St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-18
PoWDERLY AND WEBB.
The Pair Will Meet in New York
TO-Day.


NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Not for one
moment have the officials of the New
York Central & Hudson Hiver Railroad
company relaxed on the work since the
beginning of the strike of bring
ing order out of confusion. and
day and night H. Walter Webb. third
vice president; Theodore Voorhees,,
general superintendent, and John M.
TOucey. general manager. could be
found at their posts in their Offices in
the Grand Central station carefully
experimenting every detail of recuper-
alton from the strike fever. and with
what success is best shown by
the result. ALI the general Off
GERS have had their beds placed
in their offices beside their
desks, and to-day Tribune
reporter disturbed Mr.. Webb out of a
forty-wink nap to learn the news.
''Sunday is always quiet day with us"
said Mr.. Webb. "Mr. Vanderbilt does
not like to have more work done on that
day than is absolutely necessary for the
accommodation of our patrons. There
is no incident to-day worth recording,
number of trains on time, with the ex-
ception of few local trains, which will
begin running tomorrow morning. No
trains were sent out to-day from the
freight yards"
"Do you expect to see MIR. Powderly
tomorrow" asked the reporter.
II see by the papers to-day that he in
tends to call on me-" replied Mr.. Webb.
81 have heard great deal about Mr..
PoWderly and understand that he is
man of sense and man of great in
fiuence among organized wOrkingmen.
shall be very glad to see him to-moI-
row and have talk with him."
"Have you any idea yet as to what
the result of your interview with Mr..
Powderly will be?''
Yes, l think have" answered Mr..
Webb, with smile Of much meaning.
''Do you think, Mr.. Webb, that the
action taken by Mr.. Powderly and the
general executive board of the Knights
of Labor will in your case be similar to
that policy SO often followed. out by the
executive OF the Knights of Labor?''
Eyes, think it WILL" answered Mr..
Webb. 81 think that MI Powderly will
call here tomorrow, submit his de-
mands, which will be refused, and then
l think he will call the strike off and
decide to sacrifice the members of his
order on this branch rather than involve
the whole order in fight Oh the entire
system. which, in the end, would be
sure to be disastrous.
Mr.. Webb said he was much pleased
with the progress made toward COM
plete resumption of work by the COM
pany. Freight will be received to-mor-
row at all yards and agencies as we'll as
at the Barclay street pier, and the full
number of freight trains called for by
the schedule will be run, beginning to-
day. Although no freight trains were
run to-day gangs of men were busy
making up trains, which will be started
tomorrow morning for all points west.
Mr.. Powderly and the other members
of the executive board of the Knights
of Labor kept themselves secluded to-
day. 1t is understood that they were
comforting on important matters. but
nothing will be done until Mr.. Powderly
meets Vice President Webb. which he
will do at 10 tomorrow morning.
Engineer James Pollion. who has been
known for some time as the engineer of
Chicago Fast Express No. 6, was iD-
stantly killed at the round house at
Mott Haven at 2 p. m. to-day. He left
the Grand Central depot on a local to go
to the round house to take out his en-
gine. He jumped off as the engine
passed the round house, and was struck
by a Spuyten Duyvil train. The
body was thrown into the air and
fell fifty feet away. He gasped a
little and died. Polion had been in the
employ of the company for several
years. He was forty-five years old and
a member of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers. He leaves widow
who resides at Troy, N. Y. 1t was re-
ported at police headquarters to-day
that trouble was expected at the Sew
enty-second street yard with strikers.
Several had tried to induce new men to
leave work. Inspector Byrnes notified
the police to be extra vigilant to-mor-
row, when freight trains will start, and
prevent any interference with new men.