New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-25
, REPLY TO CHIEF ARTHUR.
,.crp AsuLEY's SIDE OF THE STORY.
ur rxCINEMEN ON THE TOLEDO AND
ANN ARBoR EARN AND THEIR
UOI-RS OF LABOR.


,..o Ohio March o4-General Manager II. W.
- NJ the Toledo. Ann Arbor and Northern
.,ror Railroad furnishes the following reply TO
css, Arthur's statement. sent out last night:
V~.. S,nce Mr.. Arthur has made the merits OF the
,,c.rences between the brotherhood OF Locomotive
r,dneers and this Company Of public interest u
os mv duty 10 STATE the facts from the other point
'.' .,sv This company pays all It's freight engine
" az GO per 100 miles, and over time after IA
At 20 cents per hour. The men not classified
rss Is a higher rate than is paid by any road In
,neh,ean except the Michigan Central Ninety per
, a, the enginemen run freight trains. There are
r seven men engaged In passenger service of
80 TWO remained with the company and are still
:, vorx They express themselves as satisfied.
~.e men OH these runs earn from 81 200 to 81 400
80 year. for service Of eight hours or less per day,
- trains OF two and three scheduled at twenty
sna, miles per hour. This work is considered the
u,or desirable on the road.
THE freight en(rnemen all earn between 800 and
uU per month. This Is what Mr.. Arthur calls the
.n1pdng process We have between LOO and 1900
soncations for the privilege Of being ground at
ere prices. but the members Of this order who do
an want 10 work for these wages have sought by
,orehAse intimidation and boycott, TO deprive others
A the right 10 do Yet he advertises that the
motherhood is law-abding society organized for
the moral and social advantage Of its members
.On sunday February 26. less than twenty out Of a
srret session at Owosso. and small majority OF
those present determined to make demands for more
nav and new rules. These demands
refused. They claim. and members Of the
Brotherhood have testified I'm court that neither strike
nor boycott can be effective without Mr.. Arthurs
orders or consent. 1t seems mmaterial by what name
be exercises his authority. 1t is not denied that such
conspiracy cannot be made effective except with bis
approval The men themselves speak Of 1t as
sArthur's orders"
In this instance Mr. Arthur &" ordered" or approved
both strike and boy colt, not only with a knowledge
that both illegal, but with the knowledge that
the United States Cour; lad issued a mandatory in
junction to his men on connecting lines not to refuse
10 handle Ann Arbor Yet Mr.. Arthur adver-
tses himself law -abidng citizen
BY his own confession the court 1t appears that
be chief party TO the conspiracy either to force
the Ann Arbor Company to pay the wages and submit
20 the rules he thought reasonable. 10 ruin the
Industry Of every corporation or private person who
was dependent upon railroad for the transportation
Of bis goods.
81 do not understand that the desirabity the
legality Of organized labor is in question. The dis
cusion raises the question only Of the right OF men
to labor or not they may elect; and of the right
Of other who do not belong to an organization
10 engage in their places.
@The right OF men quit the service OF the company
10 any manner, and at any Time which does not
endanger lives property has always been conceded
but they have denied the right of Others to perform
service at the rates Of pay refused by them
and have individually and collectively destroyed prop
erty placed the business Of innocent and outside per-
sons in jeopardy. and made themselves felons in the
eyes Of the law In order 10 accomplish their purposes,
Jet Mr.. Arthur continues TO advertise himself as
kw-abiding citizen"
Sensational facts In the Ann Arbor trouble came
to light this afternoon. II seems that on Wednesday
night attempt made TO wreck the Ann Aroor
train In which General Manager II. W. Ashley, OF
the road, was a passenger. The matter was hushed
up in hopes OF ascertaning the names OF the per
perators Tie accident occurred one mile north OF
Owosso. Mich, and it almost by miracle that
the train and It's living freight saved from dash
Ing over a trestle down the embankment. This
afternoon General Manager Ashley offered $1,000 re-
persons who caused the trouble. swtch-lock
broken, the switch thrown and the danger signal
smcotily and quietly on the Ann Arbor road today.
Judge Kicks has requested Judge Taft 10 preside
wful him Oh Monday, and he has consented to be
present. Samuel Gompers president of the Amer
can Federation OF Labor Is expected here pexs week
Arbor strike, but in what way has not been d.
vulged.
There has been talk Of Ann Arbor freight handlers
and coal shoveers going out, so as TO assist the
here Sunday afternoon. There IS possibility OF sill,
notice TO the Commissioner OF Railroads OF Michigan
alleging that the Ann Arbor daily breaking the law
which requires all trains come 10 dead stop before
crossing at functions They say the nonunion engineers
know nothing OF the rules.
Terre Hante. Ind. March 24-Grand Master far.
gent has not yet received legal notice requiring
him TO appear before Judge Kicks at Ioiedo on
Monday Neither has Mr.. Sargent received legal
notice Of the reported suit for damages brought by
the Ann Arhor Road against Chief Arthur and him,
self He Is receiving many letters from men OF
National prominence. but who do not want their
names made public. All unite in the opinion that
the court cannot award damages