The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21
P0WDERLY IN FOR A WAR
WEBB DECLINES TO SUBMIT The
CASE TO ARBITRATION.

A Probability That Every Man on the
Road Will be Called Out Excspt the
Engineers - a Force of Imported
Firemen Housed in the Grand Cen
trial Depot.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-The long deferred
conference between MIR. Powderly and the
other labor leaders and the New York Cen
trail officials took place to-day. Both sides
afterward expressed satisfaction at the con-
! ference.
Grand Master Sergeant of the Firemens
Brotherhood, as spokesman for his
conferees, made the following statement to-
day: There is little apprehension on the
part OF the public regarding the powers Of
this conference. Nj self and three COL
leagues, MeSsrs- Sweeney. Wilkinson and
| Howard, are members of the supreme
council OF the Federation of Railway En-
ployes, but, as there are twelve members in
the council aud as we are but four, we have
no authority to order strike of our men.
WHAT WILL BE DONE.
"All we can do is to report the result Of
| our deliberations with TIE executive board
OF tue Knights of Labor to the full COM
mlttee Of our supreme council. of which
am chairman, and the full committee can
| then act upon the report. The other eight
members of tho council are within easy
reach, and | can get them together very
quickly Should it become necessary.
might add that we are once more reviewing
the entire evidence submitted to us for ad-
Judication, bat just how long the conference
may last cannot say just at this moment"
Vice President Webb, when called upon,
| repeated the statement that everything was
running as usual, and added that he did not
anticipate any further trouble.
WAR TO THE DEATH.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20, II p. M-General
Master Workman Powderly will tomorrow
issue an appeal to all true Knights Of Labor
In the employ of the Central Hudson rail
road, and upon the Vanderbilt connecting
lines. In the document he will state the
causes for the strike and the efforts made to
| obtain peaceable settlement of the diff
cultles, and notify each and
every member of the intention of
the executive board of the Knights of
Labor to prosecute the fight against the
New York Central AID Hudson River Rail
road Company TO the bitter end
AT the same time it is made known that
Grand Master Sargent has called meeting
OF the Supreme Council of the Confedera-
ton of Railway Employees for Saturday,
Aug. %, In Terre Haute, Ind
PowDERLY ON THE INTERVIEW.
In connection with the STIRRING events
| above outlined Mr.. Powderly tonight, at
the st. Cloud hotel in this city, gave out
the following statement of his Interview
this afternoon with Vice President Webb
and Supt Toucy of the Central Hud on
| division. The statement, as read by A. W.
Wright Of the executive board, reads: This
morning Messrs. Powderly and Deviin
waited upon Supt. Toucy at his Office for
the purpose Of endeavoring TO bring
a out settlement of the trouble. Mr..
Ioucy absolutely refused to entertain any
proposition looking toward arbitration or
an investigation OF the cause of the dis
charge of the men. During the afternoon
the same gentleman waited upon Vice
President Webb, in order, as stated by the
executive board of the Knights of Labor,
TO give the company every opportunity to
bring the strike TO an end.
OFFERED TO ARBRITRArr.
'ln the interview they had with the vice
president, Messrs. Powderly and Devlin re-
peated the offer which the Knights of Labor
nave made from the beginning. They
would declare the strike off if the compan
would agree to submit the cases of the dis
charged men to an investigation by disin-
terested parties, on the understanding that
If it should be shown that there was
no cause for the discharge of the
men other than their connection
with the Knights of Labor such men should
be reinstated in their positions, the repre-
sentatives of the Knights of Labor agree
ing to bind themselves to abide by the
decision and finding of the invest gators.
Mr.. Webb positively refused to agree &c
this. In the interest of peace Mr.. Pow
derry even went so far as to ask MIR, Webb.
in view of the conflicting statements
II he would consent 10 meet the
discharged men aud allow him (Mr. Pow
derly) to question them in Mr.. Webb's
presence upon the charges of the company
against the men. Mr.. Webb refused to
entertain this proposition. Supt. Toucy,
who came into the room during the inter
view, reiterated the oft made statemen
that they would insist upon their right
to discharge employees without assigning
a reason for doing so, and that they would
not admit the right of any labor organiza-
ton or any committee of such organization
to interfere in the matter.
POINTED QUESTION.
being asked il they took the position that
the railway was the private property Of the
company and that whether the employes OF
the company or the public had any right &c
question the action of the management
they hesitated, and at last took refuge in
silence, which the representatives Of the
knights In vain tried to break. The latter
SAID that II 1t was the policy Of the company
to maintain that that they would not admit
that either the public or the employee.
of the company had any rights
in the premises it was useless to waste time
on the matter, and shortly after withdrew.
The executive board" said Mr.. Powderly
Tonight, says to the Knights of Labor
and public that the position finally assumed
by the company makes it necessary fol
them TO vindicate the right of labor to or
ganize by prosecuting the strike to the bitter
end"
| THE NEXT STEP.
Mr.. Powderly was asked tonight what
would be the next move. He said 1t had not
been decided, but that he would tomorrow
issue an appeal t, the mechanics and al
other employees of the Central Hudson sys.
TEN and its connecting lines The document
will be based upon the refusal Of the com.
pany to arbitrate the differences, and will
call upon them to stop work at once
Vice President Webb says that he was ir
constant communication with the chief
officers aud that the Bee Line, Lake Shore
and every linked railroad was prepared fol-
strike ii it came.
Mr.. Hayes of the executive board said
tonight that no more news would be given
out tonight. Whatever the executive
board decided upon would be known only
Ill results til tomorrow morning The
board viii continue in session all night