The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-06
LONG STRIKE COMPROMISED
The Burlington Adjustment Inspected
and Approved by Grand Chief Arthur.
The Terms Will Not Be Known Till Tuesday,
but 1t Is Said Both Sides Made Concessions
Trouble at Seattle Ends in a Riot.

L. M. Arthur, OF the brotherhood or LOCO
motive Engineers, arrived here, this morn
ing, from Cleveland, and proceeded to the
Grand Pacific Hotel, where he had break
fast. After breakfast he was closeted with
members of the conference committee, and
the terms of the Burlington settlement
were formally submitted to him. The
conference remained in session until noon,
and Immediately after it's adjournment
Chief Arthur left the city over the
Chicago e. Northwestern road. His desti-
nation is not known, but it is understood
to be some point in Wisconsin or northern
Illinois, as he is expected to return to this
city tonight.
Chairman Cavener, of the Brotherhood
committee, was seen by an Associated Press
reporter soon after the conference had
closed. He said that the agreement with
the Burlington road HAD been laid before
Chief Arthur, and that it was approved by
him, though this was not at all requisite,
as the arrangement was complete without
his sanction. Mr.. Arthur, he said, was go
ing West on business entirely uncOnnected
with this matter, and had only stopped in
Chicago at his (Cavener's) request. As to
the time when the terms of settlement
would be made public, Mr.. Cavener said he
did not believe it could be arranged before
Tuesday morning, though possibly they
would be given to the press on Monday
night neXt-certainly not before the latter
date. To suggestion that this seemed an
entirely unnecessary delay, in view of the
completeness of the transaction, Mr.. Cave
ner said that there were good reasons for
the delay which he was not at liberty to
disclose.
Vice-president Stone, of the 90, was
then approached with a suggestion that the
committee seemed to be unnecessarily de-
laying publication, and that it might save
complications to give the resultOf the negO-
tiatiOns out at once. Mr.. Stone replied that
he had heard the reasons of the committee
for asking the delay, and that they were
such as commended themselves to his judg-
ment as reasonable. Moreover, he added.
he was firmly convinced the Brotherhood
men were acting in perfect good faith, and
he would not, even indirectly, break the
pledge which he had given them to with
hold the terms of the settlement until they
should indicate their readiness to have it
published.
From another source, the reporter learned
that the cause of the delay is this: The
cOmmitte want the official notice of the
terms of settlement to reach the various
lodges soon after the matter has been given
to the press. 1t has been learned by ex-
perience that unless this is done friction is
likely to arise in the lodges. Therefore,
time Is. being given for the terms of settle
ment to reach Cleveland by mail and go
through the circumlOcutiOn office at head
quarters before publication.
1t now transpires that Mr.. Arthur is go
ing to California, as he says, on private
business connected with the BrOthe rhoOd.n
He denied that the trip had any cOnnec-
ton with the Threatened strike on the
Southern Pacific railway. Mr.. Arthur ex-
pressed himself as exceedingly well pleased
with the terms of the 90" settlement and
said they were such as would meet with
the approval of all Brotherhood men. He
declined to make known it's terms, but said
that it was far from an unconditional sur
render on the part of the Brotherhood; that
several items of importance to the Brother
hood had been conceded by the 20" of
ficials.
stands high in railway circles told repre-
sentative. of the Journal this afternoon
that, while he was not at liberty to give the
Language of the agreement, he could say
that the engineers had abandoned their
claim for the abolition of the trip system
aud the Inauguration of the mileage plan,
They had also withdrawn their demand for
the arbitration of the classification, or
graded-pay rule. On these. which were the
O. tbs otSsr the
pany had consented to employ Broth
erhoOd men in preference to others,
as fast as vacancies occurred, and would
reinstate its old employees wheneverit could.
u
strikers obtaining work on other roads, is
also to be done away with. On these points
the Brotherhood is q winner. 1t is also
rumored that the compromise will result in
the dismissal of the prosecution of the al
legged dynamiters, but this is uncertain. 1t
is known that the matter was discussed,
but the company was not sure of its legal
right or power to interfere with cases now
in the hands of the State"
Vice-president Stone, of the Burlington
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either affirm or deny it's truth, or to COM
ment on it in any way.
Mining Trouble eliminates in Riot.
SEATTLE, w. T., Jan. 5.-Trouble which
has been brewing in the Newcastle mine
for some time eliminated yesterday in
riot, in which one man, William Raston,
was killed. The difficulty first arose over
man named Boyle, who went to work on
breast" and whom the Knights of Labor
claimed had no right to the place. Wednes-
day morning they refused to go to work,
and posted notices saying there would be
no more work in the Newcastle mine. The
members of the Miners Union, however,
who greatly Outnumbered the Knights,
continued to work, and ON Thursday night
a large force of Knights came over from
Gilman and MoAlliSter for the purpose of
cleaning out the camp. They marched
through Newcastle, went up to the mine
and assaulted and terribly beat a
number of miners, including Buch-
anan, the outside foreman, and
then returned ON the train to Newcastle.
At the depot they attacked j. l.. Hughes,
president of the union, and Ralph LeOwley.
Young Llewellyn Jones rushed out from his
house with gun and ran into the crowd
He was knocked down, and RastOn tried to
shoot him. After he got up some one fired a
shot, and kaStOn was struck in the abdO-
men. A general fusillade followed, but the
crowd scattered, and no one was hurt
Raston was carried to a house near by, and
expired in fifteen minutes. The rioters
dispersed immediately after the shooting
Greatly exaggerated accounts of the riot
reached the city, and Sheriff COchrane, at l
o'clock in the afternoon, took a posse of
men and went to Newcastle. Everything
was quiet when he arrived. The sheriff re-
turned last night with Raston;s body.
Howell T. Jones, father of Llewellyn Jones,
has been arrested for killing Raston. An
inquest will be held to-day.
Protective Association Of Miners.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Jan. 5.-The Twelfth Dis
trict Protective Association of Miners and Mine
labOrers elected the following officers and adj
journed President, Robert Reed, of Center City,
Grundy county; vice president, John COnley, of
Grape Creek, VermilliOn county, secretary and