Telegram-herald., 1890-08-10
TIED Up.
TIE New York Central Road Par
alyzed by . Strike.
T.sise Thousand Eraployes S4oseo,
Lesss Their Possible a.
ulands Of the Men.

NV YoKk. Aag 9--The strike of
tie employees on the SsS 4os1 Ceasral
4 Hudson River railroad vas begun At
T.31 o'clock Friday night N0t train
has left tie depot az iorty-seeona
street since that hour. The Grand
Uaion Hotel IS crowced with people
wao expected 70 leave the city
aad had engaged passage far va
r.o1s posAts. All the length oi
the Central was tied Up Ir2lRs
were left by the crews where
they stood when the order cane. Tao
passenger trains we're lel. a. Eighty
sixth street in the tunael, one going in
each direction. The Vest Shore railroad
Is tied up throughout its length, as we'll
as the NeN York s. New Haven rail
road. Great throngs Of people crowded
into the Grand Ceatral depot. trying 70
have tickets changed and asking al
manner Of questions
The primary cause OF the strike was
the frequent discharge of knights en-
ployed on the road The protests
against this cause were unheeded and
oilers Of : compromise rejected. Tnen
J. j. Holland, OF she General Executive
EoaEd OF the knights OF Labor, was
SUI nOned 10 arrange settlement He
Was treated discourteously BY Third
Vice President Webb. after which full
power was given District Assembly No.
246. The climax was reached this after
noon whea Holland was ordered out Of
Webb's room, and then the strike was
decided on. Several demands OF the
men were rejected.
The demands OF the men are for q
minimum days wages OF $3.50; station
agents 10 receive an increase OF s. a
month; men in yards at Troy and Green
Island 10 receive the same compensa-
tion as at Schenectady and East Al
bany; all fremen on six-wheel con-
nected engines TO receive 215 cents a
mile; all engineers on same, cents; 4
wheel-engineers, 81 cents mile; fire.
mer. cents mile; for all men, over
me. double pay.
he strike itself was surprise TO the
management OF the railroad, but its
strength was astonishing. The organi-
za,ion of the employees was secretly con-
-
afiliation with the Knights. When
II, OCo men left their posts at the recep-
tion OF the cipher which ordered them
out IL paralyzed the officials. Tho
greatest strength they expected the
men to develop was 4, 900. which number
could 90 laid Of without serious incon.
venience at this season.
Under the orders, every train was
Abandoned, no matter where II might
be. The 7:l0 train for Montreal
was waiting the signal at the
Grand Central depot when the en-
gineer, fireman and brakeman left
it and walked out of the depot.
Efforts made to secure men to fill their
places we're without avail The men on
other trains also left them. Travel was
thus not only blocked on the Central
road, but also on the New York & New
England and New York & Harlem roads,
which use the tracks OF the Central road
as far as M,lrose.
The second stsggerer TO the officials
was the disloyalty Of the engineers.
Many of them are knights of Labor and
they too unhesitating obeyed tie order
to quit The Brotherhood, 1t is unofi-
cially announced by the Knights and
engineers, will extend moral sympathy
20 the Knights during the strike.
Tho General Executive Board OF
the Knights of Labor will meet
in Detroit next Wednesday. At that
time the grievances OF Central en-
ployes will be presented for the Official
sanction OF the general board. Should
this be given 1t will involve the en-
tire order and may cause widespread
strike, 10 include Y road which aids
the Central in its present difficulty.
The freight yards aud the docks OF
the New York Central are strung along
the Hudson river from Yonkers TO St.
Johns Park. Not lees than Q,
freight-handlers, yardmen and switch
men are employed in these yards. AT
the promulgstion OF the order to strike
every man quit work. Three long
freight trains OF perishable fruit
for the West were on side
tracks and could not be removed.
Tho value is estimated at sl2 900. and
unless disposed OF TO some local mer'
chants the fruit will be total loss. It
will never reach the destination 70
which it was billed except at an ex'
pense Far beyond the actual value OF the
freight 1t would require three hand
lings to unload it. ship it across the
river and reload on trains OF line run
ming TO points for which il is intended.
J. J. Holland OF the executive board
( of the Knights of Labor was seen a few
moments later at the Grand Union
Hotel He expressed himself as firml J
as did Mr. Webb. only his way of put