. The Burlington strike: its motives and methods, including the causes of the strike, remote and direct, and the relations to it, of the organizations of Locomotive engineers, Locomotive firemen, Switchmen's M. A. A., and action taken by order Brotherhood R. R. brakemen, order Railway conductors, and Knights of labor. The great dynamite conspiracy; ending with a sketch by C. H. Frisbie: forty-seven years on a locomotive .. . addressed to all points along the line, asking thatall members of both engineers, and the firemensBrotherhood should vote as to whether they wouldsustain the General Griev
. The Burlington strike: its motives and methods, including the causes of the strike, remote and direct, and the relations to it, of the organizations of Locomotive engineers, Locomotive firemen, Switchmen's M. A. A., and action taken by order Brotherhood R. R. brakemen, order Railway conductors, and Knights of labor. The great dynamite conspiracy; ending with a sketch by C. H. Frisbie: forty-seven years on a locomotive .. . addressed to all points along the line, asking thatall members of both engineers, and the firemensBrotherhood should vote as to whether they wouldsustain the General Grievance Committee in demand-ing the enactment of such rules as seemed to them justand necessary. 1st, To sustain the committee, yes orno. 2nd, For total abolition of classification, yes or one year classification, yes or no. Each brotherto sign his own name. Each of the Brotherhoods ofengineers and firemen has been called a one-man pow-er, yet they have selected a man to represent theirgrievances, by ballot; they have voted upon the sub- 134 THE BURLINGTON STRIKE. stance of the instructions to that representative, andthey voted to sustain him in pressing for the conces-sions asked from the company; and they gave a sep-arate and independent vote upon the all important sub-ject of classification. The vote was almost unanimouson the first two propositions, Yes. A few votesonly were cast for one year of reduced THE BURLINGTON SYSTEM. SHOWING SCOPE OF TERRITORY OCCUPIED BY IT. The above map is given to show the reader theimmense territory covered, and the labor market con-trolled by this powerful corporation—the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific; Chicago andNorth-Western; and Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul,control nearly all the roads shown above the south lineof the Burlington. CHAPTER XXV. LOYALTY OF ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN. The engineers of the Burlington were men of up-right and unselfish character. They were of an inde-pendent cast of thought; they were
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