The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-24
ANN ARBoR ROAD STRIKERS.
The Trouble Resolves ItselfInto a Lake
Shore Matter.

The Trouble Resolves Itself Into Lake
Shore Matter
TOLEDO, March 2S.-The Ann Arbor
trouble has resolved itself into a purely
Lake Shore matter, at least as far as the
officials are concerned, for none of the Ann
Arbor officials have put in an appearance
In court. They are, instead, busily en-
gagged in marshaling their new
Sorces during the calm ocCasioned
by the trial Of the Lake Shore
engineers. The strikers are letting
the Ann Arbor severely alone, and all are
in daily attendance at the court room. ne
efforts of the prosecuting couusei are u
rected TO fixing the responsibility LOT Tue
strike upon the brotherhood. Inc men
make skiIlful witnesses for their own slae'
POSITION OF THE BROTHERHOOD.
CLEVELAND. O., March . 2&-Chief
Arthur Of the brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers has issued an Official statement
regarding the position the brotherhood oo-
cuDies In the Ann Arbor strike IL ls as
follows: AFTER reading various comments
and criticisms in different papers on the
Toledo. Ann Arbor and Northern Michigan
strike and Judge Kicks decision, / feel
,omDelIed to state my side Of the story.
ain the first place, I find 1t very hard TO
make the public understand that do not
order any stoppage Of work, and could not
if wanted to. The men themselves vote
upon II, and if a majority decide to stop
work Of course it is done. In all cases
where the engineers and tlremen have a
contract with the railroad companies we
have no trouble and find IL much the best
wav, The great trouble has been on small
roads especially that they take advantage
of the men in making them Work Tor less
wages and giving no pay for overtime.
In the last case every honorable effort was
made TO adjust the difficulty, but without
success and here IL is said, that the men
stopped work without giving notice, which
is not true, as l myself addressed u letter to
General Manager Ashley of the Toledo and
Ann Arbor road, informing him that his
engineers and hremen had determined TO
leave his service at O'Clock a. u. on
Wednesday, March s, thus giving him ans
pie time to decide whether he would grant
the reasonable requests of his men or not
II. w. Ashley, the general manager, when l
informed him that | would appeal to bis
father, the president, remarked very ABB
ruptly: He is an old man and does not
know whether l am paying cents mile,
or So and must not be disturbed IL there
had been a motto that the Ann Arbor road
believed in living and let live we would not
have had trouble; but 80 long as this grind
ing process Is carried out by the railroads,
Just so long will there be trouble with the
companies An engineers life is hard one
at best He must report for duty
many times when not able 20
do so or lose his situation. and if he be a
married man this is hard to do. Besides many
times men are made examples Of to crafty
the petty spite of a superintendent or mas
ter mechanic, and are removed on the
slightest pretext. IL does not take some
men long to forget that they come from
switchman 20 a superintendent's position, or
from a wiper to master mechanic. All the
engineers ask is fair play, and there will
be no trouble.
"If the men are not at liberty to quit
work when at any time it suits their CON
vsnienoe, then certainly the same rule will
apply to the railroad company and deny
them the right to discharge a man at any
time they choose without consulting his
convenience or comfort. We are at any
time ready to subscribe to any rule that
will apply to employer and employee"