The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-26

PowderIy and Other Members in JOINT Sos
Nothing Desinite aa Vet Tor tho
Pnbiie--Thc Situation At Chicago.

PowderIy mnd Othcr Members in JOINT ses-
saoa--Nothang Desinite as Vet Cor tho
Pabiic-Ths Situation At Chicago.
ALBANY, n. r.. Ang. rs.
powderly and four members OF the ex-
ecutiye board arrived here this morning.
1hey will meet Ia joint session with Dis
triot Assembly 24G this afternoon. Dir.
powderly said the general situation Of ths
strike wonId be ths main question for con-
sideration. A few frei7hts moved on the
Delaware a Hudson this morning, but no
local frsight have en- sent ont, Police are
patrolling the yards.
District assembly 2l6 went into joint ses-
sion al noon The discharged men were
present and each one of them was intefro.
gated as 10 the reasons which he believed
led 20 his dsmissal.
HanEnond's View Of the Case.
Superintendent Hammond, OF the Della
ware 4 Hudson, said this morning We
have commenced moving local freight with
third OF our usual complement OF men,
whom we brought here from other points
on our road. have had more applications
for work from men right here than would
I'LL oil the strikers plaees. shall, how
ever, give the old men another opportunity
to come back TO work. / do not think q
general strike will be ordered on our road.
as the joint meeting to- day will undoubt-
edly see that our position IL the only safe
and sound one that can be taken on the
question IN controversy.
Nothing as Yet for the Public.
TgRRE HAuTB. Ixp.. Aus. Is.
The executive council of the United
Order Of Railway Employees went into ses-
sion about 4 this morning. When the ses-
sion will come 60 an end, not even single
member OF the council knows.
At III O'Clock this morning Hannah "a, o
member Of the council, informed the Asso-
ciased Press IL was impossible for the
council to determine how long the present
session will last. Certain II is, said ne,
that the public need expect nothing from
as untiI 8 or O'Clock. can't say II will
be possible to give anything ont then,
The Situation a. Chicago.
CHICAGO. Aug. a..
Nothing definite has developed in che
situation al the stock yards this morning.
The receipts of cattle, hogs aud sheep are
very heavy. Swift aud nelson Morris
have shut down their houses and 5000
men are forced to remain idle, as there was
nothing for them to do. Ii In expected
that some OF the roads win attempt to
handle portion of the fresh meat that is
In danger OF spelling, II they do, IL viii
probably precipltate trouble. One feature
OF the strike this morning was the fact that
the Anglo American Packing and provis-
ion company sent TO the officials of the
Stock Yards switehisg association notice
that Il would hold that corporation re-
sponsible for any loss II might incnr by
reason OF the ssrfke. Other f,ackers, IL Il
said, are following the Anglo American
company.
A Blow at Pinkerten Hessians.
wAsHISeToN, Aus. g5.
In the house to-day Representative
Quinn, of New York, offered for reference
resolution providing that tho committee
on judiciary be instructed to inquire and
report, by bin or otherwise, what leg,sla-
tion within the province of the federal gov
eminent may be proper and necessary to
prevent cs csrporations in the Interstate
commerce traffic from employing unjussi-
fably large bodies of armed men denomi-
mated detectives" bat clothed with no
legal functions.