The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-08-13
FR!!sAEysT " TIED gn lIn 81
General Strike Sprung on the Now
York Central Railroad.
Culmlnatlon Of the Trouble Over Dis
Charged Employees.
Freight TrAfne Pateiyked and Passenger
Service Poor-Armsd Plnkerton Men
Guarding the company's Prop
erty at Albany Serious
= " Tfohble Apprebented. I ,.

4 ihAVboO Va ANoW lolhs 4 u0 uoHbTdl EA
ecuhve Board met yesterday at tn,
Deleyan Hotel in this city and notife,
the Central Hudson authorities tha
they will receive any explanation OF
tered for the dismissal Of the X. Of L
men. iHf sEt0@3lilt iai .it ~
The men in the West Albany shop
Of the New York Central & Hudson
River Railroad Company have been or
dered out This will cripple the roat
and little business can be done.
At the headquerters of General Su
perintendent Bissell at the Union De
pot stalwart policeman guarded th,
door and kept back the crowd OF ugly
looking men making demands to see tn,
chief Of the division. To a reporter
Mr.. Bissell said; t'My first intimatior
OF the strike was at seven o'clock, wher
the men left the yard and the loca
Troy trains were stopped for want Of
brakemen. The strike, i found, ex
tended over the yardmen and some Of
the trainmen, but over none OF the con
ductors or engineers We have received
message from Third Vice President
Webb saying that the road will fight the
strike and that unless the men return
Saturday morning they will be dropped
and their places filed have sent Mr..
Webb's message to every station above
and we will abide by the result" ~
Toa question whether the road was
prepared, Mr.. Bissell declined 10 ans
wer, but intimated that the strike had
come quicker than expected. While
the reporter was talking. a detective
came In and reported that the north ex-
press and mail train which LETT New
York at 4:30 Friday afternoon and Al
bany at ten p m, two hours late, was
stalled within the city limits The
platform swarmed with men who would
apply the brakes each time the engineer
took thep of. The engineer was
threatened, bnt stuck to his post. The
six o'clock train out OF New York ar
rived here at 1880 o'clock and started
west with police guard 10 try and
clear the platforms of the mail train.
Later Mr.. Bissell told the reporter that
II look ID as II the road at the least from
Albany to Buffalo would be entirely
closed by morning. Asked to give his
version of the strike, he said: "The
men have no money grievance. The
strike 10 simply 70 find out II they can
dictate whom we shall hire or dis
change The cause direct was the dis
charge Of several labor agitators belong
ing to tho X. OF L. and who we're cahs.
ing trouble on our line. I" '''i'' l'lh' 3
New YORK. Aug. s.-No one seems
To know how the strike was ordered or
who gave the signal 10 strike j. j.
Holland, member OF tho Executive
Board Of the X Of L.. denied that he
had ordered II, or even knew that q
strike had been ordered.
New York, Aug. II. Every thing in
and around the New York Central depot
Is quiet and orderly. Nearly all the
trains Sunday ran on schedule time, the
only ones that we're not started out be-
ing the $40 Croton local and the Peeks-
kill accommodation, which was 10 start at
1925. iii-f '}i''N' w
Vice President Webb yesterday gave
the following circular TO the press:
"The position Of the company is this:
We will select our own, men and we
don't propose that they will be desig-
mated by the Knights OF Labor or Its
committees. When men are dismissed
we shall get rid Of the inefficient, the
most vicious and those least In accord
with our interests. H, tf
when promotions are 10 be made we
will not be bound by the seniority rules
promulgated BY the Knights Of Labor.
A due consideration will always be
given TO length Of service, but the frst
and most important rule will be the
qualifications Of the man for the place.
II our men have grievances tho proper
officers viii be willing TO grant hearings
and see that consideration is giyen, but
we will not allow outsiders 10 Intervene
or interfere between the employer and
employe. Wv =
s'Fof this reason alone I refused 10
allow Mr.. Holland 10 discuss any dif-
fsrspcss alleged 10 exist between the
company and lis men and not for The
reason, As stated, that we object 70 our
'.pi0I.. being ss mem members q labor org.ni-
Tho Ksadquarters Of the strikers II
rorty-nfth street and Third avenue pro-
ssntsdlA quist 'appeasanc ysstssdAy.
The stsikers. rere very retioent, and.
none Of them copld hs induced ts talk
Of The 5itustion.. Mastar Workman Lee,
Of ths District Assembly. arrived from
Albany and attyndsd ! meeting 6f ths
ths' 'sftsrnoon.4 More than
!, 900 knights were present Reports
we're receiysd fromIvarious local assem-
blies along the line Of the road What
thsy were could not be learned, A rss-
Dlusion vps adopted by the strikers
thanking the press OF the country for
ihs fair manner in which they had
treated the strike ~ ,lYia lAaf' z ~
All passenger trains on the West Shore
road were started out abouthalf an hour
behind the schedule time. Incoming
trains we're delayed about the Same
length Of time BY insufiiciency Of switch
operators
Mr.. Florence M. Donavan, member
of the State Board Of Arbitration. re-
seivsd dispatch last night from Dis
trict Master Workman I,ee, Of District
80. X Of L. /. Albany, stating
Mat the employees Of tho New York
Central were deyirous Of submitting the
questions at issue between them and
ths company 70 the state Board of Ar
bitration'for settlement Mr. Donovan
has submitted the dispatch 70 the other
ttb board goatiaD .r,sds
Ateleven o'clock last night tho order