Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-08-15
IT'S over.
THE GREAT STRIKE ON THE NEW
YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM.
Trains Running on Schedule Time
Once More.
The Engineers Not Involved in the
Tight.

New York, Aug 12.-The great strike
which for some days paralyzed business on
the Vanderbilt lines seems to be over and
trains on the Central system are running
regularly and on schedule time. Today
the entire freight as well as passenger ser.
vice was resumed, everything running
smoothly. Chief Engineer p. NJ. Arthur
said at Cleveland yesterday that the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers were
not involved in the strike. From the re-
mark of the chief of the Brotherhood it is
evident that the strikers will not receive
the aid of this powerful organization. Mr..
Powderly in an interview at Scranton, Pa,
yesterday said: There are engineers on
this system who are Knights of Labor and
not members of the brotherhood and others
who are members of both organizations
However, if it is deemed necessary it is
deemed certain that the brotherhood will
cast its fortunes with the knights"
While both the railroad officials and the
striking men talk firmly it is evident that
new men are taking the places vacated by
the strikers and unless there is some new
element to enter the contest the strike IS
practically ended and unsuccessful. AS
soon as the New York Central begun TO
send its traffic over its leased line the
West Shore route, the knights ordered a
tie-up on that road. but here, too, many
were doomed TO disappointment, as the
tie-up was hardly serious enough to cause
even temporary suspension. The cause
of the strike is given by j. j. Holland.
He said that the New York Central had
been discharging prominent men connected
with the knights. and the movement was
TO force the road TO retain the men. He
sent General Secretary Hayes TO interview
Vice President Webb, but the official
would not be interviewed, and said there
was nothing TO arbitrate. The Central
railroad STOOD by its right TO hire anyone
it choose, and would not be dictated TO by
| anybody.
In replying TO the dispatch sent by Vice
President Webb to Gov. Hill, asking that
state troops be sent to Syracuse, he re-
ceived the following reply from Colonel
Judson, military secretary to the governor:
"Your dispatch to Gov. Hill at hand.
Directs me to say that he has sent General
Farnsworth to investigate the situation
and report on it. You may rest assured
that the state authorities will act promptly
and vigorously in protecting property and
preventing any violence. The functions OF
| the military forces should not, however,
| DC HllSuuueTSlOOu. III 10 nut luClL buSihCoe
to operate the railroad, nor to interfere on
behalf of either party to "a labor contro-
versy, but only when invoked to aid the
local civil authorities. They are not ex-
pected to do mere police work or TO dis
charge those functions which more proper
| ly belong to a sheriff's posse comitatus.
The powers of the civil authorities should
be fully applied before recourse be had &c
military forces. The governor desires that
you keep him fully advised as to future oc-
| currenceS."
CHICAGO. Aug. 12.-ftepresentatives OF
the New York Central railroad company
are in this city hiring men TO take the
places of the striking switchmen az
| brakemen. Fifty recruits were Forwarded
to Buffalo on Saturday night and another
lot was sent yesterday. They are prom
| ised $40 for switchmen and S65 for brake
men, an advance of SIS and $40 respec
| lively over the wages ruling for that elias:
of men on that road. The Pinkertor
agency here has also received an order fol-
a large number of scabs to act as guards N
various points along the lines of the road
| Grandmaster Sweeney of the switchmen':
brotherhood says that he will not call ou
the switchmen ON the Michigan Contra
and Lake Shore roads 10 assist the strikers
on the New York Central. He says it is {
purely Knights of Labor strike, and they
will have TO fight it out as best they may
| The same feeling seems to prevail among
| the brakemen.