Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-23
THE CENTRAL STRIKE.
The Company Refuses Powderly's
Offer to Arbitrate.
Federation of Railroad Employees May
Take Charge of the Strike - The
Freight Bioclgado at Bufralo
Growing Larger.


Powderly, called upon Mr.. Webb and
presented to him a letter. Mr.. Webb
received it and said he would send his
reply by twelve o'clock. Holland and
WrigbS then withdrew.
Tho following is Mr.. Webb's reply:
NEW YORK, Aug. is.
To Mr.. T. v. Powdorly, ST. Cloud Hotel, New
DEAR s1R-I have received this morning the
communication Of August II addressed to me by
you rs the General Master Workman OF the
order of the knights OF Labor.
Replying thereto, have to say that no one of
the persons discharged from the service of this
company prior to August and referred to in
your communication was discharged because he
was member OF your order. The immediate
superors of each of sail persons reported to
the superintendent good cause for the discharge
and the superintendent investigated each case.
The management also investigated and the
action of the superintendent was approved.
The management do not deem IL consistent
with its continuance and prosperity in business,
and with the discharge of the duties il owes to
the people: TO submit the propriety of its action
In the discharge OF any of its employees to ar
bitration. have read your communication with
care and think the foregoing answers the
points presented by you and defines the posi-
WALTER WEBB.
Third Vice President.
BUFFALO, Aug. 19.-The executive
committee of the Supreme Council of
the Federation of Railway Employees
went into session shortly before one
o'clock Monday afternoon. General Mas
ter Workman Powderly was with them.
Mr.. Sargent said that he may decide TO
call together all tho members of the SUI
preme Council in New York, but de-
clined to say whether the strike would
be taken out of the hands of the Knights
of Labor. When the conference took a
recess Mr.. Powderly was seen by re-
porter. He said the conference had
made Mr.. Sargent it's spokesman. The
question as to whether Mr.. Webb is to
be called on by the executive committee
remains undetermined. 1t is coniec-
tured, however, that Mr.. Powderly has
offered to give the strike into the hands
of the Federation of Railway Employees,
thus ending it as a district X. of L. con-
cern, but making its influence more
widespread.
The New York Central and it's con-
nections are running their passenger
trains through on fair Approximations
to schedule time, but while the passen-
ger traffic remains practically uninter-
rupted the freight situation at this
point has grown very much more se-
rious. Every siding has it's complement
of freight cars, mainly loaded with per-
ishable freight, and even the Lake
Shore sidetraclls for distance of twen-
ty miles out, are packed with abandoned
trains. Between East Buffalo and Idle
wood very long dressed beef" train
lies motionless, its contents, to say the
NV 1n1a
There is no strike as yet on the Lake
Shore road, but the switching of freight
for that road is all done in the Central
yards and they are not only already
glutted with freight, but have no switch
men. So the management has been OBJ
liged to find other places to store it's ac-
cumulations and has utilized every avail
able siding.
Grand Master Sweeney, of the Switch
mems Mutual Aid Association, was seen
yesterday. He was as conservative as
ever but was evidently smarting under
the insolent treatment he had received
at the hands of Superintendent Burrows.
Mr.. Sweeney said: "rhe strike is o
question of endurance between the men
and the company, and l don't think the
men will be the first to give in, as they
are in the right in this matter. The
Knights of Labor strike was separat g
affair; the strike of our order the rail-
road authorities precipitated upon them
selves by ordering our members to take
the places of strikers, which they de-,
clined to do"
ALBANY, n. Y, Aug. 10.--Thomas
Hatton, the PinlSerton man who shot
the boy Dwyer Sunday night, was held
yesterday for assault in the first degree
to await the result of the boys injuries.
No bail will be accepted, as the attend
ing physicians say that the boy will
probably die, the bullet having lodged
near his spine. Robert Pinkerton said
that a personal examination of his men
showed that in every case they had been
stoned before they fired, and in some
cases fired upon.
Chief Willard, of the police, received
letter from Mr.. Bissell yesterday in
which he claimed that the Pinberton
men only fired in self-defense, but that
the road would warn them against the
hasty use of their guns. Tho Knights
of Labor are issuing bulletins in which
they reiterate the caution to keep away
from the tracks and preserve the peace.
They say they are as strong as ever and
that +Ee war has only just begun. The
only fracas yesterday morning was a
brutal assault at West Albany by two
men upon a freight conductor, whom
they mangled badly. Both men were
arrested. The victims of the shooting
Sunday are all doing we'll except Dwyer.
Boston, Aug. 19,-Mr. Lee, represent
ing tho Knights of Labor, to-day sent
from Buffalo the following mysterious ci-
pher dispatch to the New England Pro-
tective Railway Union: "Whatsoever,
whatever, or more. Be in readiness" "
Mr.. r. b. Turnbull. of the New England
Union, says that tho dispatch calls upon
the men here to be prepared for any
emergency. He says there is possi-
bility of general strike. The men
here would not strike from sympathy,
but if such move would benefit the
New York strikers shey would go out.
The roads to be affected in that case
would be the Fitchburgh and Boston &
Albany,
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Mr.. AND MlRs. STANLEY have a solid
silver dinner service consisting of SO
table-forks, "a tablespoons, "a dessert
spoons, "a dessert forks, "a tea-spoons. /