St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-21
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to intervene in the matter i.
that railroad was private property
Of the company, and whether the en-
ployes of the company nor the public
had any right to question the actions
of the management, they hesitated
and at last took refuge in silence
which the representatives of the knights
in vain tried to break. The latter said
that if it was the policy of the company
not to admit that either the pub
lie or employees of the road
had any right in the premises it was
useless to waste time or words on the
matter and shortly after withdrew"
Upon the return of Messrs. POwderly
and Devlin to the st. Cloud hotel the
executive board of the knights and the
representatives of the supreme council
of the Federation of Railway En-
ployes
Held Prolonged Conference.
The position of all of the bodies rep
resented was fairly stated. The result
was that the representatives of the Fed
Grafton decided to call meeting Of the
supreme council of the Federation
of Railway Employees for Sat
urday, the 23d, at 9 a. m, in the city of
Terre Haute, Ind, for action in the
matter. At this meeting Mr.. Sargent
said he would lay the whole case before
the council. He fully indorsed the
position of the executive board.
1.-THE executive board" said Mr.. Pow
derly tonight, ''says to the Knights Of
Labor and the public, that the position
finally assumed by the company makes
it necessary for them to vindicate
the right of labor to organize
by prosecuting the strike to the bitter
end" When the ominous condition of
affairs became plain late tonight that a
New York Central would with
out doubt be ordered either
tonight or in the morning reporter
went to the Grand Central depot to in
terview the railroad officials. Webb and
oorhees, who for the present sleep
there. Both had retired to their
improvised cots, and were clad in
their night clothes. After rubbing their
eyes to get the sleep out of them-it
was II O'clock-they received the re-
porter cordially. Mr.. Webb said that
he considered that the strike was de-
clared in the belief that the Central
management were opposed to the
Knights of Labor. He wished to reiter-
ate his statements that this was not the
truth. When told that the
Strike Over the Whole Road
would be declared tonight or tO-mor-
row Mr.. Webb said that in spite of all
that the road would run all trains in the
| morning as usual. Neither he nor
Mr.. Voorhees, appeared much de-
pressed. He wished the public to
know that he had had no official
notice from Powderly of the strike, and
said that all this time the company had
not been lying idle. When told the
strike meant all employees but engineers
he appeared somewhat startled.
Neither he nor Mr.; Voorhees,
made any comment thereon. Mr..
Powdely was asked tonight what
would be the next move. He said it
had not been determined, but that he
would tomorrow issue an appeal to the
mechanics and all other employees OF
the Central Hudson system and con-
Meeting lines. The document will be
based upon the refusal of the company
to arbitrate the difficulties. and will
call upon them to stop work at
once. The afternoon at the st.
Louis hotel seemed barren of
incident. A few reporters lounged
around waiting vainly for the labor lead
erS to return. The usual attendance of
the subordinate Knights of Labor ceased.
The few that came disappeared
quickly agBin, bound on secret errands.
MessrS. Sargent, Sweeney, WflkesOn,
and Howard will leave at an early hour
in the morning for Terre Haute,
Ind, to attend the meeting of the
supreme council. According to
the constitution of the Federation of
Railway EmlOyes no
Strike Can BE Inaugurated
until the organization with grievance
shall have decided the matter and the
strike has been indorsed by the chief
executive and by the supreme cOun-
Gil. The supreme council consists of
three representative grand officers from
each division, including the chief, max
ing twelve members in all. When a
grievance shall have been approved by
the supreme council notice of
such approval shall be served
on on the, the proper officials I'll as,no,o OF
| mated and a final request shall be made
in behalf of the supreme council for
an amlcabIe adjustment. Should
all efforts to effect a satisfac-
tory adjustment fail, the supreme
council shall officially direct the mem
| bers of all the organizations represent
ed in the council to withdraw in body
from the service of the company,
snch withdrawal to take effect
without any unnecessary delay.
the same to be specified in the official
notification. President Webb said early
this evening that the first of the ques-
tions given in Mr.. Powder
Iy's statement had been ex-
aggerated The question of public
and employees rights was not touched
upon. The company, Mr.. Webb de-
clared, had no war with labor
that all he wished as the rep
resentative of the company was
to manage the railway according
to the directions of the stockholders.
Every step 1 have taken,'' SAID MIR.
Webb. s'has been approved by Messrs.
Vanderbilt. Mr.. Depew and others
high in the councils of the COM
pany." Mr.. Hayes, of the eXecu-
tive board, said tonight that no
more news would be given out tonight.
Whatever the executive board decided
upon would be known only in results
until Tomorrow morning. The board
will continue In session all night
At a few minutes after the md
night hour Powderly, Hayes and
| left the st. Cloud hotel and walked
over toward the Grand Central depot.
Here was a mystery. The labor lead
ers sank out of sight somewhere about
the depot. The midnighJ express on
| the Central went out as usual
showing apparently the fated hour was
not midnight In the depot are en-
camped about seventy-five firemen, and
| the same number of switchmen, sup
posed to be there to provide for any
emergency that might come up.
WITHDRAW THE EPINKERTONS.