Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-08-28

New Ya5k Central strikers. Tasse dele
ga,tH represent an active membership OF
1 500 EulVbti. by y unanimous vote the
following telegram was sent forward IT,
night:
C1NcrssAr1, Aug. "a To T. Y. Pomderty,
NeIc York: District Assembly No. a.. ia
session assembled to-day, Unanimous y re.
solved to stand by you 10 tue position you
Il ys taken, knowing thsi the cause OF
labor Il safe In your hands. Financial aid
will be forthcoming, You eau depend upon
US to do our duty. w. ]. sTByEN9oE.
SYMPATHY FROM ENGLAND.
Iospos, Aug. PA meeting of 5000
dock lAborefs held 60 day, Mr.. Burns,
the labor aRitpter, presiding, passed reso.
buttons Of sympSthy with the American
kuigSts Of Labor in THAR strike on the
New Yelk Uentrsi railroad. Tns resoIu.
tions also express hope for the success OF
the knights.
srEIsISa MINERS TO BE KyIoTHD.
Prrg.BuEG, Pa, SuR. 24.-The long
s'rike OF the 5000 miners of the Penn
& Westmoreland aAs Goal Companies,
Philadelphia concerns, whose mines are
a. Irwtu, near Pittsbur2, has reached q
critical stage. Last night this strikers
attacked the policemen who are guarding
non-unionlsts, Ard riot was narrowly
syerted.
Tomorrow the companies will begin to
eyict strikers occupying company houses.
/ Typhoid Is epidemic In the town and
many miners are suffering. Citizens
denouncs the proposed action OF the
companies ~ beartlsas, and will call on
Ine state bcayd It charities to prevent tina
eviction OF fanliies whose members are
sick.
LABOR NOTES.
Nearly all tts yatdMen employed by
the Delaware Il hudson RAilro4d Com
papy, at Green I-iAnd, New York, have
gone on strike. Ine men refused to
handle the New York Central freight at
that point.
Among tho passengers on the steamer
City of PeAing, wh.ch sailed from San
Francisco on SATURDAY, was an attorney
who goes to China 10 secure 5000
Chinese lsborers, who will DO employed
in the construction OF railroad across
the Isthmus Of rshuSntepec. The road
is to be built b. English capital, aud
work has been Let TO Mexican oontrao-
tors y
THE COUNCIL IN sEsaYoE.
TIME HAUrE, IED, Aug. 26.-Ths
Executive Council OF the United Order OF
hallway Employees went into session
about y o'slock this morning. When the
session will come to an end not even
single member Of the council knows. The
council are listening 20 report formu.
lated by tn committee. at what time
any decision will come to the public can
not bs stated ut the present. writing. One
member Of the council says that when this
report Of the committee is given out it
will be in the nature of bombshell.
soIHISG TO ne EXPECTED UNTIL EVENING.
At IL i. ~, Mr.. hanahsn, member
o. counsel, informed the Associated Press
representative that it was impossible for
the council to determine how long the
present session would LIST. Certain 1t
Il, said he, THAT the public need expect
nothing fsom us until OF o'clock. /
cant say hBt it will bs possible to give
anything out then. When We are through
no deiay will be- taken by us in letting
ths outcome Of our meeting be known
Air 4fnAhsn today Is the spokesman of
sae eulnca.
ADJOURNED FOR DINNER.
81 1906 us supreme Council ad-
icuraad Tor diuner. sir. Hanahan re-
SID his former statement thst no news
would ba gwen out till or 6 O'Clock.
hs WA aat prepared TO say that the state
iutnt Of tho council would be ready at
,aAs tlma.
AaAlTISd DEVELOPMENTS AT rEBBE' HAUrE
kKw loRk, Aug. 25.-While she Grand
q .Hsyai Depot looked this morning Just
by il does every busy morning in the
yeHr, the people about II were awaiting
with a good deal OF expectancy tho deyel-
opments which the convention of the Bu.
i;s.ue Council OF the United Order OF
lsAiiEAg Employees. now In session at
kefre iisusei will bring forth.
be railroad officials assert that nothing
Will cone ont CT the convention and that
10 general strike will be declared.
General superintendent Voorhees, Baid
to day that the Federation will not strike
II am positive" he said, .'that the wiser
ounnseis will prevail. The chisfs OF the
Federation see that they have nothing tc
htTike for aud that no principle IN which
they are involved Is ut issue. Even II
they decide to strike / think we can
manipulate tho New York Central road
without great deal OF inconvenience to
tue public" mir. Voorhees, still holds
that very few OF the hremen will 90 out
IN any case and that few union switch
men are loft on the Central to respond to
the Federation's call. He said he did not
doubt that the knights OF LABOR, now in
convention at Albany, will order strike,
but this he hellves viii be ineffective.
Third VIce-president Webb had moth
ing startling 20 say .or publication
this morning. He has arranged to
begin, he says, the investigation
into the charges against Assist
ant Chief Foreman o. X. Pierce, made
cS the men who signed the atfidayts
which Mr.. Powderly attached to his last
pronunciemento. II he finds that they
are true he will denl with Pierce accord
ingly, and If not true, he will do all he
can to lift the stigma from Pierces repu-
tation.
MEETING OF tn dENARAI RxEoUTIyE BOARD.
ALBANY, n. Y, Aug. 26.-Geneial
Master Workman Powierly and four of
the five members o. The general executive
board, arrived here this morning. t.
DeYlin, A W. Wright and j. Hayes came
up on the night boat TO Troy with Mr..
Powderly, where they arrived this morn.
lhg, and immediately took g local train
tof Albany and are now qaArtelei at the
st.awix Hall opposite tie headqua rters
o. District Assembly NJ. 2i6.
John Costello, ths Other member OF the
general executive board has not vet
arrived. Mr.. Powdsrly and the general
executive board will meet in joint session
with District Assembly No. 2i6 this after
neon. District Assembly No. 246 com.
ifi'es three delegates from SO local
assemblies who represent membership
Of 1900. Mr.. Powderly, when asked
the cbiect Of the joint session, said he
dld NOT know exaetIY what might coma