Morris tribune., 1890-08-27
FEDERATION SYMPATHY.
Ii rs Freely offered to the
knights i'm Their Trouble
With the Central.
The Supreme Council Decides,
However, That Is All Tt Can
Tender Them.
/ r. Walter Webb Receives Their
Hearty Condemnation-Ths Man
ifesto Issued.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 26.-The
Knights of Labor asked for bread and
their brethren of the United Order Of
Railroad Employees, better known as the
Federation, responed with stone. 1t
They are not even offered the balm of
pecuniary support and their general
master workman is referred by the chief
of the Federation to the press dispatches
for the official reply to his appeal. The
outcome may prove death blow to the
knights. The results of their three
days deliberation are given in
The Manifesto.
The manifesto of the Federation re-
cites the history of the strike from the
standpoint of the knights and the efforts
of Mr.. Powderly to effect an amicable
settlement, after which 1t continues
with a stormy denunciation of Vice
President Webb's course and an unqual-
flied approval of the action of the
knights. 1t concludes as follows:
The power of the supreme council In
the matter of strike has been exerted to
aid the Knights of Labor, through their
representatives, to secure the recogni-
ton of their order by the officials OF a
rich and powerful corporation, to secure
for workingmen, the victims of autocrat
power, hearing, and to perform such
other kindly Offices as were proper un.
der the circumstances, demonstrating
sympathy and good will, thereby aiding
the knights of Labor to bring the strike
to close upon principles of right and
Justice. In this the council met with
failure, owing to the autocratic attitude
of Ell. Walter Webb.
Can Do No More.
It now becomes necessary for the su.
preme council to say that owing to the
fact that the order of the knights o1
Labor is not member of the Fedora
alton of Railway Employees, the laws oi
the supreme council do not permit its
doing more than it has done to aid the
knights of Labor, and its inability tc
participate otherwise is now known and
appreciated by Mr. Powderly.
In conclusion the supreme council
voices its high appreciation Of the man
illness of the knights of Labor employed
on the New York Central and Hudson
River road in struggling to maintain {
principle sacred to every workingmar
on the continent and to all men whe
love Justice and hope for the triumph o.
right over wrong as fragrant as eve
stained the pages of history.
All PowderIy Expected.
ALBANY. N. Y, Aug. 26.-A monster
mass meeting of striking employees wa
held at the Academy of Music, Edward
]. Lee presiding. On the stage were al
the members of the grand body, inelud
ing Mr.. Powderly. Mr.. Powderly wa
received with perfect tumult Of ap
plause. He cautioned moderation il
speech and action. The strike was al
ready won, and he proclaimed it vic
tory row. Mr.. Powderly refused tt
talk about the Terre Haute decision, ex
cept to say that he never expected a gen
eral strike. All he expected had beer
accomplished by the board. The strike
was not failure, and the strikers would
win.
The Next Step.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.-It is asserted
that the next move of the Knights vii
probably be to boycott the New Yorl
Central, in which case the interstate
commerce commission will undoubtedly
be requested to investigate the matter
and proceed against Mr.. Powderly, the
general executive board and the maste
workman of the district and local assem-
blies of the Knights of Labor under ths
national conspiracy law, which make
it a misdemeanor for any organization
or body of men to interfere with tht
course of traffic of a CORPORATION.