Show CHIEF ARTHURS VIEWS Position of the Brotherhood in tho Ann Arbor Strike CLEVELAND March 23Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Engin-eers in an official commnnication as to the position the brotherhood occupies in the Ann Arbor strike says in part uIn all cases where the engineers and firemen have contract with the railroad company com-pany we have no trouble and find it to be much the best way to do The great trouble has been on small roads especially es-pecially to take advantage of the men in making them work for less wages and giving no pay for overtime In the last case every honorable effort was made to adjust the difficulty but without success and here it is said the men stopped work without giving notice which is not true I as 1 myself addressed a letter to General Manager Ashley informing him that his engineers and firemen were determined to I leave his service at 6 a m on March 8 thus giving him ample time to decide whether he would grant the reasonable requests of the men or not When L informed him that I would appeal to his father the president he remarked re-marked very abrubtly He is an old man he does not know whether I am paying 2 cents a mile or 2 and must note not-e disturbed I there had been a head to the Ann Arbor road that believed in I living and letting live we would not have I had trouble but so long as this grinding process is carried on by railways just so long will there be trouble with the companies com-panies paniesI men are not at liberty to quit work when it suits their convenience then certainly cer-tainly the same rule will apply to railroad companies and deny them the right to discharge a man at any time they choose without consulting his convenience or comfort We are at any time ready to subscribe to any rule that will apply alike to employer and employee |