Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-12
ceived an order for large number of men
10 act as guards AZ various points along

ceived an order for large number of men
| TO act as guards At various points along
| the line of the road.
Grand Master Sweeney. of the Switch
mems Brotherhood, saws he will not call out
| the switchmen on the Michigan Central and
Lake Shore road to assist the strikers on
| the New York Central. He sayglt IL purely
| q knights of Labor strike. and that they
will have 10 fight it cut AZ best they NAV.
| The same feeling seems TO prevail among
| the brakemen.
THE BACK OF THE STRIKE BROKEN.
| CHICAGO. August l1.--An evening paper
says q man high in the counsels Of one OF
the GREAT organizations of railroad en-
/ ployes gave 10 reporter o-day some in
/ formation OF great import 20 those who
are waiting the result Of the strike on the
New York Central. He said have re-
ceiyed dispatches this morning which con-
/ vince me that the back of the New York
! Central strike X broken. The men will
| have 20 90 back to work At the company's
! terms within very short time.
| The Brotherhood of Locomotive Epgi-
neers and Brotherhood Of Locomotive
| Firemen. the Brotherhood of Trainmen,
and the Switchmeu's Mutual Aid Associa-
ton have been appealed 10. and have each
refused 10 give any assistance whatever TO
the Knights Of Labor. This means that
the Lake Shore and Michigan Central can
not by any possibility be tied up, and that
the brotherhood men stand ready 10 handle
New York Central cars.
LITTLE HISTORY.
To make the situation clear il will be
necessary TO go into some explanation.
! When the Knights OF Labor first organized
| q fOothold was gained in Now York State,
especially over the lines of the New York
| lf.,,sv.l Ruffrga1 oil ~. II
| try, 1t il true, following the example OF
! the New York Central men. became
Knights under the impression that great
amalgamatiOn Of laborlng men would aid
! them as switchmen. fremen. and engi-
neers. The experience of few costly and
unsuccessful strikes taught them their
| mistake, however, and the consequence
was q general withdrawal Of railroad men
from the Knights of Labor. On the New
| York Central alone did the knights OF
Labor remain in any degree firm. and even
there the various Brotherhoods succeeded
IN gaining the divorce Of a good many
! Knights from their organization. But the
| general executive board Of the order In
| terferred TO prevent further demoraiiZa-
| ton Of assemblies of railroad men.
KNIGHTS or LABOR ". THE BRoTHERHooDs.
Theresult was a fight between the Knights
| of Labor and the Brotherhoods, which has
| been waged. sometimes with heat and some
| times quietly. from that day 10 this. Every
| time the Brotherhood men have declared a
strike the Knights of Labor men have done
something 20 prevent its success.
| Much the same has been the course of
the Switchmen's Brotherhood. Conse-
quently. when the executive officers were
requested Saturday TO give assistance TO
| the Knights, q refusal was Immediately
wired back The other Brotherh0ods have
| done the same thing. To make the situa-
| ton worse, former strikers OF the western
| Knights of Labor are against giving the
| New York Central men any assistance on
| the ground that the calling out of the men
was iniudicious and unnecessary. II they
wanted to give help 10 the strikers. they
| could not tie up any of the western Van
derbilt lines. for they have not baker 3
! dozen of Knights of Labor men on those
roads. The collapse of the strike Will
mean a strengthening of the BrotherhOods
| in New York and will benefit Tailroad-men
all over the country"
THE STRIKE AT AN End.
New YORK. August l1.-Durng this after
| noon and evening the Grand Central depot
was as quiet rs though no strike had oc-
| Cured. Trains were continually arriving
and leaving in the usual manner, and the
entire business of the depot had resumed
| ITS normal condition. flcc-lrcsldtnl
! Webb said at 9 this evening that the strike,
so far as the New York Central road was
| concerned. was nj an end. The entire pas
senger and freight service will be resumed
! tomorrow and all trains will leave on
| schedule time. All freight-yards will be
open for the reception of western freight.
! At o'clock p. NJ. to-day Il special fast
freight train, composed OF twenty cars,
| left the Hudson-Street depot with a squad
| of police on the engine.
THE IBAIs THAT BROKE THE BLOCKADE.
Train No 81. known as the fast mail.
| which LETT the Grand Central depot at AIS
( this morning, was the first train 10 get 20
/ Buffalo over the New York Central
/ tracks. This train reached Dewitt. where
the trouble occurred yesterday. at 7. VI.
and found the yards, where it was i'm
possible TO get train through yesterday.
| entirely in the hands Of the railroad com
pany. The switches were all manned and
! everything was in thorough running order.
This was the first train to raise the block
ade. On to-day's schedule at-the-Grand
Central depot there were 1873 Central rail-
road trans. OF these l20 left the depot