Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-23
PoWoERLY TO ARTHUR.
His Letter to the Chief of the brother
hood of Engineers.

His Letter to the Chief of the Drother-
hood of Engineers.
Mr.. Powderly has written the follow
ing letter to Mr. Arthur, grand chief en-
gineer of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers
There is at present a strike in progress
ON the New York Central and Hudson
River railroad In this strike is involved
principle which we cannot afford to ig
more, and the principle is that of fair play
Many of the men on strike are firemen
| and belong not only to the Knights of
Labor but to the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Firemen. They are manfully con
tending the right TO maintain their or
ganization They are now at n standstill,
and in some instances their places are be-
ing filed by members of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, who have
stepped down from the foot-board to pick
up the shovels which were dropped by the
fremen.
Are you willing that this should con
tinue? Are we to understand that this
action is to receive the sanction of the
organization you represent The Knights
of Labor desire to know how you stand
on this question, for you are authorized to
voice the sentiment of your order The
members Of agious Brotherhoods OF Rail
way Employees are desirous of knowing
where you stand, for on your answer, we
desire that it be Il public one, depends the
future of your organization. We desire 10
know where to place it. Shall it be classed
among the organizations of industry or
among the allies of capital?
III your members continue to do the
work of iiremen we shall know that it is
with your consent, ana the future will be
plain before us, We do not ask for your
official sanction OF the strike. We only
ask for fair treatment at your hands, and
that we have right to expect. The ma1
who takes the place of another in this con
test is untrue to the cause of organized
labor.
The organization which approves Of
such conduct must be regarded in the
same light, and we want to know from
your own lips where to assign the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers i'll this
roster of organizations. We have asked
OF the other organizations ofrailway en-
spfoyes to take sides with us. They are
responding nobly, and the future of labor
seems to indicate that between us all
there will be far better understanding
than ever before, but your voice must be
heard either on the side of the railway or
the men, Which will it be? / remain,
very respectfully yours.
Il. Y. PowDERLY,
Grand Master Workman of Knights of
Labor.
Why Powderly Wrote TO BIr. Arthur.
Telegramj received in Albany locate
the cause Of M. Powderlys letter to
Chief Arthur as occnrring in that sec
ton. The charge Is that the striking
Knights OF Labor tiremen places in that
city were takel by the relief force of en-
gineels thus giving practical aid to the
road in fill ~ vacancies. The inference
drawn was that the tiremen are hostile
to the strikers.
lnvestiga iol shows that ON the Sat-
urday following the first day of the
strike about thirty tiremen between AL
bany and Syracuse left their engines.
The blockade not yet being raised has
precluded the need of filling all Of these
places, but such engines as were needed
have been supplied by other engineers
taking the places of the strikers and
working as firemen. 1t il safe to say
that in and about Albany are at least
ten Brotherhood men doing the work Of
the strikers, The Knights of Labor
men there claim that Chief Arthur
knows nothing of this, and that it will
now be stopped