Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-25
Quiet Maneuvering is the Way
the Sabbath is Passed.
The Supreme Council Planning for Fu-
ture Definite Action. Some
Pointed Interviews.
Vice President Webb Not Carrying Out De-
pew's Ideas - Some Extracts from
Some of Depew's Speeches.
A QUIET SABBATH AT NEW YORK

day uuietude prevailed around the Grand
Central depot to-day. The officials of
the railway were at their posts as usual,
but every one declared no troable was
anticipated. Vice President Webb is of
the opinion that the Terre Haute conven-
ton will do little or nothing in support
OF the action of the Knights of Labor
and that the strike, if there IS one, will
quickly be proved q failure. Referring
to Mr.. Powderly's latest manifesto,
which was published this morning, Mr..
Webb said all the statements bearing on
the management of the road were I'M
true. Tomorrow he will investigate the
charges made by the men whose affi-
dsvits are attached to Mr.. Powderly g
manifesto, and will make public the re-
suits.
Powderly ard his eolleagues-Hay,
Devlin and Wight-left town tonight
for Albany, to attend the convention of
District Assembly 246 tomorrow. The
meeting viii consist OF three delegates
from each of the organizations which
compose District Assembly 246.
MIR. Hays said that no definite informe-
ton has get been received from Terre
Haute, but he believes the Federation
will support the policy of Powderly.
"NIGGAR IN wooDPILE.
TERRE HAUTE, IND, Aug. A.-Pres-
ident Sargent was shown the statement
made by Mr.. Webb in which the latter
said he was of the opinion that the
Terre Haute convention will do but little
or nothing in support of the action of
the Knights of Labor, etc. Mr.. Sar-
gent after reading the dispatch, said:
"Why did not Mr.. Webb investigate
those charges last Wednesday when Mr..
Powderiy requested an investigation?
Why does he wait until the true facts are
given to the public through the agency
of sworn aff1davits2 It looks like mig
ger in woodpile. -
This is all that Mr.. Sargent would say
on the subject.
THE SUPREME COUNCIL MUM.
TERRE HAUTE, IND, Aug. 24.-Noth-
ing authoritative Will be given out as to
the deliberations of the supreme council
until tomorrow at earliest. 1t ID among
the proba abilities that the decision of the
council may not be reached for several
days. This Sunday saw no converting of
the council proceedings. This does not
mean that the agencies were not at
work. The council last night put
into the hands of Eugene v.
Debb, grand secretary of the brother
hood of firemen; P. Fl. Morrissey,
vIce-grand master of the Brotherhood of
Trainmen, and Joe Downey, vioe-grand
master of the SwItchmen IS Mutual Aid
association, deliberations OF council, and
they will prepare certain propositions to
be presented to the council which shall
define the action of the supreme lodge.
This committee has been in session since
s o'cIock last evening. The members
Aaf- -bnk ~. &,;a
ly named as lunches. An Associated
Press representative called at Mr.. Sar-
gents house to-day. He had carefully
read the letter of Powderly to Webb,
sent out last night. While President
to the action the council would take on
the report of the committee, he freely
expressed himself about the Powderfy
missive. He said: al admire Pow
derly's stand. Powderiy puts Webb in
a position which he belongs, and which,
when the public thoroughly understands,
will convince it that Webb is wrong.
Wehh'S position is directly opposite to
that taken by Depew, his superior off,
Ger. Depew has always advocated the
organization of labor.
DEPEw ON ORGANIZED LABOR.
To sustain this statement Sargent gave
to an Associated Press repr esenta tive the
following extracts from an address de-
livered by Mr.. Depew at the meeting OF
the Firemen' g brotherhood held in Tam
many hall May Is, 1887. Said Mr..
Depew at that time: 81 believe
in organizations just like yours, for pro-
lection, for charity, sobriety and indus
try. 1t is proper in these days that there
should be organization, for the simple
reason that the business of this world
cannot be carried on in any other way.
That railroad people ought to be able
to inteIligently discuss questions of the
day, and should tell the government that
they did not want imported labor
In the course of an address delivered
by Mr.. Depew on Sunday, May 5, 1889,
shortly before he sailed for Europe he
said to q member OF the Brotherhood
of engineers at New Haven. "There
are q few things about the relations Of
the president to the employees of rail-
road which I would like to say We
both draw our salaries from the same
treasury. The president of a company
has his duty to perform to the
stockholders of the railroad, but
1t is not, as many suppose, his only duty.
While he must see to IL that proper econ
OLuy Is mhtui1iueQ anu an earning power
developed, he must see that the public at
all times get the best possible
service and the men in the
employ Of the company were treated
well. 1t is his duty to march out and
take by the throat and battle with any
man who in his brief authority treads on
the toes Of some men under him. The
railroad goes on forever, and
the men in its employ realize the
security of their employment, and
it gives TO them an independence which
is their right.
At the New Haven meeting Mr..
Depew went on record as advocating
the combining of labor for its
own protection He said some
time ago: 81 was looking up
some matters regarding the progress of
civilization learned that our laws came
from Great Britain, where, prior to 100
years ago, labor had no voice in her Leg
islation statutes, -hicn We found were
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