The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-13
STRIKERS TALK LOUD.
They Deny That Their Tie-Up
Has Collapsed.
THE PUBLIC THINKS IT HAS.
New York Central Trains Apparently
Runninr Regularly Issues
an Address Explaining Grievances.

an Address Explaining Grievances.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12-yioe-President webb
was able to cave his office and 20 home this
evening At reasonable hour for the first time
since Friday night. Ee said it was his first
strike experience, and he hoped
II would be his last. Webb was
asked to describe the situation He
concerned .swe may expect for the next two
weeks spasmodic outbreaks going on ~ differ
ent placer. That 10 what they all tell me- A
lot OF disgruntled men will be
around and viii be out of service
and / suppose they win make 3
little tro1ble here and there ~ isolated pointa
We have got 70 be prepared for It. We will
thought necessary. should think the number
OF new men who have gone to work on the road
u 800 or 400. and the men who came out from
100 to 1000.
General Superintendent Voorhees, said the loss
70 the company In the freight department was
comparatively small His idea wss TO get the
passenger DEPARTMENT running FIRST before
starting up the freight.
new York, Aug. Observation-Disclosures the
statements of officials of the New York Central
that the backbone Of the strike is broken, and
the apparent belief of the public in these ssser.
tons, the strikers themselves still confident
that the crisis 10 not yet reached. aud that be-
fore the week IL over the road will be tied up
tight rs . drum. This belief was strengthened
by speeches made at a meeting of over 600
strikers this afternoon.
When Master Workman Lee was asked this
afternoon the reason why he told reporters that
the dremen would go out last night he said he
had every reason to believe the fremen in the
Grand Central depot would go out I'VE are on
very friendly terms with the engineers and still
b. heve,' said Lee. that they will strike"
Reports read at the meeting showed that only
one or two de ertions from the ranks of the
strikers had taken place so far
Reports from towns along the line state that
the strikers are as hopeful az thty were Friday
night This running of trains on schedule
time" ssi0 one OF the leaders OF the strike, us
all bosh. tell you not q train has beea
switched YET. They are sent out as they come
In, without regard to order"
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. - The following will
appear in this weeks Journal Of United Labor:
ION account Of the misleading reports made
public concerning the New York Central and its
employees, District Asse mbly 2i6 presents the
following explanation of the situation: Last
November the men employed in the train SER
vice Of the New York Central presented q petit
ten to the company requesting pay for all time
In excess OF twelve hours per day at the rate of
men were willing to perform twelve hours labor
for one days pay, which any fsir-minded per-
son viii c0ncede Is more hours than laboring
men or craftsmen should be required to per.
form. The company in reply to the demand
entered into al agreement to pay the men for
al overtime In excess OF twelve hours at sight
reduction In the rate OF wages paid BY the day.
which agreement was signed by the president of
the company, Chauncey N. Depew, and lived
up 70 for two months and then broken by the
company.
s'When . committee of the employees waited on
the officers OF the company ct that time to ask
~ TO why tho agreement was not lived up to-
they were coolly told that the agret ment was
obnoxious TO the company. in as much as they
(,he ofncersl did not realize at the time OF NAL
Ing it the large amount of money il was going
TO cost
another agreement made by the corporation
with its employees was also ruthlessly broken
The company. through ifs officers, agreed to
give preference in the line of work or promo
uon 70 men on the principe OF seniority when
senior In service aud competent to do the duties
asked.
'.Not satisfied with breaking these two agree
ment1, the company has gone further and now
dismissed from ifs service many of its Oldest
and most experienced men. The real occasion
for the discharge seems to lie in the fact that
they are union men,"
Inc Ietter concludeS with charges or cOllusfon
between Depew and Webb to clear out the
Knights OF Labor the charge being based on the
fact that Depew went abroad this summer
Portland Transfer Company Strikes.
PORTLAND, Aug. 12-Atter over q year spent
in wrangling at the railway companies in re-
gard to the improvement OF North Front street,
over which al freight to and from the depots
and steamship docks must be hauled, the com
mon council has decided to improve the street
with gravel, and after re-le ting the work three
or four times . start was made
some weeks since. Part of the street in front of
the Union freight depot was improved with
cement aud gravel and made q good street, but
the committee on streets refused to accept 1t,
and ordered the contractor TO finish the street
with clean washed gravel He completed 100
feet with this stuff. with the result that
al teams had TO be doubled TO get across, and
It was so bad on the horses that the humane
society threatened TO arrest the teams,ers The
Transfer company sent petition TO the cham
Der of Commerce, but they could do nothing
with the street committee So this evening
the Transfer company adopted a resolution and
published q notice that on and after the 18th
they will haul no more freight to any place. to
reach North Front street must be passed over.
This strike is likely II not settled, to prove as
serious an obstruction TO business as the wash
outs and snow blockades OF winter.