Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-26
TERRE HAUTD.
The Supreme Council Very De.
liberate In Action.
They Went Through the Entire
Report Clause by Clause.

The Delegates Realize Their Position.
Under the Laws Of the Federation Of
Railway Employees tho Strike the
New York Central Could Not Have Ise~n
ordercd--Labor News.
TERRE HAuTE, ind, Aug. 20. -
Whether the New York Central was to
be tied up, so far as it was in the power
OF the Federation of Railway Employees
to accomplish that result, or whether
Mr.. Powderly and the Knights of
Labor were to be refused the support
for which they have asked so earnestly,
and of which they stand so much in
need, were questions which up to l0:30
Monday morning were still undecided.
the members of the supreme council
We're tine first to put in an appearance
in the dining-room of the hotel Monday
morning, and the last one had break.
tasted and gone before the first Of the
regular guests had come down stairs.
There was a look of seriousness on their
faces which hetokel the fact that they
realized the gravity of the issue that
they were about to face. Upon leaving
the dining-room they Immediately re-
paired to the suite in which their previ-
ous sessions have been held and engaged
In an informal discussion.
1t was rot until 9:3l, however, that
Tie council was formally called to order,
and at the same time word was sent to
the representative of the United Press
to await important adyices which would
be ready in an hour. This period quick
ly passed, but still Delegate Iiannahan
Kept guard over the door, and there
We're no signs that decisive ballot had
been reached. New complications must
evidently have arisen, for when another
hour had passed, word came from one
source that it would be noon or later be-
fore the anxiopsly awaited announce
ment would he made, while from an
other source came u suggestion that the
press representatives could safely 60 a.
fishing if they were SO inclined until
supper time.
Both Sunday and Monday morning
the delegates were so emphatic in their
statements that it would require but
brief period to finish their business that
it is apparent that the report Of the
committee has struck snag. 1t is no
ticeable, moreover, that in the guarded
remarks of the delegates outside the
conference chamber since Sunday. stress
has been laid upon the fact that the as
sertions of Sargent aud o hers that they
endorse what Powieyly is doing and
that they viii fight to The last minute
for the rights of orgn' lied labor, have
been too closely connected.
Sargent indoraes Powderly,
Il indorse Mr.. Powderly,H says Mr..
Sargent in the latest public 1emarks he
hasmade on the question, with all my
heart, and | want to say that he has
been magnanimous. but the Federation
has its laws which must be obeyed
and whether or not a strike should he
ordered, is, therefore, another question.
The Central Strike.
Under the laws Of the Federation no
such strike as that now on with the
Central company could have been or
dered. i hat the council is apprehen-
sive of collision with the Central is
also true, but the trouble has been to
find an origin indedendent Of the pres
ent strike. The delegates fully realize
that they are IN a trying position AS
one Of them expressed it Sunday night,
"We are between the devil and the
uecp sea, DuJ we nave gone so Ittf LuttL
we are bound to reach conclusion that
will be satisfactory to organized labor.
to capital, aud to the public
Cause Of the Delay.
The crowd in the lobby of the hotel
waited patiently throughout Monday
but no sign came from the
committee room until 1890, when the
doors We're opened and the members
filed out. 1t was soon developed that
they were going through the report of
the subcommittee clause by clause; that
the final clause had reference othe nc
ton recommended and that until this
was reached the matter would be prac-
tically in statu que.
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