Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-28
THE CENTRAL STRIKE
The Supreme Council in Session at
Terre Haute Adjourns.
After Diligent Inquiry and Careful Considera-
tion Powderly and the Executive
Board Are Endorsed.

| T. v. Powderly, General Master Workman
Knights of Labor, Stanwix Hall, Albany,N. Y
The supreme council adjourned thi:
afternoon after carefully considering the
strike In all its details. You will note
the result of our deliberations in to-
nights dispatches, which it is hoped will
meet with your approval The council
was unanimous in indorsing your position
and the position of the grand executive
board, and most earnestly hopes that the
right of which you are champion in the
great conflict in the New York Central
may finally and powerfully prevail.
| [Signed1 TIP. SARGENT, President.
W. A. SHEEHAN, Secretary.
THE SUPREME COUNCIL REPORT.
TERRE HAUTE, IND, Aug. 25.-The
official statement of the supreme council
of the United Order OF Railway Employees
puts upon record its unanimous and un-
qualified approval of the strike on the
| New York Central and Hudson River
railroad for the causes set forth by I. V.
| Powderly, general master workman, as
also the efforts made by Mr.. Powderly
to bring the strike to an honorable ter
mination.
In this general expression of approval
of the action of the Knights of Labor,
| the course of Vice President Webb is as
unequivocally condemned, 1t now be-
comes necessary for thr supreme council
TO say that owing to the fact that the
order of Knights of Labor is not a MEM
Der Of the Federated orders of railway
employees, the laws of the supreme coun-
Gil do not permits doing more than it has
done to aid the Knights of Labor, and its
| inability TO participate otherwise in a
strike is now known and appreciated by
| Powderly.
LOOK OUT FOR A BoMBsHELL.
TERRE HAUTE, IND, Aug. 25.-The
executive council of the Uniled order of
| railway employees went into session about
$3.50 CLOCK this morning. When the
session will come to an end not even q
| single member of the council knows.
| The councillors are listening to a report
formulated by the committee. At what
| time definite news will come to the pub
| lie cannot be stated at the present writ
| ing. One member of the council said
| THE morning: al can't tell you when
we will take vote. l can't tell you
what the result of that vote will be. You
| may be satisfied however, that when the
report of the committee Is given out it
i'll be in the nature of bombshell. ~
AT II O'CLOCK THIS MORNING
| MIR. Mammalian, member of the council,
informed an Associated Press representa-
| tive that 1t was impossible for the coun-
| Gil to determine how long the present
session will last. Certain 1t is, said
he, "that the public need expect moth
ing from US till 5 or o. clock. l can
say that it will be possible to give any
thing out then. When we are through
no delay will be taken in letting the out
come of our meeting be Known
MIR. Hannshan to-day Is spokesman
for the council.
TO MEET IN JOINT SESSION.
ALBANY, n. Y, Aug. 25.-General
Master Workman I. V. Powderly and
four members of the general executive
board arrived here this morning. T.
Develin, A. W. Wright and J . w. Hay es
came up on the night boat to Troy with
Mr.. Powderly, where they arrived this
morning and Immediately took the local
train for Albany, and are now quartered
at the Stanwix hall, opposite the head
quarters of district assembly 246. John
CASTILLO, the other member of the gen.
eral executive board, has not yet ar
rived. Powderly and the general execu-
tive board will meet In joint session with
district assembly 246 this afternoon. Dis
triot assembly 246 comprises three dele
gates from thirty-nine local lodges, who
represent a membership of Is 900. Pow
derby, when asked the object of the joint
session, said he did not know exactly
what might come up for discussion, but
he was sure the general situation of the
strike would be the main question for
consideration.
A few freights were moved on the Del
aware and Hudson this morning, but not
a local freight has been sent out yet. Po-
lice are pgtrolling the yards of the COM
pany this morning in this city.
VOORHEES, INTERVIEW.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-The Central
railroad officials assert nothing will come
of the convention at Terre Hauts, that
no general strike Will be declared. Super
intendent Voorhees, said to-day that the
Federation will not strike. 81 am pos
itive,' he said, "that wiser counsel
will prevail. The chiefs of the Fedora
ton see they have nothing to strike for,
that no principle in which the body is
involved is at issue. Even if they decide
to strike, think we can manipulate the
New York Central railroad without
great deal of inconvenience to the pub
lio. -
CHICAGO SToCKYARDS swITCHMEN.
CHICAGO, ILL. Aug. 25.-Nothing has
developed in the situation at the stock
yards. This morning receipts of cattle,
hogs and sheep were very heavy, and
Armour is killing few for the city trade
and to fill orders from Boston, Philadel-
phia and elsewhere. Swift s. Morris are
not killing. Their houses have shut
down, aud 5000 who expected to go to
work this morning were forced to remain
idle. This morning Armour applied for
protection, and twenty officers were sent
to his house. Morris also received
guard. It Ia expected some of the roads
will attempt to handle some of the fresh
meat that is in danger of spelling. If
they do 1t will probably precipirate
trouble. No coal is being handled at the
yards to-day.
DEMANDS CONCEDED.
AT o'clock this afternoon the strikers
committee reported to the strikers that
the switching association had decided to
accept the proposition of the switchmen,
in which they ask for twenty-nine cents
per hour for engineers and eighteen cents
for firemen. superintendent of stock
yards was notified that every engine
would be moving in one hour.
BULLETIN-THERE Ii BE NO STRIKE.
TERRE HAUTE, IND. Aug. 25.-Sec-
Rotary Debba saws there will he M atrika