise.
 CmcAGo. IIG-. March 5.-The rotunds of the Briggs House was the forum for the orators of the Engineers Brother hood last night. One hundred new ar rivals from the Reading district reached the hotel on the night trains, and were immediately met by the Brotherhood committees. Knots ofexcited men gath cred around the leaders, and the war of words waged thick and fast. The Read ing men openly accused Chief Arthur of causing the troubles on that road, but despite all the gesticulating and loud talk, everyone was in favor of settle. ment. The Brotherhood delegates told the new callers of the settlement between Arthur and rowderly.
 "Ihe men won't go back unless we are recalled by Corbin himself" shouted several Of the Reading men.
 "But Chief Arthur calls the Brother hood men of the Reading. Win you not go back and fight your own battles?'
 "les.' said several, and this basis of settlement seemed to satisfy them all especially those who wanted to get back tO their wives and families.
 TIE CRISIS AT HAND.
 Mir Cahill, the Eastern Knight oi Labor delegate, who had the conference with Messrs. Arthur and Sargent. said 10 a reporter that 1t will be known to- night whether the orders issued by Arthur and Sargent 10 their men on the Reading Road arr 10 be obeved. "lf their men go out we will withdraw ours. In the meantime our men in the East await orders. As to the Reading strike" added Mir. Cahill, ''the prospects are in favor of tho strikers v ihe Brotherhood men are taken o1. We have no love for the Chicago. Burlington : Quincy. In diFidually, would rather see my body under the earth than 20 scabbing on ac- count of our internal difeusHces. We recognize that there Is G d.rect effort made by all the corporations in the country to wipe out of existence all labor organizations. We are positive ei that fact. It started in the State of Penn. sviyania. our own state. The miners oi the Schuylkill and Lehigh demanded from the different companies an increase in wages of per cent on the basis ol S2,5O. The Reading Railroad in Septem- her granted the increase. The Iehigh Company, of which Mir Harris Is the Chief Mogul, refused even to receive the committee of their men. The result was that in the Lehlgh region there was a strike and 20,000 men were either on strike or locked out. The Reading Rail- road employees organization then turned in and gave the Lehiyh miners all the
 MORAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT
 our organization had. We had the strike virtually won when the Reading Rail road insisted on our hauling certain frt ght and doing other acts injurious to them. We bel eve that there wasa com mon movement on December 22 by all the combinations and big corporations in the state of Pennsylvania to inaugu- rate this strike
 Mir. Cahill looked upon the Burling- ton strike as connected with the Read ing. We made the attempt 10 crush out labor organizations there,n he said ito day VIC have it here"
 General Manager Stone efthe Burling toa road was seen bv a rcpo ter and in- formed of the agreement reached by the Brotherhood and knight' of Labor. "lt makes no difference 10 us said he. "We will go on just the same"
 lt Is learned that twenty of the l50 new engineers and fireman who were sent ont on the o'clock train last night deserted after going out short distance and returned to the city.
 NO IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS.
 Mfr. Arthur and his leutenants. anC the officials of the Burlington road. both report no important developments ff the strike situation this morning The road claims to be going ahead steadily without intention or thought of com. promise. and 10 be making steady gains in their fights Mir. Morton, the General Passenger Agent, said to-day that their passenger service was practically where it was before the strike. and that they were moving freight on every division Of their line to-day. He says that not one of the Reading men whom they engaged tO take the strikers places has yet deserted.
 ANOTHER STRIKE PROBABLE.
 At the Brotherhood headquarters 1t was learned that men will be sent to the Pennsy lvania region to-day. where they will cndeayor tO persuade the Brother hooi men on the Reading road to carry out their part Of the bargain made be tween Chief Arthur and the Knights of Labor yesterday. It is also learned that unless the Northwestern. the Mil waukee S St. Paul. the Chicago k Alton and Chicago & Illinois roads cease aiding the Burlington In their passenger busi ness. as it is claimed they have been doing. a strike will be ordered on all these lines tomorrow afternoon. X confer ence Of the officials O. the lines mention cd is 10 be held here tomorrow.