Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-24
NOi "A strike BUT A LOCKOUT.
LABOR Leader POwderly ON the wabash
Trouble.

Labor Leader Pewderly ON the wabash
Trouble.
he SAYS 1T IS A CUNNING MOVE OF JAY GOULD
~ scAhH THE ENGLISH BONDHOLDERS.
The presence in this city, last Saturday, of
Messrs. fowderly, Turner, Buchanan, Bailey
ana hays, the general executive board of the
knights OF Labor, was construed to mean that
something OF considerable importance in con-
nectlon with that order was on foot. A STAR
reporter made diligent efforts to find Mr.. Pow.
oeriy and his colleagues during the day, but
tney were absent from their hotel They had
rested from their labors and made visit to
mount Vernon. In the evening, however, the
reporter was fortunate enough to meet all five
OF the gentlemen together. Mr.. Powderly, as
spokesman, In reply to q question, stated that
tween the board and delegation of Knights Of
LABOR from st: Louis was erroneous. he SAID
t u Messrs. Turner, Buchanan, Bailey and
where they went for the purpose of looking into
the trouble which had arisen between the labor
organization and the Wabash railroad. Mr..
Pany1ng them. The four members of the board
came direct from st. Louis to Washington, and
all OF the gentlemen were satisfied that they
must nave been mistaken for q delegation OF
the st. Louis knights. They could not account
IN any other way for the report that such q
delegation eeoS was coming here as, they said no
DERBY, chairman of the board, Joined the other
members in this city. Beyond some matters of
interest only to the local order here, no buSt-
ness was transacted.
GOING TO MEET THE WABASH MANAGERS FACE
TO FACE.
Mr. Powderly said to THE STAR reporter:
eve are going from here to New York where
we hope to meet the managers of the Wabash
railroad: No, we have no engagement with
them. They have run away from us SO far, but
we nope TO eaten up with them, and mean to II
1t takes all summer. We want to talk to them
mantle man and settle this trouble. 1t has
been given out that there is a strike on the
aoash road. That is not true. Our men were
locked out They did not strike. They are
ready and anxious to go back to work. No, sir;
IT'S not a strike. This whole trouble is cum
ming move OF Jay Goulds to scare the English
bondholders OF the road by making them be-
lieve that big strike is on hand and that their
property is likely to be ruined. With that fear
before their eyes, Gould thinks they would sell
out at low figures and he would gobble up the
property. We are DESTROYS of settling the
Trouble and of getting our men back to work.
We want to meet the managers, and, if they
are not plant tools OF Jay Gould We believe it
can be settled"
To BREAK UP THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
General Manager Talmage," remarked Mr..
Turner, grand secretary and treasurer of the
Knights of Labor, "denied in telegram to us
tnathe had ordered any lockout, but we have
an Official letter OF his In which ne says that he
first intends to break up the Knights of Labor,
and that then he Will begin ON the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers
MIR. Powderly said that the board had only
issued one order, so tar, in connection with the
Wabash road. He explained that the reduction
OF force on that road had left it without men
issued an order forbidding the Knights of
Labor on any of the other roads of the Gould
system from cleaning or repairing rolling stock
or handling freight of the Wabash line. off,
he added emphatically, 1.-The Wabash managers
insist upon disregarding that order, ii they
attempt to force our men on the other roads to
hoch how, H.
ordered, and it will be big one. Why he
added, "a locomotive ought to be thoroughly
cleaned every three days to keep it in good and
running some of theirs eighteen days without
cleaning. Some day there will be an explosion,
and then it will be charged that the knights OF
Labor are using dynamite
MR.. PowDERLY NOT A CANDIDATE FOR STATE
TREASURER OF PENNSYLVANIA.
The reporter spoke to Mr.. Powderly Of the re-
port that the democrats of Pennsylvania
thought of nominating him for state treasurer.
you may say he replied with earnestness,
that am not u candidate and would not &C.
cept the nomination.
The MicroscOpists' Convention.
A PAPER READ BY PROF. TAYLOR BEFORE THE
SOCIETY IN CLEVELAND.
The annual meeting of the American Society
of Microscopsts, in Cleveland, during the past
week, has been one of the most interesting in
the history Of the society. One paper that
created much discussion was offered by Prof.
Thomas Taylor, of this city, the microscopic OF
the agricultural bureau, on Butter and Fats; or
how to distinguish one fat from another by
means Of the microscope" Prof. Taylor Explained
his methods of examining lard, beef 1at and
butter, and described the appearance OF their
pure and impure conditions under microscopic
treatment. He said the globular crystals of
butter, when kept tor u month or more, seem to
bud like vegetable spore, and frequently every
round crystal will show projecting from each q
smaller crystal. The glObular forms generally
vary from fifteen ten-thousandths of an inch to
the one hundredth of an inch in diameter These
forms are never seen in pure beef or lard fats.
Care should be observed not to press the crys-
tails fiat, especially the globular crystals, as
the cross is not seen when severely pressed.
Butter crystals vary slightly from each other in
size and in some other slight particulars, such
as color. committee OF five was appointed to
consider the facts prescribed in the paper
During the meeting Prot ylor also illustrated
OH the blackboard the fungi OF the pine needle
by cluster cups. Among those in attendance at
the convention were Gen. J. d. Cox, ex-Secre-
tary Of the Interior; Miss Taylor, of this city,
daughter OF DIR. Taylor, and Dr.. Detmers, who
was employed by the agricultural department
at Washington to hunt for trichina.
Sympathy for Mr.. Kelley.