Telegram-herald., 1890-08-23
A WAITING GAME.
ps.h Parties 70 the Great Strike
Resting On Their Oars.
Ire Casccrns Of the fsrre 1zste
Meeting Anxiousif A~aitso-so"-
aeri,s Appeal % ire rUcise-


situation zzY Re expressed y TIE word
waiting Every thing hiages on TIE .
nesting u ths supreme eoahelI u tEe
Fsdsrstioa 81 Railway kmp4oyes al
Tsrre Hause Saturday. Master Work 4
A4n Posdsrly's address 70 the knights I
81 Laser and rs public IS generally se- /
Eardsd as declaration q var, IN saica 4
there vii be 70 quarter given
NJ Webb said In regard 10 Powder
ly's PROCLAMATION Il have rot read IL I
yet Il Is addressed % the knights Of
Labor aad IS / an not one there IS
no reason shy ] should feel com
PEELED 70 read IL l DO not be-
iisye there Is much that Is new
ia Mr. Poxdsrlys statement IL
Is not true thAs the question: Was asked
me II thought the public had no rights
that the road vas bound 70 consider and
that I refused 20 answer II such
T question had been asked | would have
replied that the public had rights
7 In ne matter. There is nothing 20
say except that We are al ready for the
/ threatened fght do not believe that
the Federation will order its men out
and II IL does | do not believe Al Of
/ OF them will obey"
nav YORK, Aug %. MIR. Powderiy
has issued an appeal addressed TO
tho people" lie repeats the charge
against the company Of dis
charging employees because they have
been leading members OF the Knights
OF Labor and gives a resume OF his
interviews with Mr.. Touoey and Mr..
Webb, the causes leading TO the strike
and the repeated efforts made by him
and others to settle the matter by arbi-
traEon. He continues:
Finding al Efforts 70 effect peaceaole set
tlenaent OF their grievances impossible, and De
/ ing convinced that Is was only question OF
time when Knights would one and al be dis
charged unless they forfeited their manhood
anc abandoned their privileges as citizens OF q
free eountry by renoUncing their rights 20 join
their fellows in an organization calculated 10
protect ther just rights without intrenching
upoa those OF others. the district executive
board hal no alternative but 10 order strike,
which they did
TIE public may have formed erroneous i'm
! pressiOns OF the position OF the Knights IN the
controversy. We do not pretend 10 dictate 10
the company that II shatl not discharge us EN-
pgoyes. but in al fairness the discharged man
skould De told why he IS dismissed
We did not seek the quarrel. The general
executive board knew hing o. II until II was
thrust upon them and now that We have
TO face II we ask Of the entire order
OF the knights of Labor 10 come TO
our assistance with the means 70 win
the strike We not craving Tor
, sympathy. We are not in need Of moral sup
port. We have 10 fght power which owes It's
lofty bearing TO TIE wealth 1t hes piled up from
the labor OF its employees; untold millions are
al its command and We want money TO carry on
the struggle.
we ask oil members OF organized labor TO
come 20 our aid re not only ask labor organi-
nations but we ask o. the great public beyond
our organizations of labor to come TO our relief.
II is not because afew cents more day or some
Z pal-ry concession 10 the men was required that
| this strike was precipitateu. The real an.m1s
1 | Hes In the iGct that our order has been
struggling with the questions which concern
the control OF trusts, corporations and syndi-
Gates BY the government OF the people. The
allied forces OF the Knights Of Labor and the
!. Farmers Alliance are marching on TO Wash
ington 10 secure legislation favorable to the
whole people and secure the repeal OF Certain
unjust laws. II Is il the hope OF turning our
sttcntion away from these matters that this
warfare Is made on the part OF the allied forces.
'"The struggle is far more momentous than 1t
was during the American revolution Then our
fathers fought for liberty; now We are fighting
to maintain II. Then the enemy was 1900
! niles away To-day he IS intrenched In our
own dominion He has his fingers around
l oar Legislatures. He stands al the doors OF
! Congress TO bar OUT legislation in the Interests
OF the masses. He prssumes IN dict,te 10 the
! Executive of the Nation. He attempts to
strangle and corrupt the judiciary, and be does
4 sll OF these BY no shadow Of divine right, but
81 the power OF money wrung from the bending
back o, the railway laborcr: wrung from the
|, mortgages Of farmers Of the land; vrung from
; the business interests Of America; wrung from
h. hso AZ he 10 Ma
!. tons poor.
1T il against such power as this powei
, that cares fG.r right but It's own, that -
: struggle; aad. whether We win or lose in the
NJ present confess the battle win so on until thai
| power IA weakened forever or the public Il
damned Question the opportunoss OF TIT
battle II ron will but its justice can not but b
. apparent 10 every cisinterestcd person.
we are not the disorteTly mob that their pa
. pers paiRt US. The orderly aud law ahfdlni
4 cordnct Of the men on strike has won the &C
! uiration OF the public, and yet the best feeling
OF the community have been destroyed by to-
| Introduction Of an armed force under the corn
! Eand u Robert Pinkerton. man who holds n
/ commission from TIE State or Nation 20 recrui
/ CT arm men for military dueT. We have MI
/ tary force within The State itself suffcisnt =
| meet any possible emergency. II was not neces
sarT % call upon them. and yet a hireling me-
, o. the worst character In the land have bee
CHARTERED upon the people Of New York 20 ter
| rorixc her citizens. 10 provoke men 70 anger an
| wrath. 70 shoot down those who asked for %
- right 20 De heard Ia their own behalf
b. Tbs conduct OF The mn since the strike ~
Is / gan has been most orderly and cou-neDdaoif
and until its elose no Knizht q Labor viii ,
found in ar unlawful act Of any kind We 81
plsdSed "a maintain The law We viii obey n
legal commands q ne Ssste bat rot a ia
q corporation which dctes public opinion an
= has no regard FOR Justice when dealing with i
- employees. CoaCilia,ion and arbitration "a
deal with the most intricate questions ~ di
ruts
=. An working men are alike interested in "a
controversy Al citizens are equally iutcres
sdiuit for it presents thc query. shall "a
compaur be regarded "a public carrier or
O apuhiic DICTATOR Had trs hffv OF SIXTY me
who we're discharged enit york al AZ once, ar
had taev Reid respons bic positions. the publ
would have tsc right 20 inquire Why they die I
.. ard tnev would - wrorE 90 Withholding ths i
- ts~rraton. TIE case t. reversed AMI 10 rep
vii D. eirea No chance 20 settle re uatt'
VII ne allowed. Ire Knights y Laser 10
themselves IL readiness now ard VII co1;irz
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