New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-06
THE TERMS STILL SECRET.
BURLINGTON OFFICIALS AND STRIKERS
MAINTAIN AN AIR OF MYSTERY
BOTH SIDES, 1T IS CLAIMED, YIELD IN SOME
PoINrs-EXPENsE OF MAINTAINING THE
IDLE ENGINE MEN - TWO MILLIONS
LOST TO THE COMPANY.
NV rELE0RAPH TO THE rRrBryy

LOST TO THE COMPANY.
vBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.
Chicago Jan. Sit win probably be several
days before the agreement made between the Bur-
lington officials and the Brotherhood by which
the Burlington strike was settled will be given 10
the public. The delay comes from the Brother
hood Committee, which yesterday asked Vice
Presid, nt Stone to agree to make nothing public
until hey informed Chief Arthur of the terms in
stead of letting him first learn them from the
newspapers Mr.. Stone agreed and long
telegram was sent to Mr. Arthur, at Cleveland.
Upon receiving 1t he took the train for Chicago
and this morning arrived here and was in confer
ence with the committee. After the conference
word was again sent to the Burlington, asking
that the terms of settlement be kept private until
they had communicated it to their lodges. The
document will be sent by moil to Cleveland to-
night, there set up and printed and copies mailed
to the various divisions of the Brotherhood and
then made public. In the meantime it may he
said that the agreement is q complete victory Tor
the Burlington, although it is couched in terms
that gave no offence to the vanquished. The docu-
ment is short and concise The engineers abandon
Their demand for the mileage plan as used by other
roads They also withdraw their demand for the
arbitration of the classification or graded pay rule.
These were the chief points of the strike. On the
Other hand, the company has consented to employ
brotherhood men in preference to Others as fast as
vacancies occur and VII reinstate its old en-
ployes whenever 1t can The black hst which has
been bar to the strikers obtaining work on other
roads is also to be done away with.
Both parties were eager for a settlement what
ever professions to the contrary may have been
made the company because it wanted to get back
sxx1 frt4t al rnnlnx-a W
have established homes along the lines of the road
and by long and faithful service had come to be
looked upon as part Of the great Burlington
family The treasury of the Brotherhood has been
so severely drawn upon to support the strikers for
n period of over six months that contributing
members were only too glad to have the assess
ments stopped 1t is also rumored that the
compromise will result in the dismissal of the
prosecution of the alleged dynamters, but this is
uncertain. 1t is known that the matter was dis
cussed, but the company was not sure OF It's legal
right or power to interfere with cases now in the
hands of the State. The Railway Age" the
official mouthpiece of the railways, says to-day
concerning the settlement:
/ AS matter of fact the strike was ended
months ago. so far as the road was concerned
but the Brotherhood has continued to support
a cost of something like $4,000 and the un-
profitablenew Of this expenditure and the folly
of attempting to maintain it indefinitely are fully
realized. On the other hand, the cost to the
company of the strike alone, in addition to the
loss of earnings from other causes is estimated
at from $4,000 900, to s3,OO0,000, although 1t
is now saving in wages the advance wmch the
engineers demanded"
After his conference with the committee, Chief
Arthur was asked by reporter You are ac-
auainted with the terms OF the agreement en-
tered into with the Burlington Oflicals?'
ayes, sir, and I am exceedingly we'll pleased
with them. The committee has done its work
faithfully and we'll The terms upon which the
strike was settled are such that they all meet
with the approval of every Brotherhood man
throughout the country
what were the terms of the agreement p
That l am not at liberty to make puhhc.
They will first be placed before the Executive
Board, which, however. is a mere formahty and
courtesy due the board. The terms will not
be made public before the middle Of next week
II is safe TO say, however, that 1t was far from
an unconditional surrender on the part of the
that sevea items EN- tho OF
"Are you going 10 California on business, or
merely for plcasu'e?"
4" 1t is business trip, though, OF course,
will connect a litle pleasure with it, as Mrs.
Arthur accompanies me.
What is the nature Of your business in Call
fornia ?"
That is something OF which I cannot speak;
as it is business o, n private nature connected
with the Brotherhood
Mr. Arthur's business in California was under
stood to he CONNECTED with the threatened strike
of the Brotherhood Engineers on the Southern
Pacific Road but This Mr.. Arthur denied,
Chairman Csvens said TINT ne intended TO go
10 Cleveland this evening TO submit TO the head
quarters of the Brotherhood his report the pre-
paraton of which would occupy him all day to-
morrow, and possibly Monday
Does this delay in. publishing the terms lndi-
cate any dissatisfaction with the terms OF the
scttlcment?"
"Not in the slightest 1t is merely to give
MS time officially to inform the old employees OF
the Burlington through the regular channels that
the strike is ended When they are so informed,
they can seek unemployment on the O. with
out jeopardizing their good standing IN the
brotherhood
The ending of the strike applies to the fire
men as well rs to the enginecrs?' p
Ccrtainly'