Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-20
STILL THE STRIKE.
The Situation of the Strike About
the Same as When First
lnaugurated.
The Council of the Federated
Railway Employees will Con
fer With Webb.
The strike,

| hibhN ~. aug. ri' W
alton Of the strike in this vicinity sp.
pears to be the same NJ on The ripht II
was insugufate1. The strikers claim
they intended no interruption of pas
senger service on the Genital. merely
being ssti.fied in tying up the road in
freight traffic. This programme 50 far
set ms 10 hs - been Sue e ;sfully 6ar-
ried out. At West Albany tonight
the yardmaster said he had lent
out eve ,ything daring the dsy-seven.
teen trains west and five south. A
number If trans he said were made
Of empty cars which were sidetrscked
in the yard at KarDers and East AL
bany, in order to relieve the prts.ure
for op.ping the West ALBANY yard.
One of the leading Knights who had
been Jafrolling the compsny's prop
er'y al West Albany, SAID the only
loaded train which Jas.ed through
the yards to-day was q mixed dairy
aud cattle train. He added that The
road vas shifting cars across the river
to East Albany and back again to
Karners and then back again. in order
to deceive the strikers into the idea
that the full resumption Of freight
traffic was but question of a short
time. The usual number of east and
west freight trains received daily ut
West Albany 10 seventy, while the
number of north and sou'h trains l.
thirty-five. T.ere was no trouble in
this vicinity Of any nsture. although
the crowds Tonight at the several
crossings between this city and West
Albany were ~ large rs usual. The
Pinkerton force was increased TO $40
10 o-dsy, aud an additional number of
rifles were distributed pmong them.
The strikers had secret meeting H.
the rink Tonight, but before doing 81
the executive committee Of ID. A. No.
246 posted the following bnll.tin:
1--WE have just learned from reliable
sources that Robt. Pinkerton had de-.
tailed a squad Of his cut-'hroa's to
nipgle among our mep. You viii be
on your guard and give all suspicious
looking characters a very wide berth"
The house physician ut the hospital
tonight laid the boy Dwyer, who was
shot by Pinkerton gusid yesterday
afternoon, was in very critical con.
dition. The other persons who were
shot are improving. The executive
board Of NJ. A. 2i6 posted a bulletin
tonight containing the following in.
formation of secret meeting held 10.
day: AT union meeting held at
East Albany late this afternoon, con =
sisting of lO4 engineers and firemen
on the Hudson snd Mohawk divisions
OF the Central road, II was unsni-
mously resolved that they stand by
the Knights Of Labor In their struggle
for the maintenance Of their organiza.
tion, and pledge themselves to do all
In their power to prevail upon those
working upon heir engines to come
out with them;a committee was ap.
pointed tn wait upon thcse not pres
ent, and also TO represent them at the
Knights Of Labor meeting at the rink
tonight"
Master Workman Denuing headed
Q delegation Of X. Of L. who visited
the sheriff aud applied for positions %
deputy sherifs In case any extra ON
cen were TO be sworn In. "If you ap-
prehsnd any trouble" they told the
sheriff, ''you may rely on us to protect
the Central's property" No bulletins
were sent out to Buffalo by the X. Of
L. An occasional cipher telegram
kept the whole line posted as to how
the strike progresses. T.. Powderly
went east on the Lsckawana to. night
for New York. Grand Master Sw eeny
of the Switchmen's Aid Asp'u. Chief
Commander Howard Of the Brother
hood Of Railway Conductors, Grand
MISTER Wilkeson and Grand Vice
President Morrisy Of the Brotherhood
Of Railway Train men, G. F. Sergeant,
head OF the Brotherhood OF Firemen,
constituting the executive committee
of the supreme council Of the Fedora
tion Of Railroad Brotherhoods, went
east at 1890. They will lay the mat
ter before Vice President Webb TO.
morrow. One Of two things will re-
suit: Either Webb will uphold Divi-
sion Superintendent Burrows' ruling
In case Of the discharge Of the switch
men, or he will arbitrato With the
committee. II the latter. oil we'll and
good; II the former, word will be n.
turned to Buffalo and John Devlln,