Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-09-09
READY TO ne Up TINE READING.


E,SYo>. sept. The meeting of rep
reseu,a,ives of organized railroaders en.-
Moved on the Reading system was held IN
secrecy here on Sunday afternoon. What
was done was not ,levulsed. II is known
that members of Il grievance cohihittee
went 10 New York tola, 10 confer Win
railroa,lers there anu that they Viii 70 10
large railrosel lueeiins 10 he held M fhiia-
,ieiphia on 'fuessiay. Two reasons are CAV
en- for the action of the ptea--one the I'M
inst discharge of hve engineers some
when on the New Jersey unSi-
sion of the Recalling, AMI the other thai the
! Reading intends To compel the men to leave
all organizations. IL is sail the reason Tor
the discharge of the i've engineers was that
they refused TO leave the brotherhood and
ioin the beneficial organization of the Read
( ing Company.
IL is sail that there Is apprehension that
the Reatin. officials will not receive the
Grievance committee. aud. if that is the
ease, trouble will b. preeipitated. II
| i said that one of the grievance
! committee remarked, before he left,
that he did not know when he would
,et back. He might return in few
/ days. and ii might take two months to settle
the trouble. He gave out the impression
that the men were ready for big hight.
| They ARE in the fight to the finish. y pecu-
/ liar feature of the mos eluent is the unaniu-
| inv with which secrecy i, preserved coupled
/ with The fac, that not in fifteen yeers have
any of ,h.. organizations of the lchigh
( Valley or Jersey Central rallroa's had
troubie with their companies, despite the
/ fact that wages were low ami unequal
was held in Eastun. in anticipation
of trouble, AMI si"cc theh 'ue
/ different organizations among ra'lfoa"-
ers engineers. iircmch, conductors ans,
trainnien generally have greatly increase'
their membership. The leaders began 10
speculate AS to the future soon at'er tue
Reading deal was announced. lhey khe"
that President Mcleod was opposed TO or
{ .anized labor, and that the Philadelphia \
+ Reading COMPANY did not recognize such
organizations. and had tlrlsen them from Us
main line. They expected there w"uia DC
/ trouble and they SGT about preparing Ter H.
( 1t is said that one reason the men
on the Reading system hereabonts ana
not want to have anything 10 no
/ with the Buffalo strike was because
they were expecting this trouble about tue
/ recognition of organized labor ana
the substitution of the Reading Relief As
sociation. aud they preferred to make then
/ fight on these grounds.
1 Not only have there been large accessiohs
to the ranks of engineers. tiremen CON
ductors and trainmcn on the Lehigh Valley
t AMI the Central but there is an organlza-
tiop on the main division of the Reading
which stands ready to join in the fight. II
! this threatened trouble does come it will al
feet $500 miles of railroad, stop $500 loco
motives. and ll3,ooo ears, and effect the
wages of 400 900 persons. To say nothing Oh
the large territory and the great incon'en-
| fence to the hundreds of thousands of peo-
pie depending on the Reading for transpor-
taton The railroad men say the he-ul
would be complete in every respect.