The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-25
WHY He WAS REMOVED.
The CENTRAL's STORY ABOUT EN-.
GINERR ARDEN'S DISMISSAL

He Refused to Handle Central Prop
erty Because it Was Loaded in a
Sam Car-The Engineers Deny That
This Was the Cause of the Discharge
end Say it is a SubterfuRe Of the
Ofacials-The Matter Likely 20 be
LAID Before Judge Speer.
Strike talk is rife among the CentraFs
engineers over the discharge Of Engineer
Arden, and unless he is reinstated or the
Central is able to prove that bis discharge
was for other reasons than refusing 20 haul
Sam cars during last weeks strike general
walk-out of the brotherhood men of the
system seems bound to follow. Chief
Arthur is expected here tomorrow night,
and will if he arrives, take part in the
meeting Of the engineers Monday night.
There is a strong sentiment among the
engineers not TO treat with the Central au-
thorities about the matter whatever, but to
send committee to Judge Speer and lay the
enLire case before him. They believe Judge
Speer would, after hearing all the facts in
the case, have Mr.. Arden reinstated.
THE CENTRAL's SIDE OF THE CASE.
The officials of the Central tell an en-
tirely different story from that Of the en-
gineers. I'VE have no desire TO antagOuize
the brotherhood, +" said one of them yester-
day, "as 10 Is not to our interest, nor is it TO
theirs to antagonize us. The facts in the
case are on our side: There was a Sam car
in Savannah which was loaded with guano
before tn Q strike on the Sam road was de-
clarsd. This car was used for our own
private business, for which we paid 10 the
Sam road so much per mile. This car was
in the train bound for Ohoopee, a station
between this point and Lyons, and was the
one which Mr.. Arden refused to haul.
1.-THE fact that the car was the property
Of the Sam road does not make
il really so, while 10 is in our hands
doing our business. but merely because the
car had Sam on it Engineer Arden refused
TO haul il. tt was left out in order not to
delay the train, after which the engineer
was discharged
ave didn't require our engineers to haul
Sam cars as long as the strike was on. We
never require them to take cars handled by
scab labor, and did not do so in this instance.
But this was another matter altogether, as
the car, for the time being, was our own
and not the Sam'sn
Mr.. CONFER DOES NOT FEAR TROUBLE.
Receiver Conner says he anticipates no
trouble with the engineers He has too
much confidence In their good sense to think
that any movement looking to a strike
will be made without his being advised of
II. All ne KNOWS 6DOub bn9 AFQen matter
is what he has seen in the papers Mr.
Conner had conference about
two weeks ago with representa-
tive of the brotherhood, and there was
nothing said then that would indicate any
dissatisfaction. The gentleman was very
intelligent and talked very RgreeAbly about
affairs. Mr.. Conner thinks there is very
little more than newspaper talk in the
matter.
An engineer was told Of the claim that
the Central officials made that Mr.. Arden
was discharged because he refused to handle
the Centrals property loaAed in a Sam car.
That's the new phase they are trying to
put on the matter" said the engineer.
"Supt McNeely specifically told Mr.. Arden
he was discharged for refusing TO
haul Sam cars, and intimAted
that others were to lose their
places for the same reason. Even admit
ting their claim to be correct, unless they
explained the circumstances of the car be-
ing In use by the Central, Mr. Arden did
exactly as the rules of the order require.
This is a subterfuge OF the officials to get
out of the matter now when they see that
the brotherhood means business, but
1t will not Work. Mr. Arden has to be re-
instated or the Central will have to find new
men for its engines. The brotherhood can
not afford to allow such thing to go un-
noticed
The engineers are anxiously waiting for
Monday nights meeting. which no doubt
will be lively.