Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24
IN SUSPENSE.
The Result Of the Meeting al Tsrrs
HAgte AaxiOnsly Awaited.
Oslsgaies fror Fegr OrganizzSions at
haii~aYasn Discuss tss Qtestloa
Of 4 General Tie-Up.

WILL rsxr DEcfDE TO srREEs
IEAsz hArrE. Ind. Aag zs. -Ths
sapFeu4e co-Ecll q the Federation Of
kallEay EnploFss met IA this clsy Al
70 q a. The eouncA consists q
twelve zen he's three delegates
s4sa from as B1oEassh0od ef Fire
nsa. the bTzksnsa. 0sad 1etors aAa
ssi1hmsn's associations. Tas Brother
hood q Loco1sEivs Eagineers Is not
represented Ia tas council ana Chief
Artaurs pssl lisA % Of course EaxnOwn
80 FAR Arthur h4s aog indicated What
course rs sill purs1e IL tie Osksr train
usn 20 Qua
Ehs 4osE inpsFsznt deyel0onsnt vet
ms1s ia the situation Is tie attituds OF
Gssa9 Aastsr sargsas Of the Brother
AoO1 OF Firemen. Mr.. Sargent IL
president of lhs supreme council.
aad hs has come out tscisively ana
positively HitA the avo~al that Ae Is IN
accord sish Mr. PoNderiy's views sni
q favor " ylylnz Jhe sapportOf the Fed
ersLioa sc Railway Employees 70 the
kalgh1s % Isborsia any geaeFsl tls-
up tAsy may decide 70 inauyurzte.
VALE this Is sigliacaas and tInpor-
t4at teclzsatlon, by reasoa o, Sar-
gens beiRg president OF ths couKcil. 10
Il not BY sny means conclusive To
order strike 1, requires q majority
vote q al the 0rganizatiens re represented
IN the council When the conclusion
VIII Do reached IS sornething tha,
can not bs speculated upon now.
Il may be day or three
days bef0fs the matter IL decided In
answer u a question put by ths Asso-
ciatsd Press representative, Mr. Sarg-
ens said that the deliberations OF the
council were not az an end and nothing
mens was decided on.
NEw YoEK. AHs. 23-Stass Arbitra-
ti0a Commissioners Donovan on Fri
day seat letters 10 MessrA Powderly
aud Webb inviting both 70 con
ference with a view 70 devise means
either BY arbitration or such other
method as might b agred upon where
by the present and threatened strikes
may De settled Mr.. Powderly replied
that the executive board of the knights
OF Labor was ready 20 do any honorable
thing 10 terminate the strike or avert
ths threatened one. Mr.. Webb's reply
was another absolute refusal 20 agbi-
trate, and says:
4 arn not aware o, any ci.sreace or griev-
aace existing between the company ana its en-
ployes, and must assume that the conferences
suggested oy yOu Was designed 70 be between
the oe1cers q The com 2sEy and the officials OF
the X Of l. These O1scisls represent not our
smployes, but parsons who have left our
service ADD kaye nos ASKED % be re-
employed, but who. through these same ofac, ais
Of The Knigh;s of Labor. have asked tha; tAo
oisehsrge BY the company OF certain persons
prior 20 the month Of august be submitted TO
their vestizatl0n and TO arbitration sy some
tribunal q DO selected In some way q request
which have fel; Il 20 os M duty 10 decline"
Mr.. Webb came forward Friday even
ing with a prepared statement, evident
ly prompted by Mr.. Powderly's mani
fssto OF Thursday night. Wr. Webb
starts out with the statement that no
man has been discharged by this com.
pany because ne was Knight OF Labor
or a mem Der OF any other organization"
Then for The FIRST tine since the be-
glnning OF ths controversy Mr.. Webb
names list OF offenses. among which
are shoss because Of which the Knights
OF Labor are said 70 Do discharged. de
continues:
'-Ths company aas discharged nen, irrespect-
~. % their menbersh!p 10 tbs order OF The
KEisars Of LABOR. ior drunksnness ilespaeity.
ore.ca o; drty, insubordiuaiioa and for lack OF
sanciens work 20 n,ploY iaem; and II win con
tinus - 90 50 whenever proper occssioa sris-s-
"Tss people Of This state granted to this CON-
pany the franchise and made IL obligatory upon
y % render certain services % the public, and
provided that al ifs duties. including the EN-
ployment and discharge CT all classes OF agents,
saculf - performed bT certain oficers; and its
oroers 40 no, propose % surrender, abandon
or transfer the discharge OF these duties or any
part % them 20 any ors except sheir duly sp
pointed Successors
" would Dc q moral and probably criminal
neglect oi duty FOR ne 20 oEllt 20 discharge .
s7visch tower rAn f7r Drunkenness. when upcn
tts socristv and fidelity to duty depend TIE
safety q iso ass and linl5 CT some Of the mill
isus q passengers transported annually oy this
eompaaT.
We could temporarily supply he place OF \
mar who sbsentcd himself from work for two
days vitaous leave ard without excuse but
what business private or public. can 5e carried
cn under such eoasitions' what priva.s
o. public business can - carried oa
su1iect - tha dietation from ths
workman that thcrs shah "a performed
oni7 thls or hst amount of work. what en-
piaYer esn tolerate iusoisncs and lusubortiaa-
t.ou. bssed upon the belief ths, The offender
~ be supported thersia b. . secret orEsnixa-
f.on 20 which he belongs. snd by the agency q
which ne employers business csn be damaged
or stopped
TIE foregoing Eivss. without setting forta
n name or place 81 smploymens tar causes
vhich called foT Ne discharge of the afty or
sixty nen referred 20 On Ar. Pcw4sriy'S
appeal For fhsss discharges sud -
avert threatened strike I have been
called on by NJ Fowdsrly and his
scciates - consent 20 the ronsfr5us an
suriL-g sf satisfri-~. cv sazas ki1d 81 srAifra-