Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-16
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The apparently unsettled condition re-
| spccting the relations between railroad
! employees organizations and the com
pnnics especially the PENNSYLVANIA com
pany, is sull a topic among railroad
men, growing more and more prominent
| and Important Columbus (OD Dis
| patch.
There are all sorts of rumOrs floating
about, some with foundation and moro
without All these Of course. are seized
greedily by the gossipers, and az they
pass from mouth tn mouth become gross
ly exaggerated. and the result Is cou-
siderable harm 60 both sides. The most
conservative, however, have become
alarmed over the aspect of affairs, Hs
conditions daily shape themselves iuto
formidable situations.
Although matters have reached q
point where the danger Of a general and
fierce railroad strike seems nnncnt
and liable 10 happen within the near fut-
IRE. they have no doubt been woefuly
exaggerated 70 no good purpose. A
strike OF 50 sweeping u nature MS Is
feared would bring untold disaster IL
brought nt any time but fearfulness Of
one during the next twelve months Is
beyond conception.
il should therefore be the duty OF every
individual. instead of encouraging bud
rumors of railroad affairs, TO seek TO
put n SkOp 10 iucHli uHu - ufOlu iuhhiut
matters worse than they really are.
The movement of organizations to
unite their forces and fight the railrond
comTnnies, aud the action of the latter
10 relieve themselves Of union lnbOr
seems TO have reached point Of little
doubt. but the details Of these move
ments gre only learned by the outcrop-
ping of results which IN their naked form,
are apt 10 convey exaggerated ana even
false evidences OF the character and cx-
tent of the actions behind thcm.
A few days ago IL was announced In
The Dispatch that a matter had occurred
which indicated that the same movement
that 1. supposed as being made by The
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad company to rid
it's service of union labor, respecting. con
ductOrs, truinmcn ana freight handlers
had also been directed toward the engi-
ncers The incident, as reported, r1tur-
ally led 10 tho belief that, bs among the
conductors, there would be mysterious
Withdrawals of members from the Bro
therhood Of Locomotive Engineers.
The incident was The reported with
drawal OF Michael Burch from division
953 nc DennisOn. lt was stated also
thai Mr.. Bnrrh had been for some time
ellcf engineer of the division II has
since been learned on the most reliable
authority that Mr.. l}urch's name had
been confused with thnt of Mr.. Tom
gnrke. The latter gentleman Is now the
chief engineer of division 253 and Mr..
Burch ala not hold that position. II -
also stated that, instead Of being 4 with
araUl. Michael Burch was expelled from
the division for non-paymont of dues.
A Dispatch representative" took pains
IN can unon n prominent Panhandle ca.
rineer and inquire as 70 the relations Oi
ne brotherhood 10 the Pennsylvania
company. He replied
'SIher, Is 40 trouble whatever between
us and We have never received any In
ination that our order was obnoxious
~ lie company, or that any Of MS had
hotter withdraw from the brotherhood IN
ordcr 10 rctaid our positions We have
always been accorded the best OF treat
ment AZ the hands Of The company"
Have any u Your members with
'.Ne air. AT least haven't heard OF
anv and l think surely wOnld have
fa,,nd h out, were Il irne.
.'Do you think there j. any danger of
ia hr,tbefbooh goiig into strike dur.
ing he Worlds fair.
.No IN. 1 do rot. The Brotherhood ol
ofonoive Engineers u an organization
~ sensible men. u has always enjoyed
no rosnect Of the Pennsylvania company.
We haze dealt sQuaFeiy with them and
NOV have dealt squarely With ". EYed
n "a. lad any serious grievance with The
r,,natv fhat warranted strike we
.nld not ". foolish enough % begin one
3'e,inr ~ Worlds fair ] think we
wtild have TO nucn sense 20 eaiixs pub