Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-09

tive Board of Knights, arrived in this city
and this afternoon made three different at.
tempts to have a conference with Third
Vice President Webb in regard to peace
ful solution of the trouble. Webb refused
to talk with him, and motioned him out oi
the office.
The District Committee of the knights
meet this afternoon. Powderly, President
| of the Knights in Philadelphia, is ready
to be called if his presence here is required
The impression is growing that the war
upon the Knights was decided upon some
time ago, and that Depew, being opposed to
1t, went to Europe TO be absent when the
discharges occurred.
THE STRIKE BEGINS.
New YORK, August Sth-The rumblings
of an expected storm among the thousands
of employees of the New York Central
and Vanderbilt lines, owing to the dis
charge of the Knights of Labor and Broth
erhood men, broke like fash from a
clear sky tonight. All the length of the
Central was tied up. Trains were left by
crews where they stood when the order
came. Two passenger trains were left at
| Eighty-sixth street, IN tunnel.
The latest report is that the West Shore
road is tied up throughout its length, as
well as the New York and New Haven
Railroad. Great throngs of people crowded
into the Grand Central Depot, trying to
have their tickets changed.
| No one seemed TO know how it was or
who ordered the strike. Even j. J. Hol-
land, the labor leader, denied that he
knew who ordered it, or even that it was
ordered. Representatives of the railroad
company called upon Acting Superintend-
ent of Police Byrnes for protection, and
all reserves on the east side, above Forty.
second street TO Yonkers, and on the west
side, from st. Johns Park to Yonkers,
were placed on duty guarding the tracks
and property.
The depot at Forty second street was
under the protection of the full force of
police, assisted by members of the boat pa
troll. Inspector Byrnes will have detectives
guard the switches and signal stations
along the road to Yonkers.
| After these arrangements had been
I made, word reached the police headquar-
tiers that some of the strikers intended to
take possession of the switch house on
Eighty street and Fourth avenues.
Inspector Byrnes Immediately detailed two
detectives to watch that point. The In
spector himself decided to remain at head
quarters all night.
Vice. President Webb, of the New York
Central, on being interviewed by re-
porter, said the strike extended only to
West Albany. All of the men who went
out from the employ of the road tonight
Webb said, would be promptly discharged
| in the morning. Those men who remained
would be taken care of and amply pro-
| tected, as well as the men who come to
work for the road. The road would take
on all good men who applied for work in
the morning as far as they were needed to
| fill the places of the deserters.
With great emphasis the Vice President
announced that he would fight the strikers
to the bitter end. He said the new set of
demands he had never seen, and knew
nothing whatever about. In effect, these
demands are for minimum days wages,
81 80, station agents to receive an increase
of S5 per month. The men in the yards
at Troy and Green Island shall receive the
same compensation as at Schenectady and
East Albany. All firemen on six-wheel
connected engines shall receive q cents
per mile; sll engineers on the same, 4
cents; four wheel engine, engineer 81 cents
per mile, firemen cents per mile; for all
overtime double pay.
Webb announced that the fast mail train
had pulled out of the depot at clock
with four mail cars, but no passengers were
attached to the train. The Vice-President
further announced that no attempt would
be made to run any trains tonight. There
are no means to get to Albany or New Eng
land tonight, but the opening of the great
avenues OF trade will be begun tomorrow.
CAUSE OF THE STRIKE
New YORK, August 8th.-The strike was
ordered on account of the discharge of
certain employees. Under the orders, every
train was abandoned, no matter where it
might be. Travel is not only blocked on
the Central Road, but also on the New York
and New England and New York and
Harlem Roads, which use the tickets of the
Central as far as Melrose. There is great
excitement at the depot, where great
crowds of people gathered who expected 70
take trains out of the city. The hotels in
the neigborhood were crowded with disap-
pointed travellers.
at late hour it was stated by the same
strikers that the Lake Shore road as far as
Chicago was in the same tied-up condition
as the Central. This rumor, however,
could not be verified
The scene about the depot five minutes
after it became known that the strike was
ordered. was one that will long be re.
membered. The waiting room was crowded
with passengers. For some time the real
state of affairs did not dawn upon the pas.
sengers. When the fact at last became
known there was a wild rush for baggage
and raid was made on the hotels.
The West Shore line was in a shaky
! condition to night, but up to midnight q
strike was averted. The postoffice authori
ties received a telephone message at 1876
o'clock from the Grand Central station
saying that no more mails will be received
over the New York Central tonight.
At late hour the President stated
| 4 -. H. L. - Al
. Depot at Forty-second street, Fifty.sixtt
street, and at West Albany, there were
! about $50 men. These men were al
switch-men, and there was no trouble with
engineers or firemen. He intended to ceal
; the tracks of the few stray cars to night
and get ready to run trains after o'clock
He said there might be trouble when thi
; was attempted. but the company will b,
offered ample protection Webb statet
that outside of the local short distanc
trains there were fourteen trains that oueh
to have left the station between Z o'clocl
and midnight. Only one of these wen
: out, the fast mail train. They surel,
would have trains running in the morn
ing.
]. ]. Holland of the Executive Board @
the Knights OF Labor, was seen few min
= utes later. He expressed himself as firml
u as Webb did. only his way of putting
!, was that the trains would not move 70
z several mornings.
D In Webb's Office telegraph instrumen
was ticking. The reporter, who could rea
: the instrument, heard Utica call up Ne,
York and ask for men to be sent there (
e get the passenger cars out of the yard
IT Another message from Palmyra said tbs
|. the freight yards at that point wer
r blocked and all freight at standstil
IT Then New York called up Syracuse repea
edly, but could get no answer. 1t was II