New-York tribune., 1890-08-08
NO DANGER OF A TIE-UP.
KNIGHTS CONFESS THEIR WEAKNESS.
WHAT THE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY SAL
ABOUT THE IDLE THREATS OF FEW
ovER.UEATED LEADERS.

ovER.UEATED LEADERS.
aEven II all negotiations fail, there VIII be no te
ND of the New-Yorh Central Railroad u'ess ,ao
various other organizations belonging 10 tHe n"'e'
OF Labor In this country can be persuauou " SUI .
port us In the hghtr said Ed"aru .. h00' -.
wor,xman OF District Assembly No. GAG, yesterday.
This is confession Of weakness on inc part u '"'
knights of Labor on the Central Raliroau'
A meeting of the Executive Board OF Distrlc' AS
somh,v No qas and J. J. Holland. Of the General
Executive Board OF the Knights OF LABOR was nA - -
p,ror A of the Grand Union Hotel, yesteruay' a'
which every detail bearing the grievances Oh 'ho
forty or more discharged trainmen was cafciuiy W.
,idered. The men say that the Nc"-forh 0e"''a'
Railroad Company IS determined IN lts oppos. ~
rncmbns Of the order OF the Knights OK Laoor' anu
that it has discharged forty men, WHO h"'0 ~
working continuously for over ten years e'S"' '.s
because thew were prominent knights. by ooins
,his ,ns man saw that the company has broken fs
agreement with them, special clause In tine
belne thot when men are 10 be laid of those who
have been the shortest time In the service oi "io
company shall be the ones to- CO. MT. hoii'n" w, w.
appointed q committee VI one to supil'. W - .,a
Manager Toucey q list Of forty OLD emp.oyo - 49,
road who have been discharged, 10 ihsis' "p -
ing the charges made against these men anu ~ 49,,
mand their reinstatement 1t Is more "'n ~
that General Manager Toucey will not recognize "r.
Holland on the ground that he IS not an empioye Oh
the company and has nothing to do with the Case
Mr.. Toucey was seen yesterday by Iriouho I"
porter. ,oove
"No committee has called upon me YET ana l e"So
the city in q few minutes" said Mr. lo"oes :.
aThese men were discharged Tor cause a"u
we will not reinstate them. DO not u'i.
there will be tie-up. Charles Mohoy' one y,
the discharged men, was impudent ana shiIA
and it was a question of keeping them or the supo
intendeut and we naturally kept the superihOenueis
The company does not care whether the men oco"e
70 the Knights Of Labor any other organization
as long as they do their duty. cannot tell "ne'or
there will be a strike not There may pe unIsc Io
the leadership Of hotheaded men, but there ao .Sam
MANY cOOheaded and conservative ones an!ohe '
and I believe their counsels win prevail -. ,ots
The men say that II strike aoeS Hoo nn .
Mace now it never will, as all nhl@on @ thev ncr
are being rapidly weeded out. YET they eay a'''
will order strike only as last resort. ,,s oor,
Mr. Webb third vice president Of the railroad & CON-,
many said 10 Tribune reporter yesterday tnat tneIe
were about sixty laid off, as Is usual az tss o
OF the year. that large portion OF THESE a heh fbe
men, whose trains have stopped running Gur1s @ 'o 20
slack season. "It will be absurd 1or uee @ o tben, NJ
o" on strike said he. at will only cause theni
frouble and misery The company Is rcn anu @ pow
erfIi and although strike would cause greaJ lnev ~,
venience at first, the company would Mn ua evensy
There will be thought OF granting tne uT 'gSt inst
the Knights of Labor II there were, we nignt Iust
as we'll give up business or apPoiiv i''' N
local to run the road -, 49,. s,,, Loco, os
District Assembly No. 246 has fortys,Xo o local as
semblies and membership OF about o,Ooo oe'"eoh
here and Buffalo.