Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-08-28

Confederation, win MAXI =. Dy
-. Oh All the Vanderbilt Iinas
.s..u >, New York dispatcb.l
L oIlke, said Chieftafn posra,
eral Master Workman of ao6 oomuerly, ooo e[y, G'
LABOR; "strike," says Cbieftain ,nlshts as
he anu the three other menhars =. ear ~
e. p,uino council OF the federation 90 20
n ..Ssnway .S employees. So say the Iao',a.,,
nd Tho po hrlsnts and the brotherhoods In choS,
Iahor ,'o. Board OF the knights
20 or Lapor voted to take the strike fro,.' 10 !,
D. hands OF ID. A. No. 246. and nroarlI aloni U
~ vigorously In every possible diract,o'. ~. =
IS pitter end. 1t Is life and doatI. =. 70 u
It w w.n Vhem' IL means everything Fitt
N tra;, tmoy must win and gain the rights OF nh
o tbair % mnich they claim or forever 10.
z nnv, pU"er among the laboring men vi
{ now Delleve them potent "' WI
{ ,,o,lltH sargent wired to the otber otol
a., trn 0i the supreme Council 10 conye,a
IN ierre Haute Saturday morning r,,an ON
Maaa enoh, ne said, tho recommends tio,,s :
binsaI, onnTu' wilkinson, Sweeney an,
~ s would be received and accented o''
.lle members of the federation. 10 oao s.. aiIe
" ~ oLuereu TO help In tying nm tbo a.'.als
! caucTDiit systcm-that is. tho Nov W
Co,,.ii west shore, Lake Shore. Micbioa, =
,von.d won'pal' Nlckel-Plate, Chicago and Nor,h
western and the CleyeIond UI. North-
Ohicago and st. Louis. CINCINNATI,
A., 90 M iar as mortal means could On 20 49,.
t nl9 ulsaster, Mr.. Sargent said tho,s , oI,
M T1eh uieu In this case, and tried a. nau
IN, Inc railroad company would have - 80 'aIh' I'm
hWi.,, "eaus ~ DC the blame and the rcsnors,
gani1ed IaIy hau forced fight against or
t',,a. W laDos, and now Organized Iaba.
i ,nust protect itself, and the ] ]symnatht ia iaDof
"otMMihgmen 'iM everywhere would 90 with :, Vi
W. viii not break n law" sofa N,
cmrIsnt; one or the most level -beadeJ os r, MT
Kai Knirhsl executive Committee OF the
thing unGor Ioor, ,h, put we will do every
m fIanA
ina'ely 10 win this just fght-a flSbt vS.i 'vS,a
mas been forced upon MS. "s"' winch |
- a, ~ mS company VIII resist To tho ~, ;, |
..iU sai9 Ihlrd Vice President Webb. "Wo -,
The labor leaders had gone very slow, Uhiftesf
Sargent I'm particular! Save for the switch
mems trouble in and about Buffalo, and |
their grievances against superintendent
Burrows, whom they declare to- be totally
unfit by age and irascibility for his position,
their cause for striking was almost n SYM
pathetic one.
They had but one reason for going, and
that was tho supposition that the Central
had deliberately entered into a war of eX-
of trades unions. The leaders |
do not more than half believe this now, and
there is reason 10 believe that II Mr. Webb
had been more diplomatic he could have
lvcrted the strike. But he failed TO lay on
the molasses thick enough and the damage
Is DONE
New York was the stage to-day and Grand
Chief Sargent the Richelieu. He pulled the
strings which made the puppets dance. He
was the last man TO say yea, and when he
said IL the thing was DONE The Chief OF the |
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Fircmen and the |
of Railway Employees kept at the |
81. Cloud Hotel with great deal OF fidelity, |
ln9 dta Vas n1teipi 1nteeapiy tl II foSeYocS wheh essr
powderly and Devlin betook themselves 10
the den OF the enemy They were received
with great apparent cordiality by Messrs.
Toucey and Voorhees, and were closeted
with them for an hour Mr.. Powderly went
over the ground already covered III MS let-
ter. stated what had been learned In the In
and pleaded yaliantly for Mr..
Wcbb's change OF mind regarding arbitra-
tion. He was informed that Mr.. Webb was
as solid as rock, and that the company
was prepared to back him up to the last
notch. The Knightly employees who had
been discharged were discharged Tor cause
and that was all there was 10 1t. Messrs.
powdcrly and Devlin returned with this
message 10 the waiting leaders, ana ior
nbout half an hour the strike was considered |
q settled thing.
very young and apparently inexperienced |
man who had no business TO be dallying with
the lever end of a big railroad system. This |
brought matters down to pretty line point |
and the fog bank of mystery surrounding |
the leaders grew dense. 1t was dangerous
ception and he talked for half an hour quite
os II he were tired of the muzzle which the
his lips. =
II don't believe In all this mystry and
secrecy 'he said; eve arc engaged In legltl-
mate public business, and believe IN lettlng
the newspapers know what Is going on
.'The situation has reached very serious
stngc-a very serious stage, indeed. Iherc
IL going TO be great deal OF trouble yet,
/
the railroad company Is concerned, thelr
attitude Is not different to-day from what
II was Yesterday. They are determined not
10 submit tho grievances at issue DetWeeh
them and the knights, and nothing less
than n fight and victory against them VIII
ca,Ise them to change their position. so far
ms am concerned, do not believe that the
Ccntrnl Road IL engaged in an effort 10
wage n war OF determination agalhst tne
labor organizations. It's too late In the day
for great railroad TO enter upon any such
foolish COURSE. -
MIR. Sargent said distinctly that II tho
knights could show that the Central was
waging war upon organized labor the hre-
men and allied organizations In the federa-
tion would not hesitate TO join In strlke'
"But rest assured" said MIR. Sargent, ''tne
strike will not DO ordered on the part OF the
federation until the Supreme Council has
passed upon IL and the public been given
annie opportunity 10 prepare for IL. Jhen
n il comes to this it will be whopper.
Areporter asked the leader OF the federa-
! tion what strength the brotherhoods In the
| Federation could muster. lie said: "fltty-
| two thousand men. There arc 10000 mem
bers I'm the Federation OF the United Order
OF Railroad Employees, $4,000 In the brother-
| hood of Locomotive Firemen, 5000 members
OF the switchmen's Mutual Aid Association,
and 5000 OF the Brotherhood of Railroad
| Conductors The number is not great COM
rared TO the 800, 600 Knights OF LABOR, Dn'
you must remember that they arc al ran. ralI-
| road hands. many OF them skilled workmen,
while they arc divided into all branches oi
work"
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