Telegram-herald., 1890-08-28
ALL is QUIET.
Netting Asw II tie S..s.ke Sltaa-
ton 81 New YORK.
Poa dsFsY Declares tas Acton Taksa
81 ths Terre Fiaets Confereacs
Was What he Anticipated.

A4L tEeLHAL elEtAE
NV NaEK. Agg. ~ ~-The Knights %
Lador mzzs-s1eeting IA Un-on saaafe
Tuesday sigat W-s attende3 bv Per
haps :. 600 persons Yhe formsr en-
tl0yes o. the Aen Yerk CentrAl Il tbs
sity marched In body 81 the square
bebiua q drum csrps. a'hs men we're
loGlly caeerea bY tAs crowd which
nas gathered sbo-t tie platforn a. lhe
upper ena q the sqaare. 9hs main
boly o; TIE getaering Sss addressed by
= zadsus B Wakem4a and Margaret
Moore. a letter of regret was read
frcn samuel 0ompels, president u the
Federation II LzboS Tie sympzthiEed
ten PTS OF tie rziircad company = crush
their organization. Es also referred 20
the "Plnkerton assasslns" znd con
demned the general policy Of the
Web0s and the Corb.ns" ME PCwderly
was then called upon 20 speak. he was
met With cheers lie spoke "a follows.
you may feel c,sheartszed because The
Terlt Haule convention Ga nof declare gel.
erzl strike. Your executive hoard oiG n0g ex-
pect that II would Al ~e expected was 20
have their Support ana they are vita Us horse
foos aud artillery. lCleersl They be
lleye-they kuoW-we are right and they
have STATED thelr opinion boldly They say
that our battle must e. On. ana 50 on il VIII"
''rnere IS al organization ~ railroad uea
" IN headquarters Al Clevclands there Is . man
&, The head OF y kaown IS T. 81 Arthur
lH.ssesi Don't hiss. Il does no goo4, but this
3 the time FOR plaiu speaking When "a en-
gineer member Of labor organization. de-
saris his throttle 10 take up the shovel q his
fireman. when that fireman has struck in behalf
OF his rights. that engineer IS traitor. Mem
bers O. ArthUrs organization have been doing
this and be says they were sttqhding 10 their
business This Is treason 70 the interests Of AL
labor"
Mr. Powderly then dealt with Mr..
Webbs charges that the nien were dis
missed for Drunkenness Oh other causes
prejudicial to the interests OF the COM
pany. lie said he made them stand up
in the Albany meeting before him and
they and their associate tes declared that
their regulations stood unblemished.
The strike which we inaugurated,"
be said, lis not only the strike Of the
people OF the State Of New York but OF
the people OF America"
preamble followed by resolutions which
denounced the New York Central Of
fcers as arbitrary and tyrannicaL The
people arc advised TO take political ac-
tion TO the end of Government manage
ment Of the railroads, and the hiring OF
Pinkerton armed men is 20 be made
State prison ofensc by statute.
Of r1
OF the United Order OF Railway En-
ployes not TO aid the Knights of Labor
in their strike on the New York Gen.
tral has been variouslY received in this
city. II is generally regarded as mean
ing one of two things, either that the
company will bs able to end the
trouble ct once or that the Knight IS
will in one way or another so ma
nipulate things that tho federation Will
he drawn into it, and such a result
achieved that the united orders can not
longer plead a want Of direct interest
in the struggle.
NEW YORK. Aug 27.-The strike sit
uation here has resolved itself into
simply waiting for the action of Pow
derly and his associates. Central off,
cials still declare that the road is in ex-
cellent order and that traffic is in a nor
NAL condition.
Powderly says the fight is only be-
ginning, and that the battle WILL be car
ried on briskly from now on Strikers
still keep up confidence. eve do not
intend to extend the strike beyond the
New York Central road for some time
yet" said Secretary Hayes. ''All our
energies for the next few days viii be
devoted to tieing mp the Central. War
has been declared and there is no COM
promise. think we have crippled the
road pretty badly already. and it viii
not take much more work on our part 20
tie il mn"