Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
yesterday said to-day that the tIeing up
of the Boston and Albany and Fitch.
burg road may be looked for at any day
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.


burg road may be looked for at any day
now.
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
| TERRE HAUTE, ISD., Aug. 23.-Be-
hind closed doors, with ]. j. Hannahan
| OF Chicago as inside guard, the members
| of the supreme council Of United Order
of Railway Employees has sat almost the
entire day to reach conclusion as to
whether or not they will order strike
on the Vanderbilt lines.
Promptly at 10 clock the council got
together in the spacious rooms at the
| Terre Haute house. The gentlemen
composing the council were: F. p. Sar-
| gent, president, and chief OF the
brotherhood Of locomotive firemen; J..
j. Hanuahan, grand master OF the
same order; Eugene Debbs, grand
secretary and treasurer of the same
order; w. n. Howard, vice. president
of the council aud grand chief of the
Brotherhood conductors; George Love-
! joy. assistant grand chief of same; 8. L.
Wilkinson, grand master railway train
| men, with William Sheehan, his
grand secretary and treasurer,
and P. H. Morrissey, the vice
| grand master OF trainmen. Other
members OF the council are Frank
Sweeney, grand master; John Derine.
vice-president, and John Hall, grand
organizer, all Of the Switchmen Is Mutual
Aid ASSOCIATION, and J. J. O'Brien.
After Chief Sargent had called the coun-
Gil to order and the first rOu-
tine business had been attended
10 the council decided that the matter of
giving out news to the press should be
| placed entirely in the hands of Mr.. Sar-
IL Nn
give any of the deliberations until
the council came 30 final adjourn
ment. The morning session
lasted till 2 p. m, at which the council
adjourned to the ordinary of the hotel
and ate substantial lunch.
To an Associated Press correspondent
Mr.. Sargent said he was anxious that the
public should be informed that the
members of the council fully realized
the immense responsibility which they
were carrying.
Sargent had not finished his report to
the council when the dinner hour come.
or course the exact wording OF his re-
port can t be given. but it related chiefly
10 what had been learned In the East
concerning the discharge Of the two
switchmen at Buffalo.
eThe president also reported his inter-
view with Mr.. Powderly and Mr.. Hayes.
He touched on his (Sargent's) visit to Mr..
Webb OF the New York Central at the
request of the latter, and told of the
evasive replies given by Webb to leading
questions. After Sargent was through
councillors Howard Wilkinson and
Sweeney made their reports. These took
up the time until O'Clock. Then a
free discussion was INDUCED in, every
member of the council taking part, and
it was not until after Z p. IN. that the
councillors adjourned for supper.
The Associated Press correspondents
had chat with Sargent, Drbbs and
Hannahan. At this point the tongues of
them all were lOosened. DeDbs said
plainly that 1t would be after tonight
before tue proceedings could be
brought to close. Mr.. Sargent
conceded In this. Hunnahan said that
Chicago would not see him Tomorrow,
and even Mr.. Sweeney, quiet is he Is,
declared that an important engagement
sarily go by default.
Sargent said this evening: SIT Is
within the bounds of possibility that we
may reach conclusion tonight, and
what that conclusion is no one on the
outside will know until the state
ment Ia written out and
signed. We are moving carefully.
We must have ourselves presented in
fair light TO the public. To gain this
end we want our position stated clearly -
The query here arises naturally why
such care, unless the council is III favor
of dressing themselves in war
paint and feathers aud taking up
their tomahawks and going after the
scalp of the Vanderbilt? This is the
question which one hears on every
side, but speculation is useless, and not
until Sargent and confreres get good and
ready will anything definite be known.
Certain ii is that the public Will wait IN
til Monday before its mind is relieved.
TELEGRAM TO PowDERLY.
TERRA HAUTE, IND. Aug. 23.-At 10
CLOCK tonight the supreme council OF
the Federation OF Railway Employees
adjourned as a body. The committee
will probably be in session all night, and
MIR. Sargent announces TO the represent
atives of the press the following. He
says: awe have cent the following
message to Mr.. Powderly:
TERRB HAUrR, IND, Aug. %, 1890.
t: y. Powderly. Grand Master Workman
Knights OF Labor. care st. Cloud Hotel,
New York:
The supreme council have been in ses-
sion nj; day but 10 decision has yet been
reported. We are now awaiting i'm
portant news. The council fully real
ICES your position and the position of your
order, aud you may be assured that your
interests will receive due consideration.
You will be promptly advised of further
Developments.
Signed. T. p. SARGENT,
President.
SITUATION AT THE CHICAGO sToCKYARDs.
CHICAGO, I'LL. Aug. 23.-The strike
situation at the stockyards remains I'M
changed, except that Superintendent
Williams has announced he can give no
answer TO strikers until Monday next,
when Il general conference will be held
by managers interested. In the mean
time the men refuse to resume work ard
demand pay for the entire time they stay
idle. All dead freight is being taken cut
of the yards this morning by the Belt
Line road.
WHY THEY WERE DISCHARGED.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-This morning !
Secretary Hayes OF the general executive |
board OF Knights OF Labor made the fol- |
lowing statement to a reporter: cit is |
very strange that Mr.. Webb should only |
now say that the Knights discharged from |
the employ of the road were discharged |