Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-21
NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
TO CONTINUE THE Fight.
The Strike on the Central
Becoming Serious.
MARVELLOUS ESCAPE FROM PRISON.
How the Accident on the Old
Colony Occurred.
THE TOTAL LOSS At WILkESBARRE.
Forty Persons Injured in a
Railroad War.
THE TOTAL LOSS At WILkEsBARRE
THE CENTRAL STRIKE.

No Ion~er Local Nature-The
knights of Labor to Continue the
Ffght-The Interview Between Mr..
POyvderly and MIR. Webb-An Appeal
to be Issued to the knights of Labor
In the Employ of the Vanderbilt
Lines.
New York, Aug. 20.-Mr. Powderly
states that the strike has ceased to be one
of a local assembly and has become one of
the whole organization, and it will use
every means in it's power to continue the
fight He intimates that the federation
of railroad employees will support the move
ment. The situation is serious.
At 5 o'clock this afternoon Mr.. Powder
ly and Mr.. Devlin had an interview with
Mr. Webb and considered the question of
arbitration. The offer of Mr.. Powderly to
submit the matter to arbitration Mr..
Webb refused on the grounds already pre-
sented. He said the company was not
jumping on" the Knights of Labor and
did not discharge men because they were
Knights of Labor. The work of the men
dismissed was not satisfactory. Neither
Mr.. Depew nor Mr.. Vanderbilt were
opposed to the knights as an organization.
Mr.. Powderly then suggested that as the
matter had SO much publicity a hearing
should be held in Mr. Webb's Office, at
which the men should be present. This
Mr.. Webb would not listen to, saying that
it was ridiculous. Mr.. Powderly once more
urged that the matter be arbitrated, but
Wo1,1 poxxy-
derby and Devlin then withdrew without
making any threats or intimating what
they intended to do. -
Mr. Webb gives this version of the in
terview and says that the whole confer
ence was carried on in a most pleasant
manner. Mr.. Webb told Mr.. Powderly
that if the road should accede to the de-
mands of the strikers he webb would
rather be grand master workman of the
Knights than vice president of the road,
because he could manage the road much
better in that position than in his present
one.
General Master Workman Powderly will
tomorrow this day. issue an appeal to all
true knights of labor in the employ of the
New York Central and upon the Wander
bilt connecting lines. In the document he
will state the causes for the strike and the
ment of the difficulties and notify each and
every member of the intention of the ex-
ecutive board of the Knights of Labor to
prosecute the fight against the Central
Hudson railroad to the bitter end At the
same time it is made known that Grand
Master Sargent has called meeting of the
supreme council of the Federation of Rail
way Employees for Saturday, August 90,
at 8 a. m, in Terre Haute, Ind.
A reporter called the Grand Central
depot tonight at II and found Messrs.
Webb and Voorhis had retired to their
cots. Mr.. Webb soon appeared, however,
rubbing his eyes to get the sleep out of
them When told that the strike over the
whole road would be declared this evening
or in the morning Mr.. Webb said that in
spite of all that the road would run all
trains in the morning as usual Neither
he nor Mr.. Voorhis appeared much de-
pressed He wished the public to kno.w
that he had no official notice from Mr..
Powderly of the strike, and said that all
this time the company had not been lying
idle. When told the strike meant all en-
ployes but engineers he appeared some
what startled. Neither he nor Mr.. Voorhis
made any comment thereon.