New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-03
hot a. to the seventy eight men who had been dis

hot q 70 the seventy-eisht men who had been dis
Well said the chairman, "if there 10 any
imperfection of the p!raseOlOgy OF the resolution
the law governs 1t, and the law empowers us to
inquire into the causes of the controversy. an1
we deem 1t essential to know what these men were
discharged for and to know who these men are
because we may deem 1t proper to call these men
to ascertain these matters with reference I" the
Thus urged TO give instances. Mr.. Webb said
that about forty-twO men were discharged for
lack Of employment The majority Of them were
engaged in the rarshops at West A tnr oc Of
work, and another. named Lee, was discharscI
for unsatisfactory service. Other men discharged
Tor tbs reason were McoarthS Honvfry fcr I bens
drunk, and a man named Morgan; VINO
was, Mr.. Webb thought. fireman and Knight ;Ln
Of Labor. Mccarthy was discharged for incon-
potency and neglect Of duty.
FURNISHING INSTANCES.
Insubordination. was the cause Of dismissal III
q number of cases. The INSTRUMENTATION consisted
in arrogance and insolence toward supcrl6rs.
General Pryor asked:
o.Do YOU know o: any one case wherein s,r they
.nf Lee
snt s general msaser & The esHs See ta '
tee money out the Vanderbilt road; he would 40
charged Al don't know how long 1t was not
93s ' Mr. LIZ sst nss e t. SG"s
not boon on duty when he had been called f0r at
ss that The net
DO You Know that the connsc'on q these men men
eth e fss zig Ct Il III ssS
laton whatever to their dscharec ~ Al o. M. IN
sy &c Go s' q VS.
Knights Of Lahorl Al mean TO say /
discharge Mr. Lee MAS n not It x kn ssses
Gsbor ore and ad' prominent 11 IN tho SO sir
Objection then t., t. men in the e, e ,e
oS sSs % Of TN the 'q Knights q Labor; r.
you know anything Of the e%pl cSnnsct,o on
sr ha. nothing to do with this issue sue
M Of these %sn ~ 9na fs
sc cont end prolonged IT, rTT
banded merrensrles by those III tont:! OF railroad
s p. sss, ses:
tie ts or. sf The
nE Ss r. o. sso NV has
pred In connection with the strike since ell mas %r
CURED Read the question. 'e"csoo" re1"' mr.
o-pO you know when these men were contracted
opn NOT arrange e have some Of th ZEN before
this strike occurred AMost a, ,s, NJ fullerton s%
Mr. WEBB DECLINES TO ANSWER
Mr.. Harris thought this was going little too
far. and interposed with objection After
a debate, in tie course of which General Pryor
referred to the "Pinkcrtons' as those Janizar-
les" the chairman decided that Mr.. Webb must
answer the question. Mr. Webb, BY advice OF
counsel, declined to answer it.
b. telling them that Mr. Webb was his only
witness; and during the rest Oh tne aaS ,h %nr
Knights Were Piss9 to f9S tie co
FL for the T railroad Mr. Looms and Mr. Harris
listened to all the testimony but absolutely ignored
Its Knigh,ly. givers, deigning only in one or two
The Knight longest and oftencst on the witness
stand was Edward J. Lee. Of Albany who Is
master workman of District Assembly 246,, and
the strike and .cSho was named by Mr.. Webb
among tho employees Of the New-lorS central
Railroad who wire discharged for INSTRUMENTATION
Mr.. Lee was called by General Pryor three
times. The bull, of his testimony was recifHl
version OF which he had already freely given t.
the public in the newspapers Tic sml1ihgy au-
mitted that in dEc interview with Mr.. Toucey nc
had told that gentleman that il tie road did not
advance the wages Of certain employees, oil he
could say about il was that the Central had 81
much watcrcd 4tock that it could not afford 10
fie also said thht the s,fc was ordered because
the railroad company had discharpcd men III
violation of an acrc"mcnt with The pStrict A.,
scmbly that no employees should no dlschar@cd
except for cau>e. and that promotions should he
nv seniority. 5Ie hal. he declared, c.lled to Mr..
Dspcw. "callnG attention 70 the action OF thc
officials in che rye Of the railroad in indiscrimi-
oately dischar*ing old employees without any
cause"
LETTERS SUBMITTED.
lie got no answer from Mr.. Depew. As master
workman, be had, he alleged. made efforts to pre-
vent the strike, and in this connection There
was introduced long correspondence between him
and Mr. Powdcrly. Mr.. Powderly is 50 much
addicted to the excessive Use OF the English
language that his letters are exceedingly long.
The few choice extracts from them and from MT.
Lees replies to them, which follow show the gen.
eral tenor and nature OF the correspondence:
POwDERLY TO LEE.
sfy advice Is to 60 cautiously, feel your way care
fully and secure yourselves your ootholds firmly
before stepping Into unknown depths In order to Sc
sfS az tss yo sps
that 1t can bring TO Its aid. In struggle millions pi
dollars sS0r as a pSs Is an"
iortify yourselves with facts, indsputahie hcts, u
soSns sSu to sway You in anything and do place
headstrong or Incorporate men on any conn,t,s ad
The entire V nanasenent and had everything their own
way They grew FESTIVE and allowed Sno ,y
fSem To- ITO. 10 train on the main tack and
M trnin in order to settle some little matter THAI
,ort OF thing could not last, and. when they nnaiy
the time to auit the company. iOu all Know the re-
suit OF that contest. a., , ..,.
Organize carefully along the whoie uho s'o HUN
what you gain. Etc, otc., etc.
LEE TO PowDERLY.
want to trouble little At this tine; we Var arg
S.ntra, conoration arc crowdIng very hard laying
on men ct and left and the worst OF i Is the inel
Who have becR promoting the bcs inteTst ~ '
ioeSs 70 me Is IL the company wants to have the mcr
ttrko at this time Ia order ~ break up the organize
defeat Us now " tlcrc Is nothing dOlnS on the road
have received notice to-day that my services are nc
longer required by the company. and a lew omen
Who were at different times before the officers Of th'
company while acting as representatives oi INC orsa