Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-10
The Great Strike on the Van
derbilt Lines Still
On
Little Prospect of Immediate
Adjustment of the Existing
Differences
The State Militia Ordered to
be in Readiness for
Active Duty

NEw YORK, Aug 9-The discharge of
Knights of Labor and brotherhood men
from the employ Of the New York Central
has been followed by general strike all
along the line. The strike was so manip-
ulated that the officials of the road as well
as outsiders knew nothing at all about it
until the men quit work. 1t is reported
that the New York Central is tied up from
one END to the other and that the strike
will be general on all the Vanderbilt
lines
A few minutes after IL was announced
that the strike had taken place on the
road immense crowds of people congre-
gated at the Grand Central depot trying
to get their tickets changed. 1t was
stated that the strikers were determined
to prevent the running of any trains and
a full force of police. aided bv members
of the boat patrol aud Inspector Byrnes'
detectives were placed on guard at all the
switches and at all the signal stations
along the road to Yonkers. Ii has not
been ascertained who ordered the strike.
j. j. Holland, the labor organizer, de-
MED that he knew who ordered it and
Nldltu nv EVEN ulu NOl kI1OM III W IL OTuRI-
ed until publicly announced. The strike
was ordered ON account of the discharge
of certain employees and orders were that
every train should be abandoned
no matter where il was.
These orders were strictly obeyed and as
a consequence. travel was completely
blocked on the New York Central. the
New York and New England and the
New York and Harlem railroads.
The new demand Is that the minimum
rate for days work shall be 81 80. sta
ton agents to receive S75 per month. men
in yards at Troy aud Green Island TO
snS seeeys T the Ssme pay as a, Schenectady
wheel connected engines to receive two
and one-half cents per mile. four-wheel
engine engineers three and one-half
cents per mile, for all men working over
time double pay.
Vice president Webb stated to repor-
ter that the strike only extended to West
Albany. All the men who went out last
night would be promptly discharged,
while the men remaining with the COM
pany would be retained and well taken
care of. He announced that he intended
to fight the strikers To the bitter end. aud
claimed that their action was altogether
unjustiiiable, as he had never seen the
new set of demands and that he was en-
tlrely ignorant of what the men wanted.
The first mail train had pulled out of the
depot at . O'Clock with four mail cars but
no passenger cars attached. lie further
said that he expected to have the places
OF the strikers filled and everything rum
ming smoothly in few days.
j. j. Holland arrived in the city last
night and made three different attempts
70 hold conference with Vice President
Webb, looking forward to peaceful solu-
tion of the difficulty. hut Webb refused to
talk with him and motioned him out of
the office.
Depew is in Europe and the general
impression Is that that the discharge of
the knights was decided on some time ago
but Depew being unfavOrable to this went
TO Europe to avoid being present when
the changes occurred.
AT 10 o'clock last night train was
started out, but the engineer and fireman
were badly stoned and the cab windows
smashed.
The tenth battalion of state militia has
been ordered TO be in readiness to respond
TO a call
BUFFALO. Aug. 9-The New York Gem
tra men here hayd just gone out on a
strike. train of thirteen loaded passen-
ger cars is stranded on the terrace block
ing the main street crossing.