Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-11
UGLY TIMES AHEAD
|Firemen on the Central Struck
Work at Midnight.
A T1E-Up ON THREE MORE LINES.


The Lake shore, Michigan Central, and
Michigan Southern Involved = The
Trouble to Reach from Gotham to Chi
cago-Defiant Spirit of the Strikers at
syracuse-They Resist the Militia and
Swear That Trains Shall Not Move
Prospects for BIoodshed First Class.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.-Everything in and
and around the New York Central rail-
way station was quiet and orderly yester-
day. Nearly all of the trains ran on sched-
nle time, the only ones that were not
started out being the $40 Croton local and
the Peekskill accommodation which was
to start at 1925 The railroad company
claim that they have received number
Of applications for the positions vacated by
the strikers and that large number OF
the places have already been filed by ex-
perienced railroad men.
The Company's Position Stated.
Vice President Webb has given out the
following circular to the press: "The po-
sition of the company is this: We will So
lect our own men and we do not propose
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.
When promotions are to be made we will
hot be bound by the seniority rules pro-
mulgated by the Knights of Labor A
due consideration will always be given to
length of service, but the first and most
important rule will be the qualifications
OF the men for the place. II our men have
grievances the proper officers will be will
Ing to grant hearings and see that consid-
Grafton is given, but we will not allow
outsiders to intervene or interfere between
the employer and employe
No Objection to Labor Unions.
"For this reason alone I refused TO al
low Mr.. Holland to discuss any differ
ences alleged to exist between the COM
pany and its men, and not for the reason,
as stated, that we object to our employees
being members of labor organizations.
These are my views, and 1 am satisfied
that they are concurred in and approved
by every official OF the company, by the
board of directors, and by the gentlemen
who are most interested in it's securities.
The strike is iltadvised, cannot succeed,
and we will put it down and maintain
the position we have taken" Mr.. Hol-
land was not at the hotel, and his views
of the circular could not be learned. Mr..
Webb also sent out statement of the
movement of trains yesterday, showing
that most of the outbound trains left on
time.
The Firemen Ordered Out.
J. j. Holland and Sec rotary Hayes, of
the executive board of the knights of La
Dor, have ordered all the firemen on the
Vanderbilt lines to quit work. The strik-
ers spent yesterday hol ding meetings and
encouraging each other to hold out, while
discourage any persons arriving from
| abroad from taking service on the Cen
trail. During the day Secretary Hayes
| called on Vice President Webb, bearing a
| letter from Father Ducey favoring arbi-
tration. Mr. Webb firmly declined to
treat with Mr. Hayes, as he said there
was nothing to arbitrate and that the
charged men under any circumstances
A bad Feature of the Strike.
One of the worst features OF the strike
will be the lack of milk to the people of
| New York. Not can OF milk came into
the depot Saturday morning. This will
sorely affect the hospitals, orphan asy-
lums. hotels, restaurants, bakers, poor
people and hosts of Others. Over %, 900
cans Of milk, each can containing forty
quarts, are received every morning at the
| Grand Central depot between l and 4
o'clock. Many milkmen, who heard of
| the strike, hurried over to the West Shore
Railroad and purchased all the milk they
wanted. But the agents there soon
heard about the strike and raised the price
| of milk from g 38 per can to 81,
| then to s., and at last accounts
| were getting Sc and 81 a can for it.
The Latest Reports and Rumors.
1t was rumored last night that tie-up
| on the Baltimore and Ohio, the Delaware.
Lackawauna and Western, the Pennsylva-
mia, the Erie, and the jersey Central had
| taken place. At the stations of the Penn
| sylvania and Jersey Central roads the ru-
NOR was denied. The train dispatchers at
both stations gave assurances that il there
was a tie-up they knew nothing of it. AT
| IL O'Clock at the Grand Union hotel it was
\ reported that the order was given for the
| hremen to go out at midnight. Several OF
| them had already left their engines. Mr..
Webb at the above hour denied all knowl-
| edge of the firemen striking. He said the
company would move freight ut st. Johns
park to-day. A large force of police will
| be on hand to insure success.
| Actual Situation Yesterday.
| The only trains that were running yes
| terday were passenger trains. No attempt
was made to move any of the 1900 cars
| that were stranded in the Sixty-fifth street
freight yard. This yard will have to be
cleared before it will be possible to handle
| the freight that is in st. Johns Park and
the Thirtieth street freight yard. In ad-
| dition to the freight in the Sixty-fifth
street yard were seventy five carloads OF
west-bound freight on barges at dock G.
Notices posted all over the yard announc.
ed the determination of the railroad COM
pany TO fight the strike and promised
protection to all employees who remain at
| work. At conference held at l O'Clock
In Third Vice President Webbs Office it
| was determined to begin moving the
freight from the Sixty fifth street yard
this morning.
SITUATION AT ALBANY.
Militia and Pinkertons on Guard-Gov-