Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-22
STARTI.ING!
The New York Central Strikers Under
Arrest Make Confession.
Grand Master Lee and Other Leading Knights
Implicated as the InstigatOrs Of the
Attempted Wrecks.

NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-The Sun has
the following from Troy: The full con-
fessions in court of the men who are i'm
plicated in the recent attempt at whole
sale murder BIZ train wrecking on the
New York Central railway, were OBJ
| tanned to-day for publication. The crimes
which the narratives of these wretches
laid bare are of the sort which
impel a summary resort to Judge Lynch S
court, even in the most law abiding COM
munIty. With no motive save hate, be-
cause of the affairs Of the strike, the Sc
ries of crimes were committed with the
full intention to sacrifice unnumbered
and
INNOCENT LIVES
in wantonness. The most startling reve-
lation will be found in the evidence, d.
rect and positive. duplicating the Official
leader of the Knights of Labor in the
New York Central strike as at least an
accomplish. The conspirators say that
Edward j. Lee personally furnished
them with money with which to leave
the country Immediately after they
wrecked the Montreal express on Sep
TENDER 4.
They detail Lees conversation with
them when the money was paid, and
w
long conference with two men who they
say were leaders in the execution of the
plot.
Robert Plnkerton, the detective who,
with his men, had conducted the inves-
tIgation, declares his conviction that Lee
had guilty knowledge of the crimes be-
fore the time specified in the CONVERSE
ton above mentioned, but he Is not able
to prove his suspicious. Enough, how
ever, is shown to place the organization
which ordered the strike in a position of
DEsTITUTIoN AND HORROR
which no explaining can do away with,
and which will cause u revulsion of feel
ing IN the public mind which nothing can
counteract.
A description of the various attempts
to wreck the trains on the road as here
given has already been given in full.
The task of tracking the guilty gang of
worse than murderers, seemed at the out
set almost hopeless one, but informa-
ton came from unexpected quarters.
One of the most significant facts in
connection with the whole investigation
is that information regarding the identity
of the conspirators who wrecked the
Montreal express came to the officers of
the railroad the very next day after the
crime was committed. from the
UPPER COUNCILS
of the Knights themselves. When the
knights first declared war against the
New York Central, the railroad COM
pany, as matter of pro-
lection, found it necessary to employ
agents among the foremost agents of the
labor organizations. These men are
themselves members of the order, and
are in full confidence of Powderly
and other national officers.
They have, however, acted as
agents for the company and have from
time to time furnished information OF
the greatest Importance regarding the
plans and conditions of the strikers
almost since the word to quit work was
given. These men informed the officers
of the road who the men were who
wrecked the trains. These secret agents
are still in the employ of the road and
ere
HIDING AMONG THE KNIGHTS,
and all efforts by he Sun correspondent
to discover their il entity have failed.
The confessions are those of Thomas
L. Cain, Arthur Buett and John Reed
and they implicate Herman and Cordial.
These statements of Cain and Buett ap-
pear in the Sun in full.