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In an effort to get the group back on subject..................
 
I was reading the Kendall County Record tonight and in particular the" Yesteryear" section in which there were a couple short clips from 1888 about two paper mills shutting down due to lack of coal and straw due to the RR strike here in Kendall County, IL and elsewhere. It got me to wondering.
 
So I got out my copy of "The Great Burlington Strike of 1888" by Donald L. McMurry who wrote the book as a study in labor relations in 1956 while at Harvard.
 
If you're interested in understanding what it was like to work on the RR before the real rise of the unions, the interstate commerce commission and the hours of service law; this work and the counterpart (written from the union perspective; Salmons,"The Burlington Strike" contain great insight into working conditions, Q operations at the time and both labor and mgmt philosophy.
 
As background at the time there were not uniform systems of payment on a per mile basis but rather each road set a rate of pay for each run. The Burlington men felt they were not being paid a comparable wage for similar work as on other roads. It was not at all uncommon to be on the property for days at a time and to sleep in the loco cab and caboose while in route. Pay was for the run, no matter how long it took.
 
The strike was called against the Q by the engineers and fireman, then it expanded to the switchman. The Q stood it's ground and prevailed with the help of the Pinkertons. Certain union employees defaulted to the use of firearms and dynamite. The Q defaulted to hiring men off other roads. It wasnt pretty.
 
Many men who stood with their lodges never got back to work.Or as new employees.
 
Leo Phillipp
 
 
 

 


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