. 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 .. . performed; you must not absent yourself withoutpermission, though you may not be called for a weekor a month, and you will get nothing for the month inwhich you waited. Th
. 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 .. . performed; you must not absent yourself withoutpermission, though you may not be called for a weekor a month, and you will get nothing for the month inwhich you waited. The number of engine men on therolls of a company, makes no difference with the com-panys expenses. To make this plain I here quotefrom the Burlington book of rules: rule 185. Every person employed by the Company must de-vote himself exclusively to its service, and must notconnect himself directly or indirectly with any othertrade or business, without permission from the GeneralManager. rule 188. Every employe will be liable to suspension fromduty, and dismissal for disobedience of orders, negli-gence, misconduct, or incompetency, and to immediatedismissal without cause assigned. The pay of everyemploye suspended from duty will be stopped duringsuch suspension. rule 189. No employe is allowed under any circumstances, toabsent himself from duty without permission from theofficer at the head of his department. In case of. geo. watt. KILLED AT BKOOKFIELD, MO., MARCH .;, I !S?. THE NEW TREATY A ROPE OF SAND. 89 sickness, immediate notice must be given to his supe-rior officer. The pay of employes, absent on account ofsickness, or with permission, will be stopped duringthe period of such absence, unless otherwise directedby competent authority. The report of labor statistics of Michigan, 1886,says: Of 1858 men employed on twenty-four railroads,agents average $ per month; brakemen $;conductors $; engineers $85; firemen $45; andlaborers $ After the trip is performed
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