Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-11
STRIKE IS ON.
CONTINUED from page l.)

after my arrival the Following letter was
sc:it by special messenger.
Portland. Me. June I; 1891.
AIR. Geo. r. Evans. Vice Pres. a. Gen.
Mgr. NJ. c. X. r.. Portland. Maine.
Dear Sir:-Your refusal To reopen neSo-
tiations with the committee rcprescn.-
Communicated To me. yesterday. Upon in :
vcstiSation. | find there is not great
difference between the Company aud he
men and ] know of no valid reason wiz
an amiCahlc adjustment should not he
reached. There Is absolutely no reason
why the NJ. G. r. II. Co and the i.rotg.r-
hood of RAILWAY Trackmcn should spcnd
thousands of dollars and create inhlrmo-
NOUS relations between the Company and
its employees: therefore ! think we should
meet and talk the matter over. lr you
decline to comply with this request. my
permission for the committee. represent
iug your Maintenance of Way men. 10 or
der - suspension Of work Will not bo
withheld any longer.
count of previous business chEagcmcntS.
| Will bc compelled Ia leave the city at
SIX O'Clock L. Al. today.
Yours very truly,
President brotherhood Of Il. X. Trackmcn
~ America.
The messenger was instructed 10 ask lt
lie should wait for an answer. and w35
told There would he none"
| hold ;hat tho maintenance az WAY
men on the n. 6. II; X. have rs mitcl
they Will soil thctr labor for trroviue
they stay within the bounds of rcascni as
the NJ. G. X, Il. Co has 20 form comhii'a-
tions with other railways and agree u'nn
Il rate they will exact from the pucht
for transportation.
Now that trouble has been forced upon
lis all concerned should do their duty. In
sist upon the men not Ia say ar do any
thing tnat will reflect discreuii upo.
themselves or our organization Caution
the mon noi to say anything nnnlcaSant
.,f a.
MAJ believe they are as Iustiiiahic ~
taking the position they have. as wc teci
in pursuing the rours" we aSrer upon.
Notify the beads of all industrial organ
izatious residing in towns located atoms
the lines Of the ". c. X. r. di the posi
tion YOU have taken. whN: etc ana ap-
be able to rendrr.f fwtil inform the pIc'-
ident of the American Federation II L.
hor. ana the heads Of AL other lnteraa
tioual Railway orders.
Yours fratCrnally.
President Il. ot Il. 7. Of A
Retain this circuiar letter. so that IN
case anyone should attcmpt to ctC'fNc
yuu by using the Uamc of YOUR ,hhifian
you VIII he able tn determine whether or
not the signature is genuine.
F. l.. Reed, Secretary: Geo. w. GchIr
Peter IL IaVaiicY. Forrest \. Cook. }. +.
WaGsworth. +. q. stone. NJ. y. Ryder
Freeman Walker, committee.
John Hogan. Chairman.
The following is the statement is
sued to the public through the press by
Mr.. Hogan. tonight. shortly after The
appointed hour for the strike
The maintainancc of way men On
Maine Central Railroad having cA-
haustcd all honorable means known 10
them to effect an amicabic adjust
,ncnt of their grievances between
nj h. nprgnN
give noticc 10 the public tina, q stimuli
tancous suspension Of work W!ii take
effect. June 70. 1901 at : O'Clock p. ~.
and after that date the men who have
been patrolling the track and keeping
it safe for passengers Will not be IN t'ie
. service of the company.
! OF course il could not be determined,
today, just how many of the 500 men
, affected who are in the union VIII obey
the orders of the Brotherhood Whlct
have been issued. II was learned. this
evening that the coal hcaNerS had
Joined the track men and Il was Unucf-
stood that there had been some dltii-
! Guilty at this station in supplying ire
engines with coal. 1t is also under
| stood that the company claims that
only n small proportion of the track
! ncnt have obeyed the order of thci.
! organization and Quit work. me
strikers claim on the other hand, thaJ
! they have a good proportion OF the
! men with them. The returns come In
/ slowly. tonight so that no definite csti
, mate can be made.
| The demand over which the strike
! originated was for an increase in
i,,.r ,f
i having been requested. The members
, of the Brotherhood claim that their
work is as important and responsible
as that of any other department and
. that they have never received enough
pay. They also claim that while other
| departments have received an increase
theirs has not had any.
The men on the sections have been
receiving $l.25 per day and the fore
men Sl.15. Tho strikers wish this in
creased to s1.5o for the men of the sec
| tions and to 81 for the foremcH.
| 1t is understood that the headquar-
ters Of the strikers will be established
in Portland. None of the railroad men
are SAYING much about the matter but
they are all naturally much interested
| in the outcome and have more or less
sympathy for the strikers. Whether or
not the trackmen will be able to in
fiuence any OF the other departments
| is question no one seems to be able
to answer. The fifemen and engineers
are apparently looked to for the next
move if any of the other departments
are effected but there is. tonight, nc
sign of any such move among them
Under present conditions no one looks