New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-15
KNIGHTS SEEM DAZED.
THEY ARE EITHER BLIND OR WlfuLL1
DECEIVED.
vrw.yoRK CENTRAL RUNS TRAINS EVERY
WHERE AND YET THE LEADERS OF THE
STRIKE DECLARE THEY ARE WINNING.

-, railroad Company and that they still declare
u, they EXPECT TO win the fight, the railroad ooidi'
| ,uet az srenuously declare that the STORY Is ""0
1to to,rs on the Harlem Division were running Oh
| ,ime Yesterday and the officers OF the road sdt" W
ia Ia a fnu confinement OF men that division
Tbev also declare that a number OF the hfhsh'S Vi
Local Assembly No. 1705 have returned to"orA u''u'
the conditions imposed upon all the strikers "'.o nav
| been taken back. Local Assembly NO. l'o' - 'onI
uosc-i exclusively Of men employed on the liar'c"
,,io and the railroad officials declare that those
who have not already returned viii not DC taAen
until such time AS they need more men on that dlVlsio'
in consequence Of increased traffic In the iaii.
The striking knights much worried by inc re
n4 that the local assembly OF Dover Plains, which
| embraces all union men employed OIL INC H''''''
| road had deserted in body and woul return I"
work Edward J. Lee, master workman OIL pi'"''
Assembly 40 246 to which the local assembly DC
opps assured both his followers and the reporters VIII"
saw him that there was no truth III the slorS Do IA"
AS he could learn that he had not seen 'ic oi"'
had received no dispatch, such MrNoorhees sad ha
been sent to him, and believed the story h"u po''
sent out simply to discourage the men,
At : A. N. n meeting Of the strikers was heiu 1T
M 400 Eiehth-ave and committee was appointed |"
visit Dover Plains report on the announcement "
the afternoon the committee returned anu at JonO
secret meeting Of four local assemblies, reported t
II had seen Frank ]. Fenn master workman OF Loo'i
Assembly No. 1705, and had oeeh a.
original number Of so members in the local. taV
name Of them had returned to work. but on the con
trary they intended to stay out untll the strlNe wa
! won and that there no idea OF giving up ther
! charter.
From all the indications yesterday nevertheless, ana
according to the positive statements of the officials
! the New. York Central IS rapidly recovering from inc
| confusion into which it was thrown by the strike.
Tho third vice president, Mr.. Webb, says that inc
present difficulty is moro like the effects OIL
blizzard than strike. There are plenty oi men, nc
-:ys to conduct the business Of the road In AL it,
branches the greatest difficulty being that many
points were congc,tcd with freight owing to the
stoppagc Of traffic and the roal Will not resume It's
normal condition until the freight which mas Oeen
held at different points IS cleared out. Neary AL
the trouble In the last day or two, he Sald. iad
been caused by the blockade at Albany.
That place was cleared ont yesterday.
| Twenty freight trains sent West from
! Albany over the Mohawk Division, five freight
trains were sent the Hudson River Division ana
two freight trains sent ont over The schenectpy
frauch to Troy. Ecfoc the end Of the week. he &c
cared the road would be entirely clear of freight and
In IL, normal condition. lie had plenty Of men 10 DO
the usual work OF the road, the only difficulty being lis
conec,tcd condition. lie said they were still hiring
few new men, but only experienced railroad men In the
| peculiar branclc, which the strikers had occupied
would bc accepted. Large number, Of the old men,
| Mr. Webb aid had made Application 10 be rcinstatcd
| such case, hc made the following statement:
i large number OF WHO have been out on strike
are making application 1t different points on tho road fof
reinstatement tho al cstioas t,ug coupled with a~-ur-
acss % LOYALTY and promises of GOOD behavior In the future
The question being ooiuuual, ASKED A. to what the
COMPANY, Icstoa vita regard to these men. Will LAY
as follows
on careful inquiry nnd that many Of them are good
cuuoves la, Ing times past faithful servants Of The
con pnny and many have been led into this dia'
,uity through IN dalton. risf rsenaton OF ignorance
agprc.at, their situation very fuzzy, e>l' aAy ~ to''
case. vi r. the men wives and children who Do
p,nicnt urn for supfort. have given the matter
worry consideration aud have r''rueci our officials
! ~ fol love-
That each caec shall be- considered separately and it,
merit. and whcrs the party In, satisfactory and
faithful cnpoye aud where the sup rin.ndcnt or Official
in., ht.iv La ciai.c can satisfy the General Sgpern'
tudnt that ulc has LETT under the cAtcnuatns cir
ru-t lnc.. above out !nod. ula tLen NIanry exists
| he shall be- taken new emrloyc, that where no
vacancy c>.- Of the applicant VIII b" taken
and A. the b snr.s incrcav,- during and win
ter and additional help is needed, his application
VIII receive all due consideration.
II IT, however distinctly understood and the rule VII
BE- reIdy enforced that :he men who have recently
and on account into service shall
not displaced. unless their services are unsatisfactory
and that those men who formerly ia he company
.uloy and Lr in hi, strike. who under .nr above
instruction, De- Te.nated. Will cner the service not
A. old men rcln-tatd but entirely 'mDo'c,: and
hereafter with regard . promotions d-chaGes assign
men ~
Those who have been turbulent nimica and ec,il'
mental T. this company aud IT, interests Will not under
any consideration. BE- taken back into the service.
Concerning the cost ~ tho strike 10 the rail
road company. Mr. Webb said emphatlcally that
lie had not even considered the subject and that all
statement, which had been made in the newspapers
or anywhere else were entirely unautlenc. lie Wa,
sure that no one who could give authentic statement
had done 80.
Mr. Webb was warm in his praise Of the action
| Of the New York police. lie could not say too
much he declared in their favor. II We had had
the same police protection at Albany and other points,
he continued, trains would scarcely have been de
tanod at all after saturday l do not believe there
Is anything like police force in the world
All passenger train, started out on time yesterday
from the Grand Central station. and incoming trains
were not later than they ordinarily. There are
few trains which are Invariably less late bcns
obliged T. wait for connections, but further than that
all trains we're on time. Even the ,als' started
again yesterday and ran on time
The story which printed yesterday, that the
company sending out dummy trains. was en-
platically denied. The Tribune reporter asked Mr..
| Webb how many went out on the entire Inc.
81 made a careful estimate after my talk with tho
division supernt-ndcnts yesterday he answered. and
As nearly tell there were from 900 10 1000
men VINO left their posts Last night "wednesday
! there were about 300 vacancies. 10 day that number
has been considerably decreased
Work began early at the freight yards Yesterday.
| At 3 a. III. a long train from Albany, composed en-
tircly Of loaded with beef. into the sixty
nth st. yard and at a. the switch engines began
leave the round house and busy all day making
up trains. The first Of these left al 40 M and
others followed In regular order. BESIDES these trains
there constant traffic between the sixty fifth st.
yard and those Thirty third ST. and ST. Johns Park.
Mr.. Phyfc said that he had eighteen new conductors,
| but all old railway men and thoroughly TO be de
pended upon. He would have twenty five by today,
| and his full complement. forty by tomorrow. The
engineers and rcmen rdlculcd published report that
the Brotherhood were going out.
Along the river front work was brisk. Bargcs
and other craft were either being loaded unOaded,
the 800 employed in this section Of the yard
| had their time fully occupied
At the meeting of strikers held at No. 3i2 West
IL .iandaN