Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-30
KNIGHTS WILL FIGHT.
Allegheny Councils to be Used as the
Means of Retaliation.
NEW RIGHTS OF WAY OPPOSED.
More Concessions Made for Switchmen by
the Supreme Court.
TIMERS TO STIKE FOR AN ADVANCE

The difficulty on the Pleasant VALLEY
railway lines promi ses to be a serious affair
The discharge of the seven men Decaus
they Joined the K nights of Labor, ha
aroused the officials of that organization
and unless the men are reinstated, or SOM
good reason given for their summary dis
missal, a fight against the company viii
be inaugurated. District Master Workman
Evans called on President Henry yesterda!
and endeavored to hold a conference will
| him but the latter refused to discuss tn,
subject. Mr.. Evans said:
81 had been informed that Mr.. Henry
would not see me, but my business was tt
see him. If he refused to recognize me, tha
was not my fault. 1 think we can make i
very unpleasant for Mr.. Henry. 1t was un
wise in discharging these men just at timt
when his company is about to ask the city
of Allegheny for right of way to extenG
their lines.''
TO FIGHT THROUGH COUNCILS.
Mr.. Evans was asked if he intended tc
conduct the fight through Allegheny coun.
ellis, and he replied that he would. More.
over. he thought in this way he could force
the Pleasant Valley Company to recognize
the organization. There are at least three
members of Allegheny councils who are
union men. They are Messrs. Millard,
Smith and Hannah Mr.. Evans says that
Messrs. Hunter. Bader, Stauffer and Cruik-
shank have very warm feelings for organ
lied labor, and he knows of others whose
names he did not care to mention. He
thought if the case was properly presented
to Councils, it would not be an easy matter
for the Pleasant Valley company to secure
their right Of way, unless they respected the
rights of their men to belong to any organ
ization they choose.
Mr.. Evans went to Allegheny last night
and sounded several members of Council
on the matter, and also had conference
with Mayor Wyman. The Mayor is known
to be at loggerheads with the Pleasant Val
ley Company because the latter supported
Mr.. Stayton in the late campaign, and Mr..
Evans expects him to WELD an influence in
the matter.
wYMAN DENoUNCES IT.
Mayor Wyman was seen last night. He
said it struck him as an unjust proceeding
on the part of the company to discharge the
men, but he was not well enough posted on
the matter TO express an opinion. Two or
three Councilmen were seen but they had
not been approached by Mr.. Evans. Mr..
Henry was seen at his home. He talked in
the same positive manner he did the pre-
vious evening. II refused to see Mr.
Evans" said he "because I had no busi-
ness with him and he had none with me- 1
don't care il they do fight US through
Councils. They can fight US in any manner
they please, and we will be ready to meet
them"
The discharged employees attended a
meeting of the Manchester employees last
night in the Enterprise Bank building, out
Beaver avenue. Their case was stated and
the Manchester Assembly pledged their
moral support to the men. The Manchester
roads are thoroughly organized. In fact the
Fifth Avenue Traction and the Pleasant
Valley roads are the only two in the city
that are unorganized.
Ex-District Master Workman Ross, OF
D. A. g. said yesterday: 1.-THE Pleasant
Valley made mistake in moving so rapidly.
They can never gain public favor by dis
charging competent employees for joining a
labor organization"
The discharged employees are taking mat
tiers rather cool. Nothing was done yester-
day. They still claim to have the support
of the men on the road, and when called
upon they will join the seven unfortunates
in demanding a reinstatement.
While the placing of new switch at the
corner of Sixth and Liberty avenues is in
progress the route of the Pleasant Valley
lines has been changed. The cars will run
up Ninth street and along Smithfeld steeet
to the postoffice. When the work is fin
isbed the cars will start from Sixth avenue