St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-23
Grand Master Sweeney, of the switch

among LQ6 members OF CQ0 supreme
council as to the policy of interfering
in behalf of the Knights of Labor. Hav-
ing read it carefully, Mr.. Sargent said:
Whats the matter with Sweeney?
Nothing, in my opinion. You may put
1t down as certain that there will
be harmony tomorrow. There will
definite action. We may differ upon
man of US is in full sympathy with Pow
derly, and whatever decision is reached
will be by unanimous vote. From the
hour that Powderly left Webb's Office
Tuesday evening it has been apparent
that the fight ceased to be one simply
between the road and the knights and
became one between it and all organ
lied labor" The Importance Of this
conversation rests in the fact that more
than half of the members of the SUI
preme council have already expressed
their
Confidence in His Judgment
and their willingness to act in accord
ance with his suggestions. At this time
the presence here of Charles Mcdonald,
of st. Joseph, Mo-, is also significant.
Mcdonald is president of the board of
trustees of the firemen'S union, and al
though young man has an immense in
fuence in railroad circles in the South
west. Speaking of Chief Arthur's nom
committal attitude in the present
crisis, Mcdonald said this afternoon.
that the federation was strong enough
to force great many of the engineers
to go out independent OF their chief.
Sargent, when asked the question, point
blank, as to whether in the event uf a
strike being ordered it would be con-
fined to those portions of the New York
Central now affected, OF extended to
the Vanderbilt lines in general,
said this was one of the specific ques-
tions for the supreme council to decide.
II they decided to call out the men,
they would also designate the lines
upon which the order should go into
effect. He did not. however. consider
it prudent at this time to discuss
the scope of their probable ac-
ton. When a member of the council
said in New York few days ago that
the council would decide upon strike
before it had been in session
a single halt hour, he was
talking nonsense. The body will get
together at o'clock, and it will be fully
noon before Sargent has gotten through
with his statement. After him Sweeney
will have good deal to say, and so will
Debs, Wilkinson and Howard. 1t will
be late In the day before decis-
ion is reached, even if the con-
ference is not carried over until
Monday. With the exception of the
Californians, all the delegates sum-
lnoned have wired that they will be
here by o'clock Saturday morning. L.
r. Hannahan, of Chicago, the third and
last delegate of the fremen's brother
hooe, arrived ON a late train tonight, in
company with w. A. Sheahan, OF Gales
burg, grand secretary and treasurer OF
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
Both were
Inclined to BE Non-COnmitta1
regarding their probable action to-mor-
row, but admitted that they would be
governed by the facts presented by Sar-
gent and those of his colleagues who
have been on the ground in New York.
Mayor Donaldson, who is closely asso-
ciated with the leaders Of the fire.
men, said tonight that he believed
that the supreme council would make
an effort to induce the Central to
settle the trouble amicably before re-
sorting to extreme measures. 1t is
probable that Mr.. Webb will be ap-
preached on this line early tomorrow
morning in order that his reply may be
here before a final vote is taken.
Should the session end in declaration
Of hostilities, it will compel a
postponement OF the firemen's ma
tional convention, which has been
called to assemble in San Francisco
next month and for which elaborate ar
rangements have already been made,
as it will be impossible for the officers
to prepare their reports i'll time for the
gathering. There is a good deal of
comment over the arrival in town Of
George Royal, a member of the
grand lodge of Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers. He claims, how
ever, that he is here solely on personal
business, and that he is in no wise con
cerned with the outcome of tO-mOrrOW'S
conference. 1t will be remembered
that the engineers at their last cOnven-
ton, held in Denver. refused by small
majority to enter the federation, and
the result came near precipitating a
split in the order. Arthur himself
was opposed to the alliance. and
ROYAL belongs to the Arthur faction.
Terre Haute is the center of the United
States tonight, it not geographically,
vet is such in the minds of the rail
way employees of the country, and
the thousands Of business men
who deal with the railways tomorrow
morning will see the cOnvening of
a body of men who will decide whether
there will be the most gigantic strike
ever started in the United States or
whether the Federation of Rnilway
f<,f fEn 6ioto nf
one man who represents one OF the
largest railway interests of the world.
Engineers Playing Double.
I The strikers claim the Brotherhood
men are seeking to evade their agree
ment made to the Knights that they
would not work with green hands. ALI
of these engineers who have
doubled up were formerly firemen,
and, as the road does not require
the services as engineers of all
of this class of men who remained in
it's service, they take this method of
serving their own ends without asking
the engineers to break their agreement.
About 250 men were at work in the West
ALBANY shops to-day. A few Knights of
Labor who went out at fast returned to
work. These men attend to the daily
repairs revuired by the road. The usual
number of men daily employed in these
Shops is 1850. Since the results which
characterized the doings of Sunday last
the Pinkertons have practically been
withdrawn from the city limits. Not a
shot has been fired or stone thrown in
the city limits since their withdrawal.
Several of the men who remained at
work in the West Albany shops have
complained of attempted assaults by
strikers on their way home from work.
Most of these men live within mile of
I the shops, and this district is now thick
: ly patroled by the Albany police. who
are assisted by the mounted police.
ARTHUR ON HIS DIGNITY.
knights Need Not Expect Aid
From the Engineers.