Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-01
CHAUNCY NJ. DEPEW.
He will Give the Arbitrators a
Chance to Question Him.
The Failure of the Strike Destroys the
Power of the Knights OF Labor
As an Organization.
The Board Can't ReInstate the Men Discharged
or Discharge the Ven Employed to FIJI
the Strikers Places.
ON HIS WAY HOME.

Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3l.-A special from
London TO the World says: Mr.. Chaun-
cey Depew is here again, homeward
bound. He expects TO arrive in New
York in time TO tell the state board OF
arbitration that he knows positively
nothing about the Central strike or the
causes which led to it, provided the
ness. Depew declares decidedly he will
not discuss his opinions with the board
though he is quite willing TO tell them
what few facts he knows about the dift1-
Guilty. He says that his latest official in
formation is that the strike is
DEAD AND BURIED.
He says further that while he has not
looked closely into the law govern
ing the state arbitrator, he
has no doubt that they have
the right to inquire into the cause of the
strike if they see fit TO do so; ut they
have no powers to impose any obligations
on the Central road as the result OF their
inquiry. They cannot compel the rail-
road to reinstate the men discharged, or
to discharge the men employed in the
place of the strikers. bIr. Depew does
not think that any inquiry bY purely
political board, who will depend on get
ting on the popular side of the dispute in
order to hold their places, promises well
for careful consideration and judicial
decision on the interests of the Central
railway company or any other corpora
ton. He says that any board possessing
absolute
JUDICIAL POWER TO ARBITRATE
between large corporation and its en-
plOyes. should be as carefully selected
and as far removed from popular political
pressure as is court of appeals or even
more SO. Mr.. Depew believes that the
failure of this strike utterly destroys the
power of the Knights of Labor as an or
gu nIzation, while it strengthens the
hands of trades unions and the Fedora
ton of Labor.
$50 long as labor disputes are con-
fined to trades unions,' said Mr.. De-
pew, cit is comparatively easier TO reach
some agreement because then you can
deal with the workmen who understand
the trade and know what they are talk
ing about. In dealing with Knights of
Labor committee you could make no
more impression upon them than you
could
ON GLASS BALL
when rolling it around in your hand.
They did not understand what you were
talking about. The chairman of the
knights committee which called upon me
once to discuss very intricate question
of railway management was a cab
driver. knew of another case in which
n serious strike among glass blowers was
ordered 10y tailor who happened to be
the Knights master workman in the
district where the trouble arose. -
Depew said further that he had sound
assurances from home that the only dis
seusinn among the Republicans on the
Mckinley bill was on Blaine's reoI-
procity policy land that the majority were
rapidly coming round to mir. Blaine's
views.
TO LOOK AFTER THE KNIGHTS INTERESTS.
Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-Gen. Roger A.
Pryor was Yesterday retained by the
general executive board of the Knights
of Labor to look after its interests In the
Investigation before the state board OF
mediation and arbitration which begins
its session on Tuesday.