Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-26
WORDY SYMPATHY
Is the Kind Powderly Gets
from the Federation.
BREAD WAITED, A STONE OFFERED

and Denounces Webb, but the Bomb
shell Promised Falls I'm the Ranks of
the Striking Knights-why the De-
cision Was Thus as Explained by Debs--
What Is Thought of 1t by webb; Pow
derby Can't Do the Subject Justice
Another Strike at Chicago.
TRRRE HAUTR, Ind. Aug. a6-The SUI
preme council of the Federation of Rail-
way Employees came to a conclusion in re-
gard to the Central strike at Sis p. IN.
yesterday, but ordered that it be not given
the press until p. IN. Consequently at
that hour the document was made pub
lic 1t is addressed ITO All Labor Organ
izations, and the pith of it is given be-
low:
Powderiy's Course Approved.
1t begins with history of the strike up
60 date, giving the reasons alleged by the
knights for striking, the attempts of Pow
derby to settle the matter with Webb, and
all the facts connected with the applica-
ton of Powderly to the federation, and in
this part of the document the action of
Powderly is approved and that of Webb,
condemned. The whole matter (which is
now ancient history to the reading public
is summarized up to the time when it was
decided to convene the supreme council of
the federation. The council says that all
the statements made to them by Powder
ly were corroborated during the visit of
four OF their number at the scene, of the
strike, and the conclusion is reached that
Webbs purpose is to disrupt the knights
and destroy all labor organizations on the
Central.
''Pinkerton Thugs" Denounced.
In the summary the council formulates
| seven propositions the gist of three of
| them being given above. The fourth is as
| follows: That H. Walter Webb, by the
employment of Pinkerton thieves, thugs
| and murderers, vile wretches from the
slums and brothels of New York and
| other cities, to kill workingmen because
they dared to protest against his rule ana
strike for their rights is crime of such
enormity as will associate to the name of
H. Walter Webb forever with those who,
dressed in little brief authority, have
used their money to secure power to de-
grade their fellow-men"
More Indictment of Webb.
The sixth declares that Webb shows a
total disregard of principles of American
citizenship dear TO every man worthy of
the name and reiterates the alleged words
OF W. Fl. Vanderbilt: THE public he
i'd" The seventh declares that Webb
assumes that the Central railway is pri-
vste property, and that his acts in the
management are not matters of public
concern; that he has a right to discharge
men without giving them reason for
their discharge, ''disregarding the fact
that the corporation for which he PLAYS
autocrat is a thing created by laws,
In the making of which the men
he seeks to degrade have a voice, which
once unified will bring his corporation to
the bar of justice where his millions and
the other millions he represents will
cease to be potential in directing ques
tons of right"
Encouragement for the Knights.
The pronunciamento then goes on as
follows: an view of the foregoing facts
the supreme council puts upon its record
its unanimous and unqualified approval
of the strike on the New York Central
and Hudson River railroad for the cause
set forth by L. v Powderly, general mas
Ter workman. as also the efforts made by
Mr.. Powderly to bring the strike TO an
honorable termination. In this general
expression of approval of the action of
the Knights of Labor the course of Vice
President Webb Is as unequivocally con-
demned." The next paragraph recites the
effort made by the council to obtain
| hearing for the discharged knights, and
Its failure.
Can Not Join in the Strike.
The important paragraph in the docu-
ment is given below: ut now becomes
| necessary for the supreme council to say,
! that owing to the fact that the order of
the knights of Labor is not member of
the Federation of Railway Employees, the
| laws of the supreme council do not permit
its doing more than it has done to aid the
| knights of Labor, and its inability to par
| ticipate otherwise in the strike is now
known and appreciated by Mr. Powderly"
| The process of ordering a strike by the
supreme council is next given, and is very
similar to the usual course and amounts
to the proposition that ifany organization
connected with the council has griev-
ance and the employer will not redress the
| same, a strike is ordered as last resort.
Soft sawder for the Strikers.
The conclusion is as follows: an con
clusion the supreme council places upon
| record its high appreciation of the
manliness of the Knights of Labor
employed on the New York Central
| and Hudson River road in strug-
Cling to maintain a principle sa-
| cred to every working man on the CONT
nent and to all men who love justice and
hope for the triumph of right over wrong
as fragrant as ever stained the pages of
| history"
The paper is signed by Frank p. Sar-
gent and W. A Shehan.
THE NERATE IN THE CnIINCu