St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-18
THE COMPANY ALERT.
ARTHCR Il REPLIES
To Howard's Criticism of the
Broth erhoods.

BrOtherhOo0s.
Grand Chief Arthur was interviewed
at the Windsor las: night by GLOBE
reporter, who asked for general III
formation bearing OH the Great North
ern difficulty.
81 arrived here this morning. have
not been i'll consultation with President
Hill today. In fact, have not seen
any of the Great Northern officials. l
shall not see them this evening. either.
l am awaiting the arrival of Grand
Master Sargent, who will reach st.
Paul tomorrow. You will understand.
the B. L. Z. and i. L. F. have a joint
schedule, and as such is the case, Mr..
Sargent and myself act together. By
Mr.. HIPS request We will confer with
him and his general manager tomnrroW
morning. l was not ready Yet, and so l
waited until l could carefully consider
this matter" Mr.. Arthur smiled when
the name Of Vice President Howard, of
the A. r. u. was mentioned. George
is ALI old acquaintance of mine" said
he. Grand Chief Arthur possesses the
admirable characteristic of saying
nothing antagonistic of another If he
can say nothing good. He says that Mr..
Howard has held various official rail-
road positions.
Mr.. Arthur grew serious when the
statements made by Vice President
Howard, that appeared III yesterdays
GLOBE. were mentioned. Mr. Howard
stated that all the strikes inaugurated
by the cid brotherhoods in the past
thirty years had proven ''1at failures"
To this statement Mr.. Arthur replied
gruveiy:
II am surprised. Surely George
knows better than that. Let US see. The
B. l.. E. has Inaugurated many strikes
within thirty years, met some defeats,
but achieved certain victories. We won
on the Grand Trunk. the Jersey Cen
trai, the Georgia road, the Savannah,
Americus & Montgomery, the st. Louis,
Virgins Ferry tS Belt road, besides
others l might enumerate. We
snould have full credit for all our
victories. In 1883, when there was a
strike ON the 10" system, we so forced
matters that twelve agreements re-
suited, and the employees wages were
but one defeat. George Howard was a
| Yardmaster for one of these lines at
| that time. Mr. Howard's statement of
| being opposed to class legislation. as he
| terms il, comes with singular effect
! from one who formerly warmly advo-
| Gated 1t. l admit that there are certain
| jealousies between isolated cases in the
memberships of the b. l.. E. and the
| b. l.. F."
In speaking of the B. l.. E
| Mr.. Arthur said: "Our Or
| ganizatIon was the original railway
brotherhood and was founded
| i'll lS63-thirty-oney years ago. We have
struggled through adversely aud phil
osophlcallv met defeats. We have
learned much by experience. We num-
Der $1,000 III the United States aud Can,
ada. Do you suppose that we would hold
contracts with over 75 per cent of the
| railroad corporations on this continent
| if we had left the matter to the com.
panies? Oar record shows that we have
paid out over 100000 to widows and
orphans, and that we have increased the
wages of engineers from 50 to "a PEE
| day. Should men lightly put away
| these results of tried and faithful
brotherhood, true to their interests. fol
the A. r. Ia ne and untried one:
We cannot stop our men from joinin!
the new federation ii they desire. Ii
the golden experience of thirty years.
with all the results, is worth nothing, il
the b. l.. Z. has outIived its usefulness
the it is time it,was put away"